tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19941740894777682592024-03-20T06:41:41.267-07:00What she saidAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12006068138136602102noreply@blogger.comBlogger44125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1994174089477768259.post-83967375067205406042015-12-12T10:47:00.000-08:002015-12-12T10:47:54.863-08:00Time To Go Home! We were talking the other day about sacrifice. I used to think a senior mission is a big sacrifice. But now that I have have had such a wonderful experience here, I wonder, will I still get credit for sacrificing?<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Goodbye aerial lift bridge. Goodbye park point. Goodbye salties. Goodbye walleye.<br />
Goodbye fog in July. Goodbye -37 degrees, Goodbye Enger tower.<br />
Goodbye Split Rock Lighthouse. Goodbye Mesaba.Avenue. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfrwDbs2zR31zYg_HCeeMr5xDwv1heXqxa-S0gpolEit__QLr9lE5LscC1HiyknkDnm25Fms4-tuVmWeQBCz4PHMykkVpI8XlBgm927Pd60tY03k-3lotu1zSaURQ0ETjsnjwN2ClA7M1g/s1600/2015-12-01+11.18.08.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; clear: left; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; orphans: auto; text-align: center; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 1; word-spacing: 0px;"></a></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Patti is my only piano student. <br />
We have LONG lessons because we have<br />
a lot to talk about and some<br />
of it is piano.! I am going to miss Patti!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.8px; text-align: center;">Just a couple of Vance photos because you can't<br />
have too many! We had good fun while I was in Brookfield</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Scott & Ron put a new floor<br />
in the kitchen and sunroom so<br />
Vance doesn't get slivers in his belly..<br />
Vance approved!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Goodbye senior missionaries of the Minneapolis Mission.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Goodbye food bank. <br />
goodbye from Sister Christensen too.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Boy we had fun at the stake scripture activity.<br />
This game is life-size hungry hippo!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We went to the mission home for a "last supper" for missionaries<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And then we had a testimony meeting. It was awesome to be with these missionaries who have completed their mission. Wonderful people and wonderful testimonies and a wonderful good work they have done.<br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br />So as we come to the end of our mission I have been reflecting on our experiences. <br /> I will list some things we learned on this mission: <br /></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12.8px;">1. How to study the scriptures and get more out of it.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.8px;">2- People are just like people everywhere you go and that is mostly a good thing.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.8px;">3- Land without mountains can be beautiful if you add enough lakes.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.8px;">4- People can change their lives for the better when they find the gospel.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.8px;">5- I learned how to take selfies. (Don't laugh. This is an important life skill)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.8px;">6- I learned how to teach straight from the scriptures. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.8px;">7- I learned how to dress warm, and go outside anyway.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.8px;">8. I learned how to talk to people about the Church.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.8px;">(Some are Ron's and some are mine. Can you tell who's is who's?)</span></div>
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Recently Jessica's (Stratton) father, Thomas Siegal, died unexpectedly. Jessica's was very close to him and the suddenness
of it added another dimension of sadness. We were able to come down for his
memorial service and then Karen stayed to tend the baby. Tom has been Vance's daytime babysitter so there is one more reason for sadness.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ron and the volunteers Tuesday Food Shelf<br />
crew at the Duluth Second Harvest<br />
Food Bank</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Breakfast of champions.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mountain bike trail<br />
Ron is making his last good weather count by riding lots of trails.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We attended Sister Webster's seminary class in Pine City.</td></tr>
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So, one day I said to my friend Patti Newton that we should get together for Hand and Foot. So she invited us for dinner and cards. I was still scratching my head wondering how I invited her but she was the one cooking dinner. It worked out pretty nice for me!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ashli and I were partners doing a worksheet.. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Then we built an altar out of cookies. Pretzel sticks were the wood for the sacrifice and we each sacrificed a paper lamb on which we had written a habit we wanted to break. Then our lambs were sacrificed on the cookie altar.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The really happy boy is Jacob. And we happened to be talking about Jacob in the Old Testament.<br />
When he was asked to read, he said, "And I said" instead of reading "and Jacob said." <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This morning we went to seminary with Cora and Audrey Delich.<br /> Before seminary class, we did not know they were famous tennis players.</td></tr>
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Last night we got invited to Elder Dover's going away dinner. This was his first area and he is loved.<br />
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We also inspected the Elder's apartment in Virginia, MN and took them to breakfast. Elder Frost ate a lot. This is the breakfast he ate after he ate his own breakfast and some of mine. He warned us that he is Samoan so he can eat a lot. And it is true!!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12006068138136602102noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1994174089477768259.post-72982880564471208632015-10-07T08:10:00.002-07:002015-10-07T08:10:48.641-07:00Milk inna beg!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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On Monday we went to visit a seminary class in Askov, MN. A woman teaches her two daughters in her home. She did everything that a teacher of a big class would have done, although there were less people to say prayers. But her preparation would have been the same for a class of 2 or a class of 15. We talked on the way home about all the women in the Duluth Stake teaching seminary, miles apart, but having similar experiences of studying and teaching the gospel to a new generation of teens. And their goal is teaching the gospel, not just getting through a lesson, but living and teaching so that the Holy Ghost testifies to the students. These are truly woman of the covenant who are dedicated to carrying the gospel by converting their own family first.</div>
