From Dad 7/7
Hi family,
The sun is shining and everyone has a little bigger smile, is a little more talkative, and sees hope for a great day. Life is good.
The family we visited on the base the other day have a 6 year old son with some developmental problems. We are not sure if he is partially autistic and ….? He goes to a special school. Every fast Sunday he wants to bear his testimony and goes to the pulpit alone. The family were having a birthday party for the mom. Mom took them some cookies. They invited us to stay for ice cream and cake. They had little gifts, journals and notebooks, for us too. Isaac, the 6 year old, wrote in them from memory our names, the date, and a scripture and the scripture reference. It was pretty amazing.
Last night the bishop and I met with the Elders investigator mom has spoken about. It appears to be a series of assumptions made by a less active member who had a similar situation this spring with several active members where assumptions were made and feelings were hurt. There appears to be no evidence of any wrongdoing. Fortunately the investigator appears to be quite strong and forgiving. The bishop leaves for Twin Falls to look for a home He is a pediatrician and will work with a group of doctors there. He was also born and raised in Twin Falls. This story will be continued hopefully on Wednesday the 18th when he is in Wuerzburg again.
We have a fun musical family home evening coming up on the 16th. It is a mix between a going away activity for Thomas and brother Clement. Alex and brother Clement had a lot of fun “jamming” at our last expanded family home evening. They will be the main attraction for the one coming up. We will add some more guitar and piano players and it should be a fun evening with good food to top it all off. Its always a challenge finding the activities the young people enjoy and knowing how much to do. But it is fun.
We had a hard working teaching discussion with sister Kempe on Tuesday. She called Wednesday and said things were still spinning in her head and asked if we could meet again on Friday. Yesterday there were many tears. Her daughter was home for a visit and was experiencing much pain through the lifestyle she currently had chosen with a middle aged man with whom she was living. Sister Kempe seemed very meek and teachable. The Spirit was very strong. Shortly before we left her daughter had woken up and came in to say hello and good morning. She was not the same person we had known 6 months ago. Life had taken its’ toll on her. The love for her mom was still very evident. We commented on this love and the strength it brought to both of them. The tears came to Carrie’s eyes. Her mom moved over and sat next to her with her arm around her. Sister Kempe asked mom to say the closing prayer. After the prayer Carrie said she might move back to Wuerzburg – alone. We will hope.
You are all in our thoughts daily and in our prayers. We love you and need you to know how important you are to us. Whether we will go on other missions remains to be seen. Grandma and Grandpa Price were home only for 6 months at a time. This is not our desire. We will be home for at least 18 months and then we will see. HAVE A GREAT WEEK!
Love always,
Dad
The sun is shining and everyone has a little bigger smile, is a little more talkative, and sees hope for a great day. Life is good.
The family we visited on the base the other day have a 6 year old son with some developmental problems. We are not sure if he is partially autistic and ….? He goes to a special school. Every fast Sunday he wants to bear his testimony and goes to the pulpit alone. The family were having a birthday party for the mom. Mom took them some cookies. They invited us to stay for ice cream and cake. They had little gifts, journals and notebooks, for us too. Isaac, the 6 year old, wrote in them from memory our names, the date, and a scripture and the scripture reference. It was pretty amazing.
Last night the bishop and I met with the Elders investigator mom has spoken about. It appears to be a series of assumptions made by a less active member who had a similar situation this spring with several active members where assumptions were made and feelings were hurt. There appears to be no evidence of any wrongdoing. Fortunately the investigator appears to be quite strong and forgiving. The bishop leaves for Twin Falls to look for a home He is a pediatrician and will work with a group of doctors there. He was also born and raised in Twin Falls. This story will be continued hopefully on Wednesday the 18th when he is in Wuerzburg again.
We have a fun musical family home evening coming up on the 16th. It is a mix between a going away activity for Thomas and brother Clement. Alex and brother Clement had a lot of fun “jamming” at our last expanded family home evening. They will be the main attraction for the one coming up. We will add some more guitar and piano players and it should be a fun evening with good food to top it all off. Its always a challenge finding the activities the young people enjoy and knowing how much to do. But it is fun.
We had a hard working teaching discussion with sister Kempe on Tuesday. She called Wednesday and said things were still spinning in her head and asked if we could meet again on Friday. Yesterday there were many tears. Her daughter was home for a visit and was experiencing much pain through the lifestyle she currently had chosen with a middle aged man with whom she was living. Sister Kempe seemed very meek and teachable. The Spirit was very strong. Shortly before we left her daughter had woken up and came in to say hello and good morning. She was not the same person we had known 6 months ago. Life had taken its’ toll on her. The love for her mom was still very evident. We commented on this love and the strength it brought to both of them. The tears came to Carrie’s eyes. Her mom moved over and sat next to her with her arm around her. Sister Kempe asked mom to say the closing prayer. After the prayer Carrie said she might move back to Wuerzburg – alone. We will hope.
You are all in our thoughts daily and in our prayers. We love you and need you to know how important you are to us. Whether we will go on other missions remains to be seen. Grandma and Grandpa Price were home only for 6 months at a time. This is not our desire. We will be home for at least 18 months and then we will see. HAVE A GREAT WEEK!
Love always,
Dad
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