Today was a wonderful day with the youth of our stake!

Dearest Family,

    Today was a wonderful day with the youth of our stake!   The Youth consultants which we work with have organized a Youth Indexing Challenge!   They want to index 1 Million names between Dec 1 & Feb 14, 2015.   Today they started the training of the youth in  4 wards, Byron, Cowley 1 & 2 & part of the Lovell 2nd ward!  They do the training, then we assist!   They are amazing!  Their spirit is so contagious & special.  It is such a blessing to work with them. Next Sunday we will do all of the Lovell wards.  We also assisted in 3 other wards with adult classes or workshops!  This evening we also had the opportunity to work with several youth & 3-4 adults in the FHC . It was great to help several new consultants with various things. Also had a 9 yr old & her grandma come into work on FH, she had been in a primary group several months ago & has been wanting to work on this since then. Bro Bednar does say it is their day, meaning the youth!   How sweet it is!!!!

    Public  Library Day was so nice, had a man whom I had worked with before, recent convert, who is preparing to go to receive the Aaronic Priesthood soon.   His first baptism in the temple will be for a deceased brother.   He is so excited & it surely is a worthy goal to be working for! I am so grateful for this privilege!  I spent the other 2 hrs working with a young lady who brought  in a lot of photos and some family info. As a high school student, when her Grandmother died, she had wanted only the photos, others were burning them! What a treasure!  And many have writing on the back. She had seen us at the library before and finally stopped for us to help her. She was so thrilled to get free help and locate family members! Later, I learned that she is a member! She will be back for more help soon. Bro Croft was able to help an older couple also with setting up their accounts, both FS & email accounts, we surely do admire those who work so very hard, learning computer skills as well as how to use the program. His young Deacon was also there to work on stories!

    Tues, Election Day,  I worked as an Election Judge,   6 am to 8:30 p.m.  Bro Croft was able to cut up his deer. It took him several hours doing it alone. He still took care of the FHC in the evening. the rest of the week was super with appointments,  a FHConsultant meeting on Wednesday evening & two youth groups, 16 from one ward & 6 YW doing indexing from another ward.  In Cowley another brother, our age, did some correcting to his tree,  he has been wanting to get it back to the right way. Bro Croft helped a sister our age, we knew in Laramie, get going on the new FS program.  She was excited to learn of all it’s features!

    I was blessed to get my first deer of the season on the hill across the road. We went out about 3:30 & had it home & hanging before 5:00 p.m.  Friday afternoon is usually quilting day if we are home & 6 wonderful ladies helped, we rolling each side, now abt 4 feet left.   So grateful for their service!

        We were so excited to welcome Quinn Robert Croft, Ryan and Rhonda’s new son into the family!  He is such a precious little guy! They came by on Saturday & we were blessed to meet him personally! So very special!  Other special visitors on Saturday -  Allen, Amber & family came & spent the night Friday & Saturday until after lunch.  Allen went duck hunting on Bighorn Lake with his Brother-in-law, Mark Weeks & Amber & the family were here.   We did some crafts, made homemade chicken & noodles with their help & just enjoyed!   Amber’s sister Rachelle, another sister Maria & fiancé, stopped by.    It was great to have 12 of us for lunch, the chicken and noodles disappeared quickly!  So enjoyed having family here.

    Thanks so very much for all you do! 

  We love you all, & CTR

           Bro & Sis Croft