Quiver full of Quincys: More Service, Good-byes, Changes, a Temple Trip, and Fun

We started the week out great with all the missionaries going fishing on a member's private land. Br. Roberts and Elder Quincy went out in the boat. All the young missionaries had to fish from the shore. Br. Roberts caught a couple from the shore before we got there. None of the missionaries caught anything, except for Elder Quincy got 5! I had to run to the office and turn in the baptism records to be recorded, so that the new members could get their temple recommends to go to the temple and do baptisms on Thursday. I rushed back to pick up the Sisters and dropped them at home. We hurried and ate lunch and went to help move in another new family! They came from Mississippi! We had to leave there and rush to the church to chaperone the missionaries so they can play games together. Elder Quincy went home and showered, then replaced me so I could go change and get the ham ready to take to our dinner and lesson that night. We picked up the Elders at 6:00. Not a minute to relax on our "day off". The lesson with the Allens was great though. Sonya bore testimony to them of how the Book of Mormon has changed her life. 5 year old Jamison has had back pains and asked for a blessing! So sweet! Tammy cried when Elder Kent said it might be his last Monday with them.
Tuesday Elder Quincy fixed Br. Sneed's truck they've been trying to fix for months!! We had fun driving the Sisters to a couple of lessons, and then with the Spanish Elders to teach a great guy; Ramon. Wednesday we had success meeting with a couple of inactive members then had a fish fry/goodbye lunch at Br. Roberts and a last Missionary Coordination Meeting with this District. Sister Tomason goes home Tuesday and Elders Kent and Burdsol are being transferred on Monday. Transfers are sad, but exciting at the same time. We always get great new missionaries. We had a smaller group to our Book of Mormon class on Wednesday, but 3 of our new members had interviews and got their limited use recommends!
Preschool on Thursday was fun as usual. Elder Quincy was picking up materials for his next service project, but the kids in the class we teach had made special art projects for us that were really sweet. We had our Youth/New Member temple trip that evening. There were 30 of us there from our ward! Sandy was baptized for her mom and grandma. Glenda was baptized for her mom and grandma! Brandon was baptized for the Bishop's family. Sonya and Jaycie got their recommends, but didn't make it this time because of a mandatory play practice. We'll get to go with them soon! It was really fun to be there to hand them towels. It felt like being a temple worker for an hour or so. Elder Quincy was able to be a witness and to perform confirmations. It was a really great night!
Friday we had Zone Meeting and learned about how the new schedule is being implemented in our mission and how to do the new Key Indicators. All stuff that isn't really for us, so I was fine with Elder Quincy spending the day working on Shannon's stairs. He was gone from 7:00 am to 6:30 pm. After Zone Meeting I got to go with the Sisters to teach a couple of lessons. Saturday Elder Quincy was back at the job site. I came and taught Shannon and her nonmember mother-in-law about temples and death and eternal families. I left to get the Sisters and spent all afternoon driving them to a lesson and a couple of great visits with less actives. Then Elder Quincy joined us for a delicious dinner of fried catfish at a member's home. He's the only member and the Sisters taught his family a great lesson on the Plan of Salvation after dinner. Yup, 2 fish fries this week!
Sunday was Super! There were more people bearing testimony than there was time for! Shannon Watson fasted for her first time! Diane Gonzales stayed for the whole block for the first time! We took the sacrament to 3 homes and showed them "The Blessings of the Temple" video. One is an endowed sister who has health issues, one is a sister dying of cancer, and the other is a recent convert recovering from a diabetes related infection in his leg who is trying to get healthy enough to get to the temple. The same message that was so different for each of them. Br. Tucker, who just lost his son to cancer last month bore his testimony in Sacrament Meeting today and said that he was so thankful that the Lord set things in motion so that his son could be endowed in December while he was healthy enough to do it. Its been a temple kind of week! First for the week is sending our first missionary home! First letters from one of our kids! The Chapmans all wrote to us and colored us pictures! We feel loved!

Fun with bunnies at the home of a less active member.

Moving in the Roberts.