July 18th - 24th

Monday, July 18th: we went to visit Melissa & kids & while we were there we went to visit Uncle Billy & Aunt Betty but she didn't feel good & slept while we were there. The kids didn't want to give Uncle Billy a hug at first but he won them over with candy & brought them a little rocking chair & toys to play with. Then he showed them The chair lift on the stairs & let them ride it. They loved it! Nathan said that he wished he could ride on one of them around the world! They also loved the slinky & played with it on the stairs. We played games & read to them when we got back to Melissa's. We got to see Kevin for a bit & then rode home in the Atlanta traffic.

Tuesday, July 19th: Today is Elder Dickson's birthday so I made him a cookie cake! We fed them (missionaries) breakfast & later had our district meeting & afterward we found out that Dylan got his mission call! He is going to open it tonight!!! I went visiting teaching with Ann Knight. We visited Brenda & Dawn. We had supper with the Knight's & the missionaries and afterward Brother Knight set up his computer so we could skype with the family. Dylan announced that he is going to the TOKYO JAPAN MISSION! We were all shocked because we thought he would go to a Spanish speaking mission since he knows Spanish. We are so excited for him & he is super excited too! After that we inspected the Elder's apartment which finished our required inspections.

Elder Schenk & Elder Dickson

Elder & Sister Ralston

Sister Curtis & Sister Larsen

Elder Mende & Elder Walker

Wednesday, July 20th: Today is transfer day & Elder Schenk is going home. We will really miss him. We also got to say good bye to Elder Walker & Elder Compton. Elder Walker cried & I did too. We love the missionaries & have really enjoyed working with them. Elder Hanson, who was in our district earlier, is coming to Jackson! Later Elder Sadler went with the missionaries to make some visits. The 1st person wasn't home so they went to visit Triston. He had question so the missionaries set up a time to teach him tomorrow. Little did we know that this was the start of one of the highlights of our mission!

Thursday, July 21st: Elder Sadler went with the missionaries to teach Triston the first discussion. It went really well! On the way home Sister Wicklund called & said that she had some co-op food for us to deliver so they went by & got it & took most of it to Triston's family (Cockram). I made brownies for the Book of Mormon class. Tristan came with the Knight's & the Elders! We took him home & he asked if it was ok for him to come to church Sunday! Wow!

Friday, July 22nd: Today is our 46th anniversary! It doesn't seem that long. We walked (in the cemetery) & then went to Longhorn's for lunch. We had planned to take the Carrin's a meal (she had surgery) but found out that Sister Sherwood had already planned to. We went to see Ann Owens & took her a box of co-op food!

Saturday, July 23rd: we had a senior missionary activity at the High Museum of Art. President Foote gave Elder Sadler & me a Temple recommend there. We told him about Dylan serving a mission! He expressed his love for us. He is a great man. We ate supper with Jody & Melinda Jennings. He was one of Elder Sadler's young men in Magnolia! The AP's were there too. We had a great visit.

Sunday, July 24th: Tristan did come to church! And to our surprise Ann & Bill Wicklund & Kim came to church too! Devin Godwin is leaving soon for his mission in Orem, Utah so he spoke today. We had a linger longer after church. Later we visited the Cockram's & the missionaries taught Tristan another lesson. It was Sister Cockram's birthday so we took her a birthday candy bar. She seemed down & asked for a blessing; the Elders assisted.

....When ye are in the service of your fellow beings ye are only in the service of your God.  Mosiah 2:17