Dear Family and Friends,
Sister Owens got up Monday morning feeling quite poorly. She thought it was just because the day before was such a long day with the training meeting in Tuscaloosa after church. She took a nap hoping she would feel better and when she got up she was pretty sure she was coming down with a bad cold. We were going to take the sisters and a lady they are teaching over to the church for a church tour and then go have a discussion with Otis. We had to call and cancel. She went to bed early hoping she would feel good enough to go to District Council on Tuesday.
We are in a different district now than before. We no longer have the Hursts (the YSA senior couple) in the same district. We are a little bummed about that. We only see them at Zone Conference now. Our new district meets in Tuscaloosa still, but at a different building which is a little farther away. At Zone Conference our district leader told us we would meet at 10:30 instead of 11:00. So we picked up the sisters and left about 40 minutes earlier than usual Tuesday morning. As we drove up to the building and saw no cars we were a little worried if we had the right place. The sisters said it was the right building but they had gotten a message the night before that the meeting would be at 11:00 instead of 10:30. We didn't get the message because we don't have internet at our apartment. For some reason they send all the important messages on FB Messenger instead of sending out texts (??). Our Zone leader is in our district now. At 11:00 we were still waiting in the parking lot for the elders. The sisters from Fayette were also there waiting. We decided to walk around the building and found that the elders park on the other side of the building. We went in and the ZL and his companion were there waiting for us. The district leader still wasn't there. He and his companion had an earlier appointment and didn't get there for about another twenty minutes. Anyway, Sister Owens was feeling a little better and she asked our new district leader to give her a blessing after our meeting. When we got home we got a call from the pulmonologist telling us that Dr. Simpson had advised her that he saw no reason to consider a biopsy at this time. So she wants Sister Owens to come in next week to have a high density CT Scan and another breathing test. We are pretty sure the breathing test will be much better than her last, as long as she gets over the cold she is having now. We went to meet with Otis and he said we were going to have to hold off on meetings with him for a while because he has to be in deep prayer for his mother. She was in the hospital for a day or two and is back home now. We told him we would prayer for her.
Wednesday she stayed home and nursed her cold until it was time to go to Coordination meeting. We talked about how Brother Smith and Sister Owens have to counsel together and plan everything for the branch so we can take the load off President James and he can devote his time to the youth.
Thursday Brother Foote drove down from Tuscaloosa to attend our Book of Mormon class with us and get to know the members in Greensboro a little better. He is the high councilor that has been assigned to our branch. He was pretty excited when Sister Borden said we were going to have catfish next week. We were a little surprised since we just had some a couple weeks ago. We didn't have the heart to tell Brother Foote how many times they say that before we actually have some. Thursday night the sisters had us over for dinner at their apartment (see attachment). All the missionaries have to be in their apartment for the evening by 6:00 pm on Halloween. They made chicken spaghetti for us which was really quite tasty.
Friday was my semi-annual check up with the Dermatologist in Tuscaloosa. He assured me nothing had to be cut off today. I was quite pleased about that. No more doctors to see now until Sister Owens' CT Scan and breathing test next Tuesday and her check up with the GP next Friday.
Saturday we took our turn cleaning the branch building and then did our P-day chores.
Sunday we had a good Fast and Testimony meeting. They seem really short now that they are only an hour long. Brother Morgan had his eightieth birthday Friday. We took a pan of cinnamon rolls over for them to share with their boys. We were sure they would be coming to see them. They asked if we would come over Sunday afternoon so we could meet their grandkids. We went over and took a family picture for them. They have such a neat family. Three boys. They have all been baptized but only their second son is active. He is in the Stake Presidency where he lives in southern Alabama, and all of their children have been on missions (one in Boise several years ago). They brought their youngest son with them this weekend. He just got home six weeks ago from Taiwan.
Keep the commandments and read your Book of Mormon every day, every day, every day.
We love y'all,
Elder and Sister Owens
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