It is a quiet Monday morning after a busy week last week. The weather is great-has been in the 70’s for several days. No wind or rain, just very pleasant weather. We are missing one missionary grubber today. Pyper’s are in Amarillo for a root canal repair for Sister Pyper. They stayed last night after Stake Conference Sat. and Sun. Last week Christiansen’s went home to Utah the funeral of her nephew, but they are back this morning. Keith thinks that the men are doing well and have learned to grub a little faster. Their goal is to do a mile and a half each day, per machine, which he used to think was impossible, but they are getting close to the goal.
There is a roadrunner in this picture. Can you find it? Keith says that they are really interesting to watch. He says they play games with him. I can’t see it. Hope you can.
The scouts went camping Friday night. The scout master is new at this and Keith said things were pretty interesting. The scouts survived, not sure about the men. Keith was home by noon on Saturday and we left for Stake Conf. in Amarillo. We had time for a hair cut, pickup wash, and Wendy’s before the Sat. evening meeting, then Walmart after. Sunday, we were the first ones to leave the parking lot. Not sure why we were in such a hurry, but were home by 3.
About Stake Conference-it was great. There was a visiting authority, Elder George M. Keele. The best part about the Sat. evening meeting was all the missionaries. The stake has at least 50! Our branch has four. The choir was the missionaries. For their first number they sat in the choir seats, then sat with their investigators or in the audience. For the second number, they stood where they were sitting and sang. Then at the end, Elder Keele had them stand and hum “As I Have Loved You” while he read several scriptures. This was very effective and heart rending. The only speaker was a member of the Stake Presidency who is recovering from cancer. Of course, we loved all that he taught us. He did tell about when his parents were called on a mission and he was left with the ranch. He said he had to spend most of his time in the office, so hired someone to do the work he would normally do. Each day the hired man came to the office to get his assignments, then after that list was completed, he would come back to the boss and say, “What next, boss?” After a while, the boss said to the hired man that he had worked there long enough, he should be able to know what was next, but the hired man said, “He only did what he was told.” Pres. Horn gave this example so we would know to go the extra mile, not just what was expected, as ward council members, regular members, and human beings. The rest of the Sat. evening program was a panel discussion of new members, re-activated members, and one non-member. It was real proof of the value and need of our missionaries. Thanks, Kurtis and Kameron, soon.
Sunday meeting was the regular speakers, including temple and mission Presidents and wives, and youth speakers. Elder Keele did get the last half hour and he fed us well. Keith’s version which he wrote to Kurt:
Just returned from stake conference in Amarillo a 3 hour drive away. What a special meeting Saturday and sunday. We had Elder Keele from the 70. He told of driving with his grandchildren in Nevada and fell asleep at the wheel. The car behind had all the parents and they could see that he was going to hit the truck oncoming and were screaming at him but of course he could not hear them. He said what he saw in his dream state was the 2 vehicles pass each other at about 2 miles per hour and as he looked out the window the other man was looking at him. The Lord spared their lives for some reason. When they stopped the Parents told what they saw and of course elder keele was a sleep so he did not see what they saw but he saw the other man passing as they looked at each other. They wept and thanked Heavenly father for sparing their lives.
Anyway, we sure enjoyed ourselves. One prayer included proper prayer language, but we are getting more used to the “mission field” prayers with non prayer language. Can’t judge, just have to remember that!
