We were into our second day with the new assignment. Things went a little easier and the trainers were again, very helpful. We had patrons from France and Sweden today so extra care was taken for them. By the end of our shift, we had 99 patrons through sessions.
President Irwin told the following story during preparation meeting:
While serving as mission president in Slovakia, we met a lovely young man by the name of Yan (short a), who has an incredible story. He was a monk at the age of twenty-three, and was studying to become a priest.
One day he boarded a train heading to a particular destination, sitting within ear shot of two Mormon missionaries that were traveling with a member in route to visit an investigator. The two missionaries were in full conversation with the member explaining what they would be teaching the investigator. Yan listened with rapt attention until he could stand it no longer. He approached the three and asked: "Who are you? And what are you teaching?"
The missionaries were astounded with his inquiry but were over joyed to share the gospel message with Yan. He took a Book of Mormon and was baptized soon after. He was even so naive, he gave copies of the Book of Mormon to the other monks. They became angry with him as well as his family, even to the point of his brother beating him up. He did not falter in his testimony even though he was kicked out of school with only six months left and was kicked out of his house, his family disowning him. He sought refuge in a member's home who had connections with someone in the states. It wasn't long before he went to BYU-Ricks and finished his education.
President Irwin shared with us his excitement of having read an email from Yan saying he had just received his mission call to the England Birmingham mission! He was overjoyed with Yan's faith and testimony and the good things in life that have come his way.
We never know what life will bring us, but we do know we need to be prepared for whatever it may be!
We went on a session after our shift and wound up being the only two in it. It was kind of nice to have the special attention.
At home, we were busy with assignments. I was asked to teach Sharing Time on the 29th, so I took care of putting that together. Sister Christensen let me print things off on her printer.
Dad was busy creating a card for use in the baptistry. When a patron comes in we have them write their surname on a very small piece of paper that is then used in the recorder's equipment for the baptizer to read when performing the ordinance. It is hard to position the paper and then to remove it. Dad figured out if the paper was a little larger it will easily slide in and out of the slot. He presented his idea to our shift coordinator who thought it was great and asked him to create one for him to look at in detail.
From Home:
Isabel participated in a trek this month. She had an amazing experience and shared some of it with us.
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| True pioneer - no shoes! |
Some of the families carried “babies” with them—bundles the size and weight of babies. Isabel Brown of the Bonanza Ward said, “Everybody had to do everything. When you are moving together, it didn’t matter if you were tired. You would just slide back.” At points of the journey, some of the families were told that their “babies” had died on the trail. Isabel: “It was amazing that you could feel the Spirit of the Lord so strongly after all that teamwork and then losing a ‘member of the family.’ It was hard to have to let go of just a little 10-pound bag of rice!”
See full story here: http://azmormonnews.com/2014/06/onward-ever-onward/
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