From Dad 11/17
Good morning everyone,
Each day is a blessed new day. Each day is getting colder and yet we feel the warmth. Being family is the greatest blessing of life. We are so thankful family life does not need to end with our turn on earth.
Each of you who are old enough holds the authority to do things in the name of our Father in Heaven. What a great gift! Coming to appreciate such a gift is one of the tests of life. Nothing we have blesses lives more. After the closing prayer with brother Vollrath he said he was beginning to feel good feelings when he prays now. He said after we leave he wants to just sit and think about the things we talked about and let the good feelings work in his heart. Today is Gunther Jindre’s birthday. He is 45. He has been a vagabond of the earth. Sometimes he feels no one really has liked him or cares what happens to him. He has resisted the teachings of the Church ever since we met. He is so lonely. The only way in life has been his way. He knows he has to give up his anger and hatred for those who have been unkind or have abused him over the years. He knows only then will he be able to feel the redeeming power of the atonement, the power to become free from all troubles and sorrows from the past.
It was fun watching the Shelley/Fruitland game yesterday morning. Mom was in her hey day seeing the home team. We saw Michael a couple of times too. We thought about many from the family being there and enjoying just being together (even though for some of you it was on a small screen from far away). We are thankful for all the times you have been together since we have had the blessing of being so focused on the Lord’s work. The caring you give each other strengthens our testimony of the truthfulness of the gospel and how it blesses our lives as we live it.
Yesterday we watched a soccer game and rode an “old time” street car with a part member family. The member husband was one of the members of the association for preserving street car use in Germany. There was a lot to eat and drink along the way. The member explained to the person offering us something to drink we did not drink alcohol. He provided juices for us and his family. Later the same person came by unconvinced we really didn’t want at least some alcohol seeing how “merry” everyone else was becoming and said, “I can give you just a little bit in your glasses”. So is the arm of temptation. We are never too old nor too far away for the adversary to find us and test our commitments. Mom has developed such a good relationship with the wife and the little girls. Their being in Church the past two Sundays has to be one of the greatest rewards mom has realized to date since being away from home.
We love you guys. You are daily in our prayers. We feel your closeness and are thankful for that. May this Thanksgiving be very special to each of you. It is such a great time of year for remembering how much our Father in Heaven does for us from day to day.
Love always,
Dad and Grandpa
Each day is a blessed new day. Each day is getting colder and yet we feel the warmth. Being family is the greatest blessing of life. We are so thankful family life does not need to end with our turn on earth.
Each of you who are old enough holds the authority to do things in the name of our Father in Heaven. What a great gift! Coming to appreciate such a gift is one of the tests of life. Nothing we have blesses lives more. After the closing prayer with brother Vollrath he said he was beginning to feel good feelings when he prays now. He said after we leave he wants to just sit and think about the things we talked about and let the good feelings work in his heart. Today is Gunther Jindre’s birthday. He is 45. He has been a vagabond of the earth. Sometimes he feels no one really has liked him or cares what happens to him. He has resisted the teachings of the Church ever since we met. He is so lonely. The only way in life has been his way. He knows he has to give up his anger and hatred for those who have been unkind or have abused him over the years. He knows only then will he be able to feel the redeeming power of the atonement, the power to become free from all troubles and sorrows from the past.
It was fun watching the Shelley/Fruitland game yesterday morning. Mom was in her hey day seeing the home team. We saw Michael a couple of times too. We thought about many from the family being there and enjoying just being together (even though for some of you it was on a small screen from far away). We are thankful for all the times you have been together since we have had the blessing of being so focused on the Lord’s work. The caring you give each other strengthens our testimony of the truthfulness of the gospel and how it blesses our lives as we live it.
Yesterday we watched a soccer game and rode an “old time” street car with a part member family. The member husband was one of the members of the association for preserving street car use in Germany. There was a lot to eat and drink along the way. The member explained to the person offering us something to drink we did not drink alcohol. He provided juices for us and his family. Later the same person came by unconvinced we really didn’t want at least some alcohol seeing how “merry” everyone else was becoming and said, “I can give you just a little bit in your glasses”. So is the arm of temptation. We are never too old nor too far away for the adversary to find us and test our commitments. Mom has developed such a good relationship with the wife and the little girls. Their being in Church the past two Sundays has to be one of the greatest rewards mom has realized to date since being away from home.
We love you guys. You are daily in our prayers. We feel your closeness and are thankful for that. May this Thanksgiving be very special to each of you. It is such a great time of year for remembering how much our Father in Heaven does for us from day to day.
Love always,
Dad and Grandpa
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