It’s me again Margaret
Week 41 Oct. 11-17
Sunday: We finished up Stake Conference. We were about ten minutes into the meeting
when the Skyway A elders asked if we could go pick up an investigator for
them. We hurried and left and when we
got to her place she had changed her mind and didn’t want to go because the
member that is fellow shipping her wasn’t going. We got back and finished conference, which
was wonderful. Elder Murray had said
that after having General Conference last week,
and having stake conference this week, it was like watching the varsity
game and then the j.v. game, but stake conference was so good that we did not
care that it was the “junior varsity game.”
We made plans to walk with Karen after lunch, but we had told her we
were going to invite the Acosta’s to go to the Youth fireside at 2:00, thinking
they probably wouldn’t go. Reymark and
Eleazar both wanted to go so change of plans. J
Monday
p-day: Laundry and letter writing
is always how are day starts on a Monday.
We should say printing the letter since we have to write a bit each
night or we forget what we have done. Also, a stop at the dry cleaners was
needed. The weather is changing, so it’s
time to start wearing a suit every day. Jake called and let us face time with
him and Mariah. Lara was in class. Joyce
needed the back of her hair trimmed, so we went over to the Elder Sisters after
lunch. Art loves going there since they always have chocolate. They
had never been to Seward Park so we drove there and walked around a bit. The
leaves and really starting to change now. Sister Harrison is getting a cold and
isn’t feeling well. That’s probably why we all can’t get feeling better. We
seem to keep pass it around since we are always in meetings together. It was a
short walk, so we stopped on the way home and bought a pizza at this little restaurant.
We have always wanted to try it, but have wondered about how it would be since
their sign is upside down on one side.
Turned out it was a pretty cool place and good food. We went to FHE in
the evening. We haven’t been for a while
and this man showed up from another ward and kind of took over things. The
Elder Sisters met him at conference and he kind of invited himself. It got very uncomfortable for everyone. He was
very critical of his ward and the church and we could have either started a
confrontation or leave. We hope we did
the right thing. We got up and left. We
were glad we didn’t have any investigators there, but there was a few less
active members. The sister in charge
finally stopped him as we were leaving and said it was time to go.
Tuesday
District Meetings: We went early to our meeting so we
could stop at the store and get some treats for the missionaries and Joyce
could practice the piano. The meeting
was very good. Even President and Sister
Eaton were there. After, we had to hurry
to a visit. We were running late and got
lost, which made us more late. Sister
Skipps works out of her home by phone and when we got there she was on a call,
so it was a hug from Joyce and we left. Our next stop was at the Acosta’s to teach
English and work on some Family History.
It was pretty challenging with the language. We are trying to get some names for them the
take to the Temple, if we can get them and the names ready. Since
Sister Harrison is sick, Joyce went with Sister Chamberlin to Swedish Hospital
to visit Cathy Pang. She had checked out
so no visit. We seem to get the
information when members go to the hospital, but no information when they go home. Art walked home and took a nap. Karen went with us to the ARP class, but no
one else came. We will probably stop
having them and do something different.
Since we didn’t have class, Karen went and talked to the Bishop and Art
tried to figure out how to get onto the Family History computers. Even without the class we had a good visit
with Karen. She has stopped smoking,
which is a struggle for her plus a few more problems. A few prayers for her would be nice. Joyce fixed us all some hot chocolate and we
found a couple of conference talks to help her.
Wednesday Service: Northwest Harvest was today with the
sister missionaries. Sister Harrison is
still sick so only Sister Chamberlin went with us. We worked with a group of 8th
graders boxing black beans. This was the
first time we have heard the people in charge yell at the volunteers. 8th graders can be a challenge. Joyce loved
it. It’s funny how wearing a name badge
makes people think you are in charge. We
changed cloths there and drove to the Kent Stake Center to meet with President
McKinney. All the Senior Missionaries
are supposed to be there, but we were the only ones that showed up with Sister
Chamberlain. There is, only one other couple (the Hunts) that should attend. All the other senior missionaries, six of
them, work in the employment office (Sister Stucki and Kukudo) the mission
office (the Young’s) or teach institute (the Bensons) so they can’t
attend. President McKinney talked about
General Conference, our upcoming meeting with Elder Lawrence, and some
suggestions for the members we work with. We get a lot of advice, but until you work in
Skyway it is hard to have a clear picture of what it is like and the problems
we work with, but we always like council from our leaders. We always go to dinner after our meeting. We
needed to make some visits and Joyce had promised Raymark some cheesy potatoes
so she made those and we delivered them to the Acosta’s and Vergarha’s, with a
pan we will deliver tomorrow to the Freylingers. The meeting with the Bishop was kind of a
downer. He gave us some assignments and
then during the reports we found out that Annie doesn’t want to be taught
anymore and the only other investigator that Skyway B has also dropped
them. Skyway A is also having investigators
push back their baptism dates. We’ll
just keep trying and praying. We have
been working with most of these investigators, so it wasn’t good news.
