Service Mission

Last year (2008) I blogged about all the important things that happened to our family, births, parties, vacations, family reunions, etc. Well, I slurped my blog into Blurb.com to print out a hardcover book. It really is a history of our family for the year. I am pleased with it. One of the kids, while looking through, realized that I had forgotten to add something about my service mission. So, for history sake I will blog about it. I started my mission in October 2008 and serve in the Membership Record department calling people whose records have been sent back to SLC because the Bishops don't know where they have moved. I go in every Wednesday all day and call all over the United States and Canada to find these people. I love my time there. The average age of the people who serve there is 80 years old, and I am not kidding!! Many of them are in their 90s. In fact, we just celebrated a brother's 91st birthday this last week. He is a frail little man with a quick wit and mind. I want to endure to the end like they are doing. I have had some really wonderful experiences calling people, especially parents who are hoping someone will touch their children's lives. When I pray I ask the Lord to bless these lost sheep who we find with a good Bishop who will make sure they are nurtured and loved back into the gospel. I feel like I am making a contribution to the Lord's kingdom and I am so grateful to be of service to Him in this way.