Dear Family,
Mission NewsThis was transfer week, but it was easier than most. 13 new missionaries came. I did not have to go to the airport, because the APs could take 10 in the mission van and President and Sister Caplin could take 3. We did not have to take them from the mission home to the hotel late at night because there was enough capacity. There were only 5 than went home and President and Sister Caplin took them in two vans.
There were no other major problems – not at all usual. I took care of the new SIM cards that were needed with the net gain of 8 missionaries.
All in all, it was a fairly smooth week for a transfer week. There will be about 2x the missionaries coming and going in December. We will see if we can make that transfer as smooth.
We have been tired all week especially Mom. Mom went to a new doctor on Monday and he prescribed a new anti-inflammatory drug. One possible side effect is “tiredness”. I think Mom was tired. She fell asleep in church – something I do occasionally, but not usual for Mom.
Saturday we attended two baptisms. The first was of a mother and daughter. The service was lovely. Most of the remarks were directed to the 8 year old daughter. One of the sister missionaries (who has been out for about 3 months) spoke and read a very nice poem about the Savior that she had written. The best thing was that this sister was so happy. She said, “This is the best day ever!” I remember my first baptism and how wonderful I felt. I was out about 4 months and I felt that if I baptized no one else or had no success from that time forward, my time was effort as a missionary would be very successful and my time and effort was well spent.
The second baptism was of a family of Iranians who speak Farsi and very little English. They are the first to Persians to be taught in Farsi that were baptized on the East Coast. There was a good spirit there. The family was initially taught by a friend who was baptized a year and a half ago. He taught his friend/coworker an hour a day over the phone after work. The missionaries said this family was very easy to teach because they had accepted the doctrines, before they started teaching.
Fun StuffFriday night the power went out after dinner so we did our grocery shopping and by the time we came back the power was on. Some of the breakers were flipped in our home, so it took a little longer to get our power back. We did have flashlights handy so we were able to get around OK.
We got home from the baptisms on Saturday and took long naps. It felt good to kick-back and relax.
Mission NewsThis was transfer week, but it was easier than most. 13 new missionaries came. I did not have to go to the airport, because the APs could take 10 in the mission van and President and Sister Caplin could take 3. We did not have to take them from the mission home to the hotel late at night because there was enough capacity. There were only 5 than went home and President and Sister Caplin took them in two vans.
There were no other major problems – not at all usual. I took care of the new SIM cards that were needed with the net gain of 8 missionaries.
All in all, it was a fairly smooth week for a transfer week. There will be about 2x the missionaries coming and going in December. We will see if we can make that transfer as smooth.
We have been tired all week especially Mom. Mom went to a new doctor on Monday and he prescribed a new anti-inflammatory drug. One possible side effect is “tiredness”. I think Mom was tired. She fell asleep in church – something I do occasionally, but not usual for Mom.
Saturday we attended two baptisms. The first was of a mother and daughter. The service was lovely. Most of the remarks were directed to the 8 year old daughter. One of the sister missionaries (who has been out for about 3 months) spoke and read a very nice poem about the Savior that she had written. The best thing was that this sister was so happy. She said, “This is the best day ever!” I remember my first baptism and how wonderful I felt. I was out about 4 months and I felt that if I baptized no one else or had no success from that time forward, my time was effort as a missionary would be very successful and my time and effort was well spent.
The second baptism was of a family of Iranians who speak Farsi and very little English. They are the first to Persians to be taught in Farsi that were baptized on the East Coast. There was a good spirit there. The family was initially taught by a friend who was baptized a year and a half ago. He taught his friend/coworker an hour a day over the phone after work. The missionaries said this family was very easy to teach because they had accepted the doctrines, before they started teaching.
Fun StuffFriday night the power went out after dinner so we did our grocery shopping and by the time we came back the power was on. Some of the breakers were flipped in our home, so it took a little longer to get our power back. We did have flashlights handy so we were able to get around OK.
We got home from the baptisms on Saturday and took long naps. It felt good to kick-back and relax.
WES NewsWe have most of our accounts receivable collected. That is nice. I need to do a little more sales work, but our customers have to qualify Accurate Technology as a supplier first.
Family NewsKent’s birthday was Tuesday. He was sick most of the week, but he is feeling better now.
Love you all,
Family NewsKent’s birthday was Tuesday. He was sick most of the week, but he is feeling better now.
Love you all,
Dad
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