This was sort of a regular week with seemingly not much going but ended up with several special things.  We were invited to a 4^th of July picnic with the Berryhill Family so we were able to celebrate that.  Lots and lots of great food and a special family!  We had some special families visit.  One family was on their way to be in the Hill Cumorah Pageant and came here on their way.  She made the comment that since the Johnson Home was so far out and away from the main part of things that those choosing to come here would make the sacrifice to do so.  We hadn’t thought of it that way but that is really what it is and so we get some of the really special visitors that want to know and feel the spirit of this home.

Sister Hillman and Sister Stoddard are going home so Friday was their last tours at the Johnson Home.  They were sort of sad but we had lots of tours for them so it was a good day.  They truly are great sisters.

 

 

Wednesday for our p-day we went down to Dover and Berlin after apartment inspections.  We visited the Warther train museum and then went to the new Warther ship museum.  It was really awesome so see the detail, all of which was ivory.  The one that does the ships is a grandson of the one who did the trains and they truly are talented and so willing to share that talent.  We also visited some Amish shops and then went to the Behalt Museum which tells the history of the Amish and Mennonite and Huttites.  They have a 10 ft by 265 ft mural circling the room that tells the history and is very impressive.  We left there and hurried back to the Rootstown Chapel for a service project by the singles group.  We cleaned the stoves and ovens in the kitchen and what a job that was.  Turned out really good and we had lots of fun and laughs as we worked.  Was a great day!!

 

 

 

This crazy blog site gave me lots of troubles on Sunday so didn’t get this posted so here goes again and hopefully it will work.  Monday we had the privilege of doing a tour for Sister Stephens who is the 2^nd counselor in the general RS board.  I had her and 8 of her grandchildren and another family of six and we were able to go through the home and had a grand time.  The kids were so good and were right with me the whole time as I shared the stories and testimonies with them.  Dan had the older kids and the adults and they had a great tour as well.  They thanked us again and again and we felt it turned out really good.  Was a special opportunity for us and they were a great family, 31 of them.

That night we traveled to Kirtland for a FHE with all of the couple missionaries.  We had a great picnic.  It was scheduled to be outside but the rain said otherwise so we had an indoor picnic.  We then held a discussion afterwards of some of our concerns, successes and the process of visitor’s centers.  Really a great evening.