Missionary Journal
England (February Wk1 2009)
Saturday, 31 January 2009
I spent a goodly portion of today trying to figure out how to teach Adam and Eve to the Primary without being able to print in color. The “Friend” magazine had a great handout for Adam and Eve, but it doesn’t print at all well on our black and white laser printer. So I recreated it with graphics that were simpler, and it looked much better in black and white.
Sunday, 01 February 2009
Today is our 2-month anniversary of arriving at the MTC. It seems both longer and shorter than 2 months. It was Fast Sunday and there were no meetings before church. Since I was teaching on Adam and Eve in Primary, I started with a very short introduction to the creation. Using graphics (here is a sample) I’ve had for years showing what was created on each day, I meant to color these and cut them out before class. Unfortunately, I couldn’t find any color crayons in the Library. I do now know where they are in the Primary cabinet and I also bought some for myself.We had a great Fast and Testimony meeting. We also had a proud day for one family. The Godwin’s had two young men (who were ordained a week or so ago); one blessing and one passing the sacrament for the first time. For a small branch with only 40+ in attendance, we had a waiting line all through the meeting to bear testimony. The Spirit was really apparent.
After that meeting was over, I went to teach my Sunday School class. Today’s lesson was on receiving inspiration/revelation. We had a small class today with Dave (our investigator who has been investigating the church for a very long time), Claire Thompson (a real member of the class and also a returned missionary), and the two Elders. During the class one or the other of us bore testimony that Joseph Smith was a prophet, the Book of Mormon was scripture, and revelation is still coming. It was a good class.
After Sunday School, I went to Primary (where I had a wonderful time with the children; I do really love Primary – the children teach me so much) and Walt went to Priesthood where he taught the Elder’s Quorum.
While he was teaching, he felt impressed to ask Dave (yes, the same Dave from my Sunday School class) why he hadn’t been baptized. He said, “No reason really.” So, Walt asked him to commit to baptism. The Elders are going to Dave’s flat on Monday to set a date. Everybody has been walking carefully around asking Dave to be baptized since they scared him months ago when he was pushed. I believe he is ready now. This was so astonishing that the Branch President called Walt this evening to congratulate him on what had happened. Note: When we were at Zone Meeting two days ago, our district reported 3 investigators with no baptism dates committed (and certainly no baptisms scheduled for February). Elder Ellsworth, as District Leader, stated that we would have all 3 investigators committed to baptism by month-end February. I wasn’t sure we would make that at all. And here we are two days later, with really 4 investigators (the Elders weren’t counting Dave since it had been so long) and 2 committed to baptism. Weymouth hasn’t had a baptism (convert or 8-year-old) since 2007, and now we could have two convert baptisms in one month. Really great things seem to be coming to fruition.
This evening we went to Brother Hutchings’ (the Branch Mission Leader) home for dinner (roast turkey, Yorkshire pudding, roasted potatoes, carrots, brussel sprouts, creamed leeks, and apple strudel and a rhubarb roll for dessert) and a missionary correlation meeting. We left there with a fireside for adults scheduled for Tuesday, 10 February, and one for the youth scheduled for Tuesday, 24 February, to present the Iron Rod Invitation (see January Wk4 posting).
Monday, 02 February 2009
“P” Day. I didn’t even leave the flat today. Walt went by himself to dry clot
hes. I worked on my gospel doctrine lesson and Relief Society. Not much today, but I do have some pictures of the sunrise on the way to the Poole Zone Meeting that Elder Bång took out the open window of the car. I moved his pictures off his camera memory card and onto a flash drive for him. His pictures were much prettier than mine (which were shot through the front windshield).This is the loveliest.
But I found this one quite nice also.
Tuesday, 03 February, 2009 
We were up this morning fairly early as we had District Meeting and had to pick up the Elders at 10:15 am. To our surprise, this is what met us as we looked out the upstairs bedroom window:
We were up this morning fairly early as we had District Meeting and had to pick up the Elders at 10:15 am. To our surprise, this is what met us as we looked out the upstairs bedroom window:
Supposedly it hasn’t snowed in Weymouth for 16 or 17 years.
Walt, who normally only sleeps with the sheet over him, took one look at the snow and proceeded to bundle up big time. I’m the only one who sleeps with duvets over me.
