Dear family and friends,
Sunday
evening, June 11, we enjoyed good FaceTime visits with Christi and Shelley and
their families.
Monday,
June 12, I got 2 new projects from Pres. Wakolo—make digital copies of all the
Leaders newsletters since he came here 3 years ago (this would have been easy
if they had not accidentally gotten deleted off the computerL),
and make copies of all the Board Cards of the missionaries who are here
now. He wants to put all of them in a
photo album along with all the ones he kept as the missionaries went home. That took most of the day. Jim helped me with the Leaders. We had a quiet evening at home cutting out
the Board Cards while we watched TV.
Tuesday,
June 13, I worked on the Departure Binders and Letters to the President that go
inside of them. It took all day to do
12,so I still had 4 more to do. We
exercised at home.
Wednesday,
June 14, we were the only ones in the Office as the Sorensens and Hesses drove
to Memphis on Tuesday afternoon to spend the day Wed. at the Memphis Zone
Conference. It was pretty quiet in the
Office and I finished up the last 4 “Mission Memories” binders, and started
processing the 5 new missionary recommendations that came in—one for August,
making that 24!!, two for September, one for later Sept who was ASL (they come
and go at odd dates), and one for October.
I had a phone visit with my sister, went home and had a phone visit with
Brent. Brent shared their good
experience attending the Tucson Temple open house, and his triplet’s first summer
camp experience. Ate dinner and went to
see the movie, “Wonder Woman.” It was
really good!!
Thursday
was our Arkansas Zone Conference in our building. Jim and I attended the whole day while Sister
Sorensen watched the Office. We were
well-taught!! Pres and Sis Wakolo and
their daughter Jasmin all bore their Farewell Testimonies. We ate a delicious lunch prepared by the
sisters of the Searcy Ward. We gave a
beautiful plaque to Pres Wakolo and gifts to Sister Wakolo and Jasmin. Jim:Probably the most important reminder that
President Wakolo left us with was the counsel he received once from Elder
Bednar who said that our testimonies will not save us, it is our continuing
conversion to the gospel that is needed. Also, casualness leads to casualties; and Atonement or torment. Missionaries
signed several different cards for them, we watched a fun video presented by
the Wakolos.
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| President Wakolo showing us the plaque that the Mission gave him. |
Farewell Testimonies were given by the 12 missionaries in our
Arkansas zones who leave on Tuesday, and no one wanted to leave. We stayed until 6:00, then went home,
exercised, and had a quiet evening.
Friday,
June 16, we cleaned the bathrooms at our corner of the church, I finished
processing the 5 missionary recommendations, got pizza and salad for all the
missionaries in our building—the Sherwood sisters, the Office Elders, and the
NLR elders, plus the Sorensens and Hesses.
It was fun to eat together. Even
two of the Assistants and Pres. Wakolo came and had some food. Watched a couple of movies in the evening,
including “First Knight,” an oldie but goodie!!
Saturday,
June 17, we took our three grandchildren to the Little Rock Zoo. We had a great time!! It was overcast and had a nice breeze, so we
were fine in the morning. It was
Enrichment Day at the zoo, which means that the zoo keepers would set up
special food treats and cereal boxes to play with, then let the animals out to
have some fun. So we got to watch a
black jaguar enjoy himself with the two hard-boiled eggs and checking out the
signs they had put up. Also, the otters
loved their treats and playing in their pool, plus the girl otter next door had
fun climbing a tree and watching the two boy otters play. (They do not live together).
We took the kids to McDonalds for lunch after
being at the zoo for 2 ½ hours, then took them home. We stopped by the Office for about an hour so
that I could work on a project, then did our grocery shopping, I stopped and
got my hair cut, then we went home and cleaned our own bathrooms, got cleaned
up, and watched some TV.
Today,
June 18, is Fathers Day—Happy Fathers Day to everyone!! We attended Larry’s and Holly’s ward and
enjoyed our meetings. Came home, ate
lunch, and worked on the blog. We had a
rest and then drove to Larry’s house for a great dinner of steak and shrimp!! We had a visit with Brent on the way. Technology is great!
We hope
you are all doing well. Our thoughts and prayers are with you all,
Love,
Elder & Sister Hartzell
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