Surprise!

Last Thursday Tom and Elder Gary Leavitt attended the BYU basketball game at the University of San Francisco. That left Sister Bonnie Leavitt and me as the teachers for the English class in Chinatown that evening.  The four of us had a delicious homecooked dinner at the Leavitt's apartment in downtown S.F. before Gary drove us to the bus and the two of them on to the game. 

Teaching the students there was pleasant enough after which we took the bus back to their neigborhood. Coming back we needed to walk quite a bit farther than on the trip to Chinatown. I enjoy talking to Bonnie Leavitt a lot so there was no problem with a long walk. When we came to Sacramento St. the intersection was closed and there were numerous police and motorcycles with their lights blazing. Sis. Leavitt asked what was going on and we were told that President Obama would be coming by and sure enough within a few minutes we saw motorcycles, three limousines (he was in the second one), many white vans containing security personnel and even a Fire and Rescue vehicle. The whole thing was over in a flash, but it was a delightful surprise considering we then had to walk by three homeless people before reaching the Leavitt's apartment.  Bonnie was much more comfortable with the environment than was I.