Saturday, January 26, 2008

Jan. 20th, 2008

We attended a baptism Saturday night that at first looked like it might not happen. The elders had taught a woman who was in a rest home (only in her fifties) who had nearly died and was on oxygen. Her baptism was scheduled for 6 pm but she didn't show up. They went to the rest home but she had left and gone to her daughters, where they were supposed to pick her up, but there was a mixup so they had to have a member go and bring her from her daughters - in her wheelchair with her oxygen tank. The service was lovely and she was so happy. Elder Taylor had to baptize her oxygen tube and all.

It went from sub zero weather today to 35 - 45 degrees in some areas around here which brought rain and you guessed turned everything to glassy ice, so we CAREFULLY made our way home without going across the lake, up hills and around curves right into the garage and have been content to stay home the rest of the day. We have four dinner appointments this week and hope we can make them all. Tomorrow is transfers and we are losing some of our favorite elders and sister, but we are getting some more really great ones - one is a reassigned elder who served half his mission in Russia, went home on medical leave and is finishing here. He will be the new district leader and will live right next door to our friend, Natasha. We are also getting a temple square sister who is from Scotland. Temple square sisters get to serve three transfers out in the mission field somewhere that there is a temple, but they get to do proselyting. Our little temple square sister from Germany is going back to Salt Lake to finish her mission. She is the one who helped Kyle write a letter to the man from Germany whose wallet Kyle found and returned to him. He sent him a German Book of Mormon along with his testimony.

I want you to know that Jesus is the Christ and I love you. Mom

6 comments:

shauna said...

Ha, ha, I get to be the first comment on the first post!!!

We need Wendy to start her blog so she can tell us about Kyle's story.

Keep up the hard work--in the freezing cold!

Iditadad said...

Ok Wendeth - Kyle's story and Scott's. Love WoW

Tamster said...

Yea!!! I'm so glad you're finally in Blogland! Welcome aboard the Blogger Express!
I was picturing the whole oxygen tube thing. No water got in the tube, did it? She really couldn't be without the oxygen long enough to go under the water even?
I'm interested to hear Kyle's story, as well! :-)

Tamster said...

I forgot to check the box! Sorry. :-)

Here at home said...

So, what's Kyle's and Scott's story? I must have missed something. Wendeth, please, do tell.
Can't wait for more stories to come.

Wendoyoublog in Colorado said...

Yah, what is Kyle's story?

Wendy in AK