October 16, 2017

Lehman graduated with Charlie Company

We celebrated Lehman's graduation

with Elder Pack and Elder Haycock

October 16, 2017

I'm a little short on pictures this week.  I'll try to do better next time.  Monday we drove to Pres. Hobbin's home for a senior couples FHE.  We sat with Elder and Sister Foster who are serving as self-reliance missionaries for four missions.  (They do a lot of driving).  They are from Colorado and are a wonderful couple.  I had read the October Ensign that morning and it had lots of information about the new self- reliance program.  It was interesting to hear from them how the program is being implemented in California.  It sounds like it is going to be powerful in the lives of those who participate.  Our FHE lesson was taught by Sister Kimball and was based on Jesus the Christ--Chapter 3 which outlines the need for Christ as our Redeemer.  Christ volunteered to atone for our sins.  Free agency is an essential part of the God's plan even in the pre-existence.  We discussed some interesting thoughts that I had not considered before.  We thoroughly enjoyed the evening.

Tuesday we celebrated Rob Lehman's graduation.  He has become a dear friend and we are going to miss him.  It was also October 10 and a day to celebrate Grandpa and Kaden's birthdays.  Grandpa turned 97 and went horseback riding for the event.  (Unbelievable!)  Kaden won a soccer game and bought some new fishing tackle. (He's takes after Grandpa and is becoming quite the fisherman).  We love them both very much.

Wednesday was a day full of service.  After working 8 hours at the Navy-Marine Corps Relief Society, they asked me if I could stay to teach the evening Budget for Baby class because the instructor was ill.  Of course, I agreed.  But after the class ended at 7:30 pm, we were both exhausted.  I love teaching, but 12 hour days are a thing of the past for us. We got home at 8:30 pm and were back at the Thrift Store the next morning at 9 am.  They decided it was time for me to train as a cashier.  I took in over $600 in 2 1/2 hours.  Which wouldn't be hard if most of the items weren't twenty-five cents.  That's a lot of items.  By the time I finished checking out, it was 1:30 pm so we didn't have enough time to drive to San Diego for Family Day.  It was very disappointing to miss that activity.  We'll have to figure out how we can do it all.  We came home and crashed after two stressful and long days of service.

Friday after communicating with all of our marines, we headed to another afternoon at the San Onofre Relief Society.  We were told we had completed 90 days and our trial period was over.  So, we signed a contract to volunteer for another full year.  When the contract is over, we will actually only have a few weeks left to complete our mission.  The time is flying by quickly.

The San Clemente Ward had a chili-cook off on Saturday night.  I made chili--along with 10 other members.  We were so excited when we got to the church to be greeted by Sister Wright and her parents who were visiting from Utah.  Sister Wright is one of our favorite missionaries.  We sure miss working with her.  It was so fun to give her a hug and catch up on what she is doing now that she has completed her mission.  The evening just got better when the Muse family arrived at the party.  We visited them several weeks ago and invited them to come out to church.  Saturday was their first time in our chapel.  We sat with them and enjoyed fellowshipping them and their five children.  Hopefully, we will see them often in the future.  It was satisfying to know that our visits to less active marine families are making a difference.  Everyone needs to feel loved and included.