"There is power in our love for God and for His children, and when that love is tangibly manifest in millions of acts of Christian kindness, it will sweeten and nourish the world with the life-sustaining nectar of faith, hope, and charity. " (Elder M. Russell Ballard, October 2012 Conference Talk)
...Perhaps you remember this talk and his comparisons with bees, hives & honey:) May each of us put in our 1/12th of a teaspoon!
Notes for the week just past...
Monday, November 26th From the Mission Office: Sister Terry received a call from the mother of an incoming missionary (January) and ended up visiting with her a bit on the phone. Her daughter turned 19 the day after the Conference announcement about the change in ages; through diligent effort they were able to get all of the necessary things done in order to get her application in right away (which included her taking the place of her sister at her sister’s dental appointment) and she is headed to the MTC and then to us in January:). Her last name triggered a question from Sister Terry to the mother; she asked if her daughter were related to - and I can’t remember the name - a person whom Sister Terry and her husband had contacted on behalf of a person they were working with in Burns, OR - a person who had been baptized many years ago by this man. They had ended up contacting him and connecting him to the person they were working with. Turns out that that man is the girl’s grandfather, has been a temple president and a mission president; he is a doctor and his wife died a year or two ago...he is in his 80’s now and living in a trailer out somewhere helping the missionaries with the Indians. I thought, she comes from good stock. I hope that each of us will be as willing to serve the Lord as that Grandpa is!
I’ve decided working in the office is a wonderful thing; I love hearing the stories:)!
Tuesday, We went to “bell choir” practice, actually chimes. I thought we did pretty well last week and that we would improve a lot this time, but it didn’t feel much like improvement...hopefully we get better next week. I brought our music home and dad and I are practicing with forks and spoons. (Don't ask how - that gets complicated to explain!)
Wednesday, November 28th was my day to visit Hangar Orthotics to try out the Walk Aide. My appointment was at 3:30 and it was almost 6:00 when we finally left. The time was spent in explaining the device and how it operates, the many different factors affecting whether it will be a “success”, insurance probabilities, and more...plus trying to adjust it to work with my right leg...which proved to be a little bit tricky. I am to return on Monday to see if we can get it adjusted to where I can wear it home and work with it for a week or so. Turns out the spot that the electric impulse has to impact is kind of behind where it would be for most people; not really behind my knee but heading towards that position. John, the person working with me, is going to fashion a different kind of cushion to try to get the spot exactly right - kind of hard to imagine unless you are there seeing it all happen. It is interesting; I feel pretty sure it will work just fine, the only problem being that, since I am now on Medicare (with no choice about that) it will not be covered by insurance...not now and probably never. So then comes the problem of trying to figure out how much money we are able and/or willing to pay for it:) and whether the advantages are worth it. No one ever said this would be easy, did they:)?
Thursday was Ammon Bullinger's 12th Birthday!!! And a RS dinner night; I was hoping to go but ultimately realized that I really needed to go grocery shopping, which we did, then came home, made dinner, worked on a couple of things and went to bed. Ammon, however, had a much different experience as related by Christi in an e-mail. They ended up with a house FULL of unexpected company, including the missionaries, and had a wonderful birthday celebration even though his party is planned for next week!!! He will be receiving the priesthood this Sunday; we are so very happy for him and proud of him for all he does:)!
Friday for some reason I was so very tired. After leaving the office we dropped off the forwarded mail, then Dad wanted to go look at printers; our is dying and we thought we had a new one at a very good sale price, then found it won’t work with our “older” desktop computer...hence the search for a different one.
Saturday... a full busy day cleaning the apartment, doing laundry and finally doing some shopping. When we finished, we went to the “Christmas Cheche Display” - kind of like our nativity display we did in Roseburg for a number of years, but much larger and beautifully organized to include musical groups and an opportunity for children to have their picture taken in a living nativity scene. It started with a handout of an “I Spy” sheet with specific items to look for (a great activity for kids and fun for adults too) and a handout of musical groups/numbers and the times at which they would be playing. It is actually a 3 stake event I believe and lasts for 3 days...Friday, Saturday and even Sunday. Leaving there we headed home; in our shopping earlier Dad ended up with the printer he wanted, which he promptly unboxed and spent the remainder of the evening putting it all together and learning about it:)!
If you haven't seen Charlotte's post on Facebook about her new job...I suggest you go look at it! Congratulations to her and we look forward to hearing more about it!
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