Other than that I just had connections today. Today was our last class of this week. We have three follow up classes over the course of the next three weeks, but today was really cool. For our Connections class we had to read this book call Outcasts United and it is a book all about this incredible woman, Luma Mufleh, who started a soccer team with a bunch of refugee boys in Clarkston, Georgia. It really was a inspiring book and I am glad I read it and I would really recommend this book to anyone who loves being inspired to do some good in the world!
But today was really cool because for our last connections class of the week, we had Luma Mufleh come speak to us personally!!! It was so cool to learn all about her in this book, but it was really cool to learn about her while she spoke. I guess the book was not super accurate, however I really think that it is a great message and she really is such a hero in our world today. 
In the book, Warren St. John really kind of makes her sound like superwoman, but seeing her today, it was really cool to see that she was just a regular person like the rest of us. She was sooooo nervous to talk in front of us all today and you could tell all she wanted to be doing was hanging out with her boys and playing soccer. It was just so cool to listen to her and hear her story. She was raised in a house hold of a Jordanian Millionaire and was so privileged all her life, however when she moved her for college and decided to stay, she was cut off from her family and learned how to make it on her own. She started this whole soccer program because she happened to drive past a few refugee boys playing soccer in a parking lot one day. She then started the Fugees program and began teaching all these refugee boys soccer and how to become a team. Not only did she teach them soccer, but she tutored them as well. She has devoted her entire life to this program and it incredible to see what it has grown into. Right now, after starting on a gravel, glass covered field years ago, the Fugee Family program has just purchased 19 acres of land to build a school and a home field for the program! It is all truly amazing.
If you haven't heard, Kohl's is doing a voting right now for twenty schools all over the United States who, if they receive enough votes, can receive $500,000 dollars for their school and we decided today in connections that everyone would vote for their school because it would be an amazing help to all of them, so I challenge everyone to go online and vote. It will take like two seconds. All you have to do is go to http://www.fugeesfamily.org/ and follow the instructions and just search for Fugee Academy, Clarkston, Georgia!!!
Hearing her speak today was just so cool and it so great to be reminded that there are people like her out there in the world trying to make a difference. If want to know more about her and the Fugees, you can also find interviews all over the internet and on UPR. It is just so inspirational!
Well after connections today, Caitlin, Kaelyn and I went down to the church for Lunch with your Bishop. They just had the whole stake there so that you could go eat and meet your bishop and some people in your ward. It was really cool. I found out that the guy in the towel from the fire alarm the other morning is actually our next door neighbor and he seems like a hoot! I also met a few other guys that seemed really cool and I am excited to see what church is like tomorrow!
Well I better go cuz this entry is long enough..........TOOTLES!!!!!!
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