Mission Journal

December 7, 2011

Fran was feeling a little better this morning, so we drove to Leitchfield to meet with the Elders there.  We had a good meeting.  I gave the opening prayer and Fran gave a lesson on record keeping.  Afterwards we had lunch together at the Golden Dinner.  As spiritual as these young missionaries can be, they are still young men.  They can really put away the food.

On our way back to Hartford I listened to a voice mail I received while we were meeting.  B had called and canceled our appointment, she had forgotten about her dentist appointment.  We’ll catch her latter, any way Fran said she was beginning to feel bad again; it’s probably a good thing that we could go home and rest.  That’s when the diarrhea started.

December 6, 2011

We wanted to check on the Y family, but they had several cars in the drive way as we passed so we went on.  Next we went to E’s house and waited for the school bus, that’s when the little girl gets home and the family is usually home at that time, but we were too early so we decided to find another members house.  Fran had been complaining of a head ache all day, but after driving through the winding road, going up and down the hills, she got sick and we had to stop the car.  I guess that what K had was contagious.  Anyway, we had to call the R’s and cancel our lesson with them.  When we got home Fran was freezing, she just climbed into bed.  She said she finally got warm and sleep for about three hours.

December 5, 2011

On P days we go to Owensboro to shop, but today on our way home we got a phone call from the Branch President.  He wanted to do some home teaching while his wife was gone from home, so we got into our good cloths and was ready to go by 5:00 pm.  Oh, it’s still raining.  First he took us to Center Town; there is where a young lady (K) and her son live with K’s mother.  K was alone and very sick – she’d been vomiting she said.  Even though she is a member, she’s been going to church with her mother in Center Town.  I gave her a Book of Mormon and admonished her to read it.  She doesn’t drive and the Branch President asked her if her mother could bring her to church.  She said she would ask, but I won’t bet on it.

Next we went to the A’s house.  She is an active member and they have active children.  Her husband said he was born Baptist and will die Baptist.  We will also try to schedule an appointment with this couple.

December 4, 2011

Today was fast Sunday.  There were only 16 people at church today.  There’s some kind of bug going around – I hope we don’t catch it.  Almost everyone bore their testimony, and that was good.  We have a very good Gospel Doctrine teacher.  Oh, it’s raining again.

Right after church Fran made Salmon patties and a fine lunch.  We shared this with the Y family, but when we got there they had family there making them lunch.  We told them to keep it for later; we don’t want them going hungry again.

We went home teaching with the mission leader.  At the first place we stopped the member was off hunting, and his non-member wife didn’t let us in the house.  We were hoping he was home, because we believe she is a good candidate for the gospel.  Next we went to Sister R’s house.  She always has to give us something to drink, this time it was a can of Sprite.  Her husband smokes like a sieve and is in very poor health.  Finally, we went to the G’s house.  They are investigators the mission leader knew about.  They were on the floor with their grandchildren playing a game, and invited us to play the game with them, so we did.  He is retired, but works more now than he did before he retired, go figure.  Anyway, we will try to set up an appointment with them.

December 3, 2011

Today we were supposed to teach a member’s husband, T. T is a chef at a Mexican restaurant in Beaver Dam, but the chef in another town quit his job and T had to drive several miles to work in his place, so we had to put off the lessons. 

Hartford had a Christmas parade today.  It started with the Hartford’s fire department and then every town in the area’s fire departments driving their emergency vehicles with their sirens going full blast.  Then Miss This and That sitting in the back seat of a convertibles.  There were a few floats, some quite good.  It seemed like everybody in all of the towns were lined up on Main Street.  It was fun!

December 2, 2011

The Elders from Leitchfield came over this morning to help us with record keeping.  They were able to show us how to use the books better, and that will help us stay better organized.  Afterwards we went to the Y’s house and they looked like death warmed over.  Fran asked if they had eaten anything and they said they may have had a piece of toast, so she rummaged through their fridge and was able to make them an omelet.  They ate as if they haven’t eaten in several days.  The people we were to teach this evening had worked in their garage all day long and asked if they could take us out to eat and skip the lesson.  We did as they asked, but even though I like to eat, she needs the lessons.  The catfish was wonderful!

December 1, 2011

Brother Y and his wife that we have been teaching are in very poor health.  We’ve taught his wife three lessons, but when we went by this morning she would fall asleep on the couch while talking.  I asked him if he thought it would be a good idea to try to teach and he said probably not.  She has gotten to the