Merry Christmas!  The first of 3 Temple trips.  The Elders and Sisters started boarding the bus at 8:00am, drove to the Deer Valley Stake Center building for pick up of the Phoenix North Stake Missionaries.  The group size of Elders and Sisters was 46, plus 8 Sr. Missionaries.  They arrived at the Mesa Temple Visitor Center a little after 10:00am.  At the Visitors Center they were given guidance in how they can share aspects of the gospel through the resources of the center with their investigators.  At noon, they settle in for a sack lunch they brought.  Afterwards, they were in the Mesa Temple for a 1:30pm session - what a great Christmas gift.  Next there was the traditional group photo and then on to Golden Corral for a smashing buffet dinner.  They stuffed themselves on all the good (healthy) things and then had more of the not so good (desserts) things.  A little after 5:30pm they were back on the bus to return to the Mesa Temple grounds to enjoy the temple lights.  By 7:00pm the bus was leaving to return them to their drop off points.