District Meeting was excellent as usual. What a teacher Elder Ellsworth is! He pulls together a well-thought-out lesson every week. This was a really great day and I think everyone would benefit from hearing what was said.
Elder Bång started with a 5-minute talk on “Becoming a Great Teacher in the Sight of the Lord.” Since he is from Denmark and English is definitely a second language, he pulled out his dictionary and proceeded to give us some definitions: Teacher – Gives someone a chance to learn. In order to teach a principle and give someone an experience, the teacher has to gain knowledge. Wisdom is knowledge gathered together in increasing quantities. Next was an one-liner: “Members are full-time finders; missionaries are full-time teachers.” In reading D&C 43:15-16, we see:
15 Again I say, hearken ye elders of my church, whom I have appointed: Ye are not sent forth to be taught, but to teach the children of men the things which I have put into your hands by the power of my Spirit;
16 And ye are to be taught from on high. Sanctify yourselves and ye shall be endowed with power, that ye may give even as I have spoken.
Preach My Gospel, Page 175, first sentence reinforces this thought: “You are called to teach the restored gospel to as many people as will receive you.” If you look at this manual, you will notice that from the Purpose [Chapter 1] (“Invite others to come unto Christ by helping them receive the restored gospel through faith in Jesus Christ and His Atonement, repentance, baptism, receiving the gift of the Holy Ghost, and enduring to the end.”) through each chapter you are learning about teaching. Chapter 2: How do I Study Effectively and Prepare to Teach?; Chapter 3: What Do I Study and Teach?; Chapter 4: How Do I Recognize and Understand the Spirit?; Chapter 5: What is the Role of the Book of Mormon?; Chapter 6: How Do I Develop Christ-like Attributes?; Chapter 7: How Can I Better Learn My Mission Language?; Chapter 8: How Do I Use Time Wisely?: Chapter 9: How Do I find People to Teach?; Chapter 10: How Can I Improve My Teaching Skills? (Notice that finding comes before improving teaching skills.) Another one-liner: “Teaching is essential to everything we do.”
It seems to be a well-learned concept that members do not do most of the finding. One-liner on finding: “Nothing happens in missionary work until we find.”
The last thought Elder Bång had was a thought he entitled: “The Cooper of Teaching.” He had a small mini-Cooper model. He said to envision ourselves driving the car and picking up investigators. We want to make sure they immediately put on their seat belt because that symbolizes the Spirit, and we know that without the Spirit we cannot teach. Next, we need to keep the car moving or the investigators will get out. We want them where we can teach and have the Spirit readily available. I thought this was a very interesting parable.
Then we went on to discuss “Teaching for Understanding” insights from Preach My Gospel. On Page 182, we read the following statements:
1. “People are better able to believe the message of the Restoration of the gospel when they understand the message.”
2. President James E. Faust: “Study, ponder, and teach from the scriptures, especially the Book of Mormon and the New Testament. Know the truth so well that you can state it clearly.
3. B. H. Roberts: “To be known, the truth must be stated and the clearer and more complete the statement is, the better the opportunity will the Holy Spirit have for testifying to the souls of men that the work is true.” [New Witnesses for God, 3 vols. (1909)].
All these are truths that have been borne to us over and over since we left for the MTC and while in the mission field.
Another statement we need to engrave deeply into our minds: “You cannot convert people beyond your own conversion” (“What I Want My Son to Know before He Leaves on His Mission,” Ensign, May 1996). We tell our investigators to:
1. Read the Book of Mormon and ponder its message concerning Jesus Christ.
2. Pray to God with faith in Jesus Christ to receive a testimony that the Book of Mormon is true and that Joseph Smith is the prophet of the Restoration.
3. Pray sincerely and have real intent, which means that they intend to act on the answer they receive from God.
In order to have our conversion where it needs to be, we should apply this promise regularly to strengthen and renew our own testimony of the Book of Mormon.
President Ezra Taft Benson: “Finally, the Book of Mormon is the keystone of testimony. Just as the arch crumbles if the keystone is removed, so does all the Church stand or fall with the truthfulness of the Book of Mormon. The enemies of the Church understand this clearly. This is why they go to such great lengths to try to disprove the Book of Mormon, for if it can be discredited, the Prophet Joseph Smith goes with it. So does our claim to priesthood keys, and revelation, and the restored Church. But in like manner, if the Book of Mormon be true—and millions have now testified that they have the witness of the Spirit that it is indeed true—then one must accept the claims of the Restoration and all that accompanies it” (Ezra Taft Benson, “The Book of Mormon—Keystone of Our Religion,” Ensign, Nov 1986).
