Sister Maloney's Homecoming Talk!

I drove out to Mesa EARLY this morning to hear Brooke's companion that just came home, speak in Sacrament Mtg.  She is from Mesa.  Low and behold Ron and Debbie Van Dusen are in the same ward!  Debbie had been Haley's primary teacher and activity day leader when she was little!  It is SUCH a small world and so interesting how our lives cross paths-- many times without our even knowing it!  So cool!  It was fun to see her a catch up really quickly!  It was AMAZING to meet Haley and give her the biggest hug!  I felt like I was hugging Brooke and somehow I felt close to Brooke as I hugged Haley!  It was fun to hear her speak about things and people that Brooke mentions in her letters too!  Haley bore her testimony in Karen at the end of her talk and it almost made me tear up knowing that that is the language Brooke is striving and sacrificing to learn so that she can be a servant of the Lord in teaching the Karen people!   Haley is a cute girl and it was fun to meet and chat with her!  She is wearing the traditional dress of the Karen women and I often see Brooke and her companions wearing these clothes when she sends home pictures.  It was a fun morning!  I'm glad I went even though I would've loved to have had a travel companion out to Mesa this morning!  (Katelyn!!!!  She was too tired from all the partying we've been doing!)