Monday, September 22, 2014

A NORMAL WEEK#23

September 16, 2014 #23

I DECIDED I WOULD JUST DO A DAILY SCHEDULE FOR THIS WEEKS BLOG:
  MONDAY SEPTEMBER 8TH:   JUST A BUSY DAY IN THE OFFICE, JOEL IS PREPARING LESSONS. I AM FIGURING OUT WHAT WE ARE GOING TO EAT AND WHAT TO BUY FOR THE NEXT TWO THURSDAYS, WHEN I REMEMBERED THAT WE HAVE A BREAKFAST IN-SERVICE MEETING NEXT SATURDAY MORNING. OF COURSE I NEEDED TO HAVE THE RECIPES AND INGREDIENTS TO FIX IT.(IT IS HARD TO THINK OF A DIFFERENT KIND OF BREAKFAST WHEN ELDER JUDD AND I NEVER HAVE ANYTHING OTHER THAN TOAST, FRUIT AND RAISIN BRAN.)
  FHE: CHRIS ELTON LED US IN PLAYING “GUESS WHOSE FEET AND HANDS WERE WHOSES.” IT WAS FUN TO SEE HOW MANY WE GUESSED CORRECTLY. THE MAIN ACTIVITY WAS LEARNING HOW TO DO CPR ON AN ACCIDENT PERSON.THERE WERE ONLY ABOUT 20 YSA’S. WE NEED MORE AND WE ARE WORKING ON GETTING MORE TO COME. WE THEN HAD A GREAT DESSERT MADE BY SISTER FRENCH(2ND COUNSELOR’S WIFE)..

  TUESDAY:   I HAD A DENTIST APPOINTMENT WITH DR SCOTT STAFFORD--ALEX PATRIK RECOMMENDED HIM, IT WAS CLEAR ACROSS TAMPA LONG WAYS TO DRIVE.  DR. STTAFFORD IS A NICE MAN, HIS MANNERISM REMINDS ME OF DR. JESSE JENSEN--HE WAS GREAT MAN AND DENTIST I WORK WITH WHEN I WAS YOUNGER.  ELDER JUDD FELT HE HAD TO GO OVER WITH ME, HE DID SAY HE GOT A LOT OF STUDY TIME IN. HE SHOULD HAVE IT WAS A 2 HOUR APPOINTMENT.

  WEDNESDAY: ELDER JUDD: Wednesday began with an early start by going to the USF campus to get set up for Bull Market. Bull Market is an outdoor event where all the clubs on the campus of the University of South Florida set up tables and canopies and vie for new sign ups of the some 40,000 students who attend here. It is a great opportunity for our missionaries to get on campus and have access to them. It is a gold mine for them for contacts to teach. The missionaries can get enough referrals to work with in three hours than they can get in over several days in the normal way. We pass out flyers on the Church and the Institute and Sunday meetings. .ELDER JUDD HAD TO PROCTOR A EXAM IN THE AFTERNOON AND I WENT OVER THE ITEMS THAT I NEEDED TO DO TO GET READY FOR THE NEXT COOKING DAY AND ALSO WORKED ON ATTENDANCE CHARTS..     ELDER JUDD CALLED AND TALKED TO OUR GOOD FRIEND--DOUG SPENCER ABOUT HIS WIFE, GLENDA.  SHE IS NOT DOING WELL. WE JUST WANTED HIM TO KNOW OF OUR LOVE FOR THE BOTH OF THEM. 

