We finally read ours on the plane coming home. If left us with feelings of love for these great people we served with and were happy they had such nice things to say about us. They follow:
Sister Lewis: pleasant, Her efforts in baking every week and spending her "spare time ding it." Working machine, Proverbs 31:26-28 26 "she openeth her mouth with wisdom; and in her tongue is the law of kindness. 28 "she looketh well to the ways of her household, and eateth not the bread of idleness" 28 "Her children arise up, and call her blessed; her husband also, and her", wise, tempered, sincere and caring, steady!, Calm and collected helpful and kind; dedicated, hard-working, great cook--always sharing,,never calls attention to herself, caring, wise confident; so kind and welcoming; She always looks nice, she always has a very pleasant and kind expression on her face. This always makes others feel welcome and comfortable; love, love, love sister Lewis! She has been an example to me in so many ways. I am determined to be a better person because of her; her patience is an outstanding quality; Sister Lewis is unfailingly kind and helpful--always willing to share what ever burden you may have; Elder and Sister Lewis each managed to sere two missions in one year. I doubt Ii will see any senior missionaries so lovingly and untiringly give of themselves in the service of the Savior as have they; serves over and above what is asked to do!; is aware of the sisters she is serving with and kindly helps them. Always doing extra sessions (both); compassionate, dedicated and willing to do whatever is needed, deep faith in the Lord; unassuming and kind.
Elder Lewis: hard working and unselfish; energetic, focused on what needs to be done and never stops working for the Lord, committed to serve; willingly goes above and beyond what he is asked to do. Always cleaning with the ward (both); what do you say about a person who serves more than asked! Except I miss you!; give of themselves in service of the Savior as have they; such energy! whatever will we do without him!; He is always willing to help in any way; What a guy! always smiling, always hurrying to the next assignment; always busy and always happy to be serving others; He is the best example of how hard we a missionaries should work. But, underneath that hard working exterior is a softness and tenderness admired by all; so full of energy; dignified, hard worker, always dependable. He finds dignity in hard, hard work; delightful sense of humor; willing to help and share; deep devotion. attention to detail. vitality!' D&C 4:3, 5 3"Therefore, if ye have desires to serve God, ye are called to the work; 5 And faith, home, charity, and love, with an eye single to the Glory of God, qualify him for the work"; great smile; He is always positive, thanking yo for all you do and wishing us a good day or night; Helpful.
We feel very loved and appreciated. We worked with the most wonderful people.
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| Sisters Grimley, Miroshiro, Nabors, Pres. Bean, Pres. & Sister Bench, Mumfords, Heidimans, Pres. & Sister Nixon, McKennas, Lewises, Holloways, Youngs, Sister Bean, Harrises |
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| President & Sister Bench at 11 pm the night before leaving |
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| Paul & President Mark Bench |
May 15, 2017
Dear Elder and Sister Lewis,
The Manhattan New York Temple will never be the same without you both!
Your faithful service, willing spirits and dear friendship have become treasured gifts. We are most grateful for your marvelous service! What a blessing that you served so joyfully, encouraging and helping all with their service in all areas of the temple!
Your love, smiles, willingness to be flexible and versatile when plans changed by the hour if not by the minute during your shift were a huge blessing. We cannot thank you enough. Your volunteering to clean on Wednesdays when it was not your assignment will always stand out in my mind as a monument to your willingness to serve wherever, whenever, without being asked. And no one ever cleaned as well or thoroughly as you. I never needed to worry about the large bags' being put out; I knew you would do it.
And of course, dear Sister Lewis prowess as a baker, a generous and prolific baker, will always be remembered with gratitude.
We will never underestimate the power of the Lewis' example to other temple missionaries, ordinance workers, coordinators, and patrons. You set the standard wherever you served here.
How we would love to have you back for a second mission here !
Sincerely,
President Mark and Dorothy Bench
Our homecoming was held on May 28th in the River Ridge 9th Ward.
