Linda got her new tooth Monday and all went well. We made some mac and cheese and jello salad to take to Book of Mormon class. We still didn't know if we were going to have any fish with it. When we got there we found out that Brother White did get the fish but Sister Nixon didn't have any cornmeal or oil so she didn't cook it. So we needed to go to Piggly Wiggly and get the cornmeal and oil and she went to cook the fish and the rest of us watched the first two or the new Book of Mormon videos and then listened to a chapter of the Book of Mormon instead of reading it. Brother Borden came with us this week and he doesn't read or write so we all just listened this week. Sister Nixon came down with the fish and we ate and were only an hour later than we expected but we were okay because Otis postponed the appointment that we had scheduled for that evening. We took some pics (attachment #1) and Sister McCreath said her goodbyes to the Greensboro folks.
Tuesday we had to do a little laundry and then we went to the church to do a little clerk work and some Relief Society stuff. Brother Smith called and said Kirks were having their power turned and wanted us to go see them and see what we could do to help. I felt the priesthood leader was the one that should visit with them rather than the clerk but we went anyway later in the evening. Cedric and Tasha weren't home from work yet but their daughter was there with all the lights on and watching TV, so there must not have been a problem with the power. We found out the next day that a friend had helped them with the payment. We made some cinnamon rolls Tuesday night for the sisters to have on the way to Transfers in the morning. We are still trying to find out what Sister Allen really likes.
Wednesday was a hard day for us since we had to take Sister McCreath to transfers to go home. We really miss her but we are happy she gets to go home. We asked for her home address and she couldn't give us one because she doesn't know where she will be living. Her parents are in process of getting divorced. She said she will probably live with her grandmother for a while. It is amazing that she has been such an outstanding missionary when she had so much going on at home for the past several months. Sister Soctomah was there. She is also going home. She had her twin brother in the adjoining mission and he was transferred into our mission when they were combined. The two of them were in the same district after the missions were combined. We are hoping to meet her brother before we go home. She is going home along with Sister McCreath. We got a pic of the four of us before they left (attachment #2). Then we got the good news that Sister Snarr is the new sister to take Sister McCreath's place in Demopolis. She was trained here by Sister Humphreys about a month after we arrived. This was her first area and will be her last area. We will be taking her to transfers in six weeks to send her home. We seem to be welcoming new sisters or bidding farewell to those that are going home most of the time here. By the way, Sister Allen isn't that crazy about cinnamon rolls. She says they are okay. I guess we'll keep trying. There were some left to take to Costco after transfers to eat after our hot dog (we had to get the tires rotated). Sister Snarr said she liked them. We really can't tell anymore if they really like something or if they are just really good missionaries and don't want to hurt anyone's feelings.
Thursday the Morgans took us on a drive to see Payne Lake. It was a beautiful drive and is a beautiful lake and camping area (attachments #3 and #4). They took their family there every year as their sons were growing up. They are a great couple and such an inspiration to us. They are excellent examples of enduring to the end. Sister Morgan made potato salad, baked beans, lemonade, and cookies and they stopped on the way and bought fried chicken. She insisted on doing it all herself and would not let us bring anything for the meal. After lunch they took us for a walk on a nature trail there. It was very beautiful. We got home in time for our appointment with Otis and the sisters. Otis is quite puzzling to all of us. He won't do anything we ask him to do to gain a testimony but he keeps having us come back to teach him and he comes to church more regularly than most of the members here.
Friday we had a really great Relief Society meeting. Of course we started the day with our trip to Greensboro to pick up Sister Borden and Sister Nixon. On the way out of Greensboro a FedEx van passed us and the car behind us and was going quite a bit over the speed limit. Then a county deputy passed both of us with his lights flashing. We were a little pleased that the FedEx driver was going to learn a lesson. Then the deputy went around the FedEx van also and sped on down the highway. We were pretty sure the FedEx driver did a little soul searching for a few seconds at least. We passed the deputy a few miles down the road at an accident scene. Anyway, there were fourteen sisters who attended and they listened to the first presidency's messages from the women's meeting at general conference. Everybody was happy to see Sister Snarr back and there were two non-members there. One of them was a lady Sister Snarr taught when she was here last time.
Saturday was Elder Owens' birthday so we went to Tuscaloosa to try the ribs at Dreamland and invited the YSA senior couple to join us. The ribs were the best we have had since coming to Alabama but they just didn't measure up to Slow Bone in Dallas. We finally had banana pudding that everyone here raves about all the time. We weren't really impressed with that. We did taste fried green tomatoes for the first time. They were very good. I really do like fried okra and fried green tomatoes. We had another appointment with Otis but he called and postponed again. We met with him Sunday.
Sunday was a good day. Everybody was happy to see Sister Snarr again. President James had her bear her testimony. He said he guessed she didn't get enough of Demopolis the first time and had to come back again. Nobody has the heart to tell him she is probably back again so he can learn how to say her name. He has always called her Sister Snare, and still does. We met with Otis tonight. He didn't get to church today. He attended the Baptist church where his nephew was baptized. He is two and a half months old. The sisters gave him a copy of the illustrated Book of Mormon stories to see if he might read that. He said he was going to start reading it and would call us tomorrow and let us know what he learned from it. The sisters asked him to say the closing prayer and to ask for help understanding the Book of Mormon. He said he would and then stopped and said one of us should pray. We assured him he could pray and he did but said nothing about the Book of Mormon. He never asks any questions in his prayers. He just prays for strength to keep doing right.
Keep the commandments and read your Book of Mormon every day every day everyday.
We love y'all,
Elder and Sister Owens
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