From Dad 12/17
Hi everyone,
Today was one of those days you will probably always remember. There were so many things that happened. Some I will let mom tell you in her weekly letter. Others, I want to tell you now.
At the beginning of the day mom mentioned it felt like it was going to be another very difficult day for her. An investigator, with whom we hadn’t been able to meet with for ten days and who had just been going through a very difficult personal situation, came to Church. In the gospel principles class there was a new investigator (82 years old) as well as the one mentioned above and there was no way I could translate for mom. She was on her own the whole time. Tonight we had a new member discussion to give. Mom led the discussion for the first half and the wife translated for her to her new member husband. On the way home mom commented how she was in the dark about what was going on about 90% of the time. This is a first. We talked about how the 90% will decrease and the other part will continue to grow. At one point when the wife was translating for mom, the wife left off the last point of what she had just said. Mom gave her the information again without any prompting. She just knew!
As we drove to the evening appointment mom drove to and from their home and we talked about a lot of things along the way, but she needed no real help with directions and the traffic didn’t bother her. She drove knowing she was on familiar ground. Mom is coming up with some great meals. I’m putting on weight! And Mom is also killing me in dominos!
It was just a great day and I wanted to share it.
Today was one of those days you will probably always remember. There were so many things that happened. Some I will let mom tell you in her weekly letter. Others, I want to tell you now.
At the beginning of the day mom mentioned it felt like it was going to be another very difficult day for her. An investigator, with whom we hadn’t been able to meet with for ten days and who had just been going through a very difficult personal situation, came to Church. In the gospel principles class there was a new investigator (82 years old) as well as the one mentioned above and there was no way I could translate for mom. She was on her own the whole time. Tonight we had a new member discussion to give. Mom led the discussion for the first half and the wife translated for her to her new member husband. On the way home mom commented how she was in the dark about what was going on about 90% of the time. This is a first. We talked about how the 90% will decrease and the other part will continue to grow. At one point when the wife was translating for mom, the wife left off the last point of what she had just said. Mom gave her the information again without any prompting. She just knew!
As we drove to the evening appointment mom drove to and from their home and we talked about a lot of things along the way, but she needed no real help with directions and the traffic didn’t bother her. She drove knowing she was on familiar ground. Mom is coming up with some great meals. I’m putting on weight! And Mom is also killing me in dominos!
It was just a great day and I wanted to share it.
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