Mar Jean's Talk: Good Morning Brothers and Sisters. It is a pleasure to be back in your
midst. Maybe you are like me thinking,
“What you are back already, didn’t you just leave” A year went by very
quickly. It has been a wonderful year of
growth, service and more love for our Heavenly Father and His Son, Jesus
Christ.
In
2002 Temple Announced A temple in NYC was announced. The difficulties of the White Plains temple
was set aside and it was time for NYC to have a temple in the heart of
Manhattan. In 2004 the dedication of
that temple took place and it has been a blessing and oasis for the area ever
since. Pres. Hinckley and the brethren
were inspired and received revelation on the location of this temple.
As you enter the temple you first see a beautiful
mosaic of the Savior on the road to Emmaus.
You immediately know you are entering a holy place.
Luke
24:32 And they said one to
another, Did not our heart burn within
us, while he talked with us by the way, and while he
opened to us the scriptures?
We know the temple is the House of the
Lord, it says so on the entrance. Every
day we have felt His spirit in the Manhattan Temple. As we served there we gained a new heart and
a new desire to serve with more love and make the experience of the patrons who
entered know and feel they were in the House of the Lord. We had people from all over the world enter
thru it’s doors. It always seemed such a
blessing when people would come to NYC and make it a priority to visit the
House of the Lord while they were there.
The Baptistry
is a place where missionaries bring their new converts to feel the spirit of
Elijah in their lives. They come being
the only member of their family but when they leave they have added those they
dearly love to their gospel family. They are filled with joy. They know they are not alone. We have two
wonderful family history couples serving in the FHC right next door to the
temple. They are excellent genealogists
and have helped many, including us, to get the spirit of Elijah in our lives
and bring our own family members to the temple.
From the
first floor you take an elevator to the 4th floor of the temple
where you find the clothing rental, office and ordinance worker dressing
rooms. On the fifth floor you find the
instruction rooms, celestial room, and dressing rooms. On the sixth floor, you find two beautiful
sealing rooms and marriage waiting area.
A sweet
experience we had on Thursday morning around 8:30 was to join a sealing session
with Pres. Garff, a former Temple President, and now a coordinator on early
morning Thursdays. We once brought a
family of ten children, four of whom had died as babies. He had ten proxies around the altar sealing
this wonderful family. The joy we all
felt was undeniable.
This temple is located in the middle of
Manhattan where 2 to 4 million people
live or come into the city each day. The
temple is a peaceful, sacred place, set apart from the cares and turmoil of the
world. Because it is the Lord’s house, and because of the sacred work performed
there, in the temple we can feel the Spirit abundantly and feel close to the
Lord. There we receive personal revelation and spiritual strength to help us
overcome our trials.
In the Manhattan Temple we had many local
workers coming from all over the temple district. Many come at a great sacrifice. We have many young workers who are either
working in the city or attending school.
When most people arrive at retirement they leave the area because it is
so expensive to live there. While we
were there two temples opened, which took patrons from our temple district, the
Hartford CN and Philadelphia Temples. We
were able to attend each open house and go back and do ordinances om these
beautiful temples.
There are eight missionary couples and two
single sisters who serve in the Manhattan Temple full time. We had two shifts, morning and evening. Generally the morning shift was 10 – 5 and
the evening 3:30 – 10:30. We served for
three months and then switched. We lived
in the apartment building next to the temple.
We were very spoiled.
The greatest part of any mission is the
people we meet and serve with. We served
under two Temple Presidents and had three missions are in our temple
district. President Steven and Margory
Bennion picked us up from the airport when we arrived. They had served as President of Ricks College
and NY North Mission before being called as President of the Temple. President Mark and Dorothy Bench were the
ones to send us home. The Benches have
been in the NY area for years and are well known and loved here. Pres. Bench had a large part in the temple
building as he was one of the Stake Presidents in the area.
