last night we had the ward multicultural potluck dinner that i have been working on for... weeks! i was given an assignment by bishop to put it together and as much as some was painful, i managed to put it all together and it actually worked!! and... it was an amazing fun night!
originally i wasn't going to have any decorations at all, but at the last minute i had a brainwave, called the manager of the funeral home i am working in - and raced into the office to pick up all the flags we have on hand for when someone wants one on their coffin! worked perfectly and on the board they went with a few pins.
i had handed out assignments to various families in the ward to present a short skit, dance, something about their home country - to ensure that the night was a celebration of the many cultures existing alongside us aussies. we had japanese, samoan, chilean, american, niuan and italian - with the night ending with something us girls had been working on for weeks... i learned to hula! letitia actually managed to teach me and for sure it was not perfect, but i did it, and actually made it through, without stuffing up. yay! 8 of us had been getting up early on saturday mornings and practicing during the week, just to do our hula. i am so so proud! i danced, and not only that - i did it in public!
such a fun night. can't wait for our next activity!
Lovely
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