Boy did we hit the jackpot the second week of October.
On Monday Oct 9th we had a visit from Sue Goodman, Bill and MaryLou, and Tim and Ruth Ann Baxter. Our dear friend Sue is from our home ward in Tucson and she had been in Louisville to attend and help with a wedding for her niece. A couple of weeks prior to the wedding Sue called to make arrangements to stop by. After the wedding was over Sue, her parents, sister and brother in law were heading to North Carolina to the beach. Since they were traveling right thru Huntington they graciously stopped in to say Hello. How wonderful to see Tucson folks and catch up on news of Tanque Verde Ward and the Temple and just chat as fast as we could. We had a quick lunch ready for them and then they had to be on their way. We loved every minute of the time we had with Sue and her group.
Then Wednesday evening Oct 11th we had three of our adorable grandchildren right in our small yet comfortable apartment. Annie and Greg flew to Virginia to visit family and we were thrilled to get to see this sweet little family for two nights. Thursday we had a great day together at Barboursville Park and then they came to our Institute/Pathway class that night. Grandpa ate dinner and played with them while I taught my lesson then we switched and he taught and I played with them. After the classes we went to our place and had ice cream and cookies.
First thing Friday we met at Ihop for breakfast before they started their 6 hour drive to Richmond. I am so grateful for their efforts to come see Grandma and Grandpa Traynor on their Mission. Thanks Annie and Greg for making this possible.
After breakfast we also took off. We were headed to Beckley, WV to attend a Seniors Mission Conference with 9 Senior couples and our Mission President and Sister Lindhardt.
We met for lunch then toured the area. We had dinner at Cracker Barrel then went back to the hotel for a devotional and some get to know you games. What great folks. One coupe has served 5 missions, another couple has served 3 missions, 2 couples have served 2 missions and the rest of us are on our first mission.
On Saturday after breakfast we received great training from our President regarding being "equally yoked together" as we serve and how we are blessing the lives of the people we work with. He also told us how valuable we are to him as we help to care of and watch over and feed the missionaries here in WV. I sure thought of the dear missionaries serving throughout the world and especially those representing the Fred and Norma Arnett Family. I am grateful they are being blessed with health and protection. We had a great time at the Senior Conference.
We finished the conference at noon and hurried home to prepare to teach the Temple Preparation class to a gal in the ward that has her mission call to Vancouver Washington. She leaves November 8th and will be going to the Temple in a week. Therefore Pat taught lessons 1 and 2 on Saturday, lessons 3 and 4 on Sunday. Lesson 5 was on Monday then completed lessons 6 and 7 on Tuesday night. She came ready to learn and we had a great spirit here as he taught.
We had a really fun day Thursday. We were asked to drive the sister missionaries to Charleston to transfer one sister that has completed her mission and pick up another coming to our area. It was so fun to see how the transfers happen. It appeared to be organized chaos but the Elders and Sisters sure loved seeing dear companions again.
After returning to Huntington we took the Sisters to lunch then left them at their apartment to settle in. We then finished our Lessons and food preparations for our Thursday night classes. We sure love our Institute/Pathway YSA. They are dedicated to the gospel.
Saturday the 21st was our monthly Seminary/Institute Inservice. We received training from Bro Fuhriman. He always does a great job. Again we did our lunch for the Huntington group as well as Charleston.
We continue Tuesdays with our literacy learners. They are slowly progressing. We enjoy our time with them.
All is well here. We are healthy and well.
Almost Heaven, Traynors
Saturday, October 21, 2017
Saturday, October 7, 2017
Wonderful conference
We loved the world Conference starting with the Women's session on Saturday the 23rd. I had never heard Sis Eubanks speak before but she was powerful and to the point .
"Be Righteous, Be Articulate, Be Different, Be distinct, and do them in Happy Ways.
Then how great was President Uchtdorf with his 3 sisters talk, sisters Sad, Mad and Glad. I want to be a glad person as I go through life. With the light of Christ in each of us we can know where to turn for peace and happiness. And as Neil F Marriott said, "we need to do things in the Lord's way and put His will first."
The General sessions were just as inspiring. It is hard to choose a favorite.
Some of my favorite highlights are:
*Pres. Uchtdorf- Bobbie Dog and his instincts for home. We all have a yearning, a migration for Heavenly Climes.
*Elder Nelson's "promises" to each of us that as we study the Book of Mormon daily we can make better decisions everyday and that we will receive answers to our own questions and directions for our life.
