¡Feliz día de la madre! (Happy
Mother’s Day!)
Highlights:
English Class: Each week we continue
to teach English through the “English Connect” language program. All the
missionaries participate (through Zoom), and several of them are advancing
rapidly. It’s rewarding to see their progress!
Area Travel Meeting: On
Thursday, one of the office elders invited us to sit in on a travel meeting that
the Area office was hosting. We thought it would be a training meeting, but it
ended up basically being a sales pitch by one airline which was presenting all
the reasons we should book missionary travel through them. It was interesting,
but probably not too relevant to our duties. The actual purchasing of
missionary airline tickets is typically handled at the Area level (or through
SLC).
Micro-Learning Meeting: Each
Friday afternoon the mission has a “micro” training meeting – it only lasts
thirty minutes and focuses on mission and life skills. President Packard asked
Lane and I to present last Friday’s training on the topic of “Personal Finances
for Self-Reliance” as outlined in church resources. Lane did an awesome job
presenting and I supported by smiling.
Happy Birthday to my Mom! My
(LeAnn’s) mom’s birthday was on Saturday and she is amazing! Her smile lights
up the room and she has a genuine love for people. I gained my love for
cooking, sewing, and ballet from my mom (and no, I’m not particularly
accomplished in any of those areas, but I enjoy all of them). My mom is a huge
“extra-miler” and I remember her taking me to see “The Nutcracker” as a little
girl. Afterwards she took me backstage so I could say “hi” to Clara (or more
precisely, the girl dancing as Clara). I loved that!
Thought: Today, in reflecting on our
mothers’ influence and all the help and support that they’ve given us over the
years, we could modify the following scripture to read:
“And now it came to pass that the burdens which were laid upon [Lane and LeAnn] were made light; yea, the Lord did strengthen them [with the help and influence of their wonderful mothers] that they could bear up their burdens…”
~Mosiah 24:15
The rest of that scripture talks about bearing up our
burdens with ease and submitting “cheerfully and with patience to all the will
of the Lord”; we are still working on that!
¡Que tengan una semana
súper fantástica! (Have a super fantastic week!)
Love,
Lane & LeAnn
