Sometimes I feel like a broken record when I say that this place is just flat beautiful. So I won't say it this time but it really is. There are Crepe Myrtle shrubs that are as big as some of our Mesquite trees, and there are several varieties of colors that just take my breath away. So when I think about the flora and fauna of WV, I'm just astounded. Today we drove to Charleston WV, about an hour away, to put on a luncheon for the Seminary/Institute inservice meeting there, (that's after doing the food for our inservice meeting luncheon here in Huntington), anyway we took a different way from the church to the Interstate and it was through what appeared to be an 8 mile long hollar that looked like a green forested tunnel. Just stunning. OK, I'm done with that.
I will tell you about these inservice luncheons. Pat and I did 4 of them when we first got here, Feb -May (every third Saturday of the month through the school year). So now with school starting up again we are back to once a month again. The reason for the food every time is that because the church is so spread out and these early morning Seminary teachers drive up to 2.5 hours to get to our Huntington Stake inservice meetings by 10:00 AM. So we've been asked to provide a quick meal for them before they have to turn around and drive home 2.5 hours again.
After everyone has finished eating we pack up the left overs and spiff up the kitchen then drive an hour to the Charleston Stake Inservice meeting that starts at 2:00 PM with a second identical lunch #2 for the folks that have driven a couple of hours to get there. After the meeting we clean up, pack up and drive home.
The folks from both stakes are so grateful for everything that is done for them. They are dedicated teachers, and work hard to have a lesson ready for their ward students every morning.
The focus of today's inservice was to train us teachers how to use our electronic devices to create folders and tag scriptures that are meaningful to us so that we can have them available to refer to when we want them. Brother Fuhriman had us go to the scripture in D&C 90:11, that says, "For it shall come to pass in that day, that every man shall hear the fullness of the gospel in his own tongue, and in his own language...". Our young people today are in a digital world, their language, and are more likely to study the Scriptures digitally than from paper like we older folks do. Therefore if we can help them learn to also create folders and tag their own meaningful scriptures, conference talks and videos, they too can build their own digital file cabinet throughout the 4 years of seminary. What a powerful tool for them to have at their disposal.
Pat and I have sort of adopted several (6) single ladies that need to be visited and watched over. Some are widowed and some are divorced. We all met at Panera for dinner last week and we are starting a FHE group next month. The ladies want to meet at the church and have a pot luck dinner and then Pat will give us a message. Some of them are very independent, hard working, sort of, "I've got this", type ladies, and others are happy to have a little extra attention. All of them are glad for the association and time together. We all just get so busy that we don't make enough time for each other.
We continue with our Literacy learners every Tuesday and really enjoy working with them
We loved all the hype and pictures of the Tucson Temple Cultural Celebration and Dedication festivities. I appreciated the reports of the dedication talks and I was able to read President Uchdorffs dedicatory prayer on LDS.org. My heart was there but our service goes on here.
We love you all.
Almost Heaven, Traynors
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