From Spencer: Hi family and friends,
Writing does not come easy for me, but it does help recap experiences and it helps me to realize blessings that I may not, otherwise, have focused on. NOT to nauseate anyone but I will tell some emotional things. We prepared our usual Saturday lesson for the children visiting us while their parents are in the temple. It was about Jesus and Heavenly Father love each one of us. It included evidences of that love. I thought it would be a ho-hum lesson. As we proceeded with our team teaching, I began to be the one who felt emotional and instructed. It helped me reconcile many things that had heretofore made me feel sad. I truly did feel His love and as I guided the children around the gardens and into the temple lobby I felt His love and His appreciation for what we are trying to do; including, of course, our daily shift as temple workers.
#2 If you feel "gaggy", just skip this paragraph. I feel drawn to people who are so unfortunate. Look at the old man in our pictures. He is totally deaf. He has ragged clothes, and is sort of homely. His ward did a charitable thing to put him on the bus and take him along. [Note from Jeanine: He watched our lesson and enjoyed seeing the kids. When we played a spin the bottle activity, he sat on the floor and took a turn spinning the bottle. It was awesome. He had ragged shoes, no socks and pants that were "hemmed" by just cutting them off.]
#3 Yesterday I ended up in the baptismal font and baptized youth until I was ragged. There are a couple of handicapped youth and one who is deaf. My heart bleeds for them and I always give them a hug in the font. I easily performed 200 baptisms.
#4. You'll get sick of this, but I can't help myself and my feelings of love and emotion for the children who walk over to be sealed to their parents. I seems to open up my vision of the hereafter and the eternities.
Hey, both Jeanine and I are growing in our ability to speak Spanish. She is saying most anything and is not afraid to get in and communicate. I feel so encouraged to able to stand with anyone or groups and talk, even if it is not totally without flaws. I keep a little electric translator in my pocket and try to absorb words wherever I am. Its such an exhilarating hobby. The down side is, its a life time effort to become completely fluent, plus the fact the words change regionally.
#3 Yesterday I ended up in the baptismal font and baptized youth until I was ragged. There are a couple of handicapped youth and one who is deaf. My heart bleeds for them and I always give them a hug in the font. I easily performed 200 baptisms.
#4. You'll get sick of this, but I can't help myself and my feelings of love and emotion for the children who walk over to be sealed to their parents. I seems to open up my vision of the hereafter and the eternities.
Hey, both Jeanine and I are growing in our ability to speak Spanish. She is saying most anything and is not afraid to get in and communicate. I feel so encouraged to able to stand with anyone or groups and talk, even if it is not totally without flaws. I keep a little electric translator in my pocket and try to absorb words wherever I am. Its such an exhilarating hobby. The down side is, its a life time effort to become completely fluent, plus the fact the words change regionally.
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