Dear Loved
Ones All,
It must have
been a slow week, no problem pants, no troubled ties, and no broken baptismal
clothes that needed to be mended. One of
the elders asked me if I knew how to sew on buttons because his suit coat has 5
buttons that have come off…he said they are all in the pocket, but I have as
yet to see them. We have been listening
to the Sunday conference sessions and are almost caught up. It is amazing how much we love conference
compared to when we were younger.
We continue
visiting Keith, but with much less frequency because he is further away,
actually just outside our mission boundaries. He is improving but doesn’t want
to acknowledge that he really is getting better for some reason. They still don’t know why his white blood
cell count is high, so who knows how long he will be in there.
We had an
appointment for a FHE with twin sisters in our ward. They are in their
30s. When I asked them if they would
like me to bring a treat they thought that sounded like a great idea, “cookies,
no raisins and no nuts.” So I baked a
single batch of oatmeal sugar cookies. I
handed them a bag of the cookies when we got there and they immediately opened
it up and started eating the cookies. We
told them that in our family we usually waited until after the lesson to have
treats, so they finished the cookies they were eating and zipped the bag back
up. We visited for a while and learned that they translate Japanese comic books
for a living and had just returned from a trip to Japan. They were so excited
they got to have chocolate covered French fries while there! We gave a lesson and they didn’t open the
cookies again until after we left so we didn’t get to share the FHE treats. Interesting.
That’s ok because I made more on Wednesday evening for district meeting.
We continue
to serve at Mary’s Kitchen where they regularly tell us that the “Mormon bunch”
is definitely essential in the help they need to serve the homeless. Jan, one of my favorite people whom we met
there is the sweetest lady. She is about
3 inches shorter than I am, but she is one of those people whose compassion
makes her a giant. She was in charge off
the Wednesday lunch shift that we are assigned.
Anyway, she is moving to New Jersey to live with her son’s family. Wednesday was her last day (they had already
talked her into coming 3 extra Wednesdays) so I’m sure she is really going to
be missed.
We got to
visit with the oldest member of our ward who is 93, but he doesn’t look like
it, he walks miles a day, works out, reads, and keeps up on everything except
going to church. We were definitely
pleasantly surprised when he offered to give the prayer when we were ready to
leave. Then we went to visit another one
of the oldest members in our ward who also doesn’t make it to church. He is not quite as in shape, or as mentally
sharp, but doesn’t look his age either.
Both were a pleasure to visit. We finished off our visits by taking a
birthday card to a sister who was turning 77 years old. She has diabetes and Parkinson’s disease but
is upbeat and a delight to be around.
We continue
to go with the elders to help the Hungarian lady. This time she had Elder Macbeth come inside
and he vacuumed for her while the younger missionaries worked in the yard. She didn’t want him working so hard out in
the heat. Next Thursday we will take her
big vacuum into the shop to find out which replacement bags it needs and why
the brushes are not rotating. She didn’t
know where the owner’s manual was and Elder Macbeth didn’t have the tools to
really check it out. We also took Sister
Kenyon to the store to buy fresh fruit. Her
health is really fragile and she has to blend everything up to eat it. She can barely walk with a walker and is on a
very tight budget. I think when you are
healthy you just don’t appreciate all the little things you do without giving
it a thought.
More people
have been attending Book of Mormon reading class. They always say they are learning so
much. I guess if you have been raised in
the church you just take much for granted.
We are studying the account of King Lamoni’s father. It is interesting that the old King was
willing to give up half of his kingdom to save his life, but was willing to
give up his whole kingdom to know God and His truth. It makes us consider how much are we willing
to give.
Occasionally
it is nice that it is so hard to make a meal for just two people because it is
an easy excuse to take something to the Watsons. They seldom ask for help and she is so
grateful to not have to try to fix something when she has zero energy. Hopefully their baby will be born soon. She continually has to get transfusions and
IVs and we took her in to get a shot, supposedly a 15 minute trip that ended up
taking the length of time to watch most of Nemo. We were kind of keeping our eye on Maycee who
is three since she was playing with another little girl that was there with her
parents. Anyway, at the end Maycee
wanted to go in with her mother because the other little girl had to leave.
We got to
attend the baptism of Angela’s 8 year old son.
She is a new convert who was baptized 3 weeks ago. Baptisms are always a spiritual feast, and
this was no exception. Afterwards we met
President and Sister Taggart at the Mission Home to get a copy of the file of
photos taken at the Mission’s 50th Celebration.
Now we just need to go through them and select some for the history/and
or book of the event, and try to name the people in them.
Sunday I got
to give my R.S. lesson. I love it when
you can get the class to give the lesson by just asking key questions. They always think I do such a super job when
it is really them doing the teaching.
This week the lesson was on our commitment to the Lord and whether we
only contribute or are actually committed.
It gives one cause to pause and think.
We were
invited to the Bishop’s for supper so we could discuss with Sister Kimbrell how
we are going to teach a preparedness lesson on water on the 30th. We planned over chicken pot pie, green beans,
and the salad I had made, and finished with flan for dessert. The evening was slightly shortened because
Bishop wanted to watch “the presidential debate” which was ok since we had
adequate time for deciding what each of us would do. Now we just have to research, study, and plan
our parts.
And so ended
another week of our mission. We love
hearing from those who write or respond to our e-mails. We keep you all in our prayers and hope you
are doing well. Have a great week.
Love, Sister
and Elder Macbeth Go! Fight!!
WIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (One of our
friends here said they didn’t want to fight so I explained that is meant to mean
don’t give up. J)
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