It has been a really really full week again! I have said it before and I will say it again.....I don't know how that happens! But we are grateful we can keep up with everything and all of the travels.
This is Elder Thompson and his family. After Elder Thompson was released from his mission back in June, he decided he wanted to return to Georgia and introduce a lot of folks to his family. How sweet they are. Elder Thompson is ONE of the two missionaries who helped us move in our apartment the very first day we arrived. We will never forget their wonderful help.
On Monday, we invited the missionaries who live in the next apartment building to come for dinner. They wanted GERMAN PANCAKES and HOMEMADE FRESH PEACH SONKER!!! Yea, go figure.....who would have come up with THAT combination! But, that is what I fixed. They seemed to enjoy it. L to R: Elder Facey, Elder Norland and Elder Barton.
I found a cute little SNOWFLAKE CROCHET PATTERN I wanted to try. Here is what they look like. I think I will be making a bunch more as little gifts! :-)
Tuesday was Georgia Macon Mission Zone Conference in Columbus. We LOVE being with President and Sister Cottle and their wonderful missionaries! Meet Elder Goodsell! Name sound familiar?? It should. It was his great-grandfather, Wylie Goodsell, that was Esther and Earl Allgaier home teacher and the one who invited them to be baptized into The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints back in the 1960's!!!! We filled Elder Goodsell in on the great Moroni Hill Story. He had not heard much about it. Oh my......are we loosing that important story through the generations!? I hope not.
And our dear, dear friends......President and Sister Cottle of the wonderful Georgia Macon Mission! What GREAT leaders they are.
On Wednesday we took a little ROAD TRIP with Elder and Sister Hardgrave. They are the Area Mental Health Advisors. We try to do things with them from time to time and when we are both in town. We drove down to WARM SPRINGS, GA. to see President Teddy Roosevelt's Little White House. It was very cool. Never even knew it was there.
President Roosevelt actually passed away in this bed. He suffered from the affects of Polio which he had. He was sitting in the room next to his bedroom having his portrait painted when he slumped over. The woman painting his portrait thought he had just passed out, because he did that a lot apparently. Obviously, that was not the case. She moved the painting aside and never touched it again.
This is the portrait. It hangs in the gallery next to the Little White House. Just as it was when he passed away.
As we were traveling back from Warm Springs, we saw this PIGGLY WIGGLY and we just had to stop. Love my Piggly Wiggly's from when I was a kid and that is where we used to buy groceries. AAHHH the good ole days!! Notice Elder Hardgrave and Sister Hardgrave with Elder/Dr. Allgaier coming out of the store.
However, we were way overdue for an oil change. SO, we stopped at Nalley Honda and got that taken care of as we drove out of town. We never sit still for long.....always have 'work' with us!
As we got into Augusta we had about one hour before the Museum closed. We popped in there quickly so we could see a few things. It was very nice.
They even had a little 'medicine' section in the museum. And guess where I found Elder/Dr. Allgaier?? Yes sire!!!
On Friday while we were sitting in Zone Conference we got notification that a sister companionship were in a car accident. They didn't see a car coming and pulled out in front of them. The car was hit on the driver's side at the back door. The Sisters were very shaken up, as one would expect. Sister Finlinson (mission nurse) and Elder/Dr. Allgaier were sorting things out for them and trying to make sure they got the care they needed!
I 'found' another Hiatt cousin at Zone Conference here in Augusta. He is one of the Zone Leaders. When I saw the Hiatt name I was hoping I would get to talk to Elder Hiatt and find out. Sure enough, he told me was comes from Mesa, Arizona. Before that his family was from Utah. Before that his family came from Mt. Airy, N.C.!!!! BINGO....there we have another cousin. I was telling him all about 'our' ancestors from Mt. Airy. He had been told stories about the Hiatt Family Cemetery. I told him that we both have a lot of relatives buried there. He really wants to visit there someday! Love the tender mercies of our mission!!!
On Saturday afternoon we attended the OPEN HOUSE of the newly constructed Fayetteville GA Stake Center. It is beautiful. This is a new building in the stake that we reside in.
We are finally back in PTC (Peachtree City) for a few days. It feels so good to be back 'home'! We even got to go on a walk this afternoon. Pretty with the sun shining through the trees.
We were walking on our favorite part of the golf cart path. Lots of golf carts out and about......as usual.
I was able to finish up 4 crocheted scarves that David will be delivering to a family he knows in China. I am excited that I got to make these for them. They wanted matching scarves for their 4 children. It makes me happy to be able to help others!!!
On Sunday we attended church in the Flat Creek Ward in the Peachtree City Building. Elder/Dr. Allgaier had been asked by the mission nurse to make a 'house call' on a sister missionary. She was having 'ear problems'! We were happy to do that. SO, we took our black bag with us today. Problem solved, medicine phoned in and they are good to go! It was a gorgeous day here in Georgia with LOW humidity, if you can believe that!
And thus we have another week!!! Stay tuned.....there is never a dull minute around here......We LOVE our mission. We know we won't be able to do this forever so we will enjoy it while we can!! :-)
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