Kody's Farewell

Today was Kody's Farewell. He spoke about all the times it mentiones falling in the scriptures. We all fall, but it is those that fall who become truly humble and fall at the Saviors feet. And the Savior is always there with open arms. Then Kimball accompanied by dad on the guitar sang "I Heard Him Come." Kody asked Ben to be the one to speak with him, and he did a great job filling the rest of the time with his analogy of puzzles and how each piece is important. All the family came to our house afterwards for Hawaiian haystacks, and a hot chocolate/cookie bar.  Kody has been a missionary for one week now.

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