Every ordinance worker we served with comes
with a wonderful conversion story. Our
favorite question was “how did you find the Church or how did the Church find
you?”
Sis Pratt is from South Africa. She was a ballerina in her younger
years. This took her to Korea. She was only there four months. She had really hard time getting a work
permit and was very discouraged. She had
a dream and saw a man. She didn’t know
what it meant but within the next week she saw this man. It frightened her and she turned around and
went home. This happened several times
until she finally talked to him. He was
American. He gave her a card and invited
her to church. On Sunday she called for
a taxi to take her to the address. When
she arrived she said, this can’t be a church, there is no cross but the driver
told her she was at the right address.
She went in and found a seat. No one spoke to her and she couldn’t’
understand what was being said but she had a wonderful feeling and returned
three more weeks before someone finally talked to her. The Elder she had met was there and some
other English members spoke to her and invited her to have the missionary
lessons. She then came to the states and
is now a faithful family history worker, bringing thousands of names to the
temple from her family and serving as an ordinance worker. She was an inspiration to all of us.
Another
Sister, that I love, is a true New Yorker.
Her accent is so cute.
Sis Loppolo, a single sister. She grew up Catholic but was once in Las
Vegas and saw the temple. She had a
wonderful feeling about it. Her father
died when she was young. She had several
dreams of him coming to her and bringing her a book. When she held this book she would have the
most wonderful feeling. She didn’t think
she could go into a Mormon church unless you were a member. She thought I will just sneak in and no one
will know. She had seen many Mormon Ads
on tv and always wanted a family like the ones she saw. One day she saw an ad for the Bible and she
called and they came the next day to deliver it. She was a golden contact. It has not been an easy road but she received
her endowment and has continued strong and last year she began serving as an
ordinance worker. And we had the privilege to serve beside her
One of the great blessings of this mission
was that we were assigned to serve in the Kingsbridge 2 Ward on Sundays. It is out in the Bronx and took about 45
minutes on two subways. We would come up
out of the subway and there was the Chapel.
Just steps away. We were welcomed
as soon as we walked in the doors. Three
Wards met in this building, two Spanish and one English. It is here we saw Elder Sumsion every week
for his first two transfers because he was assigned to the Spanish Ward. Our Ward was a really diverse group of
Saints. Mostly converts and from all
over the world. Many were from Ghana,
Nigeria, Liberia, Angola and all parts of Africa, Dominican Republic, Porter
Rico and many native NYC people. We
loved them all. They came from cultures so
different from what we are use to but it is true, we are all brothers and
Sisters. They love the Lord and have
gained new hearts as the missionaries have taught them of the restored gospel
of Jesus Christ. That it has again been
restored to the earth with all the Priesthood blessings we need to return to
Heavenly Father. When we arrived we had
two sets of sisters, three sets of Elders and about six months ago a senior
couple, Elder & Sister Richards from Alpine arrived and serve full time in
the Ward. We got to know and love the
missionaries since Brother Lewis served as ward mission leader for a short while. We love our missionaries. They are so courageous, loving and
faithful. In a recent Multiregional
conference held in the East, Elder Gong of the Seventies told us “missionaries
rely on the ward members to help them find people. They have very long days when they are
finding on their own. He said instead of
praying that the Lord will help the missionaries we should be praying that we
will listen and act upon the promptings we receive from the Lord to find people
He has prepared for them to teach.
We were blessed in the temple to see the
young missionaries come almost every week.
We were so grateful for them and their presidents. Also the senior couples who are serving in
the temple district in different callings would come and serve one day a week
as ordinance workers. It was a great
blessing to them and to the temple.
In November we had a refugee family of six
move into our Ward. They came from
Angola. The father had a cousin here who
told him, “when you arrive, find the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day
Saints” The Latumba family did. The
missionaries taught them and the mom, dad, and three children were
baptized. A month later they added a
beautiful baby girl to their family.
They are so faithful and have faced many trials in trying to relocate.