Thursday W.W.: After our weigh in and lecture we
decided to shop some more for groceries.
The potatoes were such a big hit we came up with a few more members we
could visit. We did a little shopping
and Joyce gave out a few pass along cards, then home to make the potatoes. Joyce made several pans of potatoes and we went
to deliver them. Annie wasn’t home at
our first stop, so we went to the Dangs and gave them some children readers for
the Old Testament, New Testament, and Doctrine and Covenants since Iris, age 5,
is already done with the book of Mormon one that we gave her. We planned on stopping at Mary’s, but it gets
dark so early now and it is not a safe place after dark so it will have to be
another day. Since we had an extra pan,
the Freylingers took two. We think that
with the grandma in the hospital that no one is fixing meals, plus they don’t
have much. Our last stop was at Ruth and
Rubi’s. Joyce is missing them with no
regular church the past two weeks. Now
to our missionary meeting. It was okay. A lot of sickness going around among the
members and missionaries. We took Bro.
Harrison home after the meeting, which is a big stretch for Art. They don’t see eye to eye on a lot of things.
Friday Institute: We had a very good class. Elder Holiday is such a good teacher. Sister Chamberlain is sick now so she didn’t
come. After class we did our usually
stop at Denney’s with the Benson’s. The
whole time we are eating we are getting text messages from Skyway A, Skyway B
and the Spanish Elders setting up appointments.
Our day quickly went from slow to packed. We need to make a few visits, but they will
have to wait until Monday. Except now Monday is filling up with appointment
with missionaries. We met at Freylingers
to help teach Mhyna her last lesson. She
is scheduled to be baptized next Saturday.
We changed hats and became movers with the Spanish Elders. The family we moved is getting baptized this
coming Wednesday. They attend the
Spanish Branch so it won’t help our ward. The sister used to come to our
English class when she had a ride, so we knew her already. We did take a break to play with some
neighborhood kids in all the fall leaves. They were nice to load and unload us
first so we could get to the Acosta’s on time (only ten minutes late, but we
beat the Elders), for a FHE lesson. They
are such a fun family and it makes our day going to their home. We had a good lesson on prayer and scripture
study and they committed to read and pray as a family. This should help a lot. With so many teenagers there is a little
contention at times, plus we hope it will help the father become interested in
the lessons.
Saturday Temple: Sister Sanchez wanted Sister and Elder
Knowles to ride the bus to the temple with her. We had planned to do that when she had a
change of plans, so we decided to drive instead. She sends money home to her family in Venezuela
and had to wait for the bank to open. (They are open here on Saturdays to wire
money). Lots of the members work two
jobs so they can support themselves and family that lives out of the country.
We want to go to the temple with her to support her, plus it is good for us now
that we have permission. Sister Sanchez
lives with her sister, who doesn’t like the church. She is very faithful in attending the temple
and would like someone to go with her. Sister Harrison went with us. Sister Chamberlain is still fighting a cold so
she stayed home. We missed the exit so
had to come in the scenic way to get to the temple. Riding in a car makes Sister Sanchez sick so
she had to leave half way through the session.
After the session we had to find her in the first aid room, drive to the
front of the temple and they brought her out in a wheel chair. We will try to
go again with her in a few weeks but take the bus this time. Our next few
Saturdays are already full, so it will have to be in November. We took her home, picked up Sister Chamberlain
and went out for a late lunch. We had to
hurry home, make dinner and clean a bit. We had Shakira Smith over for dinner.
It was fun to get to know Sister Smith a little bit better. The Smith’s just got married last month,
moved into our building and now Bro. Smith has to stay on the army base for a
month for training. Bro. Smith is a West
Point graduate, so he does the training.
A little preaching: In our Stake Conference last week, we learned of the
importance of the theme of the first presidency and the quorum of the 12
apostles to all the church. Attending
our meetings on the Sabbath and keeping the Sabbath Day holy. Ask:
What can I do to make the Sabbath more powerful in my life. Choose to be obedient, not selectively
obedient. Obedience brings blessings of
eternal life. That is how we show our
love for our Savior, by being obedient.
Our sacrifice brings covenants and promised blessings in heaven. What did the rich young ruler give up when he
would not give up his riches and follow the Savior? He gave up an association he would have had
with Christ and an association of all the apostles and disciples! Love, Art and Joyce
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