Surprising events?

I just noticed that last week's posting didn't make it to the blog for some reason.  I just posted it yesterday.  Sorry for that error.

Two weeks ago I told you about the elders surprising me one night while I was finishing up on the walls in the apartment.  So as a kind of payback I set up a little surprise for them and I guess it startled them a bit.  That's good, they deserved it.  So Monday night as usual Elder U and Elder B2 came up to get their laundry from the laundry room.  What was unusual is they snuck up very quietly.  I was sitting on the family room couch, reading and all of a sudden I hear this voice, right in my ear asking me "how's it going?"  I jumped out of the couch rather quickly.  That was pretty funny.  I guess they are getting to feel more at home here.  That's good I want them to feel at home, they work very hard all week long, so they need a place where they feel safe to just be themselves.

It seems like just when we are feeling comfortable with the elders living here, there is a change, and that's what happened this week.  Elder U is staying and Elder B2 is moving on to another area.  I am getting better at letting go of my missionaries, but it is still hard to say goodbye.

Wednesday Elder U got a new companion.  Again we get a brand new elder fresh from the MTC.  (I think this is the fifth brand new elder we have had in our home).  I guess this must be a good area to train new missionaries.  The new missionary is Elder W and he is from New Zealand.  My nephew likes him, he said to my mom "Grandma, he has the coolest accent."  If he passes the nephew test, then he must be okay. 

The Elders have been visitiing a family whose mother is a member of the church but does not actively attend church, so she has been very resistant to having her children be baptized.  This week the elders visited the family and they were allowed to teach a lesson to the family.  The teenager was especially interested in what they had to say and the mom allowed the missionaries to come back.  This is great progress.

There are over 50,000 full-time missionaries out spreading the Gospel of Jesus Christ, you likely know one of them.  Pray for that missionary, mention him or her by name in your prayers to our Heavenly Father, He will bless them.

Take good care of the missionaries in your area, they deserve it.  Share your love, share the Gospel, invite the missionaries to teach your friends.
Be awesome this week.