We had the privilege of teaching the Temple
Preparation class to several members and see them prepare to come to the
temple. Frank, a gentleman in his 70’s
received his endowment shortly after we arrived. He now serves as HP group leader and is
preparing to be sealed to his lovely wife, Gina. Brother Woods, from Ghana area, was just last
week sustained to become an Elder and he and his wife will be going to the
temple very soon to receive his endowment and be sealed. On Ward temple days we would invite those who
came to come around the corner to our apartment and have dinner with us and the
missionaries and their converts came for lunch whenever they came to the
temple. They bring such a sweet spirit
with them. If you have not learned yet, let me tell you that there is no
sweeter way to invite the spirit into your home than to have the missionaries
there often. We need them and they need
us.
This mission has blessed our lives. It has given us an opportunity to study and
learn the gospel. We have been able to
serve and bless many of Heavenly Father’s children by helping them receive the
ordinances of the temple. We love the
people we have met.
God is so amazing that even though we are not
perfect, He's letting us contribute in building His kingdom on the earth again.
We love serving missions. If you have not set this as a goal for you
and your wife, I highly recommend it.
You will find no greater joy and you will be amazed how well the Lord
takes care of your grandchildren while you are away.
Testimony
Paul's farewell talk to the missionaries:
Paul's Homecoming talk:
I learned very early in my scripture reading to liken myself
to the scriptures. Before I was a member
I first read about the hard hearted and stiff-necked people. Alma 13:27 taught
me. And now my brethren (Paul), I wish from the inmost part of my heart, yea,
with great anxiety even unto pain, that ye would hearken unto my words, and
cast off your sins, and not procrastinate the day of your repentance.
D &C 39:10-Revelation through the Prophet Joseph Smith.
Arise and be baptized, and wash away your sins, calling on my name, and you
shall receive my spirit and a blessing so great as you never have known. I
testify to you that that revelation was true then and is still in effect today.
As soon as I made the commitment to be baptized the Lord
make it possible for me to resolve my issues that I had had for 18 years after
we had been married. D&C 130:21-And
when we obtain any blessing from God, it is by obedience to that law upon which
it is predicated. This applied to me in tithing, the word of wisdom, and keeping
the Sabbath day holy just to name a few. I knew with the Lord’s help that I
would be 100% committed as a faithful member of the Church of Jesus Christ of
Latter-day Saints.
Ezekiel 36:26-A new heart also will I give you and a new
spirit will I put with you; and I will take away the stony heart out of your
flesh, and I will give you a heart of flesh. And I will put my spirit within
you and cause you to walk in my statutes, and ye shall keep my judgments, and DO
THEM. Key word was DO THEM.
The first thing I learned after my baptism was that I must
never forget that I am a child of God. I love him and I know that He loves me.
I wrote it in the scriptures so it would remind me every time I read the
scriptures.
President Benson-I have read through tear dimmed eyes your
sweet letter telling of your husband decision to prayerfully read the Book of
Mormon. May Heavenly Father bless you and your family with His choicest
blessings as you continue to learn and do His will. CONTINUE TO LEARN AND DO HIS WILL
I was on the path and as I followed the direction of a
prophet of God, President Benson, I would be blessed. And after President
Benson, President Hunter, President Hinckley, and President Monson have given
us great counsel to bless our lives.
Five months after I was baptized, I received my patriarchal
blessing. The Lord told me that I would
serve missions. The key word was missions. My father in law told me that my
stake mission would count and being a ward mission leader. But I knew that the
Lord had other plans for my sweet wife and myself. In our stake in California
many couples that returned from their missions were a great influence in our
lives. We wanted to be like them. We hope that we will also be a good influence
on some of you.
An 89 year old sister had received her patriarchal blessing
and asked the patriarch why she had not received the gospel earlier in her
life. He told her to wait until after her blessing to see if they had an
answer. He told her that the missionary that was to teach her did not go on his
mission so she had to wait for another missionary. I am grateful for the
missionaries that taught me and I did not want that to happen to someone
because I did not go on a mission.
