Elder & Sister Dattage: February 14th Letter and Pictures

February 14th Letter and Pictures

February 14, 2016

Happy Valentines Day,

I was done typing this weeks notes and the computer turns off and starts configuration. Lost all of it. So this might be shorter than usual.

It has been a very good week. We have had a lot of good experiences. We were asked to talk in our District meeting and teach the Churches information and stand on same sex marriage. We prayed a lot about this one but it was a good meeting. We went to Golden Correl after so that really makes my day. We went to the Albuquerque Temple and that is always a good experience. Once a month now we are taking members into the Temple it is 2 ½ hours away. After Sister Vicenti wanted to go to a material store. It was a little place in a ladies house. I was wishing Jill was with us. She would have loved it. I did get the fleece for the young women to make their throws to give away. Great day for sure.

We were able to meet several new people and visit a lot of others. Zuni people are so happy to invite you into visit. Today a few of them came to church . Some of them bring their children and they love Primary. We have been working with them and so have the Elders. Hope they can feel the Love of the Lord that exists in our meetings. Good examples to all of them.

I spent a whole day visit teaching. Vanessa came with me again. Elder Dattage some times comes in and some times he sits in the truck while we talk to them. I am so proud of her. She has lots of hard things in her life but she is such a good person. She has a brother that drinks all night and then sleeps all day. It is a noisy house and not a good atmosphere for her but she finds her peach in service. Sure do love that girl. We have 12 ladies to visit between us . We found some of them home and others we left the beautiful cards Carolyn keeps sending me. The ladies love them. They are a wonderful way to leave a Visiting Message in their homes.

One of the best days has been today. I talked in church and felt so much love for those I was talking to. Wow they want to learn. Elden and I taught the Temple class. Those taking the class ask good questions and are anxious to learn more and more. The best part of the day was taking the beautiful Young women posters and values framed that Taylor Forsgren made for them. I took them into Young Womens and the girls were so excited. They said she is such a special girl. They can’t wait to use them to decorate for New Beginnings in a week. Thank you Taylor for an amazing project. You have certainly earned your Honor Bee with that one. I will get a picture for you with the girls for a memory of how happy you made the Zuni Branch Young Women. They are beautiful.

We had so much fun as we received a box from the Johnsons saying that we had been heart attacked. We decorated our trailer with the hearts and are now fixing dinner and using the table ware with the young Elders.

We also had another special package from home. The hands of our Grand Children were hooked together with a string that represented a special hug. We put those hugs around us and took pictures. The best it could be if we can’t hug them personally. We love it also. Elden loves the back scratcher and I wore the pretty heart to church today. Good luck for my talk and lesson. Thanks so much. For the cute ideas and the time you spend making us enjoy our mission more.

We hope you get our picture that we sent for Valentines. It was fun to walk into the little Zuni Library to see Sister Van Jose. We visit her and her daughter Brittney. They work there and were taking pictures of people with the fun back ground they had created. It was so cute. Oh holidays the vendors come to Zuni. They set up booths outside and sell flowers and jewelry that you can give as gifts. We were surprised to see that.

Friday night at 7:00 we had a visit from President Adams and his wife. They came to interview the Elders. It was dark so they couldn’t see Zuni. We gave them some Zuni bread and some turn overs that they liked. A short good visit with the hard working President. They have a huge mission to travel to. This was their first time in Zuni because we are on the Southern part of the Mission.

We hope you all have a great week and know we love and miss everyone. We thank you for all the texts and love that is sent our way. Remember that the things we are doing right now in our lives will determine the rest of our lives and our eternal lives. Each thing we do is important as we share our love for the Savior and serve him. Have a great week all of you.

Love, Elder and Sister Dattage