¡Hola a Todos! (Hello
All!)
Last week marked the first time an entire zone passed the
Monday surprise apartment cleaning check! It’s been great to talk face-to-face
with the missionaries when we make these video-calls.
Our big, exciting news of last week was the birth of
grandbaby #10, born to Alden and Katie. He is their 3rd boy! While
tutoring (English study) one of the sister missionaries, I (LeAnn) mentioned
that our 10th grandchild had been born the day before. I also
mentioned that this grandchild had arrived a little early, as his due date was
Sunday, July 4th. I was completely surprised and impressed when this
sister missionary piped up with, “Oh, isn’t July 4th the day of
Independence for America?” She wanted to know how we celebrate here in America.
I need to learn more about Peru holidays!
On Friday, our son Jaron who served a mission in Argentina called
to share the news that Peru had won their fútbol (soccer) game against
Paraguay. He was a bit shocked that we weren’t following the Copa América and asked
us how the missionary work was going. Apparently when he was on his mission, mission
work slowed to a snail’s pace when these events occurred. No one would answer their
doors, and it was even tough to coordinate with the members. They love their
fútbol! So, I suppose this is a testament to the great focus our missionaries
have. Not one missionary we interacted with last week mentioned anything about
these games!
President Packard continually teaches the missionaries the
importance of taking a focused-approach to goal-setting through daily and
weekly planning and referenced M. Russell Ballard’s April 2017 general
conference talk:
“Goal setting is essentially beginning with the end in mind.
And planning is devising a way to get to that end. A key to happiness lies
in understanding what destinations truly matter—and then spending our time,
effort, and attention on the things that constitute a sure way to arrive there.”
¡Que tengan una semana
súper fantástica! (Have a super fantastic week!)
Love,
Lane & LeAnn
