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                   We’ve had a glorious week at Adam-ondi-Ahman!  On Monday, we awoke to five or six inches of very wet snow.  It was a much-needed blessing to our area. But a greater blessing was a brief visit from Elder Gerrit W. Gong and Elder Rodney A. Ames that  morning.  Waiting for their arrival in theContinue reading “MARCH 13, 2022”

                                                                                 March 6, 2022 We’ve had a RED week at AOA.  Our elders are Retired and Extremely Dedicated! Tower Hill is not the same place it was a week ago.  Hundreds of honeysuckle bushes have been removed and hauled to the burn pile. Paths were widened and the teardrop trail area expanded. The clearedContinue reading “MARCH 6, 2022”

This week brought events I did not imagine would be part of serving a mission here. One of the 2020 AOA couples just live in Gallatin.  It’s made it possible to continue to interact and help occasionally.  Sister Smith had some health challenges that resulted in an early release for them last fall.  She hadContinue reading “FEBRUARY 27, 2022”

It’s been a wonderful week at Adam-ondi-Ahman.  We celebrated our one and only Valentine’s Day here and it will always be among my favorites.  The Elders each made a special gift for their wives. It was completely made of native wood pieces and could be compared to quilting with wood.  Each was unique and theContinue reading “FEBRUARY 20, 2022”

February 13, 2022 Tomorrow is Valentines. St. Valentine was a good man who lived in a dark time of the earth’s history, yet he remained true to his Christian beliefs and his defense of the sanctity of marriage at high personal cost.  Valentine’s Day has long been a time to express friendship and love, butContinue reading “February 13, 2022”

This week has been a difficult one for me. I’ve struggled to know what to post realizing that much of this week’s experience centered on events best recorded in my private journal.  As I’ve pondered how I could share my experiences, I remembered as a youth having my dad come home from a meeting forContinue reading “February 6, 2022”

Many missionaries say that the last half of their mission goes faster than the first.  We would not have believed it until we look back and realize how quickly January has come and gone.  That realization makes each day more of a treasure than before.  Perhaps it’s because we are coming to understand the grandeurContinue reading “January 30, 2022”

We reached our half-way mark this week and Jessica was here to celebrate that with us. There were mixed emotions about only having ten months left to enjoy this sacred opportunity and to learn all we can from the protective bubble we sense as we serve here. We are removed from many influences, cares, andContinue reading “January 23, 2022”

Our ZOOM meeting with the 2022 missionaries on Monday evening went off without a hitch.  We had prepared and planned.  That effort added to our excitement about meeting them as a group.  Darrel and I were assigned to share our feelings about Adam-ondi-Ahman and how our testimonies have grown.  We had three minutes to introduceContinue reading “January 16, 2022”

This past week we’ve had a taste of winter! At times we were colder than our loved ones back in Utah and Idaho! But the cold didn’t change our focus each day. We’ve spent considerable time this week counseling about the new missionaries arrived on April 6th. It has been wonderful to be a partContinue reading “January 9, 2022”