Ogden Mission Blog: Christmas Season Fun

Oooowwww!! Our tummies ache! People have been toooo good to us today! We were scheduled for dinners twice today! Even though we ate very little at the second home, it was still too much. We have two more invitations this coming week. Our members are very generous!

We enjoyed the First Presidency Christmas Devotional with a great group of friends: some active, some less-active, the Elders, and an investigator. A casual meal, warm hearts, beautiful music and the spoken word made for a wonderful Sabbath evening together.

Over the past week we served a holiday dinner at the Soup Kitchen. Rather than soup this time, we made layered turkey casseroles. Quite a few people came. We used every last serving of food we had prepared! It was a bit nerve-wracking, but it all worked out.

Lynn is still working with the doctor to get his heartbeat regulated. It's either way too slow or running a race. He had a full nuclear stress test this past week, so now the doc knows what he's working with. That's good.

The leaders of our Food Pantry team, Tom and Emma Flinn, hosted a Jingle and Mingle party. The Elders went with us. We enjoyed a lovely dinner along with a tour of Tom's train yard. He is an avid train hobbyist. It's easy to see why it's so fun!

The usual calls for help in moving furniture, rides to the store, rescue someone that was stranded, etc. filled in the odd minutes here and there.

Murphy Branch had a temple excursion to the Atlanta Temple on Saturday. We were able to take a couple of sisters with us for this special day. While there, we ran into a man we had

not seen for 35 years! Brad Seaton joined the Church in Illinois when we lived in Decatur. He was one of Lynn's young men. We knew he served a mission after we moved to California, but that was about all. He has remained active, has a family, and serves in the Atlanta Temple. Like Lynn said, "That was payday!"

Tonight we also were invited by Pastor Tim to the children's Christmas program at his church. That is where we hold the Soup Kitchen. Pastor Tim and his wife, Lois, are really good people and good friends. The program was really sweet and fun.