I will find you my friend
There was this place
called the pre-existence. Where we lived with our friends so dear
A council was called, And
Plans were made, Free agency is why we're here
Our Savior said please
find my lost sheep, And teach them and bring them home
I promised my Savior
I'll find them, And teach them the way to go
I'll go and find
you my friend, I'll help you, Our Savior's plan is the way
Please accept me when
I find you, And we'll be back with him someday
There were 41 dedicated temples in the world in 1989 when I
was baptized. Today there are 156 operating temples, 2 under renovation, 13
under construction, 14 announced. Total 182
Our first mission was in the Palmyra temple for 18 months.
The Savior appeared to the prophet Joseph Smith and Oliver Cowdery in the
Kirkland temple. D&C 110:10-This is
the beginning of the blessing which shall be poured out upon the heads of my
people. I had already learned a blessing
so great as you never have known. What a special blessing to serve in the
Palmyra temple and to learn about the experiences the early saints endured.
Our testimony of the Prophet Joseph Smith and the
restoration grew as we served in that area. We are grateful for their
faithfulness and dedication of the early saints and their example to us.
We then served in the Croatia, Slovenia, and Serbia mission
for 18 months. We learned that the young people are the stall worth’s of the
church with little family support. We were able to take a young single adult
group to the Frankfort temple and 3 of them also received their patriarchal
blessings. On the way home in the van Sister Lewis asked them how they felt
about the conference. One young man said that he was able to set aside his
prejudices and made new friends because of the gospel.
We then served in the Hong Kong temple for 18 months. People
from all over Asia came to the temple to receive their blessings. People from
mainland China came to Hong Kong to be taught by the missionaries then go back
home to share it with their families. They made great sacrifices to attend the
temple and stayed in temple housing for a week. It could be their only time to
attend the temple.
Our mission here in the River Ridge Stake was a great
blessing for us to get to know many people in the stake and help them receive essential
ordinances that will bless their lives. Some of them are here today. Thank you
for letting us be part of your lives. We
love and appreciated you.
Our mission to the Manhattan temple was a blessing not only
for us but for our family. Many visitors
came to the temple from all over the world.
Many dedicated patrons and workers shared their experiences and
conversion stories. Two sisters were
from India serving as ordinance workers.
The patrons and workers make great sacrifices getting to the
temple. We only had to walk 86 steps to
the temple. We again learned that we do not have to be perfect to go to the
temple. We attend the temple so that we
can learn how to become perfect like our Savior Jesus Christ.
The day before we left a family shared their
conversion. Wife was looking and found
the gospel but her husband did not want to offend his parents. She was baptized
and he was investigating. He did not want to tell his Mother but one day she
called him and told him that when they were young the family tradition was
Catholic so they went to that Church. Then she wanted them to learn about the
bible so they went to the Baptist church. Last month she met some missionaries,
and wanted to tell him about them. She
said they were Mormon missionaries.
He was baptized and went to California to baptize his Mother
2 weeks ago and came to the temple to do baptisms for his wife’s father and
grandmother and grandfather and his grandmother and grandfather.
Thanks to my wife and her cousin that is serving a family
history mission in St George and 2 couples serving in the Manhattan family
history center we were both able to expand our family and participate in their
temple ordinances. One experience was
very touching. We were able to seal our ancestors of 10 children to their
parents at the altar at the same time. We are grateful for you temple and
family history consultants. Bishop Jackson has a vision that will bless you and
your families and those that you serve.
On a lighter side for some of you that are interested. We went to a fireside that you may have read
about in the Church news or may read about. We spoke directly and had our
pictures taken with BYU coach Kalani Sitake and Ty Detmer, Tanner Mangum, and
Corbin Kaufusi. 32 football players helped
at a camp that Lavell Edwards had organized years ago when he and his wife
served a mission in New York and participated at a humanitarian activity.
