January 7th to January 20, 2013

On the 8th we went to a Zone Conference in the morning and interacted with all the Elders in our Zone.  Nan made appointments to inspect all the Elders apartments through the remainder of the week. Found a few issues this visit but those have been resolved.  We will spend next week recruiting and registering the YSA for Institute for the Winter/Spring Classes.

Wednesday the 9th we took Elders Leithead and Simons, the Zone Leaders, to Mount Shasta to interview a  sister for baptism.  We spent the time in the ward building looking at what is available for us as we teach our institute class.  We have decided there is enough interest to begin a class in Mt. Shasta on Tuesday evenings.  We will travel up after leaving the Institute at four, grab a hamburger and set up for class, which will begin at 6.  It is a 1 hour drive north to Mt. Shasta.  Our first class there will be on the 22nd.  A YSA sister who used to attend the Young Single Adult Branch in Redding, is taking the responsibility to assist in building interest and called us just yesterday, the 19th, and told us she is preparing a soup and sandwich dinner prior to our six 6 PM class to bring students out.  If you have food, they will come.

Classes in Redding start on the 23rd.  Day classes at 10, 11 and 1 with an evening class at 7 on Wednesdays.  About 6-8 students have left for school or on missions but we feel we should still be teaching about the same number of students.  Counting all the classes that should be 25-30.  We both enjoyed seeing all the young people again.  They keep us going.

We spoke in the 3rd Ward on Sunday the 13th. Kent doesn't feel his talk, a couple of weeks earlier, in the 5th Ward, was very good but we both felt good about our talks in the 3rd Ward.  Nan always speaks great.  For some reason my talk in the 5th Ward just never got of the ground. (Kent speaking here.)

Kent, the Branch Clerk, and the Branch Executive Secretary reviewed records on Monday the 14th in preparation for the Branches annual audit coming up.

As you can see this was a very uneventful two weeks.  Back in the routine of going to the Institute Monday through Friday from 9 to 4.  Oh yes, Kent is getting quite good a vacuuming and cleaning floors.   And he thought he was going to retire.


Kent and Nan