News from CAM March 13, 2017
Dear Loved Ones All,
Well, learned a hard lesson the first of the week . . . If you park in the wrong place your car will get towed. We had the Sister Missionaries over for dinner on Monday. When we asked them where they were parked because people have been known to have their cars towed, and they responded in the other Sister Missionaries’ parking space who live in the same complex. So we didn’t pursue the issue and thought no more about it. After dinner they left but returned shortly…you guessed it, their car had been towed! Well, we found the name of the tow company and they called and heard the sad news that if they wanted the company to come open their gate, since it was after hours the fee was $350, or if they waited until morning it would be $220…no brainer. The man said it gets busy in the morning so they should be there at 8:45 am. Well, we dropped them off close to their apartment because they had a few people they thought they could visit before they went home and told them we would pick them up in the morning to go get their car. In the morning, we called Elder Westergard (our transportation/car person) and he said that if they needed verification as to the ownership of the car since that happened to be the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter day Saints, we could call him and he could fax the information if needed. So early Tuesday morning we picked up the Sisters and went to stand in line at the towing company. Yes they did need verification of the ownership of the car (Elder Macbeth could do that with his Missionary License), and yes someone had to sign for it (Elder Macbeth could do it), and the person driving the car had to show proof of a valid driver’s license (it was in the impounded car in the Sister’s wallet), and $220 dollars and about an hour later they had the car and the hard lesson learned. L
The Bishop asked us to deliver the letters to those invited to take the Temple Preparation Class, so it took us much of the week to finish that task. Some of them were quite easy to deliver, and since some do not attend church regularly because of work schedules, we feel that the Lord arranged it so that we could. (i.e., one sister was coming out of her apartment to look for a man delivering some food just as we were walking up to her apartment, while a couple of others answered texts when they usually don’t.) I know that the Lord believes in giving us all as many chances as possible to do that which is good if we so choose.
We also were able to make a few appoints and actually visit those members.
This week we had interviews with President and Sister Taggart. They seemed quite satisfies with what we are doing and then asked if we thought we would like to stay where we were at or be assigned to a new area. We told him that until the ward boundaries were changed so that the ward has enough active members to be fully functioning we should stay where we are currently serving. Amazing that we were consulted, but I’m sure that if the Lord decides we are needed elsewhere more then we will be moved; until then we will keep on keeping on.
The office secretary and financial wizard/computer whiz, the Jamesons, will be released from their mission on the 22nd after serving for 30 months. They will be sorely missed because they are AWESOME. Unbeknownst to them we are putting together a memory book. We are trying to get the signatures of all the missionaries currently serving plus a short comment. That is an interesting task because we don’t “see” all of them and we are down to the wire so to speak. We gave some pages to all the zone leaders to have their missionaries sign, and some have come back with missing signatures. Elder Macbeth thinks I am being OCD to want them all but I’m going to try anyway.
Sister Jameson is usually in charge of when the Senior Couples get together for FHE at the Mission Home, but she told Sister Taggart that she has too much to do before they leave so “Sister Taggart and Sister Macbeth” will have to do it. So-o-o-o-o I guess I am in charge since Sister Taggart is also way busy. I got the okay to have a pasta dinner (Elder Jameson is on a soft foods regimen following surgery) and since I just experienced organizing a pasta dinner I don’t feel so much like a duck out of water.
I made molasses cookies this week for our District Meeting. It seems to be a favorite of most of young missionaries. The only time they get turned down is if someone is fasting. (I need to make Sister Jameson’s favorite, oatmeal sugar cookies from the Macbeth Family Cookbook, before she leaves, but because we have Zone Conferences this week and so we won’t be having District Meeting. I haven’t made a single batch before so that will be interesting.
It was our ward’s turn to clean the building so we got up early Saturday morning and dressed in P-day clothes and went and washed the glass doors. It is amazing how many sticky fingerprints and handprints end up on the glass. Usually they are children size, but occasionally there is an adult print there right above the push bar for opening the door. We got the wrong cleaner to start with and it was doing the job, but it required much more wiping and more towels. I was glad to get the “No Streak” cleaner which made it much easier. After we went home and changed Elder Macbeth took me to get a “Honey Baked Ham” sandwich. The hams run about $10 or $12 a pound and I have been curious as to why at Thanksgiving there was a line of people waiting to get one that was as long as the lines at Disneyland on a busy day! Since their sandwiches are about the same price as a good sandwich elsewhere, maybe even a little less, we each got one. Yes they are delicious, but we could only eat half so we could have shared one. And I am much too Scotch to pay $60 to take a whole ham home to eat at my leisure.
Because we had Stake Conference last week it was fast Sunday. The Bishop was conducting and he noted that if each one there took about a minute sharing their testimony that every person there would be able to have a turn. I thought it was interesting that when he turned the time over to the congregation only sisters were going up to share their testimonies and most were actually taking a very short time. Finally at the end 3 brethren shared their testimonies. It was a wonderful meeting.
I give my lesson in Relief Society. This time it was on “How Mighty a Thing Is Prayer.”
President Hinckley’s lessons are so easy to give because he always has so much wisdom given in such a personable way. Since most of the sisters in Relief Society were members when he was serving as Prophet, it is also easy to get good discussions with a few key questions. The idea that when we pray (unless it is in behalf of a group) that it only involves 3, ourselves, the Lord, and Jesus was a concept that was new to some of the sisters. That is amazing that as President Hinckley pointed out that the Great God of all Creations loves us so much that He will listen and answer each of us. All we have to do is be sincere and listen.
We got to go down to Laguna Niguel to have dinner with Brad and Becky and family to celebrate Becky’s birthday. That is always a treat. He grills an awesome steak, and we had rolls and squash and asparagus and salad to go with. Of course, the company always makes it tops. Thank you for a delightful evening! J
Must sign off. Hope your week is spectacular!
Love, Sister and Elder Macbeth Go! Fight!! WIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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