Tammy came to visit

Tammy came to visit for the Labor day week-end!
The first night we took her to do a family night with us to a less active/part member family.  The visit went over really well.  The mother wanted to see Johnny Lingo because of the old memories it brought back to her from when she was active in the church as a teenager.  Tammy brought the movie with her for us.
Then we played "colors" which the children had fun with. And we served rice krispies treats which they Really enjoyed!  They are looking forward to the next family night with us.

We also took Tammy on our visits to less actives and she met Pedro.  His wife is working out of town so he really appreciated the visit and Glen could give him a lesson and leave a prayer there for him.

It was my turn to teach the Relief Society lesson Sunday-in Spanish of course.  I taught about prayer because the sisters here were confused on using Christ's name throughout their praying instead of praying to Heavenly Father and also about the difference of praying for group things in public and personal things in private. Also I used the lesson as an example of not having to try to cover all of a manual lesson or conference talk in one class time.  Rather, pick a concept and develop that. I think it worked out alright. The members here might not know as much as elsewhere but they are humble and accepting when they are taught. And they are all willing to pray and teach lessons in class!

It was fast Sunday and Tammy bore her testimony in Spanish and everyone loved having her there. She visited with the four Elder missionaries now assigned to our branch with us and they enjoyed that.

It wasn't all work and no play however.  We swam in the pool three of the days and took her to Yosemite Park and also to see the giant sequoia trees.  They were truly amazing and we rode around looking at them in an open air shuttle that made it even more fun. We also made it to the Cheese Factory for Tammy's birthday.

On the way back from taking Tammy to the airport we stopped at a farmer's market where Glen passed out three referral cards to some good people.  We also visited a less active/part member family and gave them a lesson on faith and the mustard seed except we used sequoia trees!  It went over real well. And then we gave two missionaries a ride to see the Mitchells because the missionary's bike had a flat.

It is always good to get back into a routine of missionary work and it is so rewarding and feels so great!