News
from CAM October
18, 2016
Dear
Loved Ones All,
How
does this happen, another week gone already?
Oh yeah, I know, I didn’t do my e-mail on Monday so it is still less than a
week. Well, this one will almost be on
time. I can’t remember if I already
mentioned my R.S. lesson, but it went well.
Or if I told about going to Bishop Kimbrell’s for dinner and to discuss
the preparedness lesson we are giving with Sister Kimbrell on the 30th
of this month. That also went well, and
Bishop absolutely loved the “Red Onion Dressing” out of the Macbeth Cook Book
that I took for the tossed salad I made to accompany his chicken pot pie. He asked us to come an hour earlier because
he wanted us to be done by the time the presidential debate started, so our
dinner topic was what each of us were responsible for in the lesson. We barely made the deadline.
Monday
we went to the doctor’s office in Brea for a blood test to see if my calcium
levels were high enough to have the Prolia shot for osteoporosis, a once-in-six-months
therapy I started last winter. Then I remade a birthday card for President
Heathcoate’s wife since we will be having a Sr. Missionary Couple dinner on her
birthday and she is insisting that she make the lasagna for it, not “Sister
Costco.” Then we did the usual P-Day
activities, after which Elder Macbeth asked me what I wanted to do. I wanted a short nap, so that is what I
did. As we were just sitting down for
supper the Elders in a different ward asked us if we could accompany them to a single
sister’s home for a FHE lesson. The
lesson they gave was Elder Nelson’s talk on Joy in this last Conference. It was such a fun evening…especially since
Sister Fuller kept saying how it was so much easier to find joy since she
joined the Church compared to when she didn’t have it in her life, and she kept
smiling from ear to ear to prove it.
On
Tuesday President Taggart and Sister Taggart were scheduled to interview the
missionaries in our zone, and Sister Taggart said she was going to have the
Zone leaders schedule us in. However, we
didn’t hear a thing from them. I must
admit to thinking uncharitable thoughts about our zone leaders because it
seemed we never hear anything from them.
Anyway we were at the Mission Office when a couple of Sisters in our
zone came in and said that President and Sister Taggart asked them if they had
seen us because we were scheduled after their interviews. So I grabbed Elder Macbeth as said we would
hurry to Loara Building to see if they were still there. They told us that was the wrong building, it
was at the Lampson Building. When we got
there Elder Masoe said he was sure that we were on the schedule that was
e-mailed out, and that our names were on it.
Sure enough, it was, but we hadn’t received it. Long story short, a couple of numbers got
transposed so it went to someone who wondered what in the world it was, or it
went to outer space. And of course I had
to repent of my negative thoughts and words.
We
have been to see Keith multiple times this week. I also went to the Family History Center
where Sister Carlsburg finally said we have to have more information or some
additional sources to go further on the Jacob Parson Lines. (Kathy, anything
else you got?) The elusive in-active
members are still on our list so we continue to try to catch up to some. We were able to give one couple copies of the
Book of Mormon and were delighted that they were willing to read them. Mary’s Kitchen seemed a little strange without
our friend Jan there. Last week she
retired for good because she is moving to New Jersey. It really didn’t run as smoothly as when she
was there, but I’m sure that eventually it will calm down to normal.
When
we got back to our place and ate a bite to eat, I made smile cookies for the
missionaries because some of them will be transferred on Monday. Elder Macbeth says that those are one cookie
we’ll not be making very often, if ever again, since they are quite time
consuming. I have included a picture of
the cookies so you know what I’m talking about.
J
Sister
Pulliam, our wheel chair sister has ended up in the hospital with pneumonia so
she wasn’t able to attend Thursday Book of Mormon reading class. We promised we would keep her updated on
where we are at in our reading.
On
Friday I went to get my Prolia shot.
When we had gone in on Monday I knew I needed to have a blood test to
make sure I had sufficient calcium. I
asked them at the very first visit if they had a lab because I knew that the
shot is not supposed to be administered if the calcium level is low. I was assured that they had a lab. Then I wanted to know why the calcium level
had to be checked and the doctor said that if it was too low I would go into
seizures and not be able to breathe and die.
