Week B39 Mar. 7-13
Nobody cares what you do until you don’t do it
Preaching: “Jesus said several times, “Come, follow me.” His was a program of “do what I do,” rather than “do what I say.” His innate brilliance would have permitted him to put on a dazzling display, but that would have left his followers far behind. He walked and worked with those he was to serve. His was not a long-distance leadership. He was not afraid of close friendships; he was not afraid that proximity to him would disappoint his followers. The leaven of true leadership cannot lift others unless we are with and serve those to be led.”
Monday p-day: The Elder Sisters had us over for a breakfast of donuts and hot chocolate. It was cold and raining but we decided to drive to Puyallup anyway. There is supposed to be a big daffodil festival in April and we were told to go now to see all the daffodils. All we found was a park with a few flower. We tried another spot that turned out to just be an empty field. The drive was fun and it is Sister Larson's last day with us, so no problem. Now we have a reason to go back in April. Sister Beck arrived at the sisters apartment just as we did, but we didn’t stay to meet her. We will do that tomorrow after she has had time to unpack. All the Elder Sisters are eating with the Eaton's tonight so we won’t see them at FHE. The rest of the day we did laundry and shopping until time for FHE. May have been a short nap sometime in there. We picked up the usual group, Karen, Debra and Margarita for FHE. There was not a really big group but it was nice. Jake called on the way home with a surprise for us so Joyce is happy because Jacob, and Mariah are going to fly in Wednesday morning. Lara’s 91 year old grandmother past away in the Pasco, Washington. Lara will fly in Friday morning. After the morning rain stopped it turned into a pretty nice day.
Tuesday: We had Zone Training from 10:00 to 1:00 so we moved the English class back on hour. No problem. The training was about working with members. We were able to meet Sister Beck. After the meeting we took a Zone Picture since it is transfers in two weeks and this is the last time we will all be together. Joyce taught English to Sara while Art tried to entertain her two kids. She is having a rough time so we showed her the new Easter video the church has. Kind of different to show an Easter video to a lady dressed as a Muslim, but she claims to be Christian and she did enjoy it. Not sure how much she understood it since she doesn’t understand English but she got the hallelujah part. We ran to the Elder Sisters to help Sister Beck set up her internet. Now that you have stopped laughing, you need to know that we did it, we think. Wal-mart was our next stop to pick up some presents for Maryann’s baby and her birthday. Sara wants to knit a scarf so we got her some knitting needles and yarn. After supper we walked to the Acostas to deliver the presents and let Estrella know about the doctors appointment we set up for Eldrex. Joyce is the scheduler since she can speak English. No rain today just a cold wind.
Wednesday: We had to divide up to cover everything. Art picked up the Elder Sister early and then drove to Auburn to get a set of Sister Missionaries. They needed to drop their car at the Chevy dealers to get some work done. Then they all went back to Kent and worked at Northwest Harvest for two hours. Joyce rode the train to the airport to meet Jake and Mariah. After picking up Jake and Mariah they all went into Seattle and shopped. Art took the missionaries back to Auburn after the service project to get their car, by way of Trotters for lunch. The dealership didn’t have the part so they had to leave the car and Art took them back to Renton. He was going to leave them at their apartment until they realized they didn’t have keys to the apartment. The Elder Sisters volunteered to drive them back to Auburn to get their keys, All this was done in the pouring rain. Finally we all got back together just in time to go with Skyway B and teach Princes Joy. They had another appointment they wanted us to attend but we already had a commitment. We left the Acosta’s and picked up Joanna and drove to Auburn (third time today) so she could attend the rebroadcast with Elder Holland (#Face2face). We didn’t mind because now we got to attend also (it was for young single adults). Joanna enjoyed it so hopefully she will want to keep going. That would mean we would drive her each week and we would miss the Wednesday meeting with the Bishop, but get to attend the institute class. Missionary meeting with the bishop vs institute class. We think we come out on top. We talk about the same things on Thursday night with the Ward Mission Leader so we don’t miss much and the Elder Sister always cover for us. It was hard to leave Jacob and Mariah, but they survived without us.
