Dear Family and Friends,
First, if anyone is concerned that the email for week 66 is missing, it really isn't. It just got labeled erroneously as Week 65 so there were two with the same week number. This is week 67.
Monday Brother White needed us to take him to his doctor appointment in Tuscaloosa because he didn't feel strong enough to drive that far. We picked him up at 11:50 to get him to his appointment at 1:00. We didn't get out of the office until after 4:30 (I love Alabama). We had no idea we would be there that long. We were sitting in the waiting room watching staff members go home and started to wonder what they did with Brother White. When he finally emerged from the exam room he was exhausted. I went to get the car to come around and pick them up at the door. Then the fun began. I used my $270 remote device to unlock the car door and absolutely nothing happened. I tried several times with no success and then decided to just use the key. MISTAKE! It set off the alarm and the horn started honking. The door did unlock and everyone that was in the parking lot getting into their cars to go home were staring at me. I thought I could just push the lock button on the door a couple of times and the horn would stop. NOPE! I tried to start the car and it would not start. I calmly got out and shut the door and left it with the horn honking to get the other $270 remote device that was in Sister Owens' purse (which I had just used the day before when I locked mine in the car). As I got almost to the door of the Doctor's office the horn stopped honking. I considered going back to try again but, assuming the same thing would happen, I just kept going to get the other key and use it because I knew it was good just the day before. So I got back to the car with Sister Owens' $270 remote device and pushed the button to unlock the car and NOTHING happened again. I couldn't believe both devices died on me at exactly the same time. Neither one would work to lock or unlock the car. So I used the key to unlock the door again, set off the alarm, and while the horn was honking steadily, with onlookers galore, I got in the car and proceeded to study the owners manual to find out how to disarm the alarm. What a fun experience. I think the office kept their doors open late so that I could pick up Brother White and Sister Owens at the entrance, although they did make them wait outside in the 90+ degree heat until I got there. We stopped and got Brother White some fish for dinner and picked up his prescriptions and then took him home and got home to Demopolis about 6:30. Funny thing, I had Sister Owens stay in the car and I got out and used the $270 device to lock the car and it worked just fine, and unlocked it as well. Then I checked her $270 device to see if it would work and it did also. Go Figure.
Tuesday we did our regular P-day chores since we spent the day Monday with Brother White in Tuscaloosa. In the afternoon we went to Greensboro to try to get some addresses from a couple of inactive sisters so we could get accurate information on their daughters' records and get them to the right units. It was the second try for both of them and we actually caught one of them home this time. Neither of them bother to return my calls when I leave messages for them. We missed her sister by one day. She wasn't getting back from Mississippi until the next day. We hope to make contact with her this next week.
Wednesday got used up pretty well with a Doctor appointment for Sister Owens in Tuscaloosa and then Correlation meeting with Brother Smith and the Sisters when we got home.
Thursday we had a really great Book of Mormon class. Brother White asked if he could say something after we had read four chapters, then he bore his testimony and basically called the two inactive brethren that attend the class to repentance and told them they had to start coming to church. He promised one of them that if he would start coming to church and taking the sacrament that his foot would start to heal (he has diabetes). He said they needed to start inviting their friends to the class so the missionaries would have some one to start teaching. Deborah, the non-member that always likes to read with us, wanted to be there and her daughter told her she could not come to the class. Brother White had bought chicken to feed the missionaries because he appreciates us coming every week to help them read in the Book of Mormon. He told everyone to notice how much better they can read since they have been coming to class. And he told them how important it is to study what is written in the Book of Mormon. He said, "It is really deep stuff."
Friday we had district council in Tuscaloosa. We might be better off with an apartment in Tuscaloosa instead of Demopolis and just come here for church on the weekends. Actually that wouldn't work either since we would just have to come here to get people to take them there. After we got home we spent the afternoon with Ollie at the church working on her checkbook. While we were there the service bell rang and we went to the door and met Brother and Sister Bass that were here as missionaries ten years ago when Brother White and Brother and Sister Borden were baptized.
Saturday we did P-day chores since it looks like we will be pretty busy with Ollie on Monday checking out some assisted living units. We made some taco salad for our self reliance class on Sunday after church.
We had a great sacrament meeting today. They had a youth conference the past three days and President James had the youth that attended bear their testimonies. It was a really great conference from what they all had to say. There was almost 900 youth there which was a really great experience for the recent converts that have only seen church meetings at the branch with 30 to 40 people in attendance. Brother and Sister Bass bore their testimonies and Sister McRaney was the concluding speaker. She told about several experiences she had serving as a temple square missionary and taking people on tours and ending at the Christus and how overcome people are with the spirit there. President James taught the fifth Sunday class about Elder Holland's message from conference on the Lamb of God. There were some really good suggestions from the members about how we can improve the reverence in our sacrament meetings. Then we had a great self reliance class after church. All in all it was a very good day except for the discussion we went to with the Sisters in the evening that fell through. He rescheduled, though, for next Saturday.
Keep the commandments and read your Book of Mormon every day.
We love y'all,
Elder and Sister Owens
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