The big highlight of Sunday was that Elder Steffler and I were asked to talk – and everything in the natural order of things got out of whack! I did not even think to write my blog until this Monday morning! But we did do a couple of memorable things.
Last Monday we went strawberry picking – first the two of us picked two flats of berries, then with the sisters we picked about a pound basket. Then they all came to our apartment and we made strawberry jam. Made two batches from the first flat and sent a couple containers home with each companionship. After a brief rest, Elder Steffler and I made two more batches with the other flat. We have enough jam to keep us happy for awhile!
Tuesday was our first practice lesson with Sisters Glaser and Olesen. Sis. Olesen will be an awesome missionary; she is eager and ready to serve.
Had an unusual district meeting this week – on Wednesday instead of Friday because of a mission-wide training for district and zone leaders at Chesapeake headquarters.
Had to do a rescue mission for one of the members. She had locked her keys in her car, so we took her home to get the other set. Her children arrived just as we did, so her daughter was going to run her back to her car to retrieve it. Better than paying for a locksmith! I'm glad we are available to help with problems like that.
Friday evening we got a call from the 1st counselor in the branch presidency asking if we could talk Sunday. We said of course. He was going to text us the topic that evening. It wasn't until Saturday afternoon when I called to bug him that he actually sent it. So we spent the rest of Saturday preparing our talks. It was nice to pull our the talks that I had copied from general conferences in 2014 and had organized according to topics. We both found other talks to support our topics.
We took the YSA elders to Logan's Steakhouse for dinner Saturday evening. They do make a good steak! G1 sisters stopped by with a potential investigator to give us because she was 20 years old. So Sunday evening we found her house, but she was not at home. Just as we were leaving, her sister pulled up the driveway. Said she was with her friends. It is Memorial Day weekend, after all. Not many folks at home.
So, our talks went okay. We had maybe 12 or 15 YSA attend, but that was okay. Some had gone to a regional YSA conference and had stayed to go to church there. But we took Hawa for sacrament meeting then took her home so her aunt could take her to see her little boy. She was pretty excited about that.
Hope this week has been a good one for everyone. Bill got a job in Logan and starts June 1. Will see how that plays out, whether they move or not. And Deana went to church Sunday! So we are feeling blessed. Hope y'all are too. We love all of you!
Elder and Sister Steffler
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