Week B36 March 28-April 3
Good-by to Elder and Sister Benson
Preaching: A connection is a relationship or link between ideas, people, things, or events, and the scriptures are full of connections. Consider the relationship between the Eternal Father and His Son, Jesus Christ (see Mosiah 15:1–9); between mercy and grace (see 2 Nephi 9:8); between clean hands and a pure heart (see Psalm 24:4); between a broken heart and a contrite spirit (see 3 Nephi 9:20); between the wheat and the tares (see D&C 101:65); between knowledge and intelligence (see D&C 130:18–19); between justification and sanctification (see D&C 20:30–31); between sheep and goats (see Matthew 25:32–33); between immortality and eternal life (see Moses 1:39); and countless others. Prayerfully identifying, learning about, and pondering such connections—the similarities and differences, for example—is a primary source of living water and yields inspired insights and treasures of hidden knowledge
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Monday p-day: Our plan was to drive to Mt. Vernon and see the tulips until Sister Chamberlain called to get permission and we were told “no.” Also, today we received word that we can’t do an ARP class at the Women’s Clinic. At least we tried. Our next plan was to go shopping at the mall.This time we didn’t ask for permission, we just went. Sister Chamberlain wanted to see if she could get a massage on her neck so it was mostly for medical reasons that we went there.
We did do some shopping and ate lunch there. In the evening we took Diane, Debra and Margarita to FHE. Karen didn’t want to go and Art spent most of the time in the pick-up. He is still having earaches and a sore throat, but he won’t go to the urgent care again. The weather has turned very nice after a few days of rain and this week is supposed to be sunny and warm. Opening day at Safeco Field is in ten day. Maybe spring is here finally.
Tuesday: The Bensons turned their apartment over to the new couple today. They plan on visiting family in Vancouver, and Elder Benson is attending a piano conference next week in Seattle, then they will go back to Utah. It’s encouraging to know that couples do eventually go home. We had District meeting at 10:30. President and Sister Eaton were there for part of it. We talked a lot about using members when teaching. This is a big problem in Skyway since there are not many options of available members. Most of the time it ends up being us. The Elders try other members but we are their backup so we get to teach with them most of the time. We really enjoy this. Art did consent to try the urgent care one more time and see a different doctor. After waiting most of the afternoon it was just a waste of time. At least we know it’s not strep throat. Skyway A needed us to teach with them so we met them at the church then drove to Crescent Point (Murder Central) for the lesson. Nobody answered even though we could hear them inside. This is the second time this lady has not shown for the lesson with us. Maybe time to drop her we think. The apartment does have a cool view of Mt.Rainier and valley where most of the mission is. It was a very clear sunny day so the view was worth the visit. We did get to visit Rayven and set up a ride with her for achievement day tomorrow. After a quick stop at Sam’s for some meds for Art, we headed to the Acostas. They had called earlier and we couldn’t quite understand what they needed so we stopped in, plus Joyce wanted to see the baby. The school had set up an appointment for Friday, with them and Estrella wanted Joyce to go with her. We are busy on Friday so we will try to reschedule tomorrow.
Wednesday: We are finally back to Northwest Harvest after being away for two weeks. They had us work with a group of school kids boxing pasta. We had to hurry and leave there and drive to Puyallup so we could get some bikes from the mission. They are trying to clean up all the apartments before the new mission president comes. All the extra bikes are going to the D.I. so we took two of them. They are also going to close some areas so they want the apartments clean for when they close them. The mission is down from a high of 212 missionaries to around 160 and more going home than coming out the next few months. We went to lunch with the Elder Sisters then came home. While all this was happening we were trying to sort out rides for achievement day tonight, Skyway A wanted us to teach Friday with them, Skyway B wanted to stop by our place and JoAnna wanted a ride to institute tonight. We think we got it all worked out, Skyway A cancelled, Joanna is trying to see if she can ride the bus and we took care of Skyway B when we got home, and everybody is covered for achievement day. JoAnna is taking her friend with her who is interested in the church so we feel bad we couldn’t help her, but we were already committed with achievement day rides. Achievement days went great. 7 girls showed up plus Reymark and Eleazar. The boys played basketball while the girls baked cookies and planned. Bro. David was there so he took Reymark and Eleazar to young men’s for a bit then came back and played basketball with them so maybe they will start coming on Wednesday night. After we got home we got a call from Julie Heier and a nice letter from Sarah Funk. It was a nice ending of a busy day.
Thursday: Most of the morning we ran errands and did some shopping for Sunday. Karen wanted to walk at Seward Park so we did that after lunch. We were all set to take Michele, Richel, Sun Shine, JoAnna and her friend to the institute by the U.of W. JoAnna and Sun Shine had to work late, Richel and Michele cancelled. We didn’t know that Michele had cancelled so we were able to talk her into going with us when we went to pick her up. We rode the light rail to the U. of W. then walked to the institute. It was a beautiful evening. The lesson was on church history, so not the best for Michele. We were almost glad the others didn’t come. They are all recent converts so church history is not the most exciting thing for them. Michele and Joyce had a good visit so it worked out okay. Hopefully we can try again.
Friday: We had to drive through all the ash and lava from Mount Rainier erupting on our way to institute class in the morning, (April Fools). The new couple that took the Bensons place was there so we got to meet them. We invited all the usual group to lunch but nobody else could come. Not much happened after we got home. We had gotten some parts for the bikes and Joyce has a project she is working so that was most of the rest of our day. Art is still having trouble with his throat and ears so staying in was a good option.
Saturday: We spent the morning at the Stake Center watching conference. Between sessions we went to lunch with the Elder Sisters and the Sisters from the employment office. Sister Stucki is going home on Thursday. At lunch the employment sisters were telling us that they were going to the tulip festival after conference. Sister Beck was not to happy about that. They are not under the same rules as we are. They cover the whole Puget Sound area so they have a lot more freedom, plus the person over them has told them to see the sights. After conference we waited for Joshua’s family to arrive. They got here just as Art needed to go meet with Skyway A for a lesson. Another no show. The third time with this person.
Sunday: Conference most of the day. We did pick up Karen and an investigator (Margo Sanchez), for the Spanish Sisters. Between sessions we and the Elder Sisters fed the missionaries and everyone else who stayed at the church, plus we took a zone picture since everyone was there. The Elders and Sisters sang to us to tell us thank you for lunch! It was awesome! After conference we planned what to do the next few days with Josh’s family, we colored eggs, and we celebrated Josh’s birthday.
Sunday: We all went to the Stake Center in Renton for General Conference. In between sessions we fed the missionaries and several families that were there. After we just came home and relaxed. We had an investigator for the Spanish Sisters that we gave a ride to, plus Karen. It is so nice having Josh and Rachel’s family with us. Love you all Art and Joyce
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