One of the Elders told of a sister they taught the first lesson (The Restoration of the Gospel) who, when the first lesson was completed, said: “I believe it; it was like a light to my heart.” (Sounds like “burning of the bosom” to me.) You can’t make a missionary much happier than to say something like that. The Elders said they were just happy and joyful all day after that.
Back on Page 182, we read: “You are commanded to reason with and expound the scriptures when you teach. Expound means to enlarge on and to explain clearly. Expounding the gospel means that you explain the meaning of doctrines and scriptural passages simply and clearly, relying on the Spirit to guide what you say. You use dignified but conversational language to help people understand the doctrinal principle. You ask questions to help them think about the principles and to see if they understand and accept what you have taught.”
Mosiah 8:3 reads, “And he also rehearsed unto them the last words which king Benjamin had taught them, and explained them to the people of king Limhi, so that they might understand all the words which he spake.
In order to make sure people understand what we are expounding to them, we need to:
1. Expound scriptures or principles as simply and clearly as possible.
2. Explain words, phrases, and ideas so that other people understand you better. Sometimes you have to define words others may not understand. Many words that mean special things to members of the Church are defined simply in the Bible Dictionary and True to the Faith.
3. Ask questions like, “Do you know what we mean when we say . . . ?” or “Can you restate what we just talked about in your own words?”
Even Christ used questions to explain principles. In Matthew 16:13-17, we read:
13 ¶ When Jesus came into the coasts of Cæsarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, saying, Whom do men say that I the Son of man am?
14 And they said, Some say that thou art John the Baptist: some, Elias; and others, Jeremias, or one of the prophets.
15 He saith unto them, But whom say aye that I am?
16 And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God.
17 And Jesus answered and said unto him, Blessed art thou, Simon Bar-jona: for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but my Father which is in heaven.
Preach My Gospel has something great to say about asking questions: “Good questions will help you understand interests, concerns, or questions that others have. They can enhance your teaching, invite the Spirit, and help your investigators learn. Poor questions can intimidate, irritate, and offend investigators. They can also cause you to lose control of the teaching situation. Try to ask questions that:
• Are simple and easy to understand.
• Help people think about what you are teaching.
• Help you determine how well the investigator understands what you are teaching.
• Help people apply what they learn.”
Preach My Gospel also says this about bad questions: “Avoid asking questions that:
• Include more than one idea.
• Pertain to doctrines you have not yet taught.
• Do not have a clear purpose.
• Interrogate and pry unnecessarily.
“Asking too many questions, especially in your first visit, gives the impression that you are conducting an “interrogation.” Do not ask investigators to give specific answers about unimportant or obvious details. This will turn a good teaching environment into a game of guessing. When you need a specific answer, it is best to ask a factual question or present the information in some other way. Avoid asking questions that might embarrass someone if they do not know the answers. Questions are most useful when asked after you have taught and testified about a key principle.”
As a conclusion, to “Teach with Understanding” and ask appropriate questions at the right time requires:
1. Being in tune with the Spirit.
2. Listening to those you are teaching.
3. Focusing throughout the teaching.
To teach with understanding isn’t easy, but it is well worth it. I do so testify. And it works!
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Since this could be the last District meeting for some of these Elders (transfer day is 12 February), they wanted to take some pictures. Here they are prim and proper missionaries. Left to right are: Elders Sofe, Reimers, Ellsworth, Kuse, Komulainen, Culver, and Bång.
District Meeting was excellent as usual. What a teacher Elder Ellsworth is! He pulls together a well-thought-out lesson every week. This was a really great day and I think everyone would benefit from hearing what was said.
Elder Bång started with a 5-minute talk on “Becoming a Great Teacher in the Sight of the Lord.” Since he is from Denmark and English is definitely a second language, he pulled out his dictionary and proceeded to give us some definitions: Teacher – Gives someone a chance to learn. In order to teach a principle and give someone an experience, the teacher has to gain knowledge. Wisdom is knowledge gathered together in increasing quantities. Next was an one-liner: “Members are full-time finders; missionaries are full-time teachers.” In reading D&C 43:15-16, we see:
15 Again I say, hearken ye elders of my church, whom I have appointed: Ye are not sent forth to be taught, but to teach the children of men the things which I have put into your hands by the power of my Spirit;
16 And ye are to be taught from on high. Sanctify yourselves and ye shall be endowed with power, that ye may give even as I have spoken.
