October 8th - We received a Halloween box from Mom. Lots of scrubbies and some treats for both of us.
13th was 'Break the Fast', Nan made a delicious stew that was served in a baked pumkin. This was very impressive and good. Nan oiled the pumpkin with olive oil and baked it in the oven. It came out shiny and golden orange. Lots of raves from the branch and the stew didn't last long.
14th - 18th - We both began our midterm reviews and midterm exams. On the 15th we met with President Weston. He shared some information with us on a few of those serving in our area and asked us to keep especially close contact with them. On the 17th - we visited the Sisters in Cottonwood and Elder Barlow gave them both blessings.
19th Was Branch temple day at the Medford temple. Cody Ohlau is a member of about 16 months and is beginning to fill out his papers for a mission. His father was irate when he found out and told Cody he wanted to speak to someone from the "Mormon Cult". We stayed in Weed Saturday night, went to church at Mt. Shasta, then went to visit Cody's father and step mother. Wow!!! was that an experience. They were both so angry, all they did was yell at us. We met them at a park in Yreka, a town about 25 miles north of Weed, 35 miles north of Mt. Shasta. We both realized that they had both read a ton of anti-Mormon literature and were really not interested in any discussion. A couple of times Kent tried to bear his testimony and was cut off before a sentence was out of his mouth. We refused to argue and stayed very calm but quickly realized nothing positive would come from this meeting. We thanked them for talking with us and left. Cody has continued with his papers and they are nearing submittal.
22nd - Brad turned 43 today. Getting to be an old man. We recieved a note and pictures from Max and Ellie with their new school pictures.
23rd - Max had surgery on his club foot. As Tyson said, "What a soldier he was." He only hopped on his right foot for a few days - it slowed him down very litte. He will be in a cast until the end of November. Hopefully this is the end of the surgeries to correct the foot.
24th - Cody moved in with us because he had no where to live. The Branch President had him move in with them on the 30th where he is staying until he can fine an apartment.
We did inspect missionary apartments throughout the week.
26th There was a YSA party/dance beginning at 7:30. Neither of us dressed up this year but we did make little smokies wrapped in a cussant. These were a big hit.
27th Kent spoke in Sacrament about missionary work. The talk went fine.
31st Hung some pictures for the Sisters at East Street apartment. Got their garage door working and replaced the tail lights in their car.
November 1st - Elder Jones from Weaverville was injured in an accident Thursday afternoon the 31st. We went to visit him in the ICU at Mercy Hospital here in Redding. He has a fractured pelvis, a collapsed lung, and numberous cuts a scrapes.
3rd - Break the fast -again- Nan cooked a turkey breast with gravy. You can imagine how quickly that was eaten up with 25 hungry people.
5th - Pam and Don found out they are having a baby girl. Finaly a little girl.
5th - Elder Jones was released from the hospital today. We picked him up at Mercy and took him to the 3rd Ward Elders apartment. He has spent most of his days with us this week. We pick him up in the morning and take him with us to Institute, then bring him to the apartment, feed him dinner and take him to meet the other three Elders in the evening.
8th Martin Kohlberg was baptised today. This is the young man that found the church while in prison.
9th Betty Dionicio was baptised today. She is a wonderful Young Woman who spends time at the Institute and attends both Nan's Old Testament and Kent's Book of Mormon classes. What a bright spot she is. This was one of the more stressful days we have had on our mission for some reason. There is sickness with some of our children and grandchildren; trying to coordinate what to do with Elder Jones with the missionaries and President Weston; Aunt Janett passed away; trying to coordinate carpet cleaning with the Elders apartments. These are in a normal days activities but for some reason things just seemed to close in on us today.
10th Doing good today. Back on top of things. Elder Jones is with us today. We made up a schedule and gave to all involved which we hope will eliminate some of the last minute surprises and confusion on who is doing what with Elder Jones.
We continue to teach Old Testament, Book of Mormon, and Celestial Principles classes throughout the week.
That's it for now.
Kent and Nan
