BLOG #47 GREAT WEEK!

BLOG #47WEEK OF MARCH 16-21:

WE HAVE HAD A GREAT WEEK.  DOING WHAT? GOING TO COSTCO ON FRIDAY FOR MORE FOOD AND FIXING MEALS OF ONE KIND OR ANOTHER. WOW THAT MAKES IT REALLY EXCITING! I THINK THAT THE COSTCO WORKERS ARE STATING TO CALL ME BY MY NAME AS I ENTER THE BUILDING.

WE HAD TWO MEAL PREPARATIONS THIS WEEK.  SATURDAY MORNING THE 21Tst WAS THE INSERVICE/ BREAKFAST MEETING. THE BREAKFAST WAS A SLOW COOKER OATMEAL MEAL ., APPLE CINNAMON FRITTER BREAD, AND STRAWBERRIES AND PINEAPPLE.( REALLY GOOD TOO)   THIS IS A HARD MEAL TO FIX BECAUSE EVERYONE USUALLY WILL HAVE EATEN ALREADY AND WE ARE BEING CUT BACK ON BUDGET .  BRO PATRICK IS TEACHING HIS SEMINARY AND INSTITUTE TEACHERS HOW TO BE BETTER TEACHERS DURING THIS TIME. HE SPENT ABOUT 2 HOURS GETTING THE TEACHERS INSPIRED TO TEACH CORRECT PRINCIPLES AND THEN TAKE IT ALL THE INFORMATION BACK TO THE  STUDENTS. IT WAS IMPORTANT INFORMATION. THEY THAT COME ARE ALWAYS GRATEFUL FOR EVERYTHING—FOOD SPIRITUALLY AND FOOD PHYSICALLY.

ELDER JUDD DOES A LOT OF PREPARATION FOR EACH CLASS AND IN ADDITION TO THAT HE PROCTORS TESTS . WE THINK HE HAS PROCTORED ABOUT 40 THIS YEAR.  A LOT‼

MONDAY, DURING ELDER JUDD’S EARLY AFTERNOON CLASS A YOUNG MAN CAME INTO THE OFFICE. AND STARTED TELLING ME ABOUT THE EXPERIENCE HE WAS HAVING. WHAT IT BOILS DOWN TO IS: HE IS NOT FOLLOWING THE SPIRIT. HE SAYS HE IS CONFUSED WHEN OTHERS SAY HE IS WRONG  AND THEY ARE RIGHT. I SPENT ABOUT 45 MINUTES WITH HIM ANSWERING QUESTIONS—IT WAS A GOOD THING THAT I HAD THE ANSWERS OR PART  OF THE ANSWERS. AS WE FINISHED OUR DISCUSSION I REMINDED HIM THAT HE WAS NOT PRAYING, READING THE SCRIPTURES OR BEING OBEDIENT. I TOLD HIM THAT WE LOVED HIM AND ASKED HIM TO TRY TO DO THESE THINGS AND HE WOULD SEE AN IMPROVEMENT IN HIS LIFE.

THURSDAY WAS ANOTHER HARD TRANSFER DAY: I NEED TO NOT THINK  ABOUT THESE YOUNG SISTERS AND ELDERS as mine , WE DO COME TO LOVE THEM BECAUSE THEIR HEARTS ARE PURE. THEY ARE PREPARED TO GO OUT INTO THE WORLD BUT IT IS MY HEARTSTRINGS THAT IS PULLED AS THEY LEAVE THIS AREA TO ANOTHER. WE HAD 11 NEW ELDERS AND SISTER COME INTO THE TAMPA BAY AREA AND ABOUT 13 LEAVE FOR HOME.

ELDER JUDD:  EVEN THOUGH MY OLD TESTAMENT CLASS IS SMALL, ABOUT 7 TO 12 STUDENTS ON A GIVEN DAY, IT IS A JOY TO SEE HOW THE OT IS SUCH A POWERFUL TESTIMONY TO THE LATTER DAY WORK. THE STUDENTS LOVE IT TOO BUT THE CLASS STARTS TOO EARLY FOR MANY MORE TO COME (4:45 PM). BROTHER PATRICK TEACHES THE LATER CLASS, 6:30 PM AND ABOUT 45 COME TO THAT CLASS AFTER WHICH WE SERVE THE MEAL THAT SISTER JUDD PREPARES. TODAY  IT WAS PULLED PORK, CARROTS, CHIPS,  COOKIES. AS ALWAYS, THE MEAL WAS A BIG HIT AND MANY OF THE STUDENTS RAVED ABOUT HOW GOOD IT WAS. IT ALL DISAPPEARED, SO IT MUST HAVE BEEN GOOD!!! WE DID NOT GET HOME UNTIL ABOUT 11 PM BUT IT WAS FUN TO SEE AND HEAR THE YSA SIT AROUND, TALK, LAUGH AND PLAY POOL AND PING PONG. IN ADDITION, SEVERAL YSA GO INTO THE GYM AND PLAY VOLLEY BALL. SEE I TOLD YOU IT WAS A VERY LONG DAY.