Blessings always

Last week I posted a request for information on favorite foods, I got a response on Monday morning and I told my mom about it and that very day she went down and invited the elders to dinner (she loves the missionaries).  As it turned out they had a cancellation for Tuesday night's dinner appointment and so they came to dinner Tuesday.  That is a rare privilege for us because the Relief Societies in the stake are pretty good at getting dinner appointments for the missionaries.  Mom teaches the 11 year old girls, so she doesn't make it to Relief Society and it probably isn't fair that we should get to have the missionaries live in our home and take up all the prime dinner appointments, so we let other members have the missionaries visit their homes for dinner.  Anyway we had a great visit and they were very complimentary about the dinner and everything.  They left us with a great spiritual message which was about service and they thanked us for the service we give them.  Every time I interact with them I feel like the small sacrifice we make for them is more than fully compensated by blessings from the Lord.  I can truly say that "I feel my Savior's love" in everything around me.

The Elders went to Zone conference Thursday and left home around 8 or so and didn't get home until 4:30 or later, I'm not sure.  Anyway, I took the opportunity to ask them how it went, and they said that it was a very spiritual meeting.  They said that they were really tired - it's interesting how spiritual experiences can take so much out of you.  Even being so tired, they still had 4 hours of missionary work left to do for that night.  Again, I am so very jealous of all the great motivation and spiritual growth they are experiencing.  Oh, to be able to hide in their pocket and gain from what they are going through; but it doesn't work that way, they have to work very hard to get the great blessings they are enjoying - sadly, my time is past for that.

On a more secular note, Elder L. just lost MEGA points with me.  I was wearing a San Diego Chargers t-shirt and he asked me if it was my junk shirt and something to the effect of "You can't seriously be a Charger's fan?"  I almost kicked him out of the house right then.  Well, we love all of God's children, even non-Chargers fans.  May the Lord bless Elder L. to see the light and cheer for Philip Rivers and the Chargers - Hey Rivers played college ball at North Carolina State, didn't he, so that should cover both coasts, no???  Only a Hawaiian would put the hate on San Diego.  (Just kidding on this paragraph).

As always, keep a prayer in your heart for all of our elders and sister missionaries I know that I do and I always will.  May the Lord bless our dedicated missionaries everywhere and especially YOUR missionary wherever they are serving.  Thank You to all the missionary moms and dads for the sacrifice you make to keep the Lord's work moving forward.  If you happen to stumble onto this blog and realize that I am talking about your missionary send me a message, I'd love to hear from you, the offer goes out to all missionary moms and dads.  If I can do anything to help make your missionary's experience better, please let me know what it is. email is eldersinmyhome@gmail.com
May the Lord bless you and your missionary this week and may you feel the love of Christ for you.