We have been busy with all kinds of training!

Dearest Family,   

        Happy Birthday to Aunt Gaye on August 31, Monday, & Darece on Friday, September 4th!   We hope you both have wonderful days!   

 

        What an amazing week!   We have been busy with all kinds of training – especially Advanced Decendancy!  Ward Consultants on Wed evening, FHE with two bishops, the High council today.  Each time we do one of these we try to climb around in their trees to  find examples of this process.   We are so grateful for the guidance we receive in this process!  Wow!!!! There have been so many very sacred moments this week – ones in which it could have happened only with His help!  Daily, miracles happen!  We only need to take the time to  recognize them!  This week was one where there were so many!

        On Thursday evening we visited Frank and Gaye to help them with FH and setup a new laptop/external hard drive combo. It was a wonderful evening with family visiting and being together! Seems we don’t get that done often enough. . .

        We had a wonderful day in the temple on Friday doing initiatory work for the dead for a couple that we work with at the assisted living center, who can no longer attend the temple.  While there we visited with Bret Morrison, a Lovell native, who is the Temple Recorder.  It was wonderful to learn more of his responsibilities & also learn more about the process of submitting, doing ordinances, etc  Then in the parking lot when we were getting in the car, a member of the Cody Stake Presidency stopped Bro Croft with questions on how to excite their stake about FH. We will go to his home to teach him since the handbook says that leaders must be trained first to have their hearts changed. On the way home we stopped at the Rocky Mtn HS gym to watch the girls volleyball preseason tournament. We like to support all the youth that we work with in FH! We were able to see parts of matches from both Lovell and Rocky. Sure makes a difference on how the kids relate to us when we spend time with them!

        Today, after our meeting at 9:00 am training the High council about Advanced Decendancy, the excitement spread so quickly across the stake!  People were asking us about it or telling about it!  The most wonderful part of this training was to have President assist us in explaining the process at the TV to the HC. He is so excited about the names he and his family are finding in his their tree!

        Our little garden is producing lots of tomatoes and Dad’s deer food plot is growing good too. With no apples this year this plot will help keep the deer moving thru our place during the hunting season.

    It is late, I have been preparing for a FHE tomorrow night!  You know, climbing around in someone’s tree, so it looks like this letter is going to be short!

        We love you all!       Bro & Sis Croft   

 

 

 

Another Wonderful Sunday has come & gone!

Dearest Family,

    Happy Birthday to Micah Vehrs, his special day is Wednesday!  On Friday, we wish Uncle Bill or Brother Bill a Happy 70th Birthday!  Hope you both have a wonderful day!

    Another Wonderful Sunday has come & gone!  It was a busy one!   We enjoyed so very much the classes we were in today – they were mostly open workshops – most of the wards are just waiting until after Labor Day to start new classes!  It was great to help people with Descendancy research – they are actually finding new cousins to add to the tree!  They get so excited! And so do we, even when it is not our cousin!  During a free moment I was preparing for a FHE which we have tomorrow night, I had paused & said a prayer, then went into the tree of the Sister where we are going.  I felt I should go back farther than 1800 so that I could look at the sisters of her gg? grandmother.   And there-----That is where I found some people that I can show her tomorrow night – to help her learn how to do it!  That inspiration is wonderful!    Tonight was our Youth Family History Consultant Meeting!  We had 9 there & taught them to do the Descendancy searches also!  It is so fun & most of the time successful!

    Monday – that yearly mammo – yes daughters, I had mine done, be sure you get yours done!  And then on Tuesday a bone density test. I am healthy & strong!  The Rav even had it’s 5000 mile checkup on Tuesday!  Public Library was busy with several people. We had a great FHE at our Stake President’s home – teaching them how to find cousins to add to the tree!   Names to do temple ordinances for!

    Tuesday – In home visit in Cowley before heading to Powell then back to Lovell for mobile app class at the FHC in the evening! Dad planted the deer food plot today too. This year with no apples anywhere the deer will need other goodies to keep them coming by during hunting season.

    Wednesday was planning meeting with the Crosby’s & our morning to work in the FHC.  Two public patrons & several others!   One of these two patrons is seriously investigating the church & was asking many questions of the consultant who was helping him. That was great, the spirit of Elijah inspires all to find their families! Each day was full to the brim, with 2-3 appointments! 

    Thursday evening we did go to the YCC program at Big Horn Canyon Rec Area.  Whitney had worked there this summer & it was special to hear about what they had done this summer!  And Friday a morning of fishing at the lake with one catfish and wonderful weather (some smoke that day too).  In the afternoon, I helped a lady with FH here at the house while Dad & Ken went to Horseshoe Bend.  They polished up the dome lens on the webcam with headlite cleaner to remove the oxidation from the sun that had clouded it up. A nice service project for us!

    Saturday it was wonderful to have Allen, Amber & Family stop by for dinner on their way home from the temple!  It was also a catch up day here at home, laundry, etc!  I helped Dad put a new tarp on the big quail pen since the wind tore the old one off a few weeks ago. We will replace the other two in the coming weeks as well! We hope with cooler weather the next batch of quail eggs will hatch. We saw a herd of white tail deer this evening with several bucks having velvet hanging from their antlers in Ray Snell field by the canal.

Love you all, Bro & Sister Croft 

We have had some amazing experiences with Mary Lou Roser this week

Dearest Family!

    Happy Birthday, last Thursday to Camille!   She was three!  It is also Ken & Darece’s 26th Anniversary on Tuesday! 

