Another quick week—we were busy at work every day. On Tuesday after work we drove over to the
Hill Cumorah and traded an IPad with a Sister missionary that had problems with
the one she had. While we were in
Palmyra we took the opportunity to have a calzone at Nima’s. Here is a picture of Dennis just salivating
over his piece: (this is half of a calzone)
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| Yummmm! |
There is a place on the way to work that has a large
raspberry place and has a sign out saying that they are for sale. We stopped there on Wednesday evening after
work and no one was around. We were
surprised to see that there was a small building with a cash box and a
refrigerator on the shelf. They had a
note saying that it was the honor system and to help yourself. There was a $10 bill still sticking out of
the cash hole. I could hardly believe it
that they trusted everyone to pay for what they got and not take more than
their change from the cash box. This
world has more good people in it than we know!
Dennis sold 3 cars this week and the first one was to a
young woman and her family is Jehovah’s Witness. They were so happy to get the car and asked
Dennis if there was a customer satisfaction survey that they could fill out
because they thought that he was the best salesman ever. We had a good laugh about that! (he is pretty cute as a salesman!)
We went to the Temple with an older sister from
Batavia. She has been a member of the
church for several years, but just got her recommend this week. She was so excited and loved every minute in
the Temple. She is excited to get back
to the Temple and do work for her deceased family. She asked me to help her get them ready and
so I will take my computer next Sunday to church and we will try to do
something after the meetings. She
doesn’t have internet, so we will have to remain at the church.
We went over to Batavia Saturday evening for the monthly
pot-luck dinner. There were quite a few
at it this time. Everyone seemed to have
a good time. The men were given tickets
to see the ‘Muck-Dogs’ play baseball (they are the semi-pro team in town) so most of the party left after an hour or
so. We came on home. We were just pulling into the garage when
Dennis got a call on his cell phone. He
couldn’t understand what was going on—first it was ‘Elder Merrill’…. and then a bunch of
screaming. He didn’t know what to think
or what was happening. It was
crazy! Here is what happened:
Sister missionaries were driving and they hit a deer—it got
up and ran away and they were stopped to the side of the road. They called Elder Merrill to report their
accident. The phone rang and they began
their conversation. (It was dark
outside) A man living near the accident quietly
walked up to the side of the car and tapped on the window to see if everything
was alright—that was when the screaming began.
They were unaware there was anyone outside and it scared them to death. It took a few minutes to get them calmed
down. There are so many deer here and
you have to be especially careful at night.
They like to cross the road more at night. They don’t use the deer crossings here
either. There are signs all over warning
drivers of the deer. There was a woman
that called into a radio station and complained that the signs were in the
wrong locations. They were in places
that were far too dangerous for the deer to be crossing, etc. (well the DJ was so surprised—and finally
ask, “Do you think that the deer are reading those signs?") You can hear it on YouTube—pretty funny stuff.
Things are going well here.
The days fly by and the weather is beautiful. It is supposed to get in the 90’s this week,
but that will be alright. We have air
conditioning! Yahoo! We miss everyone, but we know that there are
extra blessings for us all when we serve the Lord. We can never get even with Him for His
goodness to us—we can only try to serve Him more!
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