Preparation Day

On preparation day we got to
go visit the Fayetteville Rose

 Garden with another Senior Couple

 in our area. The gardens 

 were not as big as we expected but the roses
were beautiful.

We had a nice time and a little bit of fun too.

April Work and Activities

   I spent some time this past week repairing shirts and pants for two different Elders and some for Keith too.  The Elders just say "you can do that?"   or "how do you know how to do that?"  I repaired a zipper for one Elder and he was amazed.  We enjoy what we can do for them.  We took a companionship to the Temple on Friday for one of their two trips a year to the temple.  We called for a reservation but the Temple was full so we thought we would just read scriptures while waiting but luckily we took our clothes and got in on a cancellation.
We are so spoiled at home. We don't have to make Temple reservations and can get in on a session at any time. The Raleigh Temple is one of the small temples with small ordinance rooms and fewer sessions during the week. Plus it is an hour and fifteen minutes away.  So spoiled!!
We are also spoiled with members on every corner and neighborhood.  We drive A LOT of miles out here to find people, to go to district meetings etc. Our ward house is pretty close so that is nice.  When we spend ALL DAY at church on Sundays it is nice not to have a long drive home at the end of the day.

I also went to Activity Days and helped the girls sew "jean bags" to carry their scriptures in.  We cut the legs off old pairs of jeans and then sewed them up at the bottom and sides so they formed a bag that already had pockets for their Articles of Faith cards etc.  They also had a Stake Activity for the girls. Each ward represented various women of the scriptures.  The Fort Bragg girls were the Mothers of the Stripling Warriors.  I got to help sew them some simple dresses and head pieces for that 

 activity. We continue to help the Ward Missionaries look for unknown members that are on their ward lists.  Sorry to say most of the time they are military families that have already moved away to another duty station before we get there.

We have had the opportunity to attend the Temple with two different military couples who have been sealed in the temple and two or three more will be going soon.  It has been a nice opportunity for us to meet these couples and go with them. The young Elder and Sister Missionaries are the ones who have taught them but we, as Senior Missionaries, get the blessing of going with them because the young missionaries can't always go out of their areas to attend.


We have come home to a couple of guests lately.  Surprises just before we opened our apartment door.