I guess that's not humorous for everyone in Missouri as the temperature is below zero tonight! Sorry it's a little cool here also. Well, Sherrie and I are in the sorting and pitching mode. It's amazing how fast things can be accumulated in just 18 months. We just keep remembering how much the car was loaded down when we came out here, and we don't want there to be anymore than that going home!
New Year's Day we went on our second annual 10 k walking tour in downtown Sacramento. There is a group called the Walking Stix that sponsors walking tours throughout the area. Gosh, some people really get into this by the looks of the pins on their hats of previous walks elsewhere. One fellow, older but in better shape than us, came from Oregon to walk in this outing. We saw some beautiful Arts and Craft style homes on the walk that made our mouth drool. Lot's of fun.
Sherrie mentioned last week about a Brother Lucky and his wife who joined the church after many years of missionaries. It just takes the right set of missionaries to make things finally click. We are meeting twice a week with them now in order to complete all of the new member lessons before we go. She is so shy and Bro. Lucky was reluctant to think about the Priesthood or give a prayer at first but we have already seen a big change in him. Hopefully they will be a strong addition to the branch membership.
Sherrie and I are starting to work with three or four young adult women in the branch who would like to go on a mission soon. As soon as the Branch President completes the initial interviews and gives the okay, we will help them go on-line to fill out the missionary applications. What a proud moment that will be for these women and for everyone in the branch as they go out representing the Lord somewhere in this big world.
We've made our tentative time frames of travel to and from Hawaii and then onto home. We are excited about it all. When we get home we are going to have a family welcome home (for us) and farewell (for Chris and Julie) as they prepare to move to Utah.
Got to close and rest up for more paper purging tomorrow! Love ya, John and Sherrie
"No man knows how bad he is until he has tried very hard to be good". (C.S. Lewis)
"There are no successful sinners". (Harold B. Lee)
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