We are on the downhill part of our mission.. We reached our 9 month anniversary on Tuesday the 12th..
Happy Fathers day to all of you wonderful fathers.. I know so many wonderful men who set the example each day of what a father is.. my own father was an excellent example to all who knew him. My husband Kent was the worlds best father to our three children, he adored them and would do anything for them.. My 2 sons and my son in law are the most wonderful fathers to my grandchildren and I love them so much..
Kent
Our next visit was with Colleen the RS president of Patuxent ward, we had a wonderful meeting with her and discussed our findings so far on the sisters we were asked to visit, along with several others we had news or concerns about. Colleen and her family are just wonderful and we have so much fun when we visit with her. After our meeting we were just talking and she told us about her jewelry line and we asked if we could see it. She brought out these beautiful pendants. Each one is unique and so different. She creates each one and fires it in her own kiln. The process is called dichroic glass.. It is layers of paper thin glass sandwiched together with jewel colors and metallics and comes out of the kiln absolutely beautiful.. she is so talented..
After we
left Colleens we were invited to dinner at Amy Henderson's home. She and her family were very fun to visit
with. They have 4 boys and 2 girls. The older 4 are out of the home and
married. Her youngest son is 17 and her youngest daughter Julia is 20. They joined us for dinner along with J.T. a
friend of their sons. Their daughter
Julia is a very talented musician & plays the cello.. She had studied with
the Washington DC National Symphony and was getting ready to attend a strings
music camp in Aspen . It was a great dinner and a fun evening.
The Henderson's Home
Brother and Sister Henderson & Julia
Our next
visit was with Donna who loves to garden and had beautiful strawberry plants in
her front flowerbed. She had blueberry,
grape and raspberry plants also as well as a vegetable garden. She loves to
baby-sit her granddaughters too.. What a sweet lady.
Ann was our
next visit and she and her husband live in the bottom part of the home of her
daughter and son-in-law. She was very
excited to have us visit and sad that we were leaving to start serving in
another area. We had a wonderful visit
with her.
The temple
was a wonderful experience as usual. Sister Brown and I were both busy with
many assignments all day..meeting many wonderful people.
We made a
wonderful visit this week to one of our favorite people, Sue. She is the older sister who lives in an
assisted living apartment. Such a joy to
spend time with and hear her fascinating stories. She was raised in the south
and is truly a southern lady. She is
such a talented artist and we got to see several of her creations and they were
so beautiful. She always sends us home
with food and we tell her we really don't want to take her food, but she
insists that what she gets it for.. She is very lonesome and loves to have us
come to see her.. we love her so much.
Sues
Text: Hey
older lady missionaries, I want to add your birthdays to my calendar
Me: Who's asking?
Answer: It's Kimberly W.
Me: Oh, hi.. we want to come visit you, are
you available today?
Answer: Oh, today
is not good, I am babysitting a sick grandson
Me: How about next week, I'll call and we
can set up an appointment
Answer: Sounds great..
Me: We
loved visiting with you and can't wait to see you again.
Answer: Me too..
have a nice weekend
This is a
sister that we visited one of our first weeks serving down in this area and we
have tried to get a hold of her for another visit.. so prayers are answered for sure.
We have several appointments set up for next week and we want to see as many people as we can as we wind up our service in the southern tip of
Saturday we
went on a field trip with Bonnie & Gary to the northern border of Maryland
(about 3 hours from our apt) to visit a very special sister, Rita Mohn that we
work with in the temple each week. She
heard that I love everything Amish and said that she had some pictures that her
husband had painted that she wanted to give us.. Her husband passed away 3
years ago, his name was Eric Mohn. When he was 17 he was involved in a very
serious automobile accident resulting in Eric not being able to feel anything
from the neck down or to move anything from the neck down, he was a
quadriplegic. After a long rehabilitation and much PT he and his parents were
taking a vacation to North Carolina ,
Eric had an experience that changed his life. They visited an art gallery and
Eric loved the water color art work . He had dabbled in some pen and ink
drawings since his accident by holding the pen in his mouth, but after seeing
the beautiful water colors he was excited to begin experimenting with this form
of art. On arrival home his father built
a slanted art table and got him all set up and Eric started practicing.. Some
time later he entered his work in an art contest and won and the rest is
history. He painted works of art for so
many people, judges, congressmen, Elizabeth Taylor, and finally opened his own
gallery. He held the brush in his teeth
and I can't believe the amazing art that he produced.. Rita asked us to visit her and said that we
could have all the pictures we wanted.
They are signed and such beautiful landscapes, Amish scenes and
beautiful artwork depicting Maryland
and the surrounding areas. Rita was so
gracious and showed us hundreds of pieces of art.. We were overwhelmed and came
away with many amazing pieces of art.. Such a gracious lady.. She said she was
going to be moving and didn't want to have to move all the pictures.. She has
many of Eric's original pictures
mounted, framed and hanging all over her beautiful home.. Can't wait to frame
the ones I received and hang them in my home.
I need to think of something wonderful to do for Rita for her
generosity.
Rita Mohn
Eric Mohn's art
Driving to
northern Maryland the landscape
is very different than down where we live, there are hills and tall, tall
hardwood trees.. It was so beautiful.
Sunday was
the last time we will be attending church with the 2 wards in their building..
next week is stake conference and then the following week we start in our new
area.. Calvert. It is a long area that
comprises two counties bordered on the east by the Chesapeake bay
& on the west by the Patuxent river.. We had an appointment for dinner after
church (we thought), but when we talked to the sister who had signed up about
it, she seemed surprised and said she had to talk to her husband.. We didn't
want her to be embarrassed and so we told her it was no problem and we would
come another time.. Kim, one of the counselors in relief society came over to
us and said "hey come over to my home, I have a pot roast on and we would
love to have you join us".. needless to say we joined Kim and her
family.. As we sat around the table and
talked, her son Mike said that he served in the Ogden, Utah mission and I told
him I knew a young man who had served there at the same time and asked him if he knew Brad Dahl, and he said oh
sure, I remember him.. they never served as companions, but he remembered Elder
Dahl.. It was a very nice dinner and a super end to a fantastic week..
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