On Monday the 30th, we went into work at Ma’ufanga again. We really don’t like that office, but we need to be obedient and we need to be with the rest of the Welfare team, so we went. We still have our office at Liahona so we will only be in town a couple of mornings a week. I guess we can survive that.
A lady came to see us today that didn’t really need anything, she just needed someone to talk to. One of the missionaries we love told her to come and see us. We spent a couple of hours with her and it was such a sad time. She has children back in the states that are going through such a tough time. She is so far away and she feels so helpless. It made my mother heart hurt to hear her story and know that she can’t be with her children when they need her so desperately. We talked about the blessing of the Priesthood and Alan was able to explain to her how her children’s Bishop could help them and protect them. She is trying to get to America and bring them back with her, but that will take quite a long time. In the mean time she has got to trust Heavenly Father to help her. Before she left, Alan said a prayer for her and she is going to have her husband give her a blessing. We will pray for her and her family and hopefully everything will turn out alright. Ohhhhh, this can be a tough world, especially for people who make some bad decisions along the way.
FHE was interesting tonight. The Meyers were in charge of it. They have been here about 6 weeks. Alan told them to tell a little about themselves and then give a Spiritual thought. They told a lot about themselves and didn’t have a Spirituaal thought, but it was still very interesting. They are from Rexberg and it was fun to hear their farm stories. They hadn’t been married long when the Teton Dam broke. They lost everything and both of their parents did too. Elder Meyers told us about one rancher that lost 2,000 head of cattle. They found their bodies all over down river, even inside houses that had been flooded. I remember when that happened. I was in college and my mother gave all of my clothes away to the people who lived up there. When I went home for summer break I had no clothes left, but it was for a very good cause.
Sister Meyers had made cake and we had ice cream with it. Elder Meyers made some fresh salsa, so the treats were great. Alan ate too much.
