April 19th and before

Nathan moved out for good yesterday so it was just me and Larry that had to get ready for church despite the fact this was Nathan's week to have the kids.  We slept in.

We got to church early and sat where we usually do and when Nathan came in with the kids they came immediately to see us.  Nathan had Logan Ray from Woodlake ward that stayed with him this weekend.  He is barely 18 he looks like but they got the kids reasonably dressed and ready to be there and on time.  Sammy and Maggie were immediately wondering if they could come to our apartment today but I told them to ask Nathan and he said no.  But I was able to give them lots of hugs in Sacrament meeting.

Church was about the Prophet Joseph Smith and the Restoration.  The Rosales family spoke.  It was the Mom and daughters first time speaking but they did a good job.  I missed most of the mom's talk because I was in the bathroom with Maggie.  The father was talking about how wonderful it is to have a temple in San Antonio and how it was before they had a temple when I came back.  He encouraged people to come to the temple as he works there.  He said there are times when the temple is not full. 

They also had the confirmation of 4 children that were converts baptized into the church from one family.  They ranged from about 14-8 or 9.  I talked to the 14 year old because I thought that he might be David's age and he seemed to really appreciate the contact.

Sunday School was about the Holy Ghost and why he is important.  They talked about how you need to have a witness from the Holy Ghost to know for sure if the church is true.

Relief Society was on the importance of studying the scriptures.  It was based on a talk by President Ezra Taft Benson.  They mentioned several blessings of studying the scriptures but one thing that stuck out to me is that if you continue to read them you will find answers to your problems and they will become real to you.  You will recognize that they are about real people just like you.

This week has been transfer week in the mission.  Mondays and Fridays I am doing physical therapy for my Sciatica at 7:30 in the morning.  That takes until about 9:00 a.m. so we are usually late on those days although on Mondays we do not go into the office early because the Assistants and the Sister Trainer Leaders are using the computers and we cannot get anything done.  So after we showered and dressed we went to Weight Watchers.  I lost .4 lbs and Larry lost 2 lbs so we at least lost this week.  Then we went home and ate lunch.  Nathan was there with his housekeeper packing up some of his stuff so we made him lunch.  He and Honey packed up most of his stuff in his bedroom and bathroom and most of the kids stuff that day.

Monday I spent most of the day catching up on the paperwork that I had to do.  Referrals, Baptisms and Confirmations, Monthly Reports Etc.  Larry was working on Tiwi reports and Accident paperwork.

Monday night we ate at home and watched Bones in anticipation that soon the TV would be gone because it is Nathan's.  We did not get home until about 7:00 p.m. because we were working some things out on our taxes with H&R Block. But we have that finished now.

Tuesday I worked on paperwork again. I also had to order the food for the meals we had to serve on Wednesday from Walmart and Blanco BBQ. I mostly held down the office as the Williamses had to go help feed the missionaries that were leaving the next day.  Larry was also out working on the cars that he had to get ready to sell and he went to the DMV to get paperwork for registrations.

Tuesday night because the temple was closed for cleaning we ate at home and watched Bones before prayer and Scripture and going to bed.  Larry and I went to bed early but I knew I had to get up to go and get a key from the Stone Oak Sisters for the Church for tomorrow.  Marcy texted me about 10:15 p.m. wondering if I knew if Nathan was okay because he had told her he would answer her back while she was at the Tax office and he quit answering at 7:22 p.m Utah time. She was worried that he might have fallen because that is easy for him to do.  So I called Ken Jackson that lives in the complex and he went over to look.  He said that the lights were all out but that the van was not there.  So I decided to call Honey Bishop his housekeeper and see if she had it.  Fortunately she did.  She said she had taken him some dinner and left at 7:15 p.m. and he was fine but he had said he was tired.  So after praying about it and feeling that things were okay then I called Marcy and told her that I thought he was sleeping and what I found out.  We talked for a while and then we went to bed about 11:00 p.m. Honey texted the next morning at 8:45 a.m. that "all is well."

Mission Leaders: Sister Shaffer, Sister Turpin, Elder Pew, Elder Calley, Elder Hatch, President McCullough(1st Counselor)  Moving Elders Elder Rallison, Elder Whitby and Elder Webb

Wednesday was our busy day for incoming missionaries although this time it was not too bad as we only had 5 missionaries come in this time.  We worked in the office in the morning and then left about 1:00 p.m. to get the food from Walmart for the lunch that we serve the missionaries when they get in.  We headed to Stone Oak and got things set up.  Unfortunately the planes were delayed because of a blizzard in Utah so we sat at the chapel for a while before anyone came.  We were amazed that they had had a blizzard in Utah because Larry checks the Utah mail every morning and it did not indicate a storm. The Stone Oak Sisters came to pick up their key and were there when the missionaries came in.  It was interesting because one of the missionaries knew a friend of Sister Tyree and he had been told to tell her hi and she was right there when he came in.  Tender Mercy!!

June, Elder Casey Hendricks, Larry one of our favorite Elders

Wednesday night we fed the missionaries their traditional Texas BBQ dinner to welcome them to Texas.  We worked hard and it turned out well.  We left a little early because of the small number of missionaries that were there.

Thursday we had to be at the Stone Oak Chapel at 7:30 a.m.  We made it fine.  We went through the orientation meeting and then they had the transfer meeting.  There were several changes.  Then at 10:30 a.m. we left to drive to Austin for the Transfer meeting there.  The transfer meeting was good in Austin also.  At the very end I went out to use the restroom and the Assistant to the President, Weston Peine, (that was here a year ago when we came and went home shortly after) was sitting in the foyer in a red t-shirt and jeans.  It took me a minute to recognize him but it was so good to see him.  He had come down to see a family he converted and to see if things might work out with a girl he knew down here. We took several pictures after the meeting with the missionaries.

Weston Piene and June.

Friday it rained all day. It was raining when I went to physical therapy.  It was a dreary day and my fibromyalgia was having a field day acting up.  I hurt so bad all day that I thought I would just as soon go to bed all day but I didn't.  I drove a van to Capps to pick up Larry after he dropped off a van there and when I got out my Sciatica was very bad again.  I could hardly walk.  It was weird because in the morning it was not bothering me at all at PT.  I pushed through the work of the day and then we left and went to Blanco BBQ and got some of their Chicken tenders.  We split a children's portion.  That is how big they are.  I was so sore and tired and Larry was tired so we went to bed when we got home.  I ended up sleeping about 12 hours again.

Saturday I woke up and my pain was gone and my hip did not hurt.  Go Figure?  It was suppose to rain all day but it cleared up and was a good day. 

I took Maggie to dance lessons for Sara as she had to take Hercules to the vet and Nathan had asked her to take her because he was moving.  She did a good job.  She has a knack for dancing.  We went to Chick-fil-A for lunch because that is Maggie's favorite and then I took her to Nathan's apartment because she was staying with him.  When we got there the ward was just helping him unload so I helped with that and then I went home.  I would have stayed to help him unpack but he started yelling at me because I started to answer a question that was for him (which I am trying to overcome) and so I just left.

I went home and took a nap with Larry and then worked on the blog all afternoon trying to get caught up.  Larry made dinner and worked on the house so I could have more time to work on the blog.  I don't know why it takes me so long but it does.  He says he also enjoyed the silence.  I miss the kids and Nathan too when he is nice.