Tuesday, August 28, 2012
Here's what's NEW in New Jersey!
We are ready to “Leaf” the Hot, Hazy, Humid days behind and “Fall” into a gorgeous, beautiful
season ahead. It was a relatively
nice summer with only a few of those 3 H
days. The mornings are slightly cooler but the days are beautiful and mild. We are all looking forward to the
leaves which are starting to change already! These beautiful green trees in
Jersey take on a whole NEW look when they change. The scenery is gorgeous!
We have had a very busy month, two trips to Ellis Island and
the Statue of Liberty along with the Russian Teardrop and two temple trips with
departing missionaries. We love
spending time with all those missionaries who are ready to move on to the next
stage of life, but we sure do miss them.
Thank goodness we have Face Book to keep in touch! We also lost 2 senior
couples who returned home after a very successful term of service. We will miss the Andersons and
Websters. They did so much to help
our missionaries. They truly were
servants of God and were great examples of service, love and dedication.
But we welcome NEW seniors: Elder and Sister Hendrickson from Utah, Elder and Sister
Malsom from Kentucky (we love the accent!), Sister Bjorn from Montana and
Sister Kelly from Georgia. It is
so fun to have seniors from all over the country come to Jersey to NEW and
different surroundings. They help the mission so much and the missionaries
love, love, love them!
We held interviews this month, which is always a treat for
us because we get to spend one on one time with everyone. We had everyone come to the mission
home where President Jeppson laid in a recliner to do the interviews. Now we don’t think any missionary has
ever been interviewed by their president in a recliner! Now that was a NEW and different
experience. But it did help his
back in its healing process. Sister Jeppson discussed the topic of music and
how you can hear the whisperings of the Spirit when you sing or listen to uplifting
music. J. Rueben Clark said that “a man or women can get nearer to God through
music than any other method except prayer.” Our family put some of their favorite tunes on a cd with a
fun missionary label to give to each of the missionaries. Our family is the
best!!!
We have 15 NEW missionaries coming in! The weeks are flying
by! It seems like we just had
transfers and they are here again.
The work just keeps on rolling along. It is quite a missionary force to behold.
President Jeppson interviewed a young 19 year old today for
his mission call, who would humble all of you if you had the chance to meet
him. He joined the church when he
was 16 and since his mother was very upset kicked him out of the house. He went to live with his grandfather
who is a member, but got divorced because his wife did not want him joining the
church either. This man comes from
very, very humble circumstances.
He is earning money for his mission and every expense that goes with
it. He is one of the purest, most
worthy individuals President Jeppson has ever interviewed. He walks 28 blocks every Sunday so he
can attend church and partake of the sacrament. I asked him what he does in the dead of winter and he said,
‘I walk!’. Jon and I felt very spoiled and very humbled. We wanted to run out and buy him all
NEW clothes for his mission. Christ is the center of his life!
In September we are looking forward to our Senior Night at
the Mission Home. We will find out what’s NEW with everyone’s family. We will also have a Sisters
Get-Together towards the end of the month.
Well, it has been a busy Sunday. Jon and I spoke at 3 different Stake Conferences, had 10
baptisms go through and, of course, a lot of correspondence with the
missionaries!
Enjoy the last few dog days of summer with anticipation of
falling into autumn with a chance of cooler weather! That’s what’s NEW in JERSEY!
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