Happy Mothers Day

    OK, so today is Mother's Day and it sort of feels weird not being where my family members are. But I totally love them and know that they love me.
    This week we had our regular meetings and visits to people but our big accomplishment is that we've completed our 11 hour training to be certified literacy tutors for the Tri- State Literacy Council.  The training is very good and we enjoyed our time spent there. We will now each be matched up with a "learner" and will begin to work with them to read and write. We still work with the couple in our ward but that is now on hold as the husband is having a gradruple heart bypass this Tuesday. So we will resume when he recovers.
    Sunday the 7th was a North America, NorthEast broadcast from SLC. Elder Oaks presided and Elder Garrit Gong conducted. The speakers were Elder Gong, Sister Bonnie H Cordon, Elder Anthony D Perkins and Elder Dallin H Oaks.
    Sister Cordon told a really great story of when she was a young girl Elder L Tom Perry stayed with her family while being a Stake conference visiting authority. One evening she was told to go feed the chickens and she was reluctant because it was dark but Elder Wirthlin said he would go with her. She grabbed a flashlight  and sort of skipped ahead of him. With the flashlight bouncing around ahead Elder Wirthlin didn't see the small ditch ahead and stepped right in the middle of it. As he pulled his wet foot out he firmly exclaimed,"I must get my own light". Sister Cordon likened that to us needing our own light of Christ to show us the right way. How many times have we made errors because we did not have the light of Christ with us.
   Elder Oaks had a few topics. Some that touched my heart were, Stand Ye in Holy Places so that we can be guided by the Holy Ghost and we members need to find friends and neighbors for the missionaries to teach. He also said beware of addictions, especially texting  and video gaming that are taking our time away from much more important things. His last message was, we can each know for ourselves the truthful of the gospel of Jesus Christ and we need our own testimony (our own light if you will). We can gain that testimony thru the powerful witness from the Holy Ghost.
   We are loving the people and our work. We pray for your good health and safety.
Love you all. Almost Heaven, Elder and Sister Traynor