May 25, 2014
Dearest Family,
My how time flies!!! We have had a great day! Happy birthday this week
to my Sweetheart of Friday! One was a youth Sunday School class, these young
people were wanting to find their ancestor for Trek! It is just 10 days away so
time is getting short. I feel we were able to help them! Classes went great,
smaller than normal since it was a holiday weekend. Tonight Bro Croft helped a
couple, FH Consultants, they reviewed the things which inspire. I worked with a
Father & daughter. She is going on the Trek & hasn’t decided on a
pioneer to take with her! When we discovered that she was related to Aurelia
Spencer Rogers, the founder of Primary, she thought that was special. Her
grandpa also knows stories about Sister Rogers! Visiting with him will be a
special opportunity. Had to overcome some challenges tonight, the tree part of
Family Search was just not working, put we were able to search other places,
then it finally started working! Shared Puzzilla & they were both totally
amazed at how it works. There always has to be a few challenges!
We have helped a brother record stories, then typed them into the
tree! A sister learned to scan photos! It was our week to cover the Family
History Center on Wednesday. There were several people who came in for help! I
helped in the afternoon, since someone for got to come to cover their time
slot! In the afternoon, we had our second week with a group of Activity Day
girls, all 8-9 yrs old. They continued to add pictures & stories! After
the first walk thru of scanning & adding a photo they are ready to teach
their peers! They are great fun!
We had a great day at the temple on Friday! It was so very nice!
Enjoyed so very much seeing the second new film! That was a spiritual
feast!
After our quick trip to Laurel Wal-Mart, we drove to Red Lodge &
spent two hours with Mark Urbanik. It was amazing to see all they do in their
business (Red Lodge Clay Center) We took a tour of the Gallery on Main St with
its showroom, class rooms, photo inventory room and offices. He told us about
90% of their business in over the internet so they have a awesome shipping
process to keep things from getting damaged in shipment. Then we got in his
pickup to tour the rest of the campus. They have nice artist in residence houses
for the visiting artists and their families to live in for a few weeks upto a
year. Then off to the Studio out of town several miles on the Clay Center owners
personal property. This is a very large structure right on Rock Creek (great
trout fishing Mark said) they have built all their Kilns' for firing the clay
products. There are small, medium. large ones to one that is 6 x 6 x 30’ long
with a large vertical chimney. They use wood, gas and electricity to power the
different ones. There is a lot of chemistry and physics in the processes. WOW
......... There are individual studios for each artist plus some large rooms for
family and group classes. They really stress family use of the facility and
their prices are very affordable! They also supply local schools and colleges
with all the various supplies needed to do clay art. All of you would enjoy such
a tour maybe even taking your family to do some art for a day. We look forward
to meeting the rest of the family on our next visit!
Saturday we met with two of the sister missionaries (Sister Trainers)
who serve here in Lovell – they are excited to use FH as a proselyting tool, for
retention of new converts & in reactivation! We were with them from 1:30 –
5:00 which went so very quickly! Shared some videos, helped them with their
own trees, even helped them add a few pictures! So intent on what we were
doing, that we practically missed a rain storm, & some hail. Later heard
that there was a tornado which touched down near Cowley!
Well, we love you all & have a great week! CTR Oh, & by the
way, I finished quilting the quilt, now for the binding!
Love Bro And Sister Croft
Have a Special
Memorial Day!!!!
