Mission News 5/5/09

Hi Gang, sorry this blog is so late we have had some very busy days lately. The picture is of our YSA group at FHE last week. They wanted to play volleyball and really had a great time. The soldier in the back court with the black tee shirt is Tongaian and was really into it. He is back from Iraq and is from West Valley. There were three soldiers playing and they had a lot of fun with each other. This is what the inside of the Carthage ward looks like with all the chairs down. The big problem this past week was Mom losing her phone. What a Glich that turned out to be. Tuesday night we took the Elders to dinner at their favorite place, Texas Road House. We then drove down to Utica and stayed at the mission home, because one of the Elders from Carthage was being transfered. It wasn't until Wednesday morning that we realized the phone was missing. We thought it was at home and didn't worry about it much. All day Wednesday was spent at the mission office for training because a new Elder was coming back with us. When we got home, Matt had left a message that our phone was at the Road House. When we went over to get it, they told us someone had already picked it up. We got on-line and suspended our phone after learning it was being used and two overseas calls had been made, so we ordered a new one. When the new phone came 4 days later it was missing a SIM card, we are still waiting for that. I can't wait to reprogram all the numbers into the new phone. The lesson is don't loose a cell phone EVER. Mom has been having some trouble with one of her root canals and is going to have endodontic surgery on the 19. They are going to go in through the gum and cut off the affected root and plug it off, if this doesn't work they will have to pull the tooth. She is not excited about the whole process but we'll survive I'm sure. This past Sunday was a really busy day as usual we had CES Fireside for the YSA with a light dinner, pizza and salad prior to. The broadcast was from BYU, Ricks and Apostle Bednar spoke for 50 minutes, it was great. There was a investigator there who is going to be baptized this coming Saturday. She was so thrilled to see so many YSA in the audience. It is hard for people out here to see how really large this church is because they are not around large groups of LDS. She has only been going to the Carthage ward, stake conference will be a real eye opener for her. The work is great, always lots to do and people to feed. Take care of yourselves and especially the little ones. We love and miss you all. Mom and Dad