Our new areas are from Waldorf south to the tip of Maryland
past Ridge between the Potomac river and the Chesapeake Bay.
As we were driving to our first appoinment on Monday we turned a corner and came upon this Amish buckboard filled with beautiful flowers. The two little girls sat beside the man on the front seat. In this area of Maryland, the Amish have the right-a-way on the roads. We drove slow and followed then for a little ways until they turned off.
Our first week in the Patuxent ward was great. We had a no show and a sister who said she was to busy to go with us on our visits, but that didn't discourage us.. We drove over to a gravel road that fed into threes beautiful farms.. we didn't know which one was the home of Kimberly. So we stopped the car and were approached by a lady in a truck that came up to our car and asked "what are you doing here, this is private land", we explained that we were trying to find Kimberly and she showed us which house was hers and then said "well if you would have shown me your missionary badge, I would have known who you were here to see.. She smiled and we were on our way down the road. Kimberly and her husband Richard were both home and we were welcomed into their home. We had a wonderful visit with her and every once in a while we would hear an answer coming from the other room. We invited Richard to join us and he declined saying it was girl talk. Kimberly recently lost her job due to down sizing in the company she had worked for 10 years. She said she was enjoying the time to spend with her two young children and would start looking for a job in a month or so. We loved talking to her and can't wait to visit her again. We then drove over to our next appt. and no one was home.. We called and found out that she would be home in an hour.. We were given another sisters name to visit so we headed down the road to see if she was home.. upon arriving we were told thru a window that she wasn't home.. so we headed home.. 95 miles..in one day..
Our first week in the Patuxent ward was great. We had a no show and a sister who said she was to busy to go with us on our visits, but that didn't discourage us.. We drove over to a gravel road that fed into threes beautiful farms.. we didn't know which one was the home of Kimberly. So we stopped the car and were approached by a lady in a truck that came up to our car and asked "what are you doing here, this is private land", we explained that we were trying to find Kimberly and she showed us which house was hers and then said "well if you would have shown me your missionary badge, I would have known who you were here to see.. She smiled and we were on our way down the road. Kimberly and her husband Richard were both home and we were welcomed into their home. We had a wonderful visit with her and every once in a while we would hear an answer coming from the other room. We invited Richard to join us and he declined saying it was girl talk. Kimberly recently lost her job due to down sizing in the company she had worked for 10 years. She said she was enjoying the time to spend with her two young children and would start looking for a job in a month or so. We loved talking to her and can't wait to visit her again. We then drove over to our next appt. and no one was home.. We called and found out that she would be home in an hour.. We were given another sisters name to visit so we headed down the road to see if she was home.. upon arriving we were told thru a window that she wasn't home.. so we headed home.. 95 miles..in one day..
Becky
Tuesday we had
two awesome visits.. first Becky a darling young mother who moved here with her
family about a year ago from New Mexico Arizona Mesa Arizona
We then headed
over to Bishop Reeds home to visit with his wife Angie. She is recuperating from major back
surgery. Sister Brown was anxious to
talk to her and bounce some questions off her about her back issues and the
surgery. We also got to meet their 3
daughters, a 10 year old and 16 year old twins.. They have a son who just left
for his mission and is now in the MTC in Guatemala
Stoney's Restaurant = awesome crab cakes
We didn't have any
other appointments so we decided to go to Solomon's Island
for dinner. We had gone there with
Bishop and Haleigh Vance for crab cakes at Stoney's restaurant and that sounded
really good.. Since Solomon's Island is in our current
area, we headed south and over the "really HIGH" bridge.. thank
goodness Sister Brown was driving.. I had knots in my stomach just riding over
it.. But it was worth it to have the wonderful dinner at Stoney's. The restaurant sits right on the water and we watched
the sailboats and had a relaxing evening.
Another 95 mile day.. we are
thinking it will be a norm in the Patuxent ward and probably put more miles on
our cars the weeks we are in the Lexington
Park
Wednesday we now
have Bonnie & Kathleen in the ride up to the temple. Bonnie changed to the same shift we work on
so she could ride up with us each week.
It is so much fun to all be
together.. This was the Wednesday at the temple that the missionaries who are
leaving next Weds.go to, so we got to see them.
Six of the darling young sister missionaries that we have grown to love
are going home and it was really hard to say goodbye.. We got so close to them
when we worked together in the visitors center in December and each one is so
special to me.. they were amazing missionaries and served with dedication and
love. They will be missed. We also got
to see Elder Kinne, he was one of the missionaries that served in our ward when
we first arrived here in Thursday we had a full day of visits scheduled. Our first visit was with Arline, she lives right on the water and it was a beautiful drive down there. Her husband Pete an ex-airline pilot for Eastern Airlines, built their beautiful home. They have had 10 children and lost 2 as adults, which is so sad. Their daughter died just a year ago and we were able to listen to Arline, as she told us about each of their children. They have 2 sons and their son-in law living with them at this time, so she is surrounded by men and loved having us visit so she could have some girl talk. We spent quite a bit of time with her and she invited us back any time.. In fact we are going back next week to help her set up Skype so she can see her daughter receive a major award..
Gillingwater's
Our next visit was with Kelly Gillingwaters family for dinner. Her husband is in the bishopric and Kelly's mom lives with them & is on dialysis every day. It was a very fun dinner appointment and we really enjoyed the company of the Gillingwaters. Brother Gillingwater works for the Dept. of Agriculture and Kelly works in a dental office. Their children are all raised.
Our next visit was with Kelly Gillingwaters family for dinner. Her husband is in the bishopric and Kelly's mom lives with them & is on dialysis every day. It was a very fun dinner appointment and we really enjoyed the company of the Gillingwaters. Brother Gillingwater works for the Dept. of Agriculture and Kelly works in a dental office. Their children are all raised.
Cecilia & Trudy
Darlene
After our dinner
we had an appointment with Darlene W. We met Trudy B & her mom Cecilia Y.
at Darlene's home. Trudy is the sister
of our friend Tina in the White Plains
It was a long day,
but a very fulfilling one for us. We
love getting to meet new people and making new friends. Friday I woke up feeling like *#@ and so we had to re-schedule our appointments of that day to the following week. I was down all day and then wiped out on Saturday.. We had been on the go for 10 days and I guess it was time for a couple days of rest..
I woke up on Sunday feeling so much better and was ready to hit the road running.. We attended the
It started raining here on Saturday evening and it poured all day Sunday.. They were expecting 3" of rain and I'm sure we received at least that.
We are excited for the coming week and visiting the sisters of Lexington Park....
Have a wonderful week..
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