Preach My Gospel, Page 175, first sentence reinforces this thought: “You are called to teach the restored gospel to as many people as will receive you.” If you look at this manual, you will notice that from the Purpose [Chapter 1] (“Invite others to come unto Christ by helping them receive the restored gospel through faith in Jesus Christ and His Atonement, repentance, baptism, receiving the gift of the Holy Ghost, and enduring to the end.”) through each chapter you are learning about teaching. Chapter 2: How do I Study Effectively and Prepare to Teach?; Chapter 3: What Do I Study and Teach?; Chapter 4: How Do I Recognize and Understand the Spirit?; Chapter 5: What is the Role of the Book of Mormon?; Chapter 6: How Do I Develop Christ-like Attributes?; Chapter 7: How Can I Better Learn My Mission Language?; Chapter 8: How Do I Use Time Wisely?: Chapter 9: How Do I find People to Teach?; Chapter 10: How Can I Improve My Teaching Skills? (Notice that finding comes before improving teaching skills.) Another one-liner: “Teaching is essential to everything we do.”
It seems to be a well-learned concept that members do not do most of the finding. One-liner on finding: “Nothing happens in missionary work until we find.”
The last thought Elder Bång had was a thought he entitled: “The Cooper of Teaching.” He had a small mini-Cooper model. He said to envision ourselves driving the car and picking up investigators. We want to make sure they immediately put on their seat belt because that symbolizes the Spirit, and we know that without the Spirit we cannot teach. Next, we need to keep the car moving or the investigators will get out. We want them where we can teach and have the Spirit readily available. I thought this was a very interesting parable.
Then we went on to discuss “Teaching for Understanding” insights from Preach My Gospel. On Page 182, we read the following statements:
1. “People are better able to believe the message of the Restoration of the gospel when they understand the message.”
2. President James E. Faust: “Study, ponder, and teach from the scriptures, especially the Book of Mormon and the New Testament. Know the truth so well that you can state it clearly.
3. B. H. Roberts: “To be known, the truth must be stated and the clearer and more complete the statement is, the better the opportunity will the Holy Spirit have for testifying to the souls of men that the work is true.” [New Witnesses for God, 3 vols. (1909)].
All these are truths that have been borne to us over and over since we left for the MTC and while in the mission field.
Another statement we need to engrave deeply into our minds: “You cannot convert people beyond your own conversion” (“What I Want My Son to Know before He Leaves on His Mission,” Ensign, May 1996). We tell our investigators to:
1. Read the Book of Mormon and ponder its message concerning Jesus Christ.
2. Pray to God with faith in Jesus Christ to receive a testimony that the Book of Mormon is true and that Joseph Smith is the prophet of the Restoration.
3. Pray sincerely and have real intent, which means that they intend to act on the answer they receive from God.
In order to have our conversion where it needs to be, we should apply this promise regularly to strengthen and renew our own testimony of the Book of Mormon.
President Ezra Taft Benson: “Finally, the Book of Mormon is the keystone of testimony. Just as the arch crumbles if the keystone is removed, so does all the Church stand or fall with the truthfulness of the Book of Mormon. The enemies of the Church understand this clearly. This is why they go to such great lengths to try to disprove the Book of Mormon, for if it can be discredited, the Prophet Joseph Smith goes with it. So does our claim to priesthood keys, and revelation, and the restored Church. But in like manner, if the Book of Mormon be true—and millions have now testified that they have the witness of the Spirit that it is indeed true—then one must accept the claims of the Restoration and all that accompanies it” (Ezra Taft Benson, “The Book of Mormon—Keystone of Our Religion,” Ensign, Nov 1986).
One of the Elders told of a sister they taught the first lesson (The Restoration of the Gospel) who, when the first lesson was completed, said: “I believe it; it was like a light to my heart.” (Sounds like “burning of the bosom” to me.) You can’t make a missionary much happier than to say something like that. The Elders said they were just happy and joyful all day after that.
