We had a busy week beginning on Monday with a Young Adult bowling activity. We had a great turnout with the picture showing only part of the group. The silver haired woman is the institute teacher here. She an old Army nurse and her husband is an oral surgeon who is retired military. They live here in a beautiful area in Alexandres Bay on Lake Ontario. We had our new soldiers show up again, so it was successful! This week we visited the families of the deployed and took dinner to some. Friday night the Watertown Ward had a valentine party. On Saturday we had one of those amazing mission days. We took four young girls down to the temple. Two of them have husbands in Afghanistan, one is going to be baptized next week, one has her husband away in Special Forces training and she is a soldier too. None of them have children yet. Sister Clark was baptized in December and went to do baptisms for the dead. The Mission Pres. wants them to the temple within 90 days of baptism. Two of the others went on a session and the other girl waited for us. We then went to the Sacred Grove and Hill Cumorah. The grove was barren and snow covered, but still peaceful and beautiful. Two of the girls knew each other but the others got acquainted easily. We had good clear weather and it was a great day. The girl who is to be baptized is friends with one of the active members. We knew she didn't stand a chance because she had been there for blessings, etc. and her husband is a member. The combination was a blessing because they all hit it off and will help and support each other. It is a rare privilege to be involved in the lives of these people. We learn to love them as we serve them. We love Palmyra and are so blessed to have an area like this to bring members and investigators to visit. We send our love to all!
We had a busy week beginning on Monday with a Young Adult bowling activity. We had a great turnout with the picture showing only part of the group. The silver haired woman is the institute teacher here. She an old Army nurse and her husband is an oral surgeon who is retired military. They live here in a beautiful area in Alexandres Bay on Lake Ontario. We had our new soldiers show up again, so it was successful! This week we visited the families of the deployed and took dinner to some. Friday night the Watertown Ward had a valentine party. On Saturday we had one of those amazing mission days. We took four young girls down to the temple. Two of them have husbands in Afghanistan, one is going to be baptized next week, one has her husband away in Special Forces training and she is a soldier too. None of them have children yet. Sister Clark was baptized in December and went to do baptisms for the dead. The Mission Pres. wants them to the temple within 90 days of baptism. Two of the others went on a session and the other girl waited for us. We then went to the Sacred Grove and Hill Cumorah. The grove was barren and snow covered, but still peaceful and beautiful. Two of the girls knew each other but the others got acquainted easily. We had good clear weather and it was a great day. The girl who is to be baptized is friends with one of the active members. We knew she didn't stand a chance because she had been there for blessings, etc. and her husband is a member. The combination was a blessing because they all hit it off and will help and support each other. It is a rare privilege to be involved in the lives of these people. We learn to love them as we serve them. We love Palmyra and are so blessed to have an area like this to bring members and investigators to visit. We send our love to all!
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