I HAD A HAIRCUT APPOINTMENT ABOUT 10 AM AND DURING THIS TIME FRAME I RECEIVED A LITTLE TENDER MERCY FROM HEAVENLY FATHER. THIS IS THE EXPERIENCE: DURING THAT HAIRCUT, I WAS SITTING TALKING TO CINDY DAVIS (HAIRSTYLIST) ABOUT THE GOOD WEEK WE HAD WITH OUR JUDD GRANDDAUGHTERS. I THEN TOLD HER ABOUT BAYLEE’S ACCIDENT AT THE MOSI MUSEUM ON THE 9TH OF AUGUST.  SHE IMMEDIATELY ASKED IF WE WENT BACK TO MOSI AND TALKED TO THE ADMINISTRATION ABOUT THE ACCIDENT. I HAD TOLD HER NO AND THAT WE DID NOT SEEK MONEY TO GET GAIN.  SHE SAID TO ME IT WASN’T THAT WAYAND THAT MOSI HAD INSURANCE FOR ACCIDENTS THAT HAPPENED WITHIN THE BUILDING. SHE TOLD ME THAT I WAS SUPPOSED TO GO AND TALK TO THEM ABOUT IT.  AS SHE TALKED TO ME I KNEW THAT IT WOULD BE A BLESSING FOR BOTH RYANAND JENI TO CHECK INTO THIS. LATER I TOLD ELDER JUDD ABOUT THIS CONVERSATION AND HE SAID LETS GO TALK THE MOSI OFFICE AND SEE WHAT THEY SAY.THREE DAYS LATER THEYAGREED THAT THEY COULD HELP US WITH THE INSURANCE CLAIM.  SEVERAL DAYS LATER THEIR INSURANCE ADJUSTER CALLED US AND SAID THAT ALL THE OUT OF POCKET FUNDS WOULD BE PAID FOR COMPLETELY,SO AFTER THE INSURANCE PAID FOR THEIR PART MOSI INSURANCE WOULD PAY FOR THE REST. WHAT A BLESSING THAT WAS BECAUSE IT WAS GOING TO BE A LOT FOR RYAN AND JENI TO COME UP WITH.  I WAS SO THANKFUL THAT CINDY INSISTED THAT I TALKED TO THE MUSEUM PEOPLE. I CALLED CINDY BACK AND TOLD HER OF THE EXPERIENCE WE HAD AND THANKED HER FOR HER INSISTENCE OF VISITING WITH THE MUSEUM PEOPLE. THIS WAS JUST A LITTLE TENDER MERCY TO HELP OUR GRANDDAUGHTER OUT.  HEAVENLY FATHER DOES LOVE HIS CHILDREN.

    THURSDAY: I DIDN’T EVEN START FIXING THE STUDENT DINNER UNTIL NOON. IT WAS CROCKPOT SPAGHETTI, BREAD STICKS AND LEMON AND CHOCOLATE CRINKLE COOKIES. DINNER WAS REALLY GOOD AND THE STUDENTS LIKED IT A LOT. FOUND OUT OUR GOOD FRIEND AND NEIGHBOR IN OUR NORTH OGDEN WARD PASSED AWAY. GLENDA SPENCER WAS THE TYPE OF PERSON THAT COULD LIGHT UP THE ROOM WE WERE IN ANY TIME DAY OR NIGHT. WE COULD FEEL HER SWEET SPIRIT WHEN WE WERE WITH HER. WE WOULD OFTEN LAUGH TILL WE OUR SIDES HURT.  SHE WAS THE BEST AND WE LOVED HER.

  FRIDAY: I DID THE ENTIRE ATTENDANCE ROLLS AND ALSO THE MEAL BUDGET AND THEY ARE NOW UP TO DATE. I STILL WORRY ABOUT OVER SPENDING.  RIGHT NOW I AM WITH IN THE BUDGET --GOOD FEELING.  JOEL ALSO TALKED IN A NIGHT RELIEF SOCIETY MEETING. THE SUBJECT WAS ABOUT‘JERUSALEM THEN AND NOW’. IT WAS FANTASTIC-- LOTS OF GOOD MEMORIES. WE WENT TO DINNER AT A PLACE CALLED SONNY’S BBQ PIT. JOEL HAD BABY BACK RIBS AND I HAD SLICED PORK IT WAS GOOD, BUT THE ATMOSPHERE WAS NOT THE BEST. IT WAS IN THE TOWN OF NEW PORT RICHEYABOUT 45 MINUTES FROM OUR APARTMENT. WE HOPE THAT ELDER JUDD WILL HAVE ANOTHER OPERTUNITY TO DO THIS PRESENTATION.

  SATURDAY:  A COMPLETE CHANGE FROM THE REST OF THE WEEK, IT WAS A CLEAN UP DAY--WE WASHED OUR CLOTHES AND CAR AND WENT TO SAMS CLUB.  WE CAME BACK AND WATCHED TWO MOVIES – THE BOOK THIEF AND 3 WISHES (HAD TO WATCH TWO BECAUSE WE HAVE NO TIME IN THE COMING WEEK.). JUST A SIDE NOTE THE POPCORN WAS  BAD SO WE MADE A DIFFERENT KIND AND IT WAS GOOD, GOOD WEEK! YEAH

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