Friday - I went into volunteer at school - at lunch time I saw Tracey (grade two teacher) with her backpack on - I jokingly said to her 'do you think you're going home or something?' and she said 'yes' and could I work the afternoon for her. So, what a bonus that was. Her class has some annoying children in it, but I managed to get through the afternoon. :-)
- Only one guy showed up at the Family History Centre on Friday so Dad spent most of the day working on indexing and he was able to complete his goal of 1,000 entries. Now that he has done quite a few entries, he has made a goal of completing 1,000 entries per month.
- Skyped with Terri-Ann and the boys tonight - what a treat - nice to see all the boys and especially to see Colin looking and feeling much better. Colin drew a picture of a treehouse he wants to build in a tree when he moves to the country when he's 8. :-) He told us all about it and he thought it was a good idea when I suggested he get his Dad to scan the picture so that Pa could figure out how to build it. Colin said he could help Pa build it by 'passing Pa the supplies' (his words). What a cutie patootie! (as are all our grandsons - I told Krystal the other day that Dad and I sure make cute grandsons!
Saturday - I was flushing the toilet when I turned around and saw a small frog in the bowl - I screamed - Dad came and asked me to get a yogurt container so that he could capture the frog - while I was getting it, the frog crawled up the toilet bowl and under the upper rim inside the bowl - Dad flushed again and the frog came down and went down with the flushing water - took ages for my heart to stop beating so fast.
- lazed around the house until about noon when we finally had brunch :-)
- Skyped with Jennifer and Derek - Jennifer said to me 'so, you're coming back to Canada again in the winter' - I knew what that meant - Jennifer is pregnant! - good news, but really? In the winter again? Do kids ever listen? - Dad and I both told you girls that we NEVER wanted to come back to Canada again in the winter - sheesh. :-) Seems to me I remember Dad saying that if anyone was having a winter baby again, they would have to recuperate in Australia :-)
- Skyped with Grandpa and Grandma Martin - Grandpa is doing well and gaining a little weight - he is having his CAT scan on April 6th to see how the chemo pills are working on the cancer - Grandma was making home made macaroni and cheese and her yummy biscuits for dinner
- Dad met our friends, Rob and Rosalea, at a store where they picked up our new outdoor suite - Dad set up part of it when he got home - here's a pic of him on his chaise lounge
You can't tell, but Dad's eyes are closed and he is listening to 'Celtic Thunder' on the CD player behind him. He loves his new comfortable chaise lounge. :-)
- went to the chapel at 4:30pm for a Ward Social - Steve singing, lots of good food (salads, hamburgers, sausages with onions) and good friends - so nice to chat with everyone as you don't get much of a chance to do that on Sundays - Dad had an interview with a member of the Stake Presidency and was called to be 'High Priest Group Leader' (leader of one of the men's groups at church) and he accepted - went home about 7pm - watched tv/did stuff on the computer/read./ relaxed
Sunday - Ward Conference - great speakers - our Bishop spoke about 'Following the Spirit of the Lord' - building up ourselves spiritually by building our faith in Jesus Christ, reading the scriptures and reading the teachings of Joseph Smith; Kym Stiller (Young Women's President) spoke about helping the youth to seek the Spirit by feeling the Spirit ourselves and following the promptings we receive, bearing our testimonies often and not just on Sundays, sharing personal experiences (both challenges and growths), letting them hear you pray for them, having regular scripture study and regularly attending the Temple - Nicole, our newest ward member, (we went to her baptism last Saturday) bore her testimony (so pure and sweet): she knows the gospel is true, that Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ live and love her, she's never felt happier (I understand that feeling of happiness and joy), feels warmth in her heart and is thankful for answers to prayer. Listening to her heartfelt, simple testimony took me back to when I first joined the church and the testimony I had then - my testimony has grown over the years and the Spirit is still strong - President Thomas (Stake President) spoke last - his message was to "Stay on Course" through focusing on the Saviour - if we do that, Christ will help us feel the love that He has for us and that with Him we can do anything - we need to be spiritually prepared by being in tune with the Spirit which will help us in our daily challenges - the place to be on Sunday is at church where we can be uplifted and strengthened and feel the love of Jesuss Christ - we can feel the joy of living the gospel - I love being part of this ward and love being part of this gospel. :-)
- Dad is sustained as the 'High Priest Group Leader' in Priesthood meeting today - he feels good about the calling - says he would feel more pressured if the group were bigger, but there's only about ten, so he's okay - he will do a really good job - he's a very dedicated person as you know - he has a lot of responsibilities he is learning all about - he will still be very involved in Family History as part of his calling (he was released as Family History Director in the HB ward) - he will also be a part of the ward council which meet to talk about how to strengthen the members of the ward - he will call two assistants to help him with his calling - he and his assistants will encourage the men to go to the Temple and do family history work - they also oversee home teaching (visiting the families in the ward) - they also plan activities for the group and their families - he will be a very busy man
- after our church meetings, Dad and I had our temple recommend interviews and we now have current temple recommends which we are thrilled about - there was a potluck lunch - Dad ate with Rob and Rosalea and I ate with my Primary Leaders in a meeting with the Stake Primary President - she talked with us about how things were going in Primary - she gave us some suggestions to help us in our callings - it was a really good meeting - we have a lot of work to do to get the Primary running the way we want it to, but we are all ready to work hard to accomplish this goal
- we spent the evening working on church things: indexing and reading for Dad and Primary research for me - what a lovely way to spend the Sabbath Day :-)
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Hahahahha - will you ever be able to sit on the toilet again and not worry about a frog in there?
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