August 17, 2014
Dearest Family,
Can you believe this, I just lost 3 paragraphs of the letter I had
already written!!!!!! /x#?? sputter, sputter! I’ll try again. OOPs Happy
Anniversary to Ken & Darece on Monday, not Sunday! Enjoyed a surprise 25th
anniversary party for Darece planned by Ken, after church! Was nice! Also
Happy Birthday to Camille, she was 2 years old last Wednesday!
We are fully into the swing of things again after our wonderful
vacation & Stake conference last weekend! On Monday Bro Croft had a special
experience! Two couples, the Smith’s, came into the Library. Their grandparents
had lived here abt 1905-1922. They were interested in learning more about their
life here & exactly where they lived. He was able to help, including
getting a book about Lovell for them. After leaving the Library, we talked to
several people, & they went to city hall & got maps. Tuesday at 7:30am
we met them & took them to several places, no houses are left standing, but
they were able to get the idea. It was great! Fun to meet great people! We
continued on that day with an 8:30 a.m. meeting with the NeVilles in Byron &
to help an older sister index at 9:45 in Cowley. Spent afternoon helping an
older brother learn more about his biological family! Was blessed that there
was a cancelation at the Eye Doctors, Dr Jacob Despain (Carvel and Patty son),
(I broke my glasses last Sunday) so have new ones ordered. It sure is an
inconvenience when something like this happens!
We did a wonderful FHE in Byron with
a young family for 2 hrs they are trying to do all aspects of FH. Tuesday
Evening in the FHC was a training time – our patrons were two consultants who
had an ahaa moment with puzzilla!
Wednesday - My Sweetheart replaced the kitchen faucet today while I
helped a sister! It was a quiet afternoon & I was able to quilt for a
while! It is relaxing!
Thursday – Congratulations to Kenny & Rosie! Today was their
wedding day for time & all eternity!
We were busy in Cowley at the church, helping 3 people, was a rewarding
morning. Afternoon was great also helping several others! The spirit is so
great – where ever we are – what ever we are doing which relates to FH!
Friday – finally got the boat in the water, spent the morning at the
lake, fishing, some bites but no catching! sure felt great to be out! Several
sisters came over this afternoon & we quilted. Sure do make progress with
more hands.
Saturday was a work at home day, laundry, cleaning, & sunday
Prep.
We even went coon hunting with our neighbors here at our house. The
coons are destroying our trees and fruit plus digging up the grass. No
pictures, tho, it was dark out! Got one coon near the pond went to bed at
11:30pm. We will do it again, quit a process to see those dogs work and tree a
coon. We enjoy this couple and have done FH with them since they are very
interested in their families too. They have new puppies over there now and mom
enjoys this so we will go to their place soon to see them.
The Sabbath day is always perfect & today was the same! Our
evening at the center was the greatest. very busy. It kept 4 of us jumping &
we could have used more consultants. We had a Youth FH consultant meeting, 2
families of 4-5 people each, one was Darece, Whitney, Kaitlyn, & Talon.
Four other youth & another sister were there, learning! One youth did
indexing for the first time! Her goal, to do 500 names in the next six
months. After doing 50 that night, she realized she will probably have 500
done in a month & was so excited.
It was the last week of one mission & the beginning of another 2
years. Yes, today, we were released & set apart by President Caldwell to
serve for another 2 years! What sweet blessings & promises of health &
guidance from the spirit!
We are excited & happy & very blessed!
Thanks to all of you for your love & support!
We love you
all CTR Bro & Sis Croft
No comments:
Post a Comment