Last night I got a phone call from the Elder who is taking charge of feeding the Young Elders. He wanted to know if he and his wife could meet this morning with my Cuban sister and me. I agreed, and this morning we had the meeting in the Joseph Smith Memorial Building. I was concerned that we were late, but the couple went in just a few minutes ahead of us.
The goal in the mission is to provide a Sunday dinner for each elder at least once a month in a social setting. The couple who are now in charge have streamlined the process and will be doing the bulk of the work. I can email them the information they need once a week, and they will take care of the rest. I helped my Cuban sister finish almost all of her tasks to prepare for the next few weeks. The dear sister who used to be in charge gave us sign up sheets for August, so we got those prepared, also. I am grateful to now understand just what needs to be done, and to feel that I really can accomplish this assignment.
One of the other sisters from my mission training group will help the Cuban sister and me to take a turn at feeding the young elders next Sunday. I just need to get two more chairs to have sufficient seating in my apartment. My table is made for four, and I have the desk situated so it can add to the table space, so all five of us should fit. The elders are supposed to give us a short message. It will be good to feed the missionaries again! I have missed that.
After Relief Society we took part again in the Preach My Gospel teaching opportunity. One of our two elders began by saying it would be good if we could act like true investigators, and ask lots of questions. After about ten minutes, I said, "I guess I am not a very good practice investigator, because I know everything you are saying is true, and I was like that when I was an investigator!" About the only question I had back 42 years ago was, "How do we join?" The Lord had already humbled me before the dear missionaries started teaching so that I had sincerely prayed that I would not shut out the message before I gave it a chance. He answered that prayer in such a way that within about 24 hours, I was well on my way to a testimony. How grateful I am for those events many years ago.
I worked this morning on the Eppingen material. It turns out that I was correct and my job will mostly be to clean up the records, which happens to be quite a challenge. However, I have learned a good deal in the process, so it will definitely not be wasted effort, and the families will be appropriately connected.
Looking forward to spending tomorrow afternoon with my daughter. I hope all of you have a safe and happy Independence Day.
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