July 20, 2015
The highlight of this past week for me was the temple trip that I took with some of the sisters from the branch. We have been working very hard to get names ready for the temple and last
Wednesday 8 of the sisters and I went to the temple. We were able to do 121 baptisms( 37 family names), 40 initiatory, 6 endowments and a number of sealings. The best part of the day was that one sister did her sisters work, one did her grandmother’s work, I did a man from our branch’s mother’s work, one sister did her aunt and the other two sisters did aunts of another sister. Our newest converts did baptisms for their grandmother’s and great grandmother’s so it was a wonderful productive day. We are hoping to do more research so that we can have another such day before we leave to come home. Most of the sisters have really caught the vision of family history and we are working hard to make sure they are comfortable with the family search program so they will continue after we are gone. Evan took the Elders to appointments and then had coordination meeting with our branch mission leader while I was gone. One of the blessings and opportunities of being Senior Missionaries is that we are able to help just where we are needed and don’t need to be together at all times.
Wednesday 8 of the sisters and I went to the temple. We were able to do 121 baptisms( 37 family names), 40 initiatory, 6 endowments and a number of sealings. The best part of the day was that one sister did her sisters work, one did her grandmother’s work, I did a man from our branch’s mother’s work, one sister did her aunt and the other two sisters did aunts of another sister. Our newest converts did baptisms for their grandmother’s and great grandmother’s so it was a wonderful productive day. We are hoping to do more research so that we can have another such day before we leave to come home. Most of the sisters have really caught the vision of family history and we are working hard to make sure they are comfortable with the family search program so they will continue after we are gone. Evan took the Elders to appointments and then had coordination meeting with our branch mission leader while I was gone. One of the blessings and opportunities of being Senior Missionaries is that we are able to help just where we are needed and don’t need to be together at all times.
We attended another Baptist funeral this past week. It is such an interesting experience that makes me even more thankful for knowing what I know about the life after this one and the comfort it brings.
This week is so scheduled that the time is going to fly. We are going to go to Indianapolis to the temple open house this Friday and are hoping to take Sydney and her mother and possibly one other lady. Along with Zone Conference, a Senior Missionary temple day, visiting teaching, some of our regular appointments and helping a sister do some family history before she leaves for her extended trip in which she hopes to visit 8 temples, it is going to be a very busy week.
We just had Family Home Evening at our house and with 13 people in our little living room it made for quite a crowd and we laughed so hard at some points that we were afraid the lady next door might call the police on us. We certainly do have a good time when we are together.
The water has started to go down in the Ohio a little so the threat of flooded roads has abated somewhat but as I type I listen to the thunder and watch the lightening. The thunder here seems to roll on forever. I do love the rain but we are feeling a little water logged. It also makes for very humid days and it is hard to be out in the heat for too long without feeling as if another shower is needed.
The gospel is true so what else matters. We know it, we love it and we are trying to show by our example what joy it brings.
Love
Elder and Sister Fullmer
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