Week 21--January 12-18, 2020
On Sunday, January 12, we had our Ward Conference. We were combined with the Independence 1st Ward. The turn out was low due to the snow storm on Saturday. President Cato, our Stake President spoke. He quoted 1 Corinthians 3:16 and encouraged all of the members to take better care of their bodies and follow the Word of Wisdom. As we care for our bodies we can feel the Holy Ghost. He had attended three funerals in our Stake recently, and all three deaths were from preventable illnesses.
On Wednesday, January 14, we recognized the tender mercies of the Lord in the lives of several people. We had talked about going to the movie but decided not tonight. At about 7:45 pm we received a call from Sisters Smith and Flint asking if we could give them a ride over to a sister's home to comfort her as her best friend had passed that day. We quickly said yes. When we arrived at the sister's home it was 8 pm and we told the sisters we would wait for them so we could get them back to their apartment on time. While we were waiting in the car, Sister Smith called and asked if we could come into the home so Elder Harrington could a comfort blessing to the sister which we did.
Now to explain the tender mercies. If we had gone to the movie we wouldn't have been available to take the sisters. The sisters had a dinner appointment at 6:30 pm, but it was moved up making them available to go to the sister's home to comfort her. Because it was 8 pm when we arrived at the sister's home we decided to just wait rather than go back home and then come back to pick up the sisters. Because we waited Elder Harrington was readily available to give a blessing for which the sister was very appreciative.
We are blessed to be serving this mission.
On Thursday we had Sisters Smith and Holdeman over for dinner. They were sad last month when we had the elders for dinner and served them lasagna. So I made lasagna for them. After dinner we discussed President Nelson's invitation about the Restoration and watched the video "Ask of God: Joseph Smith's First Vision." After the sisters left we went to see the movie "Little Women." It is nominated for an Academy Award for Best Picture. We enjoyed it very much.
On Friday we had another freezing rain storm so the Visitors' Centers were closed. We stayed home all day. We have another storm coming next week. We will see what happens with this storm. We had a very mild December, and everyone kept staying, "Wait until January!" They were right.
As a side note, since this is typed on Sunday night, the Kansas City Chiefs won the AFC championship against the Tennessee Titans (35-24), so they are headed to the Super Bowl on February 2. This the first time in 50 years that they have been in the Super Bowl. We think things will be pretty crazy around here for the next few weeks.
On Sunday, January 12, we had our Ward Conference. We were combined with the Independence 1st Ward. The turn out was low due to the snow storm on Saturday. President Cato, our Stake President spoke. He quoted 1 Corinthians 3:16 and encouraged all of the members to take better care of their bodies and follow the Word of Wisdom. As we care for our bodies we can feel the Holy Ghost. He had attended three funerals in our Stake recently, and all three deaths were from preventable illnesses.
On Wednesday, January 14, we recognized the tender mercies of the Lord in the lives of several people. We had talked about going to the movie but decided not tonight. At about 7:45 pm we received a call from Sisters Smith and Flint asking if we could give them a ride over to a sister's home to comfort her as her best friend had passed that day. We quickly said yes. When we arrived at the sister's home it was 8 pm and we told the sisters we would wait for them so we could get them back to their apartment on time. While we were waiting in the car, Sister Smith called and asked if we could come into the home so Elder Harrington could a comfort blessing to the sister which we did.
Now to explain the tender mercies. If we had gone to the movie we wouldn't have been available to take the sisters. The sisters had a dinner appointment at 6:30 pm, but it was moved up making them available to go to the sister's home to comfort her. Because it was 8 pm when we arrived at the sister's home we decided to just wait rather than go back home and then come back to pick up the sisters. Because we waited Elder Harrington was readily available to give a blessing for which the sister was very appreciative.
We are blessed to be serving this mission.
On Thursday we had Sisters Smith and Holdeman over for dinner. They were sad last month when we had the elders for dinner and served them lasagna. So I made lasagna for them. After dinner we discussed President Nelson's invitation about the Restoration and watched the video "Ask of God: Joseph Smith's First Vision." After the sisters left we went to see the movie "Little Women." It is nominated for an Academy Award for Best Picture. We enjoyed it very much.
On Friday we had another freezing rain storm so the Visitors' Centers were closed. We stayed home all day. We have another storm coming next week. We will see what happens with this storm. We had a very mild December, and everyone kept staying, "Wait until January!" They were right.
As a side note, since this is typed on Sunday night, the Kansas City Chiefs won the AFC championship against the Tennessee Titans (35-24), so they are headed to the Super Bowl on February 2. This the first time in 50 years that they have been in the Super Bowl. We think things will be pretty crazy around here for the next few weeks.
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