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
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