Institute Update

We had 5 students and the Institute Director in attendance yesterday.  The Institute Director is also our Stake President.  He was a nice addition to the class.  We held our third class of the semester.
Our students include:
 Daniela, who is 18 years old.  Her mother has been a member for many years.  Daniela and her Dad were baptised about 9 years ago.  Her Dad is a counselor in our branch presidency. She is a student of music and interior design and is the second counselor in Primary.
Jhonatan, who is 20 years old . He has been a member for 4 years and had been working and preparing for a mission. He is our Branch Mission Leader.  He is the only member in his family and lives with an Aunt.
Felipe is in his last year of High School and just turned 18 this week.  He lived with his Grandmother so he was not a member until recently. He now lives with his mother who is member. He was baptised last Oct  and is a Priest.  One can go on a mission at 18 here, just like in Mexico.  This was just authorized.  I know of one 18 year old we have had in our mission.
Pablo is 26 years old.  He lived with his widowed mother until last month when she passed away.  He was our Young Men president. He is now living with an aunt in another ward across town.  He was baptised 2 years ago and came back to join us.
Juan José is also 20 years old and has a mission called to Ecuador.  He grew up in the church and is working a lot to meet his obligations for military service.  We have visited his family as home teachers often.  Both parents and all three children are active members, a rarity here.

Our focus has been on helping the young people read the scriptures every day.  We took brownies for those who read every day last week.  Now we are going to learn how to make chocolate muffins (cupcakes) for the treat next week.  A challenge with only one six-muffin pan.  We found it for $5.00 US (50% off) but they only had one.

As always, the teachers are learning the most and we are enjoying the association with the youth.   We are glad to have something meaningful to do outside of the office.  The office work is important but not very spiritually invigorating.