Week B22 Transfer 13 Week 4 July 3-9
"The problem is not the problem. The problem is your attitude about the problem." -- Jack Sparrow
Preaching: The lesson this week was Solve Problems. There was a short video called “Solve Problems and Make Decision” We invite you to watch it. 1.Identify 2.Study options 3.Decide and Act… If not good results then steps 1-3 again…Don’t give up “We are thinking, reasoning human beings. We have the ability to identify our needs, to plan, to set goals and to solve our problems…. Too often people hold on to ideas, inventions and approaches to life that do not work. The creative approach is a disciplined approach to meet life’s needs” Robert D. Hales Also read Ether 2:18-19, 23; 3:1,4
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| On the roof |
Sunday: We had a busy day for a Sunday. Karen and Joyce J. and Eric needed a ride to church. Joyce did primary and Art taught in Gospel Principles. Joyce is still working on the music plus teaching a lesson. It was a good testimony meeting. The meetings have gotten a lot better the last few months. The young missionaries are working very hard and it is paying off. Several less actives are coming back to church, and a few investigators but we are still missing lots of recent converts. Several that met with the Bishop last week got what they needed so we didn’t see them today. JoAnna was there for the first time in a month. She has moved south of Bellevue so we gave her a ride home so she wouldn’t have to take the bus. The twins and Princess Joy also needed a ride home so had to run the twins home first then come back and get everyone else. JoAnna was the last to go home since she lives the farthest. We drove across Lake Washington on I-90, (a very pretty drive) to the addition where JoAnna now lives. As we were leaving we had two deer run across the road in front of us, then stop and eat. It was kind of cool. We were waiting for the kids to call when we got a message from the twins that they were at the Holly house so we walked there and then had them come back to our place with Reymark and Princess Joy. They played in the park, went up on the roof and then made cookies with Joyce. The twins call us their grandma and grandpa. We had fun but it was much quieter after they left. We were able to talk to Jake, Lara, Mariah, Josh, Rachel, Maddox, Elayna, Haley, Lexxi, and Braeden. If we were on an eighteen month mission we would have been packing tonight so it was good to have the kids call and the Acostas here so we wouldn’t be thinking about it. We have too many things going on the next few months so we are glad we are not going home yet and we still need to get to a Mariners game this year.
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| 4th breakfast |
Monday 4th of July: The Skyway and Tiffany Park Wards had a combined 4th breakfast under the new shelter that has finally been finished. (They have been working on it since we got here.) Bro. Marler came in his Air Force uniform. He is 98 years old. Bro Moskowits was in a Civil War uniform and he played the bugle for the flag ceremony. He’s not a member. There was a good turnout from both wards even though the weather wasn’t good, cold and rainy. We picked up Karen and the twins, but we had to leave early for a meeting at the Stake Center. It started at 10:30 and we got there at 10:29 and they were waiting for us. We had several text messages from the Elders wondering where we were at. Not the best way to meet the new Mission President and his wife. We were just happy that the twins came to the breakfast even though taking them home put us behind. The meeting was a get to know the new President and his wife. They are very nice and we look forward to getting to know them better. After the meeting they wanted a picture with everybody, and we love taking pictures. They did tell us not to expect any big changes for their first few months. The afternoon plan was to have a picnic in the park with Karen, but she went to
Sister Jones place instead and made her lunch. The weather was not picnic weather. We went over to help clean at Darlene’s. Joyce cleaned one of the bathrooms and Art went out on the deck and took a nap in the lawn chair. Sister Jones tried to teach Art a magic trick, but he needs lots more practice. Skyway B came over in the evening and taught us a practice lesson. Elder Cardin is new and wanted some practice. Elder Sumsion did most pf the teaching, though. When it got dark, we went up on the roof and watched the fireworks. We have a good view of Rainier Valley and there were lots of fireworks going off. Some were very close to us. Karen was going to come over but the noise was bothering her. She is a little jumpy right now with what is going on in her life. (She will graduate in 15 days so it will be a big change for her.) Last year at this time we were melting, this year we were freezing. Reminds us of Idaho.
