What a great day we had today. Since Elder Olson is on the high council we are able to visit the other wards and branches in our Stake. Today we drove to Polacca to speak. Polacca is 72 miles from Tuba City and also in another time zone, which drives me a little crazy trying to keep the times straight.
I had been asked to give the Relief Society lesson in the Tuba City 2nd Ward which I was happy to do. Being slightly confused about the timing we drove to Polacca and arrived an hour and a half before sacrament, which wasn't too bad, but then I realized that their sacrament started at 10:00 which was 11:00 Tuba City time and meant we had a hour to drive 72 miles back to Tuba, if we stopped speaking right at 11:00 their time and 12:00 our time.
President Funk was wonderful and said it would be great if we left right at 11:00 their time 12:00 our time. I guess you get the picture. Elder Olson has a new nickname which is Jet Pilot. ;o}
The counselor conducting was unaware of our dilemma and since one of the young elders was being transferred later this week, he asked him to come up and take a few mins., but they did not have any ward or stake business, so it worked out. We were also doing the two talks, and Elder Olson said he only needed 5 mins., but I made sure he had 15. After living with him for 42 years you start to know him really well, especially if he is speaking to Lamanites. He did have to watch the clock, which he did and wrapped it up with a minute to spare.
He talked about the people that he knew out there while he served as a young elder, which everyone loved and then he talked about rescuing those that are lost. It was a great talk and people laughed and cried.
We pretty much flew below the radar getting back, but Sister Goldtooth was having the new people introduce themselves and then made some announcements, so I had several minutes to spare. It was lesson 17 "The Strengthening Power of Faith" The introductory summary is awesome: "Faith is a gift from the Lord through which the righteous are empowered to do remarkable things" That is a great thought to ponder.
As I introduced the lesson I said Sister Littlefield had great faith, she prayed I would get there on time and we did, otherwise she would have been giving the lesson, everybody laughted.
After the lesson I managed to get a 30 min nap then headed over to the Family History Center. Sister Norris is an amazing woman and loves to do family history. I feel it is a privelege to work with her and her faith strengthens mine. We have had some amazing adventures together in gathering names. We are working on a file of Tuba City birth records. I calculate that there will be close to 2,000 names. It will take a while, but what a great data resource when it is finished.
After I came back to the apt. Elder Olson said Gloria and Mary were coming over to visit. Tomorrow Gloria is going to help me with my rug. You can see that it is coming along nicely. I want to better understand how to put the warp onto the loom. She is also going to show me how to fix one of the mistakes I have in it.
It was a great Sabbath day and I look forward to tomorrow. We love hearing from you, it makes us feel loved and special, hint, hint.
Love,
Jet Pilot and Sister Olson
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