*Pres. Eyring, responding to President Monson's admonition to study the Book of Mormon, reminded us that as we continue to to study and pray with greater intent we can have the power to resist temptation.
These are some pretty powerful promises that we can have claim to. We were certainly spiritually feed.
Pat and I have started up a Seniors empty nester FHE/ potluck dinner the first Monday of each month. It doesn't matter where any of us are, we can always find folks that are lonely and need companionship. It is one night that they do not have to eat alone.
Our literacy tutoring continues. I have a different fellow now. This new guy really struggles to read and can only write his first name but he wants to learn and tries hard. He is quite good at repairing small motors and brings in a little income with repairs and then mowing lawns too. Pat's learner Keith is continuing to gradually improve his reading comprehension. Keith looks forward each week to his lesson with Pat. He attends lots of Marshall activities and each week brings us some program that he has had a team member sign.
Pat and I have been attending and participating in the Institute class at Marshall University onWednesday nights. This past Wednesday we had two Marshall students plus four FT Elders. Pat taught the lesson and I baked and brought a fruit pizza. We enjoy all of our interactions with the YSAs.
A real fun activity for Pat was that he was able to go to the Blenko glass factory and work with the artisans there to make a hand blown Pumpkin. This was so interesting and I took pictures of each phase of the process.
Pat and I have been participating in the Self Reliance class on Personal finance. Since we have been serving as part of the Stake Self Reliance committee since March and have been training the ward/branch councils and teaching the ward/branches about the self reliance initiative, we thought it would be a good idea to actually take a class. This course would be beneficial for everyone take.
Regarding WV being Almost Heaven, this area has not had rain in almost a month and things are looking really dry. The locals say that the rain is needed for the fall color. The weather forecast is for the rains and cooler temperatures to start tomorrow.
We are doing well here, both happy and healthy however we miss dear family and friends.
So it's still mostly Almost Heaven, Traynors
"Be Righteous, Be Articulate, Be Different, Be distinct, and do them in Happy Ways.
Then how great was President Uchtdorf with his 3 sisters talk, sisters Sad, Mad and Glad. I want to be a glad person as I go through life. With the light of Christ in each of us we can know where to turn for peace and happiness. And as Neil F Marriott said, "we need to do things in the Lord's way and put His will first."
The General sessions were just as inspiring. It is hard to choose a favorite.
Some of my favorite highlights are:
*Pres. Uchtdorf- Bobbie Dog and his instincts for home. We all have a yearning, a migration for Heavenly Climes.
*Elder Nelson's "promises" to each of us that as we study the Book of Mormon daily we can make better decisions everyday and that we will receive answers to our own questions and directions for our life.
*Pres. Eyring, responding to President Monson's admonition to study the Book of Mormon, reminded us that as we continue to to study and pray with greater intent we can have the power to resist temptation.
These are some pretty powerful promises that we can have claim to. We were certainly spiritually feed.
Pat and I have started up a Seniors empty nester FHE/ potluck dinner the first Monday of each month. It doesn't matter where any of us are, we can always find folks that are lonely and need companionship. It is one night that they do not have to eat alone.
Our literacy tutoring continues. I have a different fellow now. This new guy really struggles to read and can only write his first name but he wants to learn and tries hard. He is quite good at repairing small motors and brings in a little income with repairs and then mowing lawns too. Pat's learner Keith is continuing to gradually improve his reading comprehension. Keith looks forward each week to his lesson with Pat. He attends lots of Marshall activities and each week brings us some program that he has had a team member sign.
Pat and I have been attending and participating in the Institute class at Marshall University onWednesday nights. This past Wednesday we had two Marshall students plus four FT Elders. Pat taught the lesson and I baked and brought a fruit pizza. We enjoy all of our interactions with the YSAs.
A real fun activity for Pat was that he was able to go to the Blenko glass factory and work with the artisans there to make a hand blown Pumpkin. This was so interesting and I took pictures of each phase of the process.
Pat and I have been participating in the Self Reliance class on Personal finance. Since we have been serving as part of the Stake Self Reliance committee since March and have been training the ward/branch councils and teaching the ward/branches about the self reliance initiative, we thought it would be a good idea to actually take a class. This course would be beneficial for everyone take.
Regarding WV being Almost Heaven, this area has not had rain in almost a month and things are looking really dry. The locals say that the rain is needed for the fall color. The weather forecast is for the rains and cooler temperatures to start tomorrow.
We are doing well here, both happy and healthy however we miss dear family and friends.
So it's still mostly Almost Heaven, Traynors
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