Back on Page 182, we read: “You are commanded to reason with and expound the scriptures when you teach. Expound means to enlarge on and to explain clearly. Expounding the gospel means that you explain the meaning of doctrines and scriptural passages simply and clearly, relying on the Spirit to guide what you say. You use dignified but conversational language to help people understand the doctrinal principle. You ask questions to help them think about the principles and to see if they understand and accept what you have taught.”
Mosiah 8:3 reads, “And he also rehearsed unto them the last words which king Benjamin had taught them, and explained them to the people of king Limhi, so that they might understand all the words which he spake.
In order to make sure people understand what we are expounding to them, we need to:
1. Expound scriptures or principles as simply and clearly as possible.
2. Explain words, phrases, and ideas so that other people understand you better. Sometimes you have to define words others may not understand. Many words that mean special things to members of the Church are defined simply in the Bible Dictionary and True to the Faith.
3. Ask questions like, “Do you know what we mean when we say . . . ?” or “Can you restate what we just talked about in your own words?”
Even Christ used questions to explain principles. In Matthew 16:13-17, we read:
13 ¶ When Jesus came into the coasts of Cæsarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, saying, Whom do men say that I the Son of man am?
14 And they said, Some say that thou art John the Baptist: some, Elias; and others, Jeremias, or one of the prophets.
15 He saith unto them, But whom say aye that I am?
16 And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God.
17 And Jesus answered and said unto him, Blessed art thou, Simon Bar-jona: for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but my Father which is in heaven.
Preach My Gospel has something great to say about asking questions: “Good questions will help you understand interests, concerns, or questions that others have. They can enhance your teaching, invite the Spirit, and help your investigators learn. Poor questions can intimidate, irritate, and offend investigators. They can also cause you to lose control of the teaching situation. Try to ask questions that:
• Are simple and easy to understand.
• Help people think about what you are teaching.
• Help you determine how well the investigator understands what you are teaching.
• Help people apply what they learn.”
Preach My Gospel also says this about bad questions: “Avoid asking questions that:
• Include more than one idea.
• Pertain to doctrines you have not yet taught.
• Do not have a clear purpose.
• Interrogate and pry unnecessarily.
“Asking too many questions, especially in your first visit, gives the impression that you are conducting an “interrogation.” Do not ask investigators to give specific answers about unimportant or obvious details. This will turn a good teaching environment into a game of guessing. When you need a specific answer, it is best to ask a factual question or present the information in some other way. Avoid asking questions that might embarrass someone if they do not know the answers. Questions are most useful when asked after you have taught and testified about a key principle.”
As a conclusion, to “Teach with Understanding” and ask appropriate questions at the right time requires:
1. Being in tune with the Spirit.
2. Listening to those you are teaching.
3. Focusing throughout the teaching.
To teach with understanding isn’t easy, but it is well worth it. I do so testify. And it works!
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Since this could be the last District meeting for some of these Elders (transfer day is 12 February), they wanted to take some pictures. Here they are prim and proper missionaries. Left to right are: Elders Sofe, Reimers, Ellsworth, Kuse, Komulainen, Culver, and Bång.
Here they are clowning around (in the same order).
Thursday, 05 February 2009
Today’s appointment was with a sister who has turned to paganism (that’s a rumor; I didn’t hear it from her). She accepted us gracefully and invited us back again. As of this moment we have contacted (one way or another) or visited 73% of the less-active members (approximately 70% of the total members in the branch boundaries). As part of that we think we have at least 3 who have the chance to returning to full fellowship. Not really good numbers, but so far the best we can do.
Today’s appointment was with a sister who has turned to paganism (that’s a rumor; I didn’t hear it from her). She accepted us gracefully and invited us back again. As of this moment we have contacted (one way or another) or visited 73% of the less-active members (approximately 70% of the total members in the branch boundaries). As part of that we think we have at least 3 who have the chance to returning to full fellowship. Not really good numbers, but so far the best we can do.
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Today was miserable or beautiful depending on how you took it. When we woke up things were OK and it was raining. A little later it looked like this in our garden. I took this from right inside the back door. You can see it is our little garden, but interesting enough the wind was swirling the snowflakes (great big ones) around and around.
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Today was miserable or beautiful depending on how you took it. When we woke up things were OK and it was raining. A little later it looked like this in our garden. I took this from right inside the back door. You can see it is our little garden, but interesting enough the wind was swirling the snowflakes (great big ones) around and around.
