Week
22 May 31-June 6
When two dogs fight over a bone, a
third dog ends up with it
Dear Loved
Ones,
Elder
Knowles usually writes the letter so that I can practice the piano (keyboard),
but he said to write this week, so anyway, when we are out walking or driving
with our windows down, many drivers think that we like to hear their music
(rap) that they play very loudly, so here goes my rap.J
Come one
come all and join the fun,
The stakes
are very steep,
Doing
service so all can come unto Christ
Rides for Sunday church – what a bust,
Joyce,
Renee, Mary, all stayed home.
Elders
called: “Sure, we’ll pick up Luze and
Annie,” we said,
But when we
got there, they were gone!
But, Nola
Fakialoatonga came to church,
Along with all
her family.
And Ruth,
Rubi and Tesloach were in Primary…
So, a good
Sunday it turned out to be!
Monday, rain, but washed the car,
The Elders
scrubbed to get rid of our smell.
So, we took
them to dinner at Applebees,
Thanks, Ron
and Karla! That turned out well!
Dinner,
lesson, talking to everyone, and to Dale.
Played the piano
with Ravyn, and asked if to Primary she’d come,
Ravyn
surprised me, she said “Swell!”
Yoga every
morning, breathe and blow,
Looking at
the chart.
Stretch to
“down dog” and ready position,
The race is
about to start!
Tuesday morning – up early for Zone
Conference,
Maple Valley
here we come.
The Eaton’s
presented Family History as a contacting tool,
It’s a great
approach for some.
Then, Art’s
favorite thing – being a chauffeur to Seattle,
The streets
are very steep,
But he’d
made a promise to Thomas Johnson, to help his wife Joyce,
And that
promise he had to keep.
So, to
Seattle we went for doctor’s appointment for their baby, Eric,
And the
comedy began,
With Joyce
and Joyce doing the navigating,
Art about
hit the fanJ
Wednesday to Kent, dropped off Joyce
Johnson to get hair done,
Then, to
Northwest Harvest with the missionary sisters we did work,
Then, onto
our meeting with President McKinney,
That’s a
good meeting we cannot shirk.
We read
about the trials for the Smith’s,
On their Palmyra Path.
Even when
tested, the family got stronger,
Much to
Satan’s wrath.
After dropping
Joyce off at her home, the bus we did ride, Meeting the Elders at Ruth and Rubi’s
we went to teach. Using Alesia’s great
idea, our lesson on the Word of Wisdom, Was
so much fun to preach! (Thanks Sister
Schwieder for the idea using pepper and soap!)
Then, to
Bishop’s meeting at 8:30 p.m.
He is an
awesome man.
Always candy
for missionaries,
Hard to stay
on our diet plan!
Thursday, dentist appointment for Joyce,
Then, to
Seattle we went back.
For a
doctor’s appointment for our Joyce Johnson,
Seattle at
rush hour is a heart attack!
But, back in
time to walk to our Missionary meeting, Then, ride with the Elders to teach
Raymark. We love the Acosta’s and they feed us well, But we always get home way
after dark!
So much for
my rappingJ
Friday morning in
our Institute Class, while discussing Isaiah, the imagery really came through
about the restoration of the gospel:
“How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him that bringeth good
tiding, that publisheth peace; that bringeth good tidings of good, that
publisheth salvation; that saith unto Zion, Thy God reigneth!” Isaiah 52:7
Feet have an interesting connotation in the text of
apostles, prophets, missionaries, teachers, and everyone that shares the gospel
that “saith unto Zion, Thy God reigneth.” It was the Savior’s feet that the
woman did wash and she dried His feet with her hair, for she loved the Savior
much. It is the feet that often get
dirty, tired and sore. It was the feet
of the sandal clad apostles, which the Savior did wash as he served them
because of His love for them. It is in
the feet where much of the work gets done, when we serve because we love. We “hit the pavement and go to work” as
missionaries, and aren’t we
all missionaries, serving because of our love of the Savior? Our feet are sore today! We ate with the Benson’s after our institute
class this morning, came home for about an hour and then about 2:30 we rode the
bus to the top of the areas that we wanted to work this afternoon. We walked
and worked our way back home, getting three of our quadrants done. We are
supposed to check on the members in our area, most of which never attend
church, so we are trying to see if people even live at the addresses that we
have. We didn’t have much success: a lot of people are not home or will not
answer their door, so we tape a note onto the door. Some say they are not interested, and some
say that they “are not members anymore.”
Some are rude and won’t even talk to us, although, one young woman spoke
to us and was very kind. She even
admitted that she was a member…
Hooray! Any way, we got to walk
for a while along beautiful Lake Washington with Mt. Rainier in the background,
and see the moms and the baby geese out taking a swim. We saw a beautiful Blue heron, as well as
lots of fishing boats. It was a
gorgeous, sunny day and we got home about 8:30, in time for a late supper and
time to put our tired feet up.
Saturday: We should finish up this letter. We spent most of the morning on the bus going
to West Seattle to help at a book sale for the Literary Council and to make
sure we were signed up, for our English training class next week. Ned and Nina Jarvis came in the afternoon and
we went to the mall and shopped. In the evening
we spent five hours at a fund raising dinner serving and helping clean up with
the elder sisters. Our Ward Mission
Leader asked us to help. It was held at
the headquarters for the socialist party, so there were lots of interesting
posters on the wall. Love Art and Joyce
P.S. Kumusta ang
pamilya mo
Ingat kena sing casing
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