Message—5 September 2011
At the Mission Office Staff Meeting last Monday President Christianson asked for all of us to help him with planning for some upcoming training meetings. On September 12th and 13th Elder Marcus Nash of the First Quorum of Seventy will be in our mission to meet with all the missionaries and provide some instruction. Two of the Mission Zones will meet on the 12th, and the other two Zones will meet on the 13th. The other meeting to be held is a Mission Presidents Seminar for 22 missions in the North America North East Area, for which Elder Jay Jensen is the President and he will be in attendance along with some other General Authorities. The Seminar is to be held on October 19th to the 22nd. This is only for the Mission Presidents and their wife, we missionaries are not invited. The President is hosting the seminar in our mission; and part of the training will include having those who come, visit at the Church History Sites. There are some behind the scenes things the President has asked the office staff to help with. There may be a chance we will get to visit with Elder and Sister Jensen for a few minutes.
On Tuesday we drove to the missionary Apartment which is next to the Niagara River Gorge. We helped the Elders who live in this apartment get things cleaned up that had been left by previous Elders. We also checked another apartment in the Buffalo area. We then went to deliver a few things to Elders in the town of Lancaster which is Southeast of Buffalo. On the way to the apartment we saw a sign in front of a funeral home. The name on the sign was spelled A-m-i-g-o-n-e Funeral Home. I suspect it is an Italian name, but we got a laugh out of it by changing the name to Am I Gone. A little farther along the same road we saw a sign that said “Free puppy socializing Mondays from 2-4pm”. Then a little farther along this same road was sign that read “Now Hiring CUSTOMERS”. Apparently people on this street have a sense of humor.
On Wednesday evening we were invited to attend a Site Training meeting at the Hill Cumorah Visitors Center. As part of the meeting, Robert (Bob) Parrott was invited to provide some historical information about the property that was once owned by the Joseph Smith Sen. family members, including the farm Hyrum purchased which was adjacent to his father’s farm. Bob grew up on a farm adjacent to the farm Hyrum owned and spent a considerable amount of time in his life learning about the history of the Smith farms. He did not join the church until about 10 years ago. He shared a lot of interesting information with us.
On Friday and Saturday we spent both days checking the apartments in the Palmyra area. On Saturday we did the apartments in Batavia, Warsaw, and Geneseo. While in Warsaw we also delivered a few items to Elder and Sister Jones for their apartment.
We have been greatly blessed as we have read the Book of Mormon. We are learning more and more and our testimony is being strengthened. We are being blessed to make connections with more and more scriptures. We are also being blessed to see how the scriptures center on the Savior and his life and atonement and resurrection and the central role he has in Heavenly Father’s great eternal plan of redemption and happiness. We know Heavenly Father lives and answers prayers and loves all of us. Jesus Christ is the Savior and Redeemer. Joseph Smith did see the Father and the Son and was called by them to be the prophet through whom the gospel and the church were restored to bless our lives. President Monson is the Lord’s prophet in our day. The Book of Mormon is true and contains the full gospel of Jesus Christ. We know and witness these things are true.
We express congratulations to Adrianne and Justin on the birth of their new baby boy. He was born on Saturday September 3rd and weighed 6 lbs 13 oz and was 19 inches tall; his name is Brodie. We also express congratulations to Chris and Lynne who announced Lynne is pregnant and will have a baby in April. We express our love to all of you. We are grateful for each of you and for the many blessings we have received by having you in our family and also as friends.
Love,
Mom & Dad, Grandma & Grandpa, Richard & Maxine
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