Dear Love Ones,
Another week, how
can they go this fast, seems like yesterday we were driving back here.
The week was full of
helping many in our branch that are so in need!
These wonderful people really grow on us. We question their decisions
but they don’t seem to get the difference between being active and letting
Heavenly Father help them than throwing up their hands and almost giving up or
not caring what happens! We had about 25 out to Sac. Mtg last Sun. and the leadership
made up at least half of that number. In priesthood mtg. there was one
investigator, three from the branch presidency, the elders quorum pres. and 4
missionaries.
We had a Super Duper
Halloween Party, (anyway it was for our branch). We have the church on a busy store front
street and we had many, many people coming to the church to trick or treat.
People in the branch started giving out the candy we had for the party and the missionaries
said “why didn’t we think to have pass along cards to pass out”?
We had six different
games going in 6 different rooms. The kids had to play the game in order to get
candy, of course many just wanted the candy, but we pretty well stuck to our
guns. We had decorated the church the
night before and many came in costumes. After the games we showed a movie,
Casper the Friendly Ghost! Then we served hot dogs, fruit, and hot chocolate
before cleaning up. Dad missed it most of the party because he had rented a van
at the airport to take everyone to the temple Sat. morning.
We had 8 go to the
temple in our van, 3 others went down with someone else. It was a most wonderful day. We were so
thankful we were in the temple once again! Surprised that we could remember all
the words in both the Session and Initiatory. I felt like I was in Heaven, and
we want to get back as workers as soon as we get back home. The DC temple is
very beautiful. It has 6 endowment rooms and a huge Priesthood Room where our Stake
met with the Stake Pres. and the Temple Pres., who both gave wonderful talks. By
the time we got home, delivered people, and got the van delivered back to the
rental place, it was about 9:30, but was well worth it. I didn’t realize how
much I missed the temple until I sat there so thankful to be back inside!
We are so grateful
to be back here. Both of us bore our testimony Sun. even though our
congregation was pretty sparse. We are
really going to miss these people when we have to go. They have become our dear friends. When you
get to do so much for many of them they become part of the family. One minute
we are wondering why they don’t get it, and the next minute we praise them for
trying so hard. Under their circumstances they are all doing what they can and
what they know. Heaven help all of them, wish we could do more!
Please all stay
healthy. My little Primary class has to write in their journal each Sun. The lesson had been on praying to Heavenly
Father and asking for help for themselves and loved ones. I tell them their
writing is personal and no one needs to read it but, Akua, our little 8 year
old insisted that she share hers with me, and said how she worries about her
mom who has lupus and is sick all the time. She then asked that Heavenly Father
to please protect her mom from Ebola because she didn’t know who she would live
with if she died. I thought to myself how young she is to have that worry at
such a tender age.
Well today, Tues, we
spent the day taking Rosina to the Doctor and to vote, then Dee, our blind and
hearing impaired 85 year old to the drug store, to vote, and to dunkin donuts
for a treat. She got mad because we took her to the wrong donut store, but we
told her that was too bad. We didn’t have time to chase all over town for the
one she wanted to go to. That’s our life, taxi driver and support. Tonight we
have Bible Study with the missionaries, and tomorrow we take Rosina to her
doctor, then Richard, our bi-polar friend, somewhere else, and then, we hope to
get some meetings with the Elder’s to teach the gospel, which has really
slacked off!
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