We enjoyed a train ride on the Great Smoky Mountain Railways with our friend, Tom Flinn. He and his wife, Emma, are our leaders at the Food Pantry. Unfortunately, Emma was ill and couldn't join us. Usually the mountains are ablaze with colors at this time of year, thus the planned train ride. However, the extremely wet summer here has put a real damper on the them. However, the ride was pleasant and still beautiful.
Some less-active members and a few investigators joined us for the Primary Halloween activity one night. We planted autumn flowers and seeds around the Church for a service project, followed by apple bobbing, games, pizzas and treats. We were few in number, but everyone had a good time.
One of our investigators spent an evening with us exploring the Church building and learning more. We love her and pray for her growth in the gospel. Of course, that is how we feel about everyone. There are several very interesting people investigating right now.
Lynn taught a lesson on virtue in District Meeting. It has made all us missionaries think more clearly on that attribute. Vir is the root word coming from Latin. It means power or manliness. Well, I don't especially care to be more manly, but I love that power comes in virtue. That is such a great principle! It adds strength to one's determination to live better--more virtuously.
Saturday Lynn spent much of the day helping Michael Rattler, Baptist pastor husband of one of our members, work on his church building. He is part Cherokee. His church is on tribal land, and his congregation is Cherokee. I helped his wife, Shelley, with chores she had at home and ironing for her ill mother-in-law. Gooood day!
Our days keep busy with our several FHE groups, visiting and finding less-active people, running the Elders to appointments, helping several needy families and individuals, participating in service projects, visiting our two-dozen home teaching families, cooking and feeding people, and occasionally fitting in a date.
Yes, we older missionaries can have dates! We try not to make the Elders jealous, but we enjoy our time for us once in awhile.
Happy Halloween and love to all!!
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| Tom Flinn and us on our train ride |
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| Amazing model train museum |
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| Old-fashioned model train |
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| Whizzz! There goes the Great Smoky Mountain Railway train! |
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| Train station in Bryson City, N.C. |
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| Gotta love this! Grampa's Mountain Music with a ukelele sign out front |
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| Elder Bacon in his elderly bacon costume and scary banana Skyler Crubaugh |
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| Primary pizza and treats |
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| "Farmer" Crubaugh & the Mrs. |
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| Shelley Rattler and kids at Pastor Rattler's church |
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| Cherokee blanket signs |
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| Street sign written in English and Cherokee |
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