Okay! Well, they don’t have a lab
on-site…so I had to wait until Friday.
The receptionist asked if all I was doing was coming in to get my shot
and of course I said yes. Eventually the
nurse came and took me back and gave me the injection. I asked for a copy of my lab report so she
went to get it. She came back and said
it hadn’t come yet and that the doctor hadn’t seen it either. She got a very concerned look on her face
when Elder Macbeth said that the lab results was the reason for the wait for
getting the shot. She said she would be right
back and left. . It took her at least 10 minutes to return, evidently they
called the lab because she came back with it, reporting that Dr. Lundquist had
seen it and said everything was ok. I
don’t think she thought it was funny when I told her I was going to ask how
long I would have needed to wait before I knew I was in trouble.
When
we returned to our apartment I made dinner for a pregnant sister in our Ward. She said that they loved my chicken
casseroles so I made poppy seed chicken.
I’m sure glad that I brought the Macbeth Cook Book, because I use it
regularly, especially for chicken casseroles and cookies. J
Our
Saturday was filled with another visit to Sister Pulliam to take her some more
things because she has been moved to a different hospital outside of the
mission (which means none of the young missionaries can go visit her.) She will be there for about 2 weeks. Since we were already outside the mission
boundaries we also went to visit Keith.
It is a good thing President Taggart has permission to let Senior Couple
go places within the greater L.A. area or we would have been AWOL. We also tried to visit an investigator with
the Sister Missionaries, but he forgot and they don’t have a phone number for
him. While Elder Macbeth worked on his
Executive secretary responsibilities, I finished making “Smile” cookies for our
trip to Laguna Niguel to watch Libby and Lexi do their parts in their Primary
Sacrament Presentation. Because I had
already practiced on the ones I did for our zone it took me much less time to
put them together.
Sunday
was a delight. The traffic going south
zipped along so we got there in record time.
There are 90 kids in their primary and the program ran smoothly with the
kids saying their parts (most of the kids were younger so they needed a little
help) to the awesome singing of the songs.
The spirit was strong so we were well-fed spiritually. Libby of course
knew her part and rattled it off like a pro.
Lexi knew hers (she had repeated it for us when we were down there for
Libby’s birthday) but she needed a prompt to get started. I think mostly because she would much rather
be doing her own fun thing at the microphone than her assigned part. Actually I guess the kids came up with their
own messages in answer to focus question and the teachers had written them down
for them. Anyway we really enjoyed
ourselves especially watching our grandkids.
The only thing that would have made it better would have been having a
taller step stool so that you could see more of the little kids since the tops
of their heads were barely visible when they were giving their parts at the
pulpit. After the program I went with
Becky to hold Eli while she helped get ready the activities they had planned
for the children. They had 4
stations: 1) A memory game of different
prophets and some item that was associated with them (i.e., Moses and the 10
commandments), 2) A story reading, 3) A pioneer couple telling about their
experience coming to the Salt Lake Valley, and 4) A “fishing activity that they
would fish for an object then have to relate it to a scripture story (i.e., a
lion/Daniel in the lions’ den, or a whale/Jonah and the whale, etc.). The kids seemed to be having a great
time. After they visited each station,
the Stake Primary Leaders gave each of them a zipper pull with their Primary
Theme to remind them of the day. After
the block we got to spend some time with the kids at the house eating lunch,
playing, and drawing. . Supper was at Jen (Becky’s sister) and Jason’s place so
we met the rest of Becky’s family over there.
She made poppy seed chicken, Caesar salad (delicious) crescent rolls, Jell-O,
and a rice dish. I served the smiles for
dessert, which everyone enjoyed along with a peanut butter cup cookie Jen had
made. The dog ate Lexi’s when she got
down out of her chair, so she got to have another. A most fun day to be sure but like all days we
had to depart and return to our home to prepare for the next day. I must say it is good to hop into bed after a
great day.
Hope
you all are finding joy in your days. We
love you, think of you, and pray for you.
Love,
Sister and Elder Macbeth Go! Fight!
WIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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