August 6, 2017
Dear Loved Ones,
Sorry I failed to write last Sunday. I came home from church and fell asleep, Jon and his family came to see me on their way home from Jackson. It was so fun to have them come, but when they left I was too tired to write.
This week has been very busy. Monday night the missionaries going home had dinner at the Mission Home. Afterward was a testimony meeting. It is so hard to say goodbye to the missionaries I have grown to love. The ones leaving have been the leaders of the mission Elder Hale and Elder Brooks have both served as assistants to the President which means we see more of them in the office than most of the missionaries. The sisters are the ones whose names I know and the ones I have enjoyed. Tears and testimonies!!!
Wednesday afternoon our new large group of eighteen arrived from the MTC. One of the original nineteen is staying at the MTC for another transfer. I’m not sure if it is a health issue or a language problem like Sister Bernel who finally came with this group. She is from Peru and needed an extra 6 weeks in language training. After a brief welcome from Sister and President Hancock and Safety video, their pictures are taken with President and Sister Hancock and tomorrow I will be emailing them in a letter to their parents letting them know they have arrived safely. I spent much of last Thursday downloading their pictures and storing them in their proper file. I am always panicked that I am going to delete them or lose them in the great expanse of internet space. At one point, my computer froze on me and I feared all was lost. Our new Elder Funk happened to come into the office, he rescued me! He found the problem and got me back on track. I told him the fact he was a computer whiz was one more reason that I was sure he was related to my Funk family.
After the video, the office staff gives an orientation while the President gives each a quick interview. They were divided into 5 groups that rotated every 20 minutes. I shared my 20 minutes with the Finance staffer, who didn’t take long. So I spent at least 15 minutes x 5 times telling them much more about how to fill in Baptismal records than they probably wanted to hear and will have long forgotten by the time they have a baptism.
When the orientation was over, we went to the Mission home where Sister Hancock had a wonderful dinner prepared. After dinner, Sister Hancock gave a presentation telling about their family and their ranch in Arizona. The Assistants gave a welcome presentation with facts about Idaho, and also, they went through D&C 4 encouraging them to work on the Christ-like attributes mentioned. President Hancock shared some thoughts and his testimony. They each received an envelope with the name of their companion. President used a laser to show them on the map where they will be serving as they read the contents of their envelope. It was an exciting time!
This coming week will be another busy one; we have three Zone Conferences. Tuesday will be in Soda Springs, Wednesday will be in Blackfoot and Friday will be closer to home in the Chubbuck Stake Center.
I officially have the O.K. to come to David’s Wedding and Nancy’s also. So I will be seeing many of you soon. I am so happy to be with you all again.
Love and Hugs,
Grammie/ Sister Shill
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