All of us are on the Lord’s errand in some way and we are
entitled to his help. We have been called of God in our various callings and we
will be blessed as we serve Him with all of our heart, might, mind and strength.
As we continue to read the Book of Mormon and follow the direction of our
prophet and other leaders we will be blessed personally and those that we serve
will be blessed.
The one common thread about all of our missions were the
people that we got to know and love. We come to know our Savior better and want
to follow His example by being kind, loving, and charitable. Our grand daughter
gave a talk in Jerome Idaho last Sunday. Each week she and her sister go to the
temple to perform baptisms. She feels peace and joy in the temple and takes
that peace and joy into the world.
I shared this with the temple missionaries when we left and
I want each one of you to visualize me speaking directly to you.
It has been a great blessing serving with you spiritual
giants. Thank you for noticing my imperfections and helping me correct them.
Each one of you has helped me to become (become again) a better person, a
better missionary, and a better temple ordinance worker that will help me
prepare for our next mission.
Many people have asked me which shift or which mission I
have liked that best. I always told them that I liked the mission or the shift
that I was on at that time the best.
Then I heard one of our missionaries say that she loved them all. Well I
did love one shift the best when all of the missionaries served together on the
Monday holiday shift which will be tomorrow. I loved that shift because we were
all together and I love this ward when we are all together as today. Tomorrow
is Memorial day and the Book of Mormon refers to this special land.
1 Nephi 2:19-Blessed art thou, Nephi, because of thy faith
and inasmuch as ye shall keep my commandments, ye shall prosper and shall be
led to a land of promise; yea even a land which I have prepared for you; yea, a
land which is choice above all other lands. Alma 43:47-And again the Lord has
said that he shall defend themselves, and their families, and their lands,
their country, and their rights, and their religion. We are grateful to those
who have given their lives defending our freedoms.
In the June ensign, President Monson also taught us in the
first presidency message for home teaching about called to the work. The
prophet Joseph Smith called Heber G. Kimball as a missionary to England. Elder
Kimball said, the moment I understood the will of my Heavenly Father, I felt a
determination to go at all hazards, believing that He would support me by His
almighty power and endow me with every qualification that I needed. Dedicated
missionaries can bring about miracles in the mission field.
We have felt this promise on each one of our missions.
D&C 84:88-I will go before your face. I will be on your right hand and on your left, and my
Spirit shall be in your hearts, and mine angels round about you to bear you up.
Whether or not we serve as full time missionaries, each of
us has the opportunity to share the gospel and serve those around us. Thank you
for all of your dedicated service.
VISITING TEACHING MESSAGE-I am grateful for the strength of the
priesthood power through keeping covenants that Elder Neil L. Andersen shared
in the June Ensign visiting teaching message.
Elder Neil L. Andersen also talked at BYU Idaho devotional
Feb 2017 and if you reverse the year to 71 my wife heard that same talk 46
years ago. He told the listeners to not
be afraid to take a chance on someone who may not be that obvious choice. We must look deeper and farther into who they
are and who they will become. Sister
Lewis, thank you for taking a chance on me and helping me to become your
eternal companion. I love you.
Nephi in the Book of Mormon also taught me what I can become
which you probably heard me teach before.
1 Nephi 1:1-I Nephi having been highly favored of the Lord in all my
days. There are many references in the Book of Mormon about the people and
Nephi being favored and highly favored of the Lord. They were righteous, humble, did not murmur,
and were more faithful in keeping the commandments therefore the Lord heard his
prayers and answered them. My wife found
another reference since President Monson’s asking us to study and ponder the
book of Mormon each day.
Alma 13:23-We are thus highly favored for we have these glad
tiding declared unto us in all parts of our vineyard.
We are grateful for the eternal friendships that we have had
on our mission to New York. The ward that we served in the Bronx was a special
experience and we are looking forward to getting to know you before we leave
again on our next mission.
