October 7, 2012
Dear Family and Friends
We are enjoying conference—how
about you? It is a little different
here. Meetings begin at Noon. The afternoon session begins at 4:00 pm and
Priesthood meeting at 8:00 pm. I wrote
the above sentence prior to going to the Saturday Morning Session of
conference. I don’t know about you but I
thought conference was amazing. It
seemed to focus so much on missionary work.
I’m sure we were listening with missionary ears; however there was so
much material. Had continued
confirmation, which brings much joy in our hearts, that we are doing what
Heavenly Father desires us to do right now.
Thanks to all of you for your continued support. We were a little disappointed that none of
our less active invites accompanied us to conference. That’s OK.
We just have more to do, that’s all.
We received a phone call on Friday evening from a person who was from
South Africa. He moved into the area and
immediately knew he had to find out about the Mormon Church. He found the mission home’s phone number and
gave us a call. One of Sister Andrus’s
responsibilities is to carry the office phone 24/7 so she receives many phone
calls every day. This call was so
great. I wanted Sister Andrus and I to
go to the address and answer the questions and begin the missionary discussions
with this person, however we called the Elders who are assigned to the
area. They were so excited. They reported on Saturday a wonderful meeting
and are looking forward to teaching this person. We received another phone call from a lady
who has lived in Charlotte for years and just felt impressed to become active
again. We were able to contact her ward
leaders, (At her request she didn’t want the missionaries) The ward leaders were anxious to help her. We also received a phone call from two United
Airline pilots who had a layover in Charlotte and wanted to attend Priesthood
Meeting. We were able to direct them to
the closest chapel to the airport. What
an exciting weekend on the phones. We
watched the final session of conference with President and Sister Craven at the
mission home. They are such wonderful
people. It was enjoyable to sit with
them. Afterwards we had dinner and had a
great visit. They come from families
rich in Mormon tradition. President
Craven’s Father served for 12 years as the secretary to the Quorum of the
Twelve Apostles. His father was a
mission president in New Zealand and also the temple president in New
Zealand. Needless to say, President
Craven has had numerous experiences with all the brethren. It was enjoyable to visit regarding
such. They are really down to earth
people who love the Lord. They love
their 5 children and 9 grandchildren.
They are about 10 years younger than Ruth and I. They are becoming wonderful friends and
companions in the mission. We feel so
honored to be with them. We have so much
work to do in the office to help them.
Every time we meet, we come up with more assignments. We pray every day that we can be prepared to
move the work forward. President and
Sister Craven’s families are coming this week to visit their parents. We could only carve out one day for them,
however that is what they wanted—their family just wants to see them in action. We are happy for them and look forward to meeting
their family
We
are so proud of our family. Are children
and grandchildren are so special to us.
Our Ward family is so wonderful also.
We pray for Bishop Christensen and his counselors and their
families. We are grateful for their
leadership and prayers in our behalf.
Have
a wonderful week. Heed the council we
all received from our prophet leaders and we will be blessed more than we can
imagine.
Love Dad and Mom, Elder &
Sister Andrus, Don and Ruth.
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