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Today was the Relief Society Enrichment Lunch Group, and I was in the kitchen a fair part of the morning making Shepherd’s Pie for my contribution. While the pie was cooking, I took another picture of the garden and it looked like this. You can see the snow is heavier and starting to stick. It was supposed to be 2˚C today but was acting like -2˚C instead.
I kept expecting Sister Chasteauneuf (we meet at her home) to call and cancel. This may only happen once every 10 years of so, but these are hardy souls. At just about noon, I packed up my Shepherd’s Pie and Walt drove me over to her home (about 3 miles away). Needlessly to say, as I got out of the car and carefully went up the walkway, my black coat was coated with big white flakes. We had a great luncheon until about 2:00 pm. I was supposed to go with a visiting teacher to visit a sister Walt and I had both called and gone to her home, but she didn’t answer the phone or the door. Since we did this the first or second week we were here, I’m sure she had absolutely no idea who we were. (I guess I really don’t blame her. Two very decently dressed older people in black coats with name tags. Scary!!) However, some of roads were messes and schools were closed, so my ride home wasn’t coming. She was supposed to bring me home after we finished our visit. I tried calling Walt, but couldn’t get through (the lines were stressed with all the calls). One of the other sisters offered to take me home. Believe it or not, I’m glad I could find it. Not driving doesn’t always make it easy to know where home is. I’m afraid that if I drove here we would be in a world of hurt.
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When I got home, here is what I saw. We are up a small hill and my ride was hoping her car would make it up the hill.
I kept expecting Sister Chasteauneuf (we meet at her home) to call and cancel. This may only happen once every 10 years of so, but these are hardy souls. At just about noon, I packed up my Shepherd’s Pie and Walt drove me over to her home (about 3 miles away). Needlessly to say, as I got out of the car and carefully went up the walkway, my black coat was coated with big white flakes. We had a great luncheon until about 2:00 pm. I was supposed to go with a visiting teacher to visit a sister Walt and I had both called and gone to her home, but she didn’t answer the phone or the door. Since we did this the first or second week we were here, I’m sure she had absolutely no idea who we were. (I guess I really don’t blame her. Two very decently dressed older people in black coats with name tags. Scary!!) However, some of roads were messes and schools were closed, so my ride home wasn’t coming. She was supposed to bring me home after we finished our visit. I tried calling Walt, but couldn’t get through (the lines were stressed with all the calls). One of the other sisters offered to take me home. Believe it or not, I’m glad I could find it. Not driving doesn’t always make it easy to know where home is. I’m afraid that if I drove here we would be in a world of hurt.
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When I got home, here is what I saw. We are up a small hill and my ride was hoping her car would make it up the hill.
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Fortunately, she did fine and I got out of the car to walk to house (very, very carefully in my sweet little missionary shoes). I was really glad to be back in the flat without disgracing myself and falling in the snow.
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Just in case you are interested, I also took a picture of the garden so you could see what it was like at that time.
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I also took this picture of the neighbor kids making a snowman in their front yard.
Not my thing, but they look like they are having a great time. Remember, no snow for at least the last 10 years. That means they’ve probably never seen snow – at least not this much.
Not my thing, but they look like they are having a great time. Remember, no snow for at least the last 10 years. That means they’ve probably never seen snow – at least not this much.
Saturday, 07 February 2009
I’ve managed to catch another cold. One of our sisters was sick last week, and Walt chided me for hugging her (he probably was right). Walt is currently out at the pharmacy getting me some cold remedies (since I gave everything we had to Elder Ellsworth when he was sick). I also think I am passing another kidney stone (I seem to be able to pass them and not have too many issues, except mild discomfort). Therefore, I’m feeling yucky and not terrible social. Poor Walt may have to teach my Sunday School class tomorrow. I love it! He is getting such good experiences over here!
Bye for another week. Jackie
I’ve managed to catch another cold. One of our sisters was sick last week, and Walt chided me for hugging her (he probably was right). Walt is currently out at the pharmacy getting me some cold remedies (since I gave everything we had to Elder Ellsworth when he was sick). I also think I am passing another kidney stone (I seem to be able to pass them and not have too many issues, except mild discomfort). Therefore, I’m feeling yucky and not terrible social. Poor Walt may have to teach my Sunday School class tomorrow. I love it! He is getting such good experiences over here!
Bye for another week. Jackie
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