I know that I am a Child of God. I love him and I know that
He loves me. We love each one of you and thank you for loving us. We are
looking forward to getting to know those that have moved in after we left. Sister Lewis and I am grateful for the
opportunity to serve in the Manhattan New York temple to bless the lives of
those that we have served. I know that God lives. I know that Jesus is the
Christ and that He walks the halls of His holy temple. KAYLEE PRES EYRING- IF
YOU WALK WITH THE SAVIOR LONG ENOUGH, YOU WILL LEARN TO SEE EVERYONE AS A CHILD
OF GOD WITH LIMITLESS POTENTIAL, REGARDLESS OF WHAT HIS OR HER PAST MAY HAVE
BEEN.
I know that the prophet Joseph Smith did see Heavenly and
His son Jesus Christ in the sacred grove and through the gift and power of god
he translated the Book of Mormon that has blessed my life. I know that President Thomas S. Monson is
today’s prophet and as we follow his direction that we received at the
priesthood session to follow the Savior’s example by being kind, loving, and
charitable and in the Sunday session he told the world to prayerfully study and
ponder the Book of Mormon each day we will be blessed. I am grateful for the
priesthood and the opportunity that Sister Lewis and I had the opportunity to
perform ordinances in the temple under the direction of the priesthood.
May Heavenly Father bless each one of us with His choicest
blessings as we continue to learn and do His will. As we receive a new heart and
fill our hearts with the gift of charity and rededicate ourselves in serving
the Lord in our various capacities we will be blessed, those that we serve will
be blessed, and our children, grandchildren and extended family members will be
blessed. In the name of Jesus
Christ.amen
That being said, we are all children of our Loving God. Some of us have different talents, looks, and preferences, but deep down, we are all the same. We all have the grand potential to become like our Heavenly Father is. Therefore, we should not judge based on looks. We as missionaries, especially in places that aren't Utah, see people that look menacing or dangerous, but maybe they're the ones that need our message the most. All of us, as members of the Church, have the same opportunity to share with everyone, no matter what they look like or how they act.
Today June 11 we gave our report to the high council. It wasn't long but sweet. There were two senior couples reporting, the Webbs and us and seven missionaries some returning and some going out. We are happy to be back and spent a wonderful Sabbath starting with the High Council meeting, then sacrament in Highland for Dave and Deanna's farewell, excellent job by both. They will be awesome mission presidents, our sacrament meeting, then taught our sweet 12 year old's, Abby Goff, Addi Harker, Angel Williams, Ella Whitehead and Brenner Tucker. From there we went to Matthew Beech's homecoming. This is a young man we met at the Jordan River Temple who was called on a baptism temple mission. He completed 10,702 baptisms. He is an amazing young special needs young man who has done a wonderful job.
It has been a wonderful year and we are so blessed of the Lord to be healthy enough to do what we do. We love Him with all our hearts and desire to keep our covenants and be a forever family.
Today June 11 we gave our report to the high council. It wasn't long but sweet. There were two senior couples reporting, the Webbs and us and seven missionaries some returning and some going out. We are happy to be back and spent a wonderful Sabbath starting with the High Council meeting, then sacrament in Highland for Dave and Deanna's farewell, excellent job by both. They will be awesome mission presidents, our sacrament meeting, then taught our sweet 12 year old's, Abby Goff, Addi Harker, Angel Williams, Ella Whitehead and Brenner Tucker. From there we went to Matthew Beech's homecoming. This is a young man we met at the Jordan River Temple who was called on a baptism temple mission. He completed 10,702 baptisms. He is an amazing young special needs young man who has done a wonderful job.
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| Paul, Jack Woldberg, Mar Jean |
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| Matthew Beech and Paul |
It has been a wonderful year and we are so blessed of the Lord to be healthy enough to do what we do. We love Him with all our hearts and desire to keep our covenants and be a forever family.
