Many of the same routines that have occupied our days since
school started occupied us again this week. We had welcome visitors, both for
the kids and for Hallie. Things are heating up for Mike both at work and at
church.
Monday – Regular day. Landon stayed after with a small group
of kids to do a reading assessment with his teacher. He is making great progress at school, as evidenced by the work his teacher is sending home.
Tuesday – After Landon got out of school, two of the boys from
our ward that go to school with him came to our house to play. We haven’t had a
lot of kids to play at our house, so having company is all new and exciting to
us.
Wednesday – After school Landon went to the boys’ house to
play until Eliza got out of school, and Hallie was able to get a few errands run.
We just found out though that this family is moving soon, and that bums us all
out.
Friday – Mike had a shindig at CLU in the evening, so the
kids and Hallie had pizza and movie.
Saturday – Mike taught class today, and the rest of the
family took a day off. Hallie and her mom spent a bit of time together in the
morning, and Liz our great neighbor spent time playing with the kids. Hallie
came home to freshly vacuumed floors and dishes done. Thanks Liz! We were all
happy to see Mike when he got home in the evening. The kids spent a bit of time
in the evening riding bikes, scooters, and skateboards with the neighbor kids.
As bed time approached the missionaries came over to do their weekly
correlation with Mike.
Sunday – Mike started the day out early, 8:00 AM, by
attending a meeting conducted by Elder Garnes who is an area authority seventy
for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. After the meeting, Mike
sent a text home saying Elder Garnes asked the mission leaders to read D&C88:72-74 with our families. Hey, read it with yours! Things are getting serious
about hastening the work. He then hung out at the church until his other
meetings started at 11:00.
At noon Hallie and the kids headed to Thousand Oaks (known
here as T.O.) to see Cru’s Primary Children's Program. Hallie gave Eliza special braids for the occasion.
It was fun watching Cru
sing and speak his part. For these moments it is nice to be closer to our
California family. Hallie had to sneak out early so they could get back to our
ward where our primary is getting ready for their program on October 12.
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Today we had out stake fireside and out stake president's talk was on hastening the work but specifically magnifying who we are so that the Lord can help us in this hastening. It was pretty amazing.
That's great! Elder Garnes asked all the mission leaders to work on improving something about ourselves this week, kind of along those same lines of hastening the work by becoming better able to receive inspiration to fulfill our callings through increased personal worthiness.
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