Blog 2008 January 14

January 14, 2008
As part of our commitment to service we spent some time at the local Habitat for Humanity project. I laid kitchen floor and Sister Cottle painted. It was my first experience with Habitat and I was most impressed. Low income families have an opportunity to become home owners by putting in so much “sweat” equity, with most of the rest of the labor the volunteer type – supervised by a paid contractor. So the total cost remains low and thus the family can afford the monthly payments. This is a good idea.
We are back in school at last! While it was good to have a break and enjoy the Christmas holidays it is good to be back to work. Classes started last Thursday. I am teaching 6 classes this semester and Sister Cottle is teaching one class, conducting the Institute choir (also a one credit class), manages the Institute Library and assists where ever else needed. With the Wilsons no longer here we also visit, and represent, on behalf of Institute, the 5 Single University wards. So we manage to keep busy. Also, believe it or not, we are starting our last semester. Our mission will be completed in just about 4 months (107 days to be exact, but who's counting!).
It is good to see SVU come alive again. Many students stopped by to say hello and tell us about their holidays. We heard about family get-togethers, engagements, mission calls and even weddings (one girl brought a CD FULL of her wedding photos and Sister Cottle, bless her heart, took the time to watch and comment on each photo, I, on the other hand found an excuse to leave after about 20 minutes). We hope that each of you is settled back into the routine of family, school or work. May God be with you and remember you are all in our prayers daily.
Love
Grandpa/Dad/Elder Cottle

For those of you that have been following the NFL Playoffs we are not doing too well in the prediction category so feel free to join in the fun – anyone can do as well as the “experts”!
Of the 4 games last weekend, David, Mel and Craig C. picked 50% of the games correctly and Brent and Craig M 25%
Answer to last week’s groaner – What do you call twin physicians? A paradox of course!
This week’s groaner – How did a spider learn to spin silk? (come on Adriana you can answer this.)