Monday, July 11th: We fed Elder Schenk, Elder Dickson, Elder Walker & Elder Mende breakfast. Elder Dickson washed our car! He had a business washing cars before his mission & has washed our car several times & does a great job! I talked with Rebecca Guyton on the phone for a while. We visited Julie Bateman (new move in) for a while. She says that she is going to come to church. We visited with Jim & Brandi Hawkins for a while on their porch. We had a good visit. We told them that we would love to have to them come to church & he told us that he had been thinking about it!
Tuesday, July 12th: We had a district meeting in Jackson. We took the Elders to Subway afterward. Elder Sadler went with the missionaries afterward to visit with Sister Jackie Menard and then taught Gary Knight the last Temple prep class.
Wednesday, July 13th: Had an appointment with massage therapist. Between this & the Chiropractor my back is so much better. We had lunch with Betsy Jennings Pressley at the Vanilla Bean & really enjoyed visiting with her. We took a birthday candy bar to Hal Winer--he wasn't there so we left it on the door. We had supper with Thelma Kirkland & the missionaries. She is such a sweet lady!
Thursday, July 14th: We had apartment inspections today in Twin Oaks & Snellville. We went to the Wicklund's & got the co-op food for the Cockrum's & delivered it to them. Had our Book of Mormon class tonight.
Friday, July 15th: We had lunch with Sister Guyton & John & had a good visit. They have just moved to a smaller home It is nice! We took the Elders by two places in Monticello while we were there. We took a candy bar to Margaret Martin--not sure if she was there but no one came to the door so we left it on the door knob in a bag. Went by to see Sister Denninger but she doesn't live there any more. Tried to find Lonnie Letford & Jo Ann Wise (new move ins) but we couldn't.
Saturday, July 16th: We found out that we are not supposed to feed the sisters & elders together so we made a special trip to take the sisters (Larson & Curtis) out to eat. Afterward we went to the Krispy Kreme to get some donuts for Kim (her birthday), Gary & Ann & the Carrin's (she had just had eye surgery). Then we went to the KFC to get some chicken for the Carrin's but Elder Sadler turned too soon & we ended up at a hotel. When we came out with the chicken there was an ambulance & police car parked behind our car. A lady was really sick. Elder Sadler tried to back out but cut the tire so we waited a long time until they left & then tried to change the tire. The jack was so flimsy that when Elder Sadler pulled the tire off the jack collapsed (Can this day get any worse? It does!). So there were 3 people trying to help us at this point. They found a jack but it would not go under the car so they finally found another jack that just barely fit under the car & we got the tire changed. We went to Pep boys & got new tires & a front end alignment. They said it would take an hour but it was over an hour & a half. We finally got on the interstate about 4:40 & only went a little ways before all lanes were blocked for over an hour b/c there was a wreck & a fatality. We finally got back to Jackson about 6:30 & delivered the donuts but not the chicken since it sat in the car all afternoon.
Sunday, July 17th: Today we took Sister Katie Hall to church. She lives way out in the country & is in a wheelchair. It means so much to her to get to go to church. We fed the missionaries lunch. Later I visited with Sarah--a neighbor who had foot surgery. Elder Sadler worked on family history & is collecting names to take to the Temple.
We can take heart that our honest effort to keep our covenants allows God to increase our power to do it. Henry B. Eyring
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