Week 57

February 25, 2018

 

Dear Loved Ones,

This week has been the calm before the storm. Aside from the Elders that keep coming in with phone issues, things have been rather slow.  Next week we say goodbye to some of my favorite missionaries. That is going to be hard. We get about 10 new missionaries on Wednesday and Thursday is Transfer day. The following week we will be back to zone conferences. The mission cycle continues.

 

Saturday, was a fun day. We had a Relief Society Brunch to celebrate the birthday of Relief Society. Again, this Ward did an outstanding event. Ahead of time, the 2^nd counselor asked us all to email her stories of services that we have received from our Sisters in the Ward. The Theme of the event was Angels Among Us. I will include pictures of the tables with gold and white balloons and gold almond kisses.  Each place had a Thank You card and our silverware was wrapped in a white napkin with gold ribbon. The brunch table had optional Tortillas or Gluten-free tortillas and we filled them with regular egg casserole-like stuff with cheese and bread, gluten free, or dairy free. Plenty of fresh fruit and a delicious Cinnamon bun cake. After we ate, we were each told to read the good deed that was imprinted on a card by our place. This kept us from knowing who the angels were, but we were able to learn all the good things going on around us.  It gave us all new ways to serve our neighbors. We were then shown a video that our Ward got from somewhere else. It began with Joseph Smith announcing that Emma would be the head of the newly formed Relief Society and Emma stands and tells the Sister “We will do amazing things.” A sign then appears “We will do amazing things” Next we see Relief Society Sisters working on Humanitarian project etc. and the sign “We will do amazing things” next was a portion of a talk President Monson gave on the charitable works of Relief Society, then, the sign We will do amazing things” next a portion of that wonderful talk President Uchtdorf gave on women’s creativity, and the video ended with the sign “We will do amazing things”. My idea of a perfect Relief Society Birthday celebration.

 

The Sister missionaries that live in my apartment complex rode with me to the Brunch. Afterward, we came back to my apartment and worked on the bags for the Cancer center that we had previously begun to cut out. We finished cutting out the bags and began sewing them.  We should have a dozen when we finish. The Sisters had a meeting at 2:00 so we weren’t able to finish them all.  Sister John will be one of the missionaries that leaves.  I will miss her!! She is going home to San Tan Arizona, so maybe I can see her when I visit Amy.

 

Saturday night, I attended the baptism of an 11- year-old from an inactive family that the Sisters have been teaching.  I was happy for Sister John to go home on a high.  The baptism was wonderful with a powerful spirit there.

 

Today was our Ward conference, outstanding messages from my Bishop and Stake President and an interesting Sunday School lesson and Relief Society that I got to go to because the stake leaders were doing Primary.  I wonder how that turned out!!

 

After church, my friend Daisy and her two cute kids came over to dinner and we played a fun game afterward.  It’s been a great weekend!!

 

 

Love to all,

 

Grammie/Sister Shill