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| Renton Zone July 2016 |
Tuesday p-day: We had a rather lazy morning. Mostly paying bills and working on the SRS class. (We needed to research some budget programs.) Karen wanted us to do something with her so we rode the train into Seattle and ate lunch. She is having a meeting in the evening about her progress and she is worried about it. After eating, we walked around some and found a park with all these games so we played ping pong and a bean bag game, plus we visited See’s Candies. Several members stopped and talked to us. It’s always nice to see a friendly face. After getting home we rode the bus into Renton and walked around the Farmers Market and bought some fruit before the SRS class. The young sister missionaries were there so it was nice to see them. While in Seattle we received an e-mail asking if we could facilitate the class again until Bro. Connell showed up. He never did. Sister Kakuda wasn’t happy about the way the discussion was going and she let Art know it. We walked home after riding the bus to Henderson. Tuesday p-days just aren’t the most relaxing with the SRS class in the evening, plus Karen’s meeting didn’t go well, so her and Joyce visited for a bit.
Wednesday: Zone training took up most of the morning, with very little role playing. It was kind of nice. After the meeting we had to hurry home, catch the train and walk to Diane Nardi’s. We did stop at home long enough to get the note on our door telling us about the criminal activity involving firearms on Saturday night in Othello Park. We don’t know what they mean by criminal activity. We heard the shots, but thought it was just some early 4th fireworks. We mostly avoid the park anyway after dark. We met Diane for lunch then went back to her place and had a lesson on the Plan of Salvation. She told us all about her trip and the lesson went well. She seemed to be doing good and was more receptive to the gospel than she has been in the past . She may even come to church on Sunday, she didn’t say yes, but she didn’t say no. We picked up the Holly house Acostas and met the Green house Aostas at the church. Their mother dropped them off, so Joyce was able to visit with her a bit. We are trying to get the girls on a list that give old bikes to kids. We had Joshua, Reymark and Eleazar there and the new young mens president was there. Then Skyway A missionaries came and took him away. We let them know that was not cool and they needed to leave him alone on Wednesdays so he could do his calling. His wife was with him so she was able to meet Ruth, Rubi and Princess Joy and make plans for next weeks achievement day. Joyce had a good visit with Joshua and he said he would come on Wednesday nights, but he doesn’t like basketball. We will pass the info on to the YM pres. After taking the Holly house kids all home we came back to the church for the meeting with the Bishop. Another long meeting but it seemed to be productive for a change. 
Thursday: At 10:00 we met the Spanish speaking sister at Sister Jones to do some service. We are still not sure what is going on with her moving and how much we need to pack. We get different messages from her and her family. She says Karen is moving in and her family says no one is moving in. We worked on boxing up things and the Spanish Sister smashed medication. We have hardly made a dent with what needs to be done. Her kids just want to move her out then have somebody come in and haul everything to the dump, but she wants to have a garage sell or give it away. She does have a lot of things that are still useful like tools, fishing gear, books and cloths. We left at 12:30 with just enough time to pick up Eldrex, Princess Joy and Estrella and drive to Children’s Hospital for two appointments. Eldrex got new braces for his legs then they worked with him on walking with a walker. They are going to put a brace on his right arm to force him to use his left arm, next appointment. He does really good in his wheelchair, but he won’t use his left arm. Before going home we took them to lunch. In the evening we met with Skyway B to go over the ward roster and report on the visits they have made, now we have more paper work to do. Somehow we became the ones to keep all the records up to date. It will be good to only have one record to work from that is current. This took the place of our missionary meeting since Bro. Lopez was busy.
Friday: We worked on the ward roster in the morning. We need to get it up to date then make four copies for all the missionaries. It took way more time than we thought it would. Art also worked on setting up an account for Reverend Bruce for our Family History meeting next week. That also was harder than it should have been. The twins called because they were bored and wanted to go with us, so we took them to the church while we made the copies and then shopping for groceries. We have invited all the Acostas for dinner on Sunday if they will come over. The twins were a big help at Winco. We might take them every time we shop for groceries. After a stop at the cleaners we took them to supper then home. Running errands always takes longer than planned. By now it was late so we came home and worked more on the ward roster.
Saturday: We went to the church first to help clean. The turnout wasn’t as good as last week so we were there a lot longer. We found out that Karen is feeding Skyway A tonight and needed us there, so it will be at our place. Skyway B didn’t have a dinner appointment so we invited them. Good thing Sister Knowles put in some crockpot chicken, in the slow cooker this morning with vegetables, because Karen ended up needing us to feed the elders. We also invited the Elder Sisters to the party! We walked an invitation to the Acostas for dinner tomorrow and then drove to Joyce Johnson's to read. She is doing so good with reading the Book of Mormon. She needed a curtain hung so we did that before reading. We came home and got ready for the missionary dinner. It went well and
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