A Week of Hard Work and Fun

This week we had a Zone Conference with the new mission president. President Wakolo is kind and gentle. He sees the big picture as far as the lives of the missionaries are concerned. During a missionary's time in the field, the most important testimony and conversion is that of the missionary. They will be the life blood of the Church. Both President and his wife are gentle, low-key, very knowledgeable and excellent teachers. This will be a time of growth for those serving missions during this era.

We continue to serve and help others. We can see the hand of the Lord in our daily activities. This week the Lord put me at a member's house just when her case worker came.  What a blessing it was. We got a lot of things straightened out because I happened to be in the right place at the right time. I am very humbled when that happens—and very grateful!

We had a game afternoon at the church with our family of kids because it was raining. Some played basketball and some played games. It's like being home with the grandkids for me. I do love it.

The kids love Elder Monson. They don't have many men in their lives.

We continue to do Pioneer Family Home Evenings. This is a very sweet, faithful family. These children will be a blessing to the Church as they grow up.

I have donated several hundred dollars to the local library for genealogy books. Here is a picture of the lady in charge of the monthly genealogy meeting. 

Here are the books she ordered. 

This is the inscription I placed in each book. 

Graciously donated by Christy Monson, Missionary of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, binding families together for time and all eternity, June 2014.

At the monthly meeting they were having a Confederacy commemoration so a member of the group brought his family heirlooms. The most precious was a Bible printed in the early 1800's. I didn't get a picture of it, but I would love to have something like that.

 

My little Kindle lady is very cute. She's in her early 80's and can't remember from time to time how to get around with her LDS Tools. We had to have a saying: "If you don't know what to do, always punch Moroni and start over again." That seemed to do the trick. She's a little less mixed up now that she was. (Maybe) Read more

We sat at her house one afternoon while I helped her with her Kindle and Bob played on his. It was a great time.Read More

Here are some picture of the ward swim party. The Elders Quorum President just built a new pool. The kids had great fun. We are slowly beginning to integrate the ward. Little-by-little both cultures are starting to recognize each other and talk to each other, but not too much—yet.