Well, here is another Sunday and wow has this been some kind of a week.  Really a highly spiritual week of some really special happenings.  First of all on Tuesday we drove down to Cleveland to the mission home for a dinner with Elder and Sister Valinga and the other new missionaries of the mission.  Had a very nice dinner, did some visiting and bore testimonies.  We really enjoyed getting to know everyone and feeling of their spirit and love of the gospel.

 

This is us with President and Sister Valinga

in the mission home.

 

 

Wednesday morning all of the new missionaries met in the Kirtland temple.  We were given a tour by the man that is over the temple from the Church of Christ.  We also had Karl Anderson who really knows all there is to know about Kirtland and the happenings here.  He was able to give us some insight into some of the revelations that took place in the temple.  Very informative and very spiritual.  It was really an opportunity to be in the temple.  Love it!!!

 

 

This is a photo of all of us on the front steps of the temple. 

Brother Anderson is on the far left with his wife directly in front of him. 

 

We then met at the Whitney Store and went into the School of the Prophets.  Some very sacred and special revelations were received there including the visitation of the Father and the Son.  We were again taught and spiritually fed.  Then we were left alone to review our feelings and our desire to serve our mission with the goals that we might have.  Again it was a very special time.

 

 

This is us again in front of the Whitney Store.

 

 

Then on Thursday which was our P-day, Elder and Sister Crump invited us to ride to the Columbus temple with them.  They have just given us permission to attend the temple twice during our mission time and so we were excited to be able to go.  It was so good to be in the temple and we truly enjoyed our time there.  It took us almost 3 hours to drive down so it was nice to have company and to become better acquainted with the Crumps.  Another beautiful day!!!

 

 



 

 

 

Friday we had the opportunity to do a tour with a young family from Brisbane Australia.  They were really special and it turns out that they knew Josh Woodfield from Townsville.  Josh's mother was the RS President, his grandmother lived with them and he went out many times with the elders. We even had Christmas breakfast with them. They said he is now married and has a little boy.  They took a picture of us to share with Josh so that was another special day.

 

Sunday we were able to give a lesson in Sunday School to some new converts and investigators who were there with the Sister Missionaries.  Turned out very nice and we enjoyed that.  Came back to the center and were able to do a tour with a young couple (we think they are newly engaged) and a young man who had just been baptized in June.  He came with a non member friend and we were able to tell about Kirtland and bear testimony.  Hopefully he felt the spirit and will have a desire to know more. 

Think that is one full week, full of special and spiritual times and we love it.