    We have had some amazing experiences with Mary Lou Roser this week – received a 3 ring notebook with pictures of the Sinclair side of the family & of Mary Lou & her family!  Go to Family Search to see the pictures of Warren Hart Sinclair & his wife Martha Magdalene Grater!   This is the first picture we have seen of Warren Hart Sinclair. These are Grandpa Croft’s grandparents on his Mother’s side of the family!  Bro Croft is adding a few each day when he has time. To see the ones of Mary Lou, since she is still living, you will need to sign as a helper to Bro Croft.  We also had a nice visit with her Monday evening! 

    Today was so very nice!   Dino Collins & Nathan talked in the 4th ward where we attend Sac Mtg each Sunday!  They both did great!  Each of our SS classes was great, mostly workshops, but those are my favorites!  I am able to work one on one with people who are wanting to figure out something!  I like that the very best!  Bro Croft had a wonderful experience with a couple today,  They wanted to find names to do temple work for & the brother didn’t know his LDS account. We recovered it. He had never used FS before either. Bro Croft got between them and coached them thru the advanced descendancy process. The very first name the brother checked hints on was a 1920 US Census that had a wife and 6 children (all new people to add to the Tree and that needed temple ordinances) They now have their first own names to do in the Temple this week!  At the same time I had the opportunity to help a brother share names with the temple & with his family! All of these hints showing up in FS are a result of our indexing – Fuel the Find 

   

    Over the past several months, I have been helping an elderly sister 88, add pictures to the tree.   She has learned the each step, a week at a time, scanning, putting in familysearch, labeling, & last of all tagging them in the tree, actually attaching them to the person in the tree! We were down to the last step on Wednesday & she seemed a little bit frustrated when I left!  Friday night about 9:30 pm she called me, very excited, to report that she had completed tagging them, all 80!   Most of them included several people. She was so happy & was looking for more pictures to add to the tree!

    Each day has been filled with helping – we feel so blessed to have this opportunity!  There was also time for relaxation!  I have even sewed a little on a quilt. On Friday we were able to take the boat to the lake for the first time to get all systems working good!  It was a beautiful, clear morning, no wind . . . nice fishing, but no catching!  Just as we were preparing to leave, we saw a man with his two small grandsons whom Bro Croft had known in Powell, he worked for us at the Lab for several years.   He asked what we were doing now, during retirement?  And when Bro Croft told him, he said, “Can you help me, even tho I’m not a Mormon?”  Another exciting contact . . . we will call them to setup a time!

    We attended the final fireside of Youth Conference last night “What Think Thee?” was the theme. It was a wonderful spiritual time for the youth the last few days. To hear their testimonies was awesome!

    We have also had nice visits with many of you,  Joy & Symphony tonight.  Al called and Rob stopped by Saturday for a while. Was great!

Love to all of you

Bro & Sister Croft

We had a wonderful week ! ! !

Dearest Family! 

   Happy Birthday to all of you;  Uncle Frank, last Wednesday & Joy, last Saturday!   This week we wish Kenny & Rosie, Happy 1st Anniversary! 

    We had a wonderful week,,, beginning July 26th with Family History appointments, recording stories, helping find temple names, recording stories, it is the greatest!

     Then Saturday, August 1, we were off to Big Sky Montana (since 1998 now) for our annual Croft Reunion week! Rob’s family, Vicki’s family, most of the Grants came that day!  Sunday is always a special day!  The Big Sky Branch has eleven active members, but total attendance that day was 72, mostly visitors!  Allen’s family arrived from Worland in time for church at 10am! Wow they got up early to do that!  We always enjoy the pot luck  which they have after church on Fast Sunday!

     Each day was filled to the brim – eating, swimming, fishing, playing on the lake & climbing wall – picnic in the meadow & ball – biking, late night games with various age groups, bleached t-shirts, coloring quilt blocks, warm cookies & 100’s of otter pops!   Cooler weather, low 70’s all week!   Rain every so often for a few minutes then sunny!  Lots of pictures!  Some have already made their way to face book! And we missed so very much those 9 members of our family who were unable to attend, but we do understand that sometimes it is not possible to be everywhere & do everything that happens!

    Family Home Evening & Talent night was great!   We enjoyed hearing from our returned missionaries, Chris about Mozambique, Africa. Tchae about Mexico City, Nathan about Tonga, & Conner (Lindsay’s husband) about Taiwan.  Thank you, everyone, for skits, music & sharing.  What an amazing, talented group you are!      

    Then Friday afternoon, it was back to Lovell for us!   Nice trip home & getting prepared and rested up for a busy Sunday!  Saturday we attended a funeral of a friend at 10am then home and off to Byron park for the annual Scott Aytch Sessions reunion where over 50 cousins attended. This reunion will be held every 3 years in the future in hopes of getting more of the younger ones to attend!

Our classes were small today, but we were able to help with special questions of the brothers & sisters who were there.   We also listened to three missionaries returning home & one preparing to leave the various ward in the stake.  I’m sure you are asking how we did that!  Well we attended one ward Sacrament meeting at 8am  where two spoke!  then during the day, in between our FH Sunday School classes we were able to listen in on the other two in two other wards!  What a great spirit they have.   It has been great today, ending with an Eagle Court of honor tonight for one of our young men FH consultants in Cowley!

    Indexing challenge - - - 100,000 indexers doing on batch during one week!!!!   Pretty amazing!   Be a part of it!  Index & submit a batch this week, ending on August 14! Be a part of this great work!

    Love to all of you! 

  Bro & Sis Croft!

Bob and Rena Croft Family August 2015 Big Sky, MT