Our Most Dear Family and Friends, March 10, 2014
Sister
Hansen is fixing supper, we realized we have not written our letters today.
First we went on line and read from Evan’s and then Jean’s emails, thank you so
much for your writing.
This
morning we went to the seniors to help package the meals on wheels. The Seniors
Center was closed all last week, due to the ice, sleet, & frozen rain storm
we had last Sunday. This is the third time this winter that the schools were
closed for a whole week due to the snow and ice. The world out here just shuts
down, no one goes to work, schools close, most business stay closed. No roads
are plowed, they just wait for it to melt.
Later this
morning we went out to see John Miles, he is a farmer out here and runs about
4,000 acres of rice, cotton and soybeans. We went out to his farm last fall and
watched his men picking cotton with a huge John Deere cotton picker. He is the
same age as Sister Hansen and I. We enjoyed visiting with him so much last
fall, we drove out to his place this morning to thank him for his kindness and
to say our good byes. We got to meet his wife and daughter (who is married to a
minister.) They also were very pleasant.
This
afternoon we went to Judy and Lloyd Dunn and finished reading the Book of Mormon with them. We have been on that
project for three months. Judy had
committed to be baptized on her mother’s birthday and she was progressing so
well. Because of the time change and
they were unaware that Sun. was the day for the change. So all the way through church we could not
figure out what was going on, they were not there. After the sacrament was passed Dad went out
and called them. They were on their way
to church and they were going to be early.
Well they were an hour late to church.
After Sunday School class and Relief Society, I find out that she is
dizzy doesn’t feel well, wants to be baptized but doesn’t feel well enough to
attempt it. I also found out that she
did not eat breakfast and her blood sugar was very low. So I talk to our Branch Mission President and
he comes into the girls bathroom and visits with her to find out what she want
to do. She wanted to be baptized. Dad and the Elders gave her a blessing and
then she really wanted to go ahead. We
had to put her in a white choir like robe that I found in the closet because
there was not anything else that would fit her.
I helped her undress and dress in the robe and then she was ready to
have Dad baptized her. It was a tricky
getting into the water but with Dad helping her she made it. She was far to frightened to let Dad baptize
her as he would usually do. He had her
sit down and then he supported her as he let her down and put her under the
water. She is baptized. Then he helped back up and out of the
water. One of the witnesses was ready to
crawl over the mirror because he thought that Dad was going to need help. I dried her off and since she had forgotten
that she needed dry clothes after wards she was wet after she got dressed
again. The confirmation blessing was
beautiful. She is a changed lady and
several people including her family sees the change. After she ate and took a nap she was
fine. Both she and Lloyd have health
issues but she was one very determined lady.
We had such bad weather and the roads were terrible but she was ready to
go to her interview no matter. The Zone
leader came to her and did the interview.
Yesterday
at church I got to teach a youth Sunday School Class, a Priesthood Lesson and
afterwards got to perform a baptism. That’s not as much as others do, but it
was a lot for me. I felt very drained,
Mom Speaking I taught a class
also then had to talk on baptism I lost my notes so it was given from I know
was just plain inspiration I was so
stressed making sure that everything that was planned was going as planned. Then later that evening Sister Hansen drug me
down to Jonesboro and had a local High Councilman who is a doctor, operated on
my face and remove an infected mole on the side of my face. The deadening
needle was about 3” long. The doctor had a big smile on his face all the time
he was shooting me. Dad did not want to
do anything and I would have been alright with that but the mole was swelling
up again and looking not good. Apparently it wasn’t something that was dangerous
but he did agree that it should be burned off.
The first time that I have seen a laser used, the smell was awful I
finally had to cover up my nose.
The snow, sleet,
and ice storm was pretty bad. Again I
was wishing for snow tires with studs.
Everyone is so laid back oh we’ll just let it melt attitude. Forget that the roads are just plain
dangerous and until the temps warm up it isn’t going to be melting. But true to Arkansas weather the sun came out
and it has warmed up to the high 60’s and the snow and ice is almost gone. We are being assured that it is now spring
and it won’t have that kind of storm again this year. We are also being told that this winter was
the worst one that any one can remember.
I am thankful that we never lost the power like they did 5 years ago.
Some places were out of power for 3 weeks.
Mom and I changed places so many times in this
letter even I can’t tell what I wrote and what she wrote. In two weeks and two
days we will be leaving our apartment for home. Very sad. It was tough coming
out here. I think it will be tougher leaving Arkansas. But I think after two
full weeks of traveling home we will be glad to be there.
“Be brave, stout heart.”
take care, we will be there soon.
Love Mom and Dad
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