April 1, 2018
Dear Loved ones,
Happy Easter. My what an amazing conference!!! This one will never be forgotten. So much to think about on how to raise our game. I loved the emphasis on the Christ-like attributes and the necessity to live by the spirit. Preach My Gospel has an effective tool for determining which attributes we need to work on most. The whole of Chapter 6, Christlike Attributes, has wonderful scriptures for each of the nine attributes, Faith, Hope, Charity and Love, Virtue, Knowledge, Patience, Humility, Diligence, and Obedience. Chapter 4, How Do I Recognize and Understand the Spirit? Is another good source for FHE. I am going to revisit these chapters in light of the counsel we received in this conference.
I realize I haven’t written since the 14th of this month. I don’t know where the time goes. It was so great to have so many of you here for our Family Council. We missed those of you that didn’t make it. We will come your direction next January, so it should be easier for you to join us. Sally kept good notes so you can see the things we discussed and give us some input.
I have been busy trying to get my notes typed up on the March Zone Conferences. I am finally through, but I still have to mount pictures and get the Assistants to help me identify the large group pictures. April 17th, we begin with new Zone Conferences.
I have been able to go with Sister Kubic and Sister Pineda when they teach a single man that lives in our apartment complex. He is actually a member that is trying to get his life in order to go to the temple. He has fallen in love with a girl from China who was here last year and will be returning sometime this month. Last year she met with the Elders and is wanting to be taught again when she returns. It has been inspiring to be with the Sisters when they teach. We took our contact and his brother to Walk with Christ and they enjoyed it very much. I thought it was even better than last year.
Friday was a special day! One of our two-transfer missionaries got his call. These calls are sent to the mission. Elder Kitchens’ parents, sister, and grandparents drove up from Salt Lake and some of the missionaries that had worked with him all came to President Hancock’s office. I went back to be there when he opened his call.
certificate recognizing that they completed their mission. If they get along great, they can apply for a regular mission if the Mission President feels they will do well. Elder Kitchens now goes home to take out his endowments and then he goes to the MTC before leaving for Phoenix. Most of our two-transfers go on to get mission calls. Elder Pacheco was an exception – he was a convert whose family vehemently opposed his serving a mission. He talked them into letting him serve for just the 3months (2 transfers). At the end he went home as he had promised. We always knew he would only be a 2 transfer. It was a shame because he was a great missionary while he was with us.
Love to all of you, I’ll be praying that we can all do a better job of loving and ministering to those around us.
Grammie/Sister Shill
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