Week 25--February 9-15, 2020
On Monday we visited the Midwest Genealogy Center located in Independence. It is a huge library with many resources for finding ancestors.
Just inside the entrance was a display case with some fun things. One was this collection of Pez dispensers.
Another fun display was memory boxes. The boxes contained items from a person that would bring back memories of a loved one. One of the boxes had pistachio shells in it with a note that said, "Don't throw these out. I have a craft idea. Ellen." It would be fun to know what the craft idea was.
Another display had stamps that had been collected by President Harry S. Truman. We didn't learn he was a stamp collector when we toured the Truman Home.
While at the library we visited with two LDS senior missionaries who do digitizing of old documents, maps, and school yearbooks. If someone wants his/her high school yearbook digitized, the Petersons will do it. They then put a copy on your flash drive and send the original on to Orem, Utah, where they can use OCR to index the names in the yearbook for digital search later. Really cool technology.
Monday evening was Senior Family Home Evening, and we had to say good-bye to Elder and Sister Hochstettler. The life of every missionary in the Missouri Independence Mission has been touched by them. She was the mission nurse, and he was in charge of housing. We are so grateful for their service. We learned that she returned to school at the age of 47 to become a nurse with the hope of serving a mission as a nurse. When they submitted their papers two departments wanted them--medical and military. He served in the military, and they could have served at a military base working with members. Sister Hochstettler used her education as planned and was the mission nurse.
Sister Flindt's birthday is this month, and we celebrated it at our weekly FMTM. She received a Book of Mormon that was marked with life questions that can be answered through the Book of Mormon. A couple of the questions were: Does my life have a purpose? (see pg. 59); Did I exist before I was born?' (see pg. 241); and Where do I go when I die? (see pg. 207). She is to find someone to give the book to. She is from Sammamish, Washington and is a wonderful missionary.
Since it was Valentine's Day at our weekly FMTM all of the sisters wore red or pink. Of course, a picture was in order.
Pictured: Front: Sister Henderson
Middle: Sister Pomeroy, Sister Forbush, Sister Alldredge. Sister Flindt, and Sister Romero.
Back: Sister Pulley, Sister Smith, Sister Mills, Sister Matthews, Sister Morgenegg, and Sister Leakehe.
The sisters enjoyed a treat of cake or brownies with strawberries and whipped cream.
The highlight of the week was the baptism of Mike White on Saturday. He was a golden contact. We first met Mike in a missionary team-up when Mike received his first lesson. We have been giving him a ride to Church the last couple of weeks. Mike's wife passed away 12 years ago and he was excited to learn they can be sealed for time and all eternity.
Pictured: Elder Harrington, Sister Harrington, Mike White, Elder Burnham, and Elder Tate.
A brother from the Restoration LDS Church came to the VC to see what we have to show his boy scouts. His church broke away from BSA a year before we did, but because he loves scouting he is heading up a program to start their own. He believes camping, outdoor cooking, knot tying, etc. etc. added greatly to his youth and wants similar opportunities for his own boys. One of their "merit badges" will be on Church History. He wanted to see what we could offer. He was excited by our displays and tour and will be back with 30-50 scouts and leaders. There is a great spirit of cooperation among the many churches here in Independence and it is a great thing to see.
To try to stay healthy, we walked at the mall almost every week day last week. We walk 45 minutes and that equates to about 2 1/2 miles. It was 3 degrees F on Thursday, so we're really glad we have access to the mall. About 100 other walkers do the same.
Just inside the entrance was a display case with some fun things. One was this collection of Pez dispensers.
While at the library we visited with two LDS senior missionaries who do digitizing of old documents, maps, and school yearbooks. If someone wants his/her high school yearbook digitized, the Petersons will do it. They then put a copy on your flash drive and send the original on to Orem, Utah, where they can use OCR to index the names in the yearbook for digital search later. Really cool technology.
Pictured: Front: Sister Henderson
Middle: Sister Pomeroy, Sister Forbush, Sister Alldredge. Sister Flindt, and Sister Romero.
Back: Sister Pulley, Sister Smith, Sister Mills, Sister Matthews, Sister Morgenegg, and Sister Leakehe.
The sisters enjoyed a treat of cake or brownies with strawberries and whipped cream.
Pictured: Elder Harrington, Sister Harrington, Mike White, Elder Burnham, and Elder Tate.
A brother from the Restoration LDS Church came to the VC to see what we have to show his boy scouts. His church broke away from BSA a year before we did, but because he loves scouting he is heading up a program to start their own. He believes camping, outdoor cooking, knot tying, etc. etc. added greatly to his youth and wants similar opportunities for his own boys. One of their "merit badges" will be on Church History. He wanted to see what we could offer. He was excited by our displays and tour and will be back with 30-50 scouts and leaders. There is a great spirit of cooperation among the many churches here in Independence and it is a great thing to see.
To try to stay healthy, we walked at the mall almost every week day last week. We walk 45 minutes and that equates to about 2 1/2 miles. It was 3 degrees F on Thursday, so we're really glad we have access to the mall. About 100 other walkers do the same.
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