We’ve had a great week with our daughter
visiting. We continued with mission
responsibilities, and also did a little touring. Her visit seems to have gone at light speed,
but it has been wonderful.
Monday night all the missionaries who
are leaving in February and April (we don’t have a transfer in March), came to
the mission home for a class about self-sufficiency. The church is working hard to help
missionaries adjust to their post-mission lives and developed this training to
help them make good decisions about school, jobs and life in general. Hopefully their time as a full-time
missionary has prepared them to stay faithful and active in the church, and
this training, although brief, will also help keep them on the right track.
On Tuesday we went to the temple
with those leaving in February. As
always it was an amazing experience to be in the temple with our missionaries;
an unexpected blessing of being on a mission.
As I told the missionaries this week in my message on our web page,
whenever someone asks me what surprised me about serving a mission or what is
my favorite part of being here, my heartfelt response is about how much I love
the missionaries. As I watch their
examples of hard work, spiritual growth, and I’m able to be with them, my
testimony is strengthened and I am changed for the better.
Saturday we went to a baptism which
we always enjoy, even though it was very hot inside and out. A returned sister missionary from here in
Chile also attended since she had helped teach the new sister as an
investigator. We don’t often see our
returned missionaries since they usually live far away, so it was great to
visit with her and hear about her adjustment to regular life. So far she is still keeping the missionary
schedule!
Each baptism we attend is a great
reminder of why we are here and what our focus needs to be. If you have the chance to help missionaries
wherever you are, I hope you will take the opportunity to assist them, learn to
know them a little better and increase your own testimony as well.
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| Pizza, watermelon and popsicles--great summer meal! |
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| Dining alfresco at one of our favorite places |
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| Yes, another group shot at the temple |
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| A few of the wonderful missionaries I am talking about at mission leadership council |
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