Wednesday we were able to do sealings together. We had several families to seal together. Brother Rappely, the sealer, loves doing families and we ended up having four sisters in the sealing room and so we were able to seal Eleanor, Lydia, Mary and Margaret Almond sealed to their father & mother James Almond and Eleanor Goore. We also had another family with several brothers and Sisters the McDonalds. Really a neat experience.
Thursday we go in early 5 am and finish at 12. we came home for some lunch and Paul took a nap. I went back over to FHC and then we went to the 2 pm session. Four of us on it. Pretty slow again except for the 11 o'clock session which had 25 on it. Don't know where the people are.
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| Christian Traveras baptism, with father and Elders |
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| The Traveras Family |
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| Eric Mariano and Paul after a hair cut, Eric. |
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| Dinner at the apartment of Elder & Sister Richards with the Sisters. |
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| Sister Nor Simon |
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| Samuel and the Elders |
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| Two Sisters (Spanish) and a mother and two daughters who are getting baptized soon. |
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| Sister and Elder Buchanan |
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| Sister Thompson |
Christian Traveras (10) was also confirmed Sunday by Brother Knowlton, Ward mission leader.
We now have two sets of Sisters and three sets of Elders in the Ward.
Martin Luther King Holiday in NY. The TEMPLE IS OPEN
A special day for all the temple missionaries to be in the temple together along with Sister May, The Huntingtons and Sister Dransfield. It was a wonderful day. We had lots of people on the sessions. The 11 o'clock session was full and had to turn six people away to do sealings. A young man from Brooklyn came to receive his endowment. He has had some special needs and has proven that he can serve a full time mission. His Stake President and his companion came with him plus many others from his Ward. A wonderful day with lots of laundry left for tomorrow. Yay, we love it when the temple is busy. However only two sisters came for baptisms.
Bryn Bass came over at 7:30 and spent the day resting and recovering. We feel so badly for her situation. She is trying so hard to get out of her situation. We hope something good turns up for her soon. She is a new convert. We actually went to her baptism when we first arrived in May. She is living in a shelter, working part time and trying to improve herself. We are grateful we can help a little.
Tonight was our going away party for Sister Kathy Thompson and De Ann and Bob Buchanan at President and Sister Bench's apartment. The McKennas, Mumfords, and Grimleys helped with a delicious meal of London broil, baked potato, cream corn, roll and salad.
I want to share some of the people Elder Buchanan mentioned as Temple Tough. First Brother Perez. He struggles to come and to dress and to get home and yet he is there every Tuesday and Friday without fail. Sister Pratt, diligent in Family History work. She is in the temple doing all the ordinances almost daily and doing her own family names. Brother McClure so faithful and at the temple every week for the interim four hours on Friday afternoon. He had his quirks but was so faithful. Sister May, from India, so faithful and her story of joining the church is wonderful. Sister Tinglin, a wonderful sister with handicaps but the most beautiful smile and attitude. Brother Haley who brings chocolate treats and temple pictures, temple ties. He struggles with health issues but is in the temple consistently sharing with others and always testifying wherever he is. Brother and Sister Miller (Sealer) so faithful for so many years and now struggling with old age. We are so blessed to be able to serve with such wonderful dedicated and temple tough people. They have all left an imprint on our hearts.
We also sang "Go Now in Peace" and "God Be With You Till We Meet Again".
Go now in peace, never be afraid. God will go with you each hour of every day. Go now in faith, Steadfast strong and true, Know He will guide you in all you do. Go now in love and show you believe. Reach out to others so all the world can see. God will be there Watching from above. Go now in peace, in faith and in love.
What a lovely evening. We are so blessed by serving this mission. We love the people we serve with. Their influence makes us better men and women. Thank you Heavenly Father for this wonderful privilege.
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| Hansons, Harris, Mumford, Nabor, Lewis, McKenna, Heideman, Holloway, Grimley Bench, Thompson, Buchanan, Bean |
A letter to Courtney about our week.
Another week, they come way too fast but sometimes slow, rather a contradiction. We have had a great week in the temple. Several own endowments and I got to be a guide for one of them on Friday. A sweet young girl, member of three years, who came from Texas to Manhattan to receive her endowment. She brought a friend and two couples with her. It it such a pleasure to have this assignment. We also got to do some sealings together, Grandpa and I. We have had some family names, four sisters needing to be sealed to their parents and we had been waiting for a sealing session where we had enough people to do them all at once. Such a special thing to do, rather than one by one. It's pretty neat, the parents are at the ends of the altar and the children by age on the sides and then the sealer calling each of them by name seals them to their parents.
I have been to the FHC a few times this week and usually find at least one or two names that need to be done. I'm trying to get into a cousin line which opens up a bunch of families who need their work completed. It's a great work we are involved in, you teaching and bringing the gospel to the living and we doing essential ordinances for those who have passed on.
Well, everyone is at Kory's having a great time without us. They all look good, we used facetime, and were having fun together. What a great family we have. We are very blessed.
I just finished reading a book on Emma Smith. Sister Bench, Matron, lent the book to me. Someone, Lori Woodland who is from here, wrote it. i loved it. She was an amazing woman and so faithful to the Prophet Joseph. I'm sure she has a special place in heaven.
This is a busy week. The temple is open tomorrow for 9 and 11 sessions and then we work all week thru Saturday. Monday we go into the temple for cleaning and then it is closed for two weeks for maintenance. We are heading out on Monday after our cleaning assignment to get a car and drive to Connecticut to go to the temple there. we have this wonderful opportunity. A brother Earl Stone, who took the General Authorities who were in Connecticut for the dedication, is going to take us to all the sites, Wilford Woodruff was born in this area and a lot of other great things to see. We are so excited. The Holloways are going to go with us. We are looking forward to it.
We hope you have had a wonderful week with lots of success, at least success in knowing you are doing your very best, which we know you are. Oh, we now have four sets of Elders and two sets of Sisters in our Ward. How about that. We just got two sisters from Temple Square. One is from Ghana and the other Nigeria. It's wonderful because many members in our Ward are from these countries.
God is so good to us. We are so thankful for the atonement and especially for eternal families. May we all be faithful and keep our covenants that we may all sit down in heaven together. We love you beyond measure. Keep working hard. Great blessings will come your way.
Love, Grandpa and Grandma Lewis
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