July 4 We're thankful for this land of America!

Dearest Family

     Happy 18th Birthday, Ky!!!  Have a great one!  and Happy Birthday last week to the amazing land in which we live!  We celebrated by hearing fireworks around our neighborhood almost every night last week!  Also went to a community picnic on July 4th in Cowley!  Dave & Jenny Rael have a pulled pork & hotdogs for whoever!  Every brings a salad or desert & it is a wonderful evening, ending with fireworks!  This year he invited a special guest, Aaron Tippens, a patriotic, western singer! We surely enjoyed his music!

     We have fished, did Zoom trainings, even one with Chris, went to the mtn, both of us on Tuesday a.m. & Dad on Friday!   There is a beautiful quilt in the living room, & I find moments to quilt on it!  We have been busy, so have not had a time to invite anyone to help yet! 

     Last Saturday we traveled to Livingston again & in the evening met with two TFHConsultants for several hours. Was such a special opportunity to get to know them & share with them the great principle of helping someone have a "one on one" experience where they help some one find a name in 30-40 minutes! Now connected to the Family Tree App is a feature called "Are we Related" We did this with them & all four of us were related!

       We have found some very well organized wards, who have older genealogist in their ward find the names for all in the ward to take to the temple!  Well, it may work, but it just isn't what the Lord wants at this time! He has spoken thru his modern day Apostles, that we are each to find our family members, and go to the temple with them!  It is just the best choice which we are trying to teach! 

 

     The Three Forks Ward was so enjoyable & the members of the ward council were all so excited about it! It was also interesting that 3/4 of this group had been at our Saturday evening  presentation which we did at the Bozeman Stake conference in February,  That is the most which we have had in the wards we have visited so far.

      A thought from one of our many TFH consultants which is so true & applys to all of us in so many aspects of our lives.  "I knew it in my head, but now I know it in my heart"   It applys to any principle of the gospel in our lives!

Love Mom anf Dad

ZOOM training with 3 couples!

July 2, 2017

Dearest Family,

     Happy Birthday, Chris, on Monday!  Happy Birthday, Aunt Marlene on Thursday!   Happy Birthday, Amber, on Saturday!   We hope you each have a wonderful day!

        Each week goes by so quickly!  ZOOM training with 3 couples!  A trip to the lake with the boat - weather was great - lake was calm - started to pull away from the dock & the steering was all locked up - could not turn it any direction - came home!  Dad, the great repairman, went into action & soon had it fixed!  He did learn after doing some research that there are several parts of the steering mechanism which needs to be greased & cleaned every year!  So. . . now we will try on Monday!

     Thursday morning, after a month of them scheduling & canceling, we were finally able to have a conference call with the Development team of the FamilySearch Tree & Memories Apps! There were probably 6 people on the call & it was a choice opportunity to visit with them!  

       Thursday evening was another very spiritual & wonderful evening with the TFH Consultants of our stake.  We were sharing with them one of the "Gatherers of the Kingdom" presentations which is just for consultants!  Their comments were so inspired and they were able to see & understand the vision of this work! They were seeing that 1 on 1 is the way to teach. These new presentations are so inspired & we are excited to share them!

         Saturday we traveled to Livingston, Montana & in the evening did 1 on 1 presentations with the Bishop & his wife, then Mom & Dad did with their two children, who are old enough to attend the temple.  How amazing it is when this is done & each person is able to print out an ordinance card for a special family member. All four of them had a card in hand which for someone they had found!

          Sunday we attended this ward & were welcomed  by the member of the bishopric who was conducting. During SS time we taught the ward council the "Gatherers of the Kingdom" presentation just for them - also in attendance was a member of the Temple Presidency & his wife, Pres & Sis Melin, whom we invited to attend went we saw them in the ward. In these presentations we talk about the spiritual & doctrinal side of T&FH & the many blessing which we each receive when we each prepare and take our own name to the temple.

           During the second hour, RS/Priesthood time we did hands on, like we usually do.  Pres. Melin offered inspired council about the Stake boxes which are at the Billings Temple & how they are actually a spirit prison for the names in them, some have been there as long as 9 years!  Comments were shared by all which continued to add to the spiritual atmosphere of the meeting. Bishop ended with an emotional testimony of his experience Saturday evening when he was looking at the draft registration cards for a great grandfather who had filled out cards for both WW1 & WW2. On one of them it told his occupation & that he was missing one of his hands! He testified of how important it was to get to know each of the individual that we do the ordinances for.

        As Dad was getting things picked up a young man with his wife & baby, came up to him & introduced himself as Ryan, a member of the Development team of the FamilySearch Tree & Memories Apps. (They were visiting friends in Livingston). He had been on the conference call with us on Thursday!!!!!!  We an amazing visit with him  & so enjoyed meeting him!  As we have looked back over the events of this day, we can see the Lord's hand in accomplishing this work!  

       We feel so blessed to be a part of this great work - his sacred Plan of Happiness!

We love you all   Have a great week! Mom & Dad