We made it! We were
given an assignment from President Francis to read the Book of Mormon from June
19-July 31, and we did it. We didn’t
think we could do it, and got behind while we had company; but we were able to
catch up and finish on time. It was a
great assignment and we learned new things again this time.
We have had a great week again. Last Monday night we had an office party
dinner at the home of the sisters across the street. Sister Kennedy was able to get permission
from the people living in the old Tomlinson Inn for us to visit and tour their
home. We had a great meal and they gave
me a belated birthday cake; with the writing on the top—“Happy Birthday $ister
Moneybags!” LOL! (Laugh out loud) The Inn had been vacant for several years and
in some disrepair, but I could imagine it as a place for people to stay in the
1830’s. We also walked back to the baptism
place for Brigham Young. It was a nice
evening!
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| President Francis preaching the word from the balcony of the Tomlinson Inn |
We drove over to Batavia on Tuesday evening to have Family
Home Evening with Skyler and Amanda. We
had a great discussion on the duties of the Priesthood and the calling of new
Apostles. They were very interested and
asked questions and then we played games.
It was fun to be there again!
On Wednesday we went back to the hospital to see Zach
Gneiting. (yes, he is on day 15 now in
the hospital). We try to call daily to
see how he is doing and on Tuesday he had to have a tube inserted to drain out
more infection. He wasn’t too happy to have
that tube, but he visited and we stayed for over an hour.
They were hoping go home before the weekend. On Thursday they told them that he would be
able to be discharged on Friday morning and so they started looking for airline
tickets back to Mesa. He began throwing
up again on Thursday afternoon and that killed all hope of leaving the
hospital. His cultures showed staff and
gangrene still existing and they put him on 2 more high power drugs. We went back Friday and saw him and they were
discouraged. He is still in the hospital
today (Sunday) and we need to call and see how he is today. Our bodies are so wonderful how they help and
protect us, but it is so hard to kill some of these infections!
We had P Day yesterday (and it wasn’t interrupted by any
other assignments, etc.) We went to a
few yard sales and then we had a little nap, I did some laundry and vacuumed. We went to the store and took back some
sandals that I had purchased on Wednesday night. (My feet are swelling in the heat and
humidity here) and then we took the Erie Canal lock cruise called the ‘Sam
Patch packet cruise’. It was really
smooth and relaxing. (I had about 15
naps)—but it was amazing to go through the lock and wonder about the technology
in the 1800’s that could produce such a thing to move commerce across the
country with this great canal. This is a
real wonder! However, I got thinking
about how wonderful it was to see the Panama Canal and have pondered on that
trip a while.
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| Water coming in through a leak to fill the lock. This leak is called "Angle Falls" It is the largest lock leak in the canal system and the most photographed. |
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| Water leaving the lock (25 feet lower) |
Church was today and our Fast and Testimony meeting was very
good. There were only about 40 people
there, but it was still a good meeting.
After church we had a missionary meeting and we discussed the plans for
a senior couple sponsored home evening.
(sponsored by the Sanders and the Merrills) We are hoping that it will be well attended
and full of fun. We have service missionaries
in Buffalo that do a milk can supper that have agreed to cook for us. They use carrots, cabbage, corn, potatoes,
and kiebasa—they wrap it up in cheesecloth and put the food into the cans and
then cook them over slow heat until done.
We are planning on doing this Aug. 31.
We were invited to the Lehman’s home for dinner and we had a great time
with them. I think I have talked about
him previously, and is a wealth of knowledge.
He says little things that make me think. He loves the church and sees things so
clearly.
I played the music for Primary today and enjoyed that. Sister Haggerty is usually the pianist, but
she took the place for the director and I played for her. She has such a fun personality and can tell
the kids what she is thinking in a direct fashion. They like her! We only had 7 kids (4 were visiting) and so
the volume wasn’t too good, but they did sing along with her and she didn’t
criticize them for not singing very loud.
Here we do it all for 4 or 14—seems funny after some of the huge crowds
we get in Primary back home. I do miss
seeing more children at church.
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| Grandkids! So beautiful! |
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