A Mission for Our Church: Great Visits

Brother Dushan Price, and his wife Jodi, went with us to see some of the families that he home teaches. It was so good to have another active member who “gets it.” He is so bold and friendly with a huge grin on his face. He walks around and smiles at everyone. He is one of the best teachers Mike or I have ever seen. We went to George Blackwood’s house and Mike and Brother Price prepared and served the sacrament to him. He is in a wheelchair and his wheelchair has been broken for several weeks and he has not been able to come to church. I was so proud of Mike for thinking of the idea and making it happen for George. Hopefully George will have a new wheelchair this week and he will be able to come back to church.

I finished the Old Testament this week. This has been a several month project as I studied the Old Testament Student Manual (Institute manual), and How Often I Would Have Gathered You, by Val Greenwood, along with it. I learned so much and it was an amazing experience. Reading and studying the scriptures every day has been one of the best parts of a mission. We have at least one hour built into every day, to spend searching, pondering, and enjoying the scriptures. I have always tried to read some each day, but it is a whole different experience to immerse yourself as we have been able to do.

Mike and I teach the Teacher Development class in both branches that we visit. It is so interesting how different the two branches are. In one branch we teach after the block of meetings each week that we are at that branch...the other during Sunday School. One is so consistent with the same people from the beginning. The other, the branch president has chosen different people to take part. We teach different lessons each week but the second branch president thinks some training is better than none....so he rotates the teachers that come in. We like teaching this class.... as it is just a continuation of what we have both done for our careers.

This week we got to teach with the elders one day. It was so sweet to feel the spirits of wonderful searching people. Usually our calling to to find people who are lost, people others have not seen in a long time. It was a refreshing break.