Dearest Family,
Happy Birthday, McKinzea! Congratulations to Connor & Lindsay,
married Saturday, January 3! And a very Happy New Year to all of our wonderful
family! We so appreciate your great example to us & feel your
prayers.
Today was one of those WOW days, anyway it ended that way! Started out
cold, even cold in the church house – but our FHC is nice & warm, the only
warm spot in the building, that is a blessing! It was a day of adjusting, all
wards were meeting at a different time, that change is always good. We attend
Sacrament meeting in whatever ward meets at 8:00 a.m. It is fun to get to know
the families better in that ward. This year it is the Lovell 4th ward! We
enjoyed classes in several wards & workshops in several others. The
excitement of the day was this evening in the FHC. During the course of three
hours probably 30 youth plus other adults came! Most of the youth were
indexing! We have 9 computers plus our two laptops, several brought computers.
They just came in groups, rotating thru out the evening! If I understand the
note they reported there numbers on they indexed about 2400 names tonight but
that will all be totaled in their wards next week. They have indexed about
45,000 names as of Dec 28. We think there were youth from 8 different wards!
Several had only 1-2. I spent some time helping a young lady who deals with
dyslexia & it is very hard for her to read on the computer – but she really
wanted to do some & she did!!!!
As for the rest of the week it was great also! Spent Monday a.m. here
at home with the Fikes, Symphony wanted to make some fudge & it was yummy!
They came & visited us at the Public Library for awhile, several did
indexing, Kenya & Daeja watched a movie that they were showing there! Also
had others who came in for help. In the evening, we had a FHE & shared
memories of Grandpa Petersen. We taped them & soon they will be on
FamilySearch! Wednesday was a day at home, baked bread, had a planning meeting
with the NeVilles via the phone, it was super cold that day minus 22 degrees and
wind! Finished the quilt, Ethan & Bekah’s, and several other projects
that needed doing!
Thursday afternoon, two elders serving here wanted to learn about using
FH as a proselyting tool! We enjoyed working with them so very much! We
processed our last deer actually the largest and fatest one of the four. We
really enjoy the wild meat! It’s been to nasty to do any ice fishing . . .maybe
soon . . . we are fish hungry again!
With more snow on Friday Dad needed to use the snow blower again. Only
5 inches of snow here for December, compared to the two feet in November. There
is still 8 inches of packed snow in the shaded areas here at home. The tomatoes
in the greenhouse a turning red and we will soon have fresh ones to eat!
Love you all!
CTR as always! Bro & Sister Croft
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