Conference was uplifting as always. It is such a restful way to have church - I always did think that if the Lord wanted Sunday to be a peaceful day we would have church on TV rather than trying to get kids, lessons, etc ready for church. We "outside of towners" have sped into Morgan many times to be at church on time. My family fondly remembers the time we had the truck to come to church in, Scott wasn't with us, and there were eight kids and me in the front of the truck. They were stacked two deep with the last two laying over the top and on the dashboard. And people worry about car seats today?! It took us five minutes to unload when we got there, laughing all the way! It is amazing that so many kids grew up safely under the circumstances they were put in by their parents. I wouldn't trade those memories for anything - I have loved having a big family of wonderful kids!
So many words or wisdom and guidance were shared with us during conference. To choose just a few of the areas talked about to improve in would make us all better people. We are so blessed to be able to listen to a loving Father in Heaven's words through his prophets. No one knows our needs better.
On Monday we worked on some things we had to have ready for the Area Presidency when they return from conference. I was so excited to get my Richard Simmons DVD's from home to exercise with. The music is fun and my family has always just loved Richard Simmons. (not)
Our Family Home Evening was presented by Pres. Hernandez of the East Mission and his wife. They did a course on CPR that they have traveled around and presented for the past 8 years. They are from Puerto Rico and speak an interesting blend of Spanish and English. Wish my EMT kids could have been here because we learned some interesting things when we weren't laughing. They had a dummy that they took with them that consisted of part of a plastic head and the sternum part of a chest. It seems almost everything is done a bit differently here!
Today was shopping day and Scott escaped driving to the outskirts of town by hitching a ride with a friend from the East Mission office. We finally were able to get some office supplies I need to keep track of our job here. I thought it was scary riding with Scott - well Brother Eickbush is scarier. We got there and back without any new dents but I don't know how! Brother Eickbush told about his amazing conversion to the gospel.
We haven't had water again today so decided we would go to McDonalds for supper - thus no dishes. Wish I could record what it sounds like in there. If we took our family - all 50 of us - and turned them loose to make all the noise they wanted to - it still would not be as loud as it was in McDonalds. These people are just very noisy and happy.You would never hear something like this in the US unless a championship team and all of its supporters came in for supper.
Every time we leave the house Scott finds someone to practice his Spanish with. I'm learning but get lost pretty easily. It's a beautiful night - breezy and cool. I think of the pictures Evelyn Stevens sent me of them with two or three feet of snow dressed in winter clothes that allowed you to see six inches of their faces and realize we are blessed to be here! Come summer we will probably wish we were in Russia.
So many words or wisdom and guidance were shared with us during conference. To choose just a few of the areas talked about to improve in would make us all better people. We are so blessed to be able to listen to a loving Father in Heaven's words through his prophets. No one knows our needs better.
On Monday we worked on some things we had to have ready for the Area Presidency when they return from conference. I was so excited to get my Richard Simmons DVD's from home to exercise with. The music is fun and my family has always just loved Richard Simmons. (not)
Our Family Home Evening was presented by Pres. Hernandez of the East Mission and his wife. They did a course on CPR that they have traveled around and presented for the past 8 years. They are from Puerto Rico and speak an interesting blend of Spanish and English. Wish my EMT kids could have been here because we learned some interesting things when we weren't laughing. They had a dummy that they took with them that consisted of part of a plastic head and the sternum part of a chest. It seems almost everything is done a bit differently here!
Today was shopping day and Scott escaped driving to the outskirts of town by hitching a ride with a friend from the East Mission office. We finally were able to get some office supplies I need to keep track of our job here. I thought it was scary riding with Scott - well Brother Eickbush is scarier. We got there and back without any new dents but I don't know how! Brother Eickbush told about his amazing conversion to the gospel.
We haven't had water again today so decided we would go to McDonalds for supper - thus no dishes. Wish I could record what it sounds like in there. If we took our family - all 50 of us - and turned them loose to make all the noise they wanted to - it still would not be as loud as it was in McDonalds. These people are just very noisy and happy.You would never hear something like this in the US unless a championship team and all of its supporters came in for supper.
Every time we leave the house Scott finds someone to practice his Spanish with. I'm learning but get lost pretty easily. It's a beautiful night - breezy and cool. I think of the pictures Evelyn Stevens sent me of them with two or three feet of snow dressed in winter clothes that allowed you to see six inches of their faces and realize we are blessed to be here! Come summer we will probably wish we were in Russia.
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