Thursday: We didn’t do much in the morning, just some phone calls to confer some appointments and do some needed business. Our taxes are finished and being sent to us to sign and send in. We had English at 1:00. We were expecting another student but she didn’t show and Sara didn’t bring her kids so not much for Art to do. Joyce is a much better teacher so she does all the teaching. It rained hard most of the day so we were unable to walk. At 3:00 we were going to teach with Skyway A at our place. Art and Jake went to pick up the investigator, but his mother answered the door and just yelled at Art and told him never to call or come back again or she would call the police. We found out later that she did the same thing to the Elders and the father found them later and apologized for this wife’s behavior. She is a crazy lady. Her son is 25 so he can do what he wants. He has already been to church and really liked it. The father is Jehovah Witness and she does the same thing to his missionaries if they come over. Short story is that we didn’t have the lesson at 3:00. At 6:30 the Elders came over for a lesson we had confirmed earlier that never showed up. 0 for 2 when it comes to lessons today. In the evening we went to our missionary meeting which was pretty good for a change. We may have to start up the ARP meeting again, but we will only do it if we have more support from the ward and those who attend are more committed. Time will tell. We have enjoyed having Jake and Mariah here, but poor Mariah has had a cold and cough.
Friday: Lara flew in early this morning so we went to the airport to meet her. Danny and Galen met us at our place then we all rode the train into Seattle for lunch. The weather was beautiful until we went into Seattle, then rain. They all wanted good Clam Chowder so we found this little place by Pikes Market and ate there. Only problem was the long line then we had to sit outside under umbrellas to eat. We had some protection from the rain but not much. After Jake, Lara Mariah, Danny and Galen left for the viewing, we got ready for our 5:00 dinner with Karen until she cancelled. She was going to bring another lady from Hope Place. This allowed us to go with Skyway A (to murder central, Crescent Point) for a lesson. It was a no show or answer the door. We are beginning to thing we are a jinx. The Elders did try another apartment so we could meet these investigators, with the same results. Since we were out and about we filled up with gas and did some grocery shopping. In the evening we took Princes Joy to the church for her baptism interview along with Reymark and Eleazar, so they could play basketball. Karen also came with us so her and Joyce could work on her homework from Hope Place. It was pretty interesting, about Isaiah and Hosea. We did find out from Skyway B (they were doing the interview) that the no show appointment was asleep on the couch when we knocked and embarrassed that she didn’t answer. She has quit smoking and drinking since the last lesson and is excited to keep learning about the gospel, along with the rest of her family. That was good news.
Saturday: Karen wanted to walk between the rain storms. The sun was shining when we picked here up but it was cloudy when we finished, but no rain. We walked around Seward park. After the walk, we went to lunch at PCC in Columbia City. We picked up Reymark, Eleazar and Karen for Princes Joy’s baptism. We were there early, but Estrella, Princes Joy, and Sunshine barely made it for Princes Joy’s baptism. We were a little worried. Joyce helped Sunshine with a baptism activity talk on Baptism, since Princes Joy doesn’t understand English real well and then Joyce talked a little and we sang about the Holy Ghost. The baptism went well with a good ward turn out. The fund raiser for the young men/women followed so we spent some time setting it up. They had a silent auction and a live auction which costed us lots, $75.00 for an apple pie. It was a lot of fun and everyone seemed to have a good time plus there was good food and they made lots of money. The Acostas all had to stay for the ward party since we were their way home .
Sunday: We had a good day at church. Karen was the only one that rode with us. We did have a car full going home. Karen, Reymark, Eleazar, Princes Joy, and Clarine, plus us, so it was a bit crowded. Art confirmed Princes Joy which was special for him. Eleazar blessed the sacrament today for his first time and we were so happy. Sister Sanchez (the one we go to the temple with) was one of the speakers. She did a great job. After their Sunday School class, Eleazar and Reymark always come to Joyce’s Primary Class. Joshua and Ruth and Rubi are still in the Philippines, so after they get back, Brother Munson will start having them have a lesson with him for Priesthood Meeting, since Joshua will be there. It was fun, we had our Book of Mormon lesson and marked scriptures, then started an Easter activity including reading Easter Scriptures. After church and getting everyone home we ate lunch with Karen, Jake, Lara, and Mariah. The apple pie was pretty good. Jake and Lara had been to Lara’s grandmother’s the funeral on Saturday and Lara is flying out tonight, Sunday, at midnight to get back to Pittsburg and back to school. Jacob and Maria will drive Lara’s parent’s car home tomorrow and they will get to stay for a week at our home! Galen and Debbie, Lara’s parents, are so excited to get to see Mariah for a week! One more week in the books Love Joyce and Art
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