Hello from 100 degree Sacramento

Where did the nice spring weather go. But our hearts go out to those in Missouri, Oklahoma and other places where the severe storms have been occurring. Here in our apartment it is rather humorous to see two "old" missionaries going back and forth about what the temperature should be in our apartment. We take turns sneaking up to the thermostat and adjusting it to our liking.  Oh well, after 47 years we are used to the give and take I guess.

 Part of our assignments include going to another stake in north Sacramento to seek out the lost sheep there. Yesterday we had a list fifteen names to find. The results were quite varied. Some people have been gone for over two years. Others live in gated communities or secured building so we can't see anyone there. At one household the gentlemen of the house spoke only Modovi? (Indian) language and our hand signs and his limited English didn't mesh too well. Rather humorous I'd say. At another apartment complex the woman buzzed us in but as soon as we identified herself she covered her ears and ran away while yelling "You made me cry and I don't want it anymore!". The last visit of the day was quite the menagerie of mixed marriages, different adults, children, and pets but they said they held their Family Home Evenings on a regular basis and loved contact from the church members. We went away from there shaking our heads.

I think we mentioned previously that I'm a District Leader for "Senior" missionaries. The President just informed us that we will have two more sister missionaries coming in this weekend, and they are literally sisters to each other. The one has never married and taught for 30 years at BYU and the other is a widow. They have always dreamed of serving a mission together, so now there will be six of us seniors and we all live here in the same apartment complex. That will be fun. In these next few weeks we have various children and grandchildren coming to see us so that will be exciting. We are on the downside of our mission now and have so much more to do, so I guess I'll sign off and get to work.

My quote of the week: "We don't pray because we're worthy. We pray because we need help. We don't take the sacrament because we are perfect, but because we are willing to be perfected. We don't go to the temple because we made it, but because God is make us better there. We are not earning treasure in heaven, but learning to treasure heavenly things." (Brad Wilsox)

Love you all,

John