Ogden Mission Blog: Late but Great!! September 30, 2013

Brother & Sister Barmes
Hosts of unofficial FHE

The Ottingers & Ogdens
FHE hosts at Hayesville

Our week was busy and went extremely fast. Before I knew it, it was time to write again and NO TIME to do it! Therefore, I am already into the new week with this post.

On P-day we took the Elders with us to visit a marvelous investigator who lives quite a ways away. Donna Peters is anxious to be baptized, but her family is resisting. We can only visit her at her work. Afterwards, we went to visit Fields of the Woods, a religious park owned and operated by the Church of God. It was interesting to see, and the day was beautiful.
They have a mock-up of Golgotha, of the Garden Tomb, and an entire hillside of the Ten Commandments.

We have successfully started three more FHE groups, one unofficially. We have had non-members, investigators, less-actives, and active members participate. Hopefully, they will help everyone learn more about the gospel and regenerate their testimonies. It is a fun social time as well. After our unofficial FHE, Lynn and I had a special treat. Brother Barmes took each of us for a ride on his Bulldog--ATV. We bumped up the mountain on an old, barely navigable wagon road, crossed three streams, surmounted large rocks and even fallen trees. It was great! Oh! I told about this before! Oops!

The Murphy SW FHE group met on Friday and surprised me with singing, great food, and a fabulous home evening. Sister Pew's birthday was two days before mine, so we had a double celebration. She is so cute! She won't wear a dress for anything, but what a heart of gold! Love her!

We spent Sunday night at the Mission Home in Knoxville and participated in a small memorial for dear Sister Casper. Elder Casper joined us via Skype. All the senior missionary couples gathered for the event then stayed overnight. Monday morning we had a terrific breakfast prepared by Sister Irion before we set off for the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. We visited Cades Cove, a historical site from the early days of white settlers in the area. Cove here means valley.

We are getting more and more busy, which keeps us tired but makes the time fly. That helps us not to feel the longing for our family so terribly. We are where we should be doing what we should and want to do. The gospel is true! We love it! We love all of you!