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Week 35

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  Hello Everyone! I hope this email finds you well and happy! We have been super busy these past couple of weeks. We were getting ready for our "Invite the One'" Sunday. We have, for the past 21 days,  have been praying for several members of our branch. We have also done service for these less active members. Our service has ranged from baking bread, cookies, cake, to tying quilts, bringing flowers and meals. We counted up 86 different services that we have done. With each service we have given them a note that expresses ours and our Heavenly Fathers love for them and a desire to have them come to church again with a special invitation to come to church for our "Invite the One" Sunday. We were pleasantly surprised on Sunday that several of the people we had been praying for were at church on Sunday! We would have loved to have more, but were happy with the turn out. We know that many others were blessed by our prayers, and that we may never know the effect our ...

Week 37

  Hello Everyone!  I 'm so amazed at how the time seems to be flying by! The Lord said that things would be hastened in the last days. It's definitely the last days because time is speeding by! We have had some great experiences!  Before I forget, like I did in my last letter, I need to thank all of my family and friends for the birthday wishes and birthday cards. I think my children and grandchildren really out did themselves! I was getting birthday cards for the 2 weeks before my birthday. I got a total of 61 cards! What was really entertaining was my companions watching me open my cards! I have the tradition of sending a $10 bill to each of my grandchildren on their birthdays. I have done this for years. The funny thing is that this year most all of them sent me a $10 bill! I had to laugh out loud!  Each card I got had wonderful birthday wishes for me and a $10 dollar bill or more. My companions were getting quite a kick out of watching me open the cards...