Posted by Santiago Mercado on June 20, 19100 at 00:58:31:
As you might have heard the open house will start August 26-Sept 9th. September 17th will be dedication.
I realize that it's going to be very hard to see and talk to old friends from the mission during the festivities since it's going to be very crowded, and you might not be able to really see anybody you knew.
For this reason I am getting together with a few other people who are interested in having a couple of meetings during the open house and dedication time for all returned missionaries and families.
The first meeting would be a spiritual meeting in which we could have all the attending mission presidents share their testimony and have some returned missionaries chosen by the luck of a draw.
The second meeting, (done at another afternoon-evening) will be to mingle and have a good time. We would have a good meal,(you know, "la bandera" y otras cosas), music, dance, and some other fun activities. All the cost would be devided equally amongst all attending.
Neither one of these activities will interrupt your own activities to visit people and so forth. The two meetings would be planned for the second week of the open house or some other date around this time.
If you're planning to attend the open house-dedication ceremonies and would like to participate in these other gatherings, let me know. If you'd like to help organize it, let me know also.
Let me know as soon as posible so we can make a list of people who are coming and will attend.
Santiago Mercado