Monday, November 24, 2014

Nov. 17-24, 2014

HAPPY THANKSGIVING
TO
WONDERFUL
FAMILY & FRIENDS
                                                                        

   We woke up to more rain this morning.  Today is supposed to be a little warmer with more coming in by tomorrow. We haven’t received any snow like the East, and hope the Walkers are OK.  I guess Utah has a little snow as well.
   Life is good on this mission front. We pulled off another week.  Jen and Ashley were here for 5 days! Oh how we enjoyed that beautiful little girl.  She is now 10 months old, walking, and loved all the steps to climb.  Dad had stomach flu before they got here, by Mon. I had it and by Tues. Jen and Ashley were sick.  What a way to spend time with family. The baby felt so rotten that she would sometimes let me rock her.  We sure appreciated their effort to come out but sure felt bad that everyone got the bug.  To top it all off, when Jen flew home Thurs. by Fri. her other three kids, that weren’t even out here with her, came down with it.  It was really a fast, contagious bug.  Anyway, thank you Jen for all the effort! We certainly fell in love with Ashley. We left them in Illinois when Ashley was only three days old.  She has really changed and grown!
   About all we did last week was try to get everyone back on top.  That flu came on fast and leaves you as weak as a new baby kitten.  Everyone is on top this week. We hope, the rest of you don't get it!  
      Anyway, Sister Berno (choir director) says we are singing every month no matter what. This was one of those times that it was no matter what!  How does the singing go with flu?
   Today we are having a Thanksgiving Dinner with the Senior Couples.  They are always at the mission home.  It is always so good to get together with the other seniors.  That is the only  time that we are together with them.  We have to do mashed potatoes, and had to do that last week for the Zone Conf.  We have a new way of doing them, you peel, cook till done then mash them with butter, sour cream, cream cheese and salt.  Put them in the crock pot on low for two hours.  They are delicious and you can even make them the day before then heat them when you need them.  This is how I will do them for Thanksgiving.  We have the four Elders, Dee, Sabrina and Jerel coming for dinner.  We may add more if someone doesn’t have a family to go to.  By the time we do potatoes for Thanksgiving we will have done 45 pounds of potatoes.
   Pres. Burno announced Sun. that next Sun. after church everyone bring their left overs from Thanksgiving and we’ll have pot luck!  I can hardly wait!  We’ll have to let you know what was there.
   Hope all of you enjoy your wonderful families and have a very good, spiritual, loving and happy Thanksgiving.  We certainly will be thinking of all of you.  It will be fun to have Taylor and Addison home this year, you will all notice the absence of Harrison.  I hope he knows we will all be thinking of him as we are thinking of all of you.  You are all in our thoughts and  prayers. We know you are all kinda healthy and doing very well in all your pursuits.  Keep up the good work and positive attitudes. I wonder what will be different in all our lives by Thanksgiving 2015.  Time has a way of getting away from all of us, that is why we need to live in appreciation for each moment.  May we all stay well and happy and get a lot accomplished before Dec. 25th.
  GOOD LUCK TO EACH ONE OF YOU, MAY THE LORD BLESS YOU IN YOUR ENDEVORS!

                 ELDER & SISTER ARMSTRONG ( with all the accompanying titles)   


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