¡Feliz junio! (Happy June!)
Who doesn’t love spring cleaning?! Well, apparently some of
our missionaries are struggling a bit so Hermana Packard and I put together a
brief presentation on mission cleaning expectations. This project was largely
inspired by one of the missionaries who was transferred into a new area (and
house) and was disgusted by the living conditions. He sent a video of the dirty
house to Hermana Packard and then went to work cleaning. He taught his companion
how to put things in order and do some deep cleaning. Then he sent some after
pictures. The difference was amazing!
In political news, Peruvians voted in their presidential
run-off election today. On Friday, our mission president encouraged the missionaries
to have basic supplies on hand and use caution when out and about in the coming
weeks as political demonstrations (hopefully peaceful) are likely.
This weekend we were able to spend some time in Idaho with family, and at one point ended up borrowing a house key. To make a long story shorter, when we needed to use the house key, we found that it was missing from a certain person’s pocket. UGH! We retraced our steps and searched for the key. No key. The next day, we looked and looked for the key again…pulling off couch cushions, looking under the car seats, and generally searching everywhere we could think of. Although I had personally prayed and asked for God’s help in finding the key, I kept thinking that we should say a group prayer with everyone – kids and all – to ask for divine help. But, every time I thought about gathering everyone for a “please help us find the key” prayer, someone would interrupt or melt-down and it just never worked out. This wasn’t a one-of-a-kind key or anything super special, but I was annoyed that we couldn’t find it.
Finally, just before we left Idaho, I asked if we could say one last
prayer together. In this prayer, I told Heavenly Father that we knew that He knew
where the key was, and that He could help someone find it if that was His will.
After the prayer, we said our good-byes and took off. We both hoped that the
key would eventually turn up. Well, to our surprise, we got a Facetime phone
call from the grandkids before we even left the subdivision. They told us that
the key was found! Apparently, after our prayer, their dad had walked over to
the couch, pulled up the cushions, reached way down into the deep cracks and
pulled out a handful of cereal and THE KEY! We couldn’t believe it. Several of
us had checked that couch. Lane was especially astonished as he had looked
under the cushions of that specific couch no less than four times and he had
pulled off all the cushions and reached into the deep cracks as well. What a
miracle! This scripture comes to mind:
“Search diligently, pray always, and be believing, and all
things shall work together for your good, …”
~D&C 90:24
¡Que tengan una semana
súper fantástica! (Have a super fantastic week!)
Love,
Lane & LeAnn
Weekly Zoom micro-learning taught by missionaries to the whole mission.
Working with Hermana Packard to message the importance of cleanliness in missionary apartments. The messy apartment kitchen. 😢
He stands on his head, upside down, while he watches his ipad! 🤣
