Ogden Mission Blog: Upsy-Downsy Week

Although the Elders and we carefully set up quite a few appointments with investigators and less-actives this week, nearly all of them fell through. One day six in a row stood us up. It was disheartening as well as draining the gas tank and racking up miles. Oh well. We picked up and tried again.

Tuesday we made the trip to Asheville for Lynn to visit the cardiologist. After wearing a heart monitor for a month+, several EKGs, meds that didn't work, he is now scheduled for ablation procedure in April. He would like it sooner, but the surgery schedule is filled up till then. Ablation basically means that they will fix the electrical parts of his heart that have gone haywire.

While Lynn was with the doctor, I took the car for servicing and new tires. We are so efficient! We stopped for a nice lunch of ribs at TGIF before we left town. It was a full day, but productive and good.

Wednesday we spent the day in Robbinsville. The Barmes' hosted FHE again after a very nice luncheon. Carolyn insists we have lunch and that she "assemble" it without any help. She says she doesn't cook. She's a hoot! Vernon's granddaughter has made an appointment with us to start teaching her at Barmes' home. Carolyn said, "Sure you can meet here! Then you can teach me, too!" Woohoo!! We are excited!

After our FHE we visited a non-member grandmother of some members, who is now in a nursing home. Lynn took his ukelele and Elder Crestani took his guitar. We sang to her and several other patients and had a nice visit. They seemed quite surprised that these Mormons were nice and not too weird. We were even invited back. :)

Laurel had the pleasure of having lunch with Emma Flinn, who is the lead (along with her husband, Tom) at the Food Pantry. It was a nice girl time. Flinns are great people that we will always stay in touch with.

Friday evening we attended a very interesting concert at the Folk School. A couple performed on flutes, Irish hand drum, and with body masks. Laurel bought one of their DVDs for our son, Barry, who is an actor and director. He likes using masks in plays.
We gathered afterwards at the Crubaugh's home for dinner along with Pam, our new convert, and the Elders. Great evening!

Lynn and the Elders helped remove worn-out carpet from a family's home on Saturday while Laurel studied to teach Sunday School. After more failed appointments, we escaped for a date and enjoyed "Saving Mr. Banks".

Sunday was spent enjoying our Church meetings and studying the rest of the day. We have been asked to give a 35-minute training at Zone Meeting on Wednesday, so we are working hard on our preparation.

Our prayers are constant for our many friends, family, investigators, and many others. We are grateful for the Lord's continued blessings and especially for His love. We love you all!!
Have a wonderful week! Life is good!