Dear
Family and Friends,
Last Sunday was lovely. We ended the day with good visits with
Christi and all her family except Connor.
Also did a “We Chat” with Shawn and got to see his fun photos of his
weekend in Shanghai.
Monday was warm—got up to 83
degrees!! I worked on emails and the
4-year address list. Jim found an
apartment in Morrilton for a new Senior Couple, it was blessing because he didn’t
know until Saturday where they were going to be assigned. We had a good Staff Meeting with President
Wakolo, but Sister Wakolo was at home, sick with the flu. We talked about our schedule for this week
and next. Went home, made dinner, had a
good visit with Brent, and had a nice relaxing evening.
Tuesday I worked on the 4-year list
off and on all day, finally finishing it at 4:45!! Hooray!!
It was hard to add in all the email addresses. I also printed up 5 of the 13 missionary
letters for their binders. Several sets
of missionaries were in and out of the Office because their cars were getting
either new or replacement Tiwis (those are the devices that tell missionaries
if they are driving too fast or unsafely—like having Mom with them). Also dealt with iPad issues. Came home and exercised, cut up a bunch of
peppers for the freezer, watched TV. Jim
had a very busy day dealing with three new apartment issues, especially the one
in Morrilton, and is struggling with allergies and maybe a cold.
Wednesday it cooled off again and
was in the low 60’s. We to the Pinnacle
Mountain building for training the 3 new ASL sister missionaries who just
arrived on Tuesday. Then went to the
Office and printed up the new 4-year address list and put them in the “Mission
Memories” binders. Also 4 more letters
to the President, Jim & I did the IMOS Transfer Board for the 3 new
missionaries. Jim didn’t feel good, does
have a cold to go along with the allergies, and I took him home at 3:00 and he
slept until I got home at 6:00. He also
started taking Coldeze and took it all day Thursday and Friday. I finished up at the Office, did the grocery
shopping, came home and we ate dinner, then I did 3 batches of laundry, and we
watched TV and rested.
Thursday Jim felt a little better
and went to the Office for the day. He
was very tired by the end. We had MLC (Mission
Leadership Conference) in the building—32 of our best missionary leaders
learning how to do their jobs even better.
Had a phone visit with my sister, Lois, while we got lunch for the
missionaries at Jimmy John’s and they were delicious! Did an order from Staples, sent the emails
and photos to the parents of the new ASL missionaries. At about 2:00 our new Senior Couple came from
Sandy, UT, named Wies. They are lovely
people. He is legally blind, only having
about 10 percent of his vision so he can see outlines of people but no
details. She had to do all the driving
to get here. We showed them around and
visited with them until President was done with his meetings. Then he talked to them between 3:45 and
4:30. We just worked at our desks,
finishing things up, then took the Wieses to dinner at Chiles, then to their
hotel to spend the night. They are great
people and will be wonderful MLS missionaries in Morrilton. The Hesses also were in the Office for part
of the day and left soon after the Wieses arrived. Jim was exhausted from the cold symptoms and
sinus headache and after dealing with all the apartment issues and finances for
the week so far, by the time we got home at 6:15, he laid down for an hour nap,
then we watched TV and rested.
Friday was pretty quiet in the
Office. Not many people came in or
called, except for Elder and Sister Sorensen got calls about cars and media
orders. I printed up the last 4
Presidents letters and finished the “Mission Memories” Departure Binders. Also printed up the Departure and Arrival
Programs for next Monday and Tuesday nights, and got the envelope ready to pass
out their passports (only had one for the group), and to collect all their
cards: health, money, and gas. The Assistants were in the Office Thursday
night to work on the Transfer lists, and came in at the end of the day to try
to finish. We got some things collected
from the supply shed for the Wies apartment for the office elders to pick up
tomorrow morning, before leaving for Morrilton. Jim felt a little better today
and was able to finish all the needed things for housing and finances. There are routine reports to check and data
entry to do each week, so this is an ongoing process. Also,
as we were leaving the Sherwood Sisters came in, Sister Burk and Bradford, so
we took them to dinner at Casa Mexicana.
Had good food and good visits.
Sister Burk is from Colorado Springs, and Sister Bradford is a 2-Transfer
missionary from Bentonville, AR, so is going home on Tuesday. Had a quiet evening at home. It was raining hard when we went to bed.
Saturday we worked on emails,
cleaned our bathrooms and kitchen, and read and took naps. Jim felt pretty good all day, and I started
sneezing a lot and being more stuffy, so started on the Coldeze and other
medicines. So we didn’t do any
sightseeing. We cleaned up in the
afternoon, rested, read, and I went to the Women’s dinner and Conference. They served “Café Rio” style dinner and it
was yummy!! I got to know Sister Stuckey
and Sister Nance and Sister Burrup better--great sisters in the Little Rock
Ward. Went home and took medicine and
watched a little TV, then went to bed and slept great. Jim read and worked on family history while I
was gone.
Sunday it is 60 degrees outside and
supposed to warm up to 75. Having a
lovely quiet morning.
Missionary share: “This past week I had a very awesome
experience. In my personal study I was
studying some things that people will consider it as a deep doctrine. During my study there’s a feeling hit me that
I will always remember to keep on following it every time that I receive
it. I felt it, and can almost hear the
words, ‘This is not the time to study things that you want to study. Is it going to help you in this mission, and
your investigators?’ The last questions
really hit me. I immediately closed my
deep doctrinal studies, and go straight to Preach My Gospel, and start
studying on Chapter 4. It’s an amazing
feeling. It’s good to know that there’s
someone that is guiding me in my studies.”
We
love you all Elder and Sister Hartzell
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