Dearest Family,
Happy Birthday – Lindsay – November 10th! oops,
I missed it!
As Bro. Croft crawled into bed tonight, “Wow – Oh – Wow!!! What a
day!” It was amazing in a very special way! The Youth Family History Consultants of the Stake
taught the youth of the 5 Wards in Lovell about Indexing! Their goal is to
index One Million Names from December 1 to February 14, a very ambitious
goal!!! These indexed names then become searchable in Family Search.org. Classes were taught during Sunday School time in all the wards but one.
Beginning at 9:00, 11:00, 1:30, 2:30 & 4:10. Several of the youth
consultants came in again this evening 6 to 9 p.m. We had a very special
evening tonight, also. Consultants helping each other learn, many learning to
index. Several patrons, I helped one who is new to the Lovell area, a convert
last summer! I had met her at the Dentist’s office & we had visited about
FH. She had worked on Family History prior to her baptism, & a little after
it, but got sidetracked during her move. It was exciting for her to find the
maiden names of several great grandmothers! So special!
Our week has been a busy one, even Saturday – helping at two Relief
Society Simple or Super Saturday activities. One of the wards has done this two years in a row.
In between working on crafts, they come & do a little indexing! And there
were several sisters who weren’t interested in crafts, who just like to index or
learn about it! They indexed 755 names in two hours & all were just
beginning to do obituaries! One of the Youth consultants helped the other ward
& Bro Croft & I mostly socialized! After that I helped a patron, we
wanted to check out some things in the FHC that are only available there.
The “Work is Hastening” & every day we had several appointments.
On Wednesday evening we were able to help a Priests Quorum prepare names for
their temple excursion! They are very special Young Men!
Somehow during all this we were able to cut up a deer, have ladies over
to quilt, there is now about 18” to do or less in some places! Doing the
temple is the time consuming part but I will get it done! Then on Friday, almost
all day it snowed! I baked two batches of bread for the New Horizons Care Center
fund raiser and delivered it fresh to the Center! Ended up with 7 inches of
snow – which then means snow removal! That kept Bro Croft busy Saturday
afternoon! Thank goodness for the snow blower we have. Oh & the deer are
playing games with us! We see then around in the yard, always at times when we
are unable to hunt! It’s been a very cold week with lows of –19 and near zero
for highs. Our lily pond by the house froze solid before we could get the pots
out. . . . . so we will see how the plants survived come next spring?
We have had a wonderful week – with many spiritual highs! It is so
great to feel the excitement of the Youth Indexing & the spirit that it
brings. They know the promises from of the Lord given by Elder Bednar & the
protections from the adversary that they will receive when they do it!
We love all of you & have a great week – CTR
Bro & Sister
Croft
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