August 8th - August 14th

Monday, August 8th: Pday! We had the Elders over for breakfast and then Elder Sadler took Tristen and the Elders to the Bishop's Storehouse. We wanted Tristen to see just how much the church does for our members and others.  He was definitely impressed! They saw Elder Curtis Pope there working hard and got a picture of him. Elder Sadler said he didn't think he remembered him, because he was very little when they moved from Piedmont. We had gotten a bunch of ricotta cheese from co-op so I made lasagna and we fed Tristen and the Elders when they got back. It was really good!

Tuesday, August 9th: Today we had our usual district meeting. The zone leaders came (Crane & Snedeker & trainee Lacy). Afterward we took Elder Dickson and Elder Hansen to the Hibachi Grill for lunch. When we got back Elder Sadler took the missionaries to give Brother Swafford a blessing. Then we went to pick up Kim Hard & give her a ride home from the hospital. She had fallen & hurt her back.

Wednesday, August 10th: we visited the sweet ladies in the nursing home. We visited Dorothy & Geraldene in the pavilion and visited Sister Cox in her room. We took them each a bag of Werthers.  Elder Sadler has had some bug bites that he seems to be allergic to so we went to the doctor today and she said it had turned into cellulitis.  She gave him some antibiotics to take and a prescription for some cream. We visited Ann Owens. She doesn't seem to have the motivation to quit smoking but she knows that she should. We asked her to pray and ask God if she should stop smoking and get baptized. She said she would. This evening Elder Sadler went with the missionaries to give Brother Swafford a blessing. On their way back they stopped to see Hal Weiner but he wasn't home.

Thursday, August 11th: We spent some time studying for the Book of Mormon class. We made some visits. We got the co-op food and delivered Angie's to her at the DG where she works and took the Cockrum's (Tristen's family) theirs. We had our last Book of Mormon class tonight. The missionaries, Ann Owens, Thelma Kirkland and Tristen were there. One cool thing that happened--Tristen was teaching Ann about baptism!

Friday, August 12th: We made several visits today. We visited Holly Elmer but she wasn't home so we left a note. We had a nice visit with Judy Deeter and the missionaries who were there when we got there. Visited with Richard Blair. We went to visit Bev but she didn't come to the door (she has been really sick). Visited Luke Rockers to wish him a happy birthday and give him a candy bar. I called Katie and called Kay but she was asleep.
Tonight Jennifer and family came to visit and bring the silver Honda back. We played games and had a lot of fun! The Elders stopped by to meet them. Elder Dickson's Dad served in the same mission in Canada that Chris served in.

Saturday, August 13th: Cooked breakfast and then Jenn & family had to leave. They are going to the Temple in Birmingham. Was so good to visit with them. Later we visited the ladies in the nursing home. Mildred asked for a blessing. Elder Sadler thinks her time is short here. Elder Sadler called Auther Price to see if he needed a ride to church.

Sunday, August 14th: we gave Brother Price a ride to church. After church we fed the missionaries. Later we visited Adam Baswell--1st time we've caught him home. He seemed to appreciate our visit. We visited Joyce and Levi but they are still not back. We visited Sister Knoll (Bro. Knoll is in summer training for the National Guard) and then visited Bro. Hawkins. He seemed very depressed. I asked him if he wanted a blessing and he said he did. Pres. Carrin couldn't come so they are going to give him one tomorrow at 6:00 pm.