This really was a pretty quiet week for us, Monday was prep day and that is exactly what we did, cleaned the house, did the laundry, ironed, bought groceries, and got ready for the week. In the afternoon the Roesberrys came over for a little while and we played cards and went for ice cream.
Tues and Wed. were pretty slow in the temple but Thursday we had a bus come from Cuatla, this will be their last trip, they usually come with 3 buses and stay 3 days, they always bring lots of family name cards. They did stay 3 days and they brought lots of family name cards, the Stake President and his wife (The Zigas) are such great people, we have really come to love and appreciate them. We exchanged addresses with them and hope to see them when we get home, they are coming to Utah when their daughter gets home from her mission and they will be in St. George, so who knows, we told them we would love to have them come stay and would show them the area. Saturday we also had 3 more buses come from Huatulco and Puerto Escondido, so it was a nice busy day with several nuevas and sellamientos.
We are settling into our new assignments a little better and it doesn't take us quite so much time for just the maintenance, so we are able to work on getting some of the worker files cleaned up. We have so many workers on file because of all the workers from the Stakes that have come from Mexico, so we have been going through and trying to get the system all organized before the new President comes.
We are also in the process of training a couple of new secretaries, we have a couple that can't continue as their school hours have changed and we are also adding a couple of shifts with the change in hours at the temple. Actually our best secretary Graciella does most of the training, she is pretty much indispensable and really is the heart and soul of the office.
It has rained pretty much every afternoon this week, sometimes afternoon, all evening and most of the night, people were saying it had been a dry rainy season, but maybe just a late one. A couple of times it has been nearly impossible to get across the highway and back home, or we have had to wait a while for the water to recede. Everything sure is green and the weeds are all really tall.
Tomorrow we are having a cook out and an evening together with the Roeberrys, the Peñas, the Atkinsons, and the Paveys. Should be a fun get together. Brother Pavey is from Canada and his wife from here, they have retired here, he is a temple worker, she is not a member yet!
Today we went to church at 12:00, we spoke in the other ward in our building. We revised our talks a little but they are basically the same ones we gave last week. The Roesberrys came to support us, I think it made me a little bit more nervous, dad did fantastic again and the Bishop said he would probably be calling on us again. They have a great ward and we really enjoyed the Sunday School class.
I really don't have anything else to write about so I will leave you with a quote by Elder Jeffrey R. Holland " If you are lonely, please know you can find comfort. If you are discouraged, please know you can find hope. If you are poor in spirit, please know you can be strengthened. If you are broken, please know you can be mended." I know this is true for I have found comfort, hope, strength, and healing through the love and atonement of my Savior and continue to find it each and every day of my life, I am so very grateful for Him and His infinite love. Remember "Fight all your battles on your knees and you will win every time".
We love you all and hold you in our hearts and prayers always.
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