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Just a little of this and that.

Mother's Day was a beautiful day. The Bishopric spoke at Sacrament Meeting. All the mothers received a red rose. After the Block we had 6 baptisms. All were children except for the mother of a young man, they were both baptized. Doug conducted the meeting as he is now the Ward mission leader in our ward. I was asked to give the talk on Baptism and the Holy Ghost.
After the Baptism, we had invited two elderly sisters to join us for dinner. Doug had cooked dinner. It was an delicious meal. We sure enjoyed our visit with Sister Figuero and Sister Bazemore.

HOPE ALL YOU MOTHERS OUT THERE WHO MIGHT BE READING THIS HAD A WONDERFUL MOTHER'S DAY.

It was wonderful talking with all of the kids and they are the best. I had great surprises show up on my door step that came thru the mail. Thanks to Brandee & Kevin, KC, Kell, Allee, Taylee; Brandon & Malea, Easton, Maesi, Brecky; Dusty & Cari, Tryston; Brax. I LOVE YOU ALL!!!!!

Sister Frederica Bazemore went with us visiting a couple members. We were worried about a sister we home teach as she has just recently had a stroke and no one was answering her phone. So we went by to check things out. Turns out their phone cord needs to be replaced which we did today. We then went to St. Barnabas nursing home to visit Tom. He sure is a trooper. This thursday he will have an upper and lower GI then next week they will try to operated to take care of his feet that are dying, due to his illness and bad circulation. After he gets stable enough they have told him he needs two bi-pass surgery done on his heart. He sure enjoys us coming and reading from the Book of Mormon to him.

Last Saturday we ventured on the Subway to go to the temple with a new convert and some of our youth from our ward. Doug was needed to help as a priesthood holder at the baptistry. We had a couple of sisters attend a session while others were being baptized and confirmed. We went to the second floor to exchange garments for an elder. What a blessing the distribution center that just opened on the 2nd floor of the temple building is for the members in this temple district.

We hurried home so that I could go help set up at the church for our quarterly enrichment meeting. The focus was on wellness, health and nutrition. There was a handful there and all had a great time and were well informed. While I was at enrichment, Doug went to Kingsbridge chapel to pick up baptismal clothing for our baptism on Sunday. He also went shopping and surprised me with a dress for mother's day. It was a great surprise as we are always together and there aren't a lot of things we can do to keep it from the other. Missionaries are together 24/7. Thanks sweetie, you're the best and I LOVE YOU.

FHE aka Family Home Evening, at our ward building is a great opportunity to teach families what it is all about. We had three new single moms come with their children and then we have just the children of some families come with out parents. I know it is better that they come and have a good experience than to not have them come. But, it becomes difficult when we feel like we are just baby sitting. Many of the women have two or three jobs to keep their family afloat. Most are single parents. The Elders do a good job of teaching and organizing activities. They actually have as much fun as the kids, they are all just big kids at heart. We had about 25 total last night.