Dear
Family & Friends,
Happy 4th of July,
everyone!! Can’t believe that tomorrow
is the Fourth!!! How time is flying
by!!!!
Ok, enough with the exclamation
marks. Last Monday I was busy all day
with sending letters and information to missionaries who will be leaving the
next Transfer, which is now in 2 weeks.
We also have one missionary who leaves next Saturday, but I got his
stuff out last week. We got some
interesting news—a member of the Mission Presidency, Pres. Busbea, was just
made a Bishop so Pres. Wakolo will have to get a new Counselor. Also, Elder Green, who was one of our
Trainers when we came, just got called to be the Stake Patriarch in his
stake. He said he and his wife were
stunned when their stake president called him and they just sat there with
their mouths hanging open—yeah, that would be us, too. Just not a call you
expect. That evening we had FHE together
with the other Senior Missionaries in the Office and the Cheneys and watched
“The Cokeville Miracle,” such a sad and yet uplifting movie.
Tuesday we got in two new Missionary
Recommends so I processed those. Also
did the letter that goes in the binders for the Departing Missionaries and put
it in their folders. Also shipped a box
for one of the missionaries, got one of our printers fixed (hallelujah!), and
took care of the usual phone calls and emails.
Wed. I put all the premade materials
in the 13 binders for the Departing Missionaries, worked on assorted other
things, but the binders took most of the day.
Did our grocery shopping on the way home, but had to leave an hour early
to do it. Then I made up a batch of
chili and a tossed salad, and we had all the Office Senior Missionaries plus
the Cheneys over for dinner and visiting.
It was really fun!! Also had the
CO/smoke detectors put in our apartment and they installed them in the other
two apartments here, too. Nice to feel a
little safer.
Thursday, I helped collect
information for “The Leader,” our mission newsletter that comes out at the end
of each month, and sent it to the sister who is putting it together. I am so glad it is not me as I am not good at
that stuff and the young sister missionaries are so much better at it! I worked on several other projects, including
going through file drawers and getting rid of old materials that we only need
maybe 4 or 5 copies of and have like 20 to 30 copies. It felt good to clean those out. Jim: Every
once in a while I miss-file something and then need to find it later. Well that happened today. I searched for an hour looking for this
report, and it just wasn’t there, and I had basically given up finding it. Sister Hartzell seeing my frustration asked
if I had prayed about it. Well I am embarrassed
to say that hadn’t even occurred to me. So I humbled myself, had a prayer, and
searched one more time, and I found it. Prayer
works, even for office paper work.
Friday I worked on a variety of
projects for both myself and Jim, plus cleaning the women’s bathroom. I trade off with Sister Cahoon each Friday—so
it was her week to dust. Elder Cahoon’s
back has been bothering him for awhile, so Jim and the Office Elders, Elder
Phillips and Elder Heidinger, gave him a blessing. We hope he will feel better as he is crazy
busy all day long with car stuff. We
picked up a quick dinner on our way home, then took Sister Cahoon and
Hugentobler with us to see the movie, “Independence Day—Resurgence.” Boy, that was a ton of action and a number of
times during the movie when we would think they were basically done and they
weren’t. We had a workout just sitting
there!!
Saturday was a dusting and vacuuming
day, exercise (which we also do on Tuesdays and Thursdays), napping, worked on
our June budget and it looks good, cleaned up, and met Larry’s family at the
movie theater to watch “The BFG.” It was
pretty good with some gooey stuff, some mild rude humor, and some good belly
laughs. We enjoyed it quite well. We
said goodbye to Larry, Holly, and the kids as they are leaving for an awesome
trip to Utah for 6 weeks stopping at a lot of places along the way there and
back. Larry will be gone for the first
part, then come home to work and do other things, then join them again later in
the month. Sounds like they will have a
great time but we will miss them!! Got
some dinner on the way home and chilled for the rest of the evening.
Sunday (today) has been wonderful—enjoyed
fasting, Fast and Testimony meeting, our classes, and our wonderful Sunday
naps! We are going to the Cheney’s for
dinner, and will talk to the kids and grandkids later.
In
RS we talked about the Holy Ghost and how He influences our lives. Some wonderful stories were told about
revelations received when needed, and the feelings the sisters had in various
situations. I am so glad we have felt
the power and guidance of the Holy Ghost so many times throughout our
lives. Jim: Today in Priesthood meeting
the Elders Quorum President gave the lesson (the Elders and HP meet together
each Sunday) and first reminded us of the Conference talk that Pres. Eyring
gave last fall about the EQ President who had such success reactivating quorum
members because he knew where they washed their trucks. So we had a discussion about who is regularly
missing from the quorums, why, and what should or could be done. It was a great discussion about “where they
wash their truck”.
Love you all—
Elder & Sister Hartzell
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| Our Senior Missionary Social with President and Sister Wakolo front and center. She is wearing traditional Fijian dress. |
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