August
Blog
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| Lighthouse on the Canadian side - we see it illuminated at night from home. |
Our
calling as Member and Leader Support (MLS) Missionaries is much like it
sounds. By now, if you have been
following our Blog, you will note that our lives are busy and fall into a
fairly normal routine. In August, we
spent the lion’s share of our time visiting and working with members. Jim serves in the Branch as the First
Counselor to the Branch President so he has a direct link with the leadership
of the Branch. Linda serves as the
Family History Consultant for the Branch and has that additional “hook” to
visit the members, both active and less active. Needless to say, we love our time here as missionaries for the
Church. It is wonderful and at the same time
very challenging.
During
the month, we enjoyed our usual Zone and District meetings along with all of
the other responsibilities associated with our work here in Ogdensburg. We have two sets of Elders working in the
Branch. One set is here in Ogdensburg
and the other in Gouverneur. Routinely,
we drive down to Gouverneur on Wednesdays to be with the Elders there. Every six weeks, is transfer week when new
Elder and Sister Missionaries arrive in the mission, while others who are
completing their missions return to their homes. Elders serve for two years and sisters serve
for 18 months, so placing the new missionaries and moving others around is a
huge task and the Mission President with his assistants coordinate all of that
work. During the transfer that occurred
on August 19, both of our more experienced Elders became trainers so we brought
back two new missionaries to be trained - one here in Ogdensburg and the other
in Gouverneur. Of course, as a senior
missionary couple, we stay put, thank goodness. For that, we are glad because we love it here in Ogdensburg.
The
summer is beginning to wind down. Our
nights are usually in the 50's and the days are currently in the low 80's with
fairly high humidity. Even so, it is
pretty comfortable most of the time. We
can already tell that the fall is going to spectacular here in this part of the
country. A few trees are starting to
change colors. We think by the end of
September and into early October we should be in full color.
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| Our District missionaries helped paint the fence around the St Lawrence Historical Society in Canton as a service project. |