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If you have spent any time in the North Country (upper MN, WI, ON) you learn to say things like "beg" for bag, "eggate" for agate,"aboat" for about and you put an "eh" at the end of a sentence (more prevalent the further north you go). So I was in Kwik Trip (a gas station) and I saw a much lower price on the milk if you bought it in a bag instead of a plastic bottle. Then later when the elders were here for breakfast, Elder P said, "Oh milk inna beg." <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Many times this summer we have<br />looked out on the lake to see a ship<br />carrying windmill blades-the huge ones.</td></tr>
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On September 6,7,8 we held a senior couples' conference in Duluth. There are 9 couples serving in the Minneapolis, Minnesota Mission and they all came! We had a potluck first thing and,as usual, the food was delicious. Thompsons, Graffs, Arringtons, Forbes, Becks, Marlos, Higbees, Morrisons, Sawyers, Strattons. I don't know first names, we just call them Elder and Sister.</div>
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We took them to all the scenic spots around here: Enger Tower, Canal Park, Gooseberry Falls, Split Rock Lighthouse, Glensheen Mansion,Betty's Pie Shop and the Church for "Hungry Hippos-senior style" and some other games. It really surprised me that ALL the seniors had a turn on the roller boards. <br />
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And then it was time for our next visitors! It was so good to see Barry and Beth. You may be starting to recognize this view from Enger Tower. <br />
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One thing we hadn't done yet in Minnesota was go and tour the Soudan Mine. We were over 2,000 feet underground and I'm not gonna lie, I was a little nervous. We saw how they mined iron ore.<br />
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Yesterday Ron gave a workshop at youth conference on "Scripture Study". We actually know the kids from visiting their seminary classes and going to Nauvoo with them.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Just reading the scriptures is like a bucket of sand.<br />You have to sift through to find the gems!</td></tr>
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Becky and Scott fled from the high temperatures in Arizona and came to nice, cool Duluth for a few days. We tried to get Becky to relax but...<br />
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Plus, Scott managed to work quite a bit. We left him alone in the office and he still found plenty of people to talk to in there.<br />
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On the day that Scott and Ron rode mountain bikes, we dropped them off and then we drove to Lester Park to wait for them. On the way we stopped at a garage sale and bought an Upwards game. So Becky and I sat at a picnic table in the park and played Upwards. It was a pretty much perfect morning.<br />
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So we have been having a sort of contest for the best pies in Two Harbors, MN. It is between Betty's Pies and the Rustic Inn. We are leaning toward Rustic Inn because they have a couple of cream pies that have merange for the crust. It is yummy! Plus Ron likes the wild rice meatloaf. (FYI if you're ever on the Northshore.) We are continuing our research.</div>
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This is the long stairway (177 steps!) that goes from the lake shore up to the parking lot level. You should be able to make up a "moral of the story" for this, right?</div>
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This morning we met the Krepps for breakfast. They have sold their home in the east part of Duluth. They now have a camper (big) and truck (big) to pull it. (And a couple of storage units). They are ready to submit their mission papers. They hope to be called to a Family History (genealogy) mission in a warm state. They will bring their camper and live in it. I am so excited for them! (except for the big dog and 2 cats!) --</div>
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The Middletons came to visit-George and Mary Ellen from Naperville! Of course, the librarian would love to see the neighborhood libraries. Ron took them on a hike along Chester Creek. They were having a nice stroll until Mary Ellen happened to ask about "wildlife". When Ron mentioned bears and the stroll turned into a jog. Then he mentioned ticks and hoooeeeee!<br />
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<span style="text-align: center;">Last Sunday we spoke in the Grand Rapids, MN Branch; afterwards we went to the home of Jerry and Gail McLane. We had known them when we lived in Naperville and they lived in Bolingbrook. The wives had to remind us husbands that we knew each other. Anyway, we had a great overnight visit with them in this beautiful isolated home on a lake in the North Woods. The kayaking on the lake in the morning was a special experience.</span></div>
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On the way home from Nauvoo we passed through Brookfield to see Scott and Vance and Jessica. Vance smiles at us now and it is pretty stinkin' cute.<br />
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The Selfie stick was at it again.! We were all at Whitney's baptism.<br />
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Ron finished his goal of 57 miles on the Mesabi Trail.<br />
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As far as missionary work goes, we held an Inservice last month in two places. We had a north meeting with our seminary teacher from Thunder Bay, Canada on Facetime. She felt she was almost with us. I overheard a couple of whispered comments from her, "go find your dad." and "I am in a meeting so quit bothering me." I don't think she meant us. We had decided that we have more time to travel the stake and that we would bring the meetings to them. It worked out really well. We are preparing for another meeting coming up on Saturday. We have also been to orient 3 new seminary teachers.<br />
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From the "How To Speak Minnesotan" book: The second phrase you need is "that's different" with "that's" being high and "different" being low and stretched out. It means that this particular Minnesotan thinks you are downright looney but he doesn't want to offend you.<br />
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This is what summer looks like in Duluth--peonies, and 4th of July picnics-two of them.<br />
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And these two (crazy) brothers went on a 37 miles bike ride!! And then they went 47 miles another day!! Paul and Ron<br />
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And we went berry picking! They were so yummy!!! Then we had strawberry everything.<br />
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And we went on an adventure on the Brule River in northern Wisconsin.<br />
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This is really a beautiful river. It is not very swift or very deep for most of the route but there were a few rapids...<br />
There was this big rock just under the water that we couldn't see until our canoe stopped right on top of it. It tipped the canoe enough that things started floating away--my paddle, Ron's life vest. I didn't actually float away because I found a rock to stand on. Ron eventually freed our canoe with Wade's help. Meanwhile Paul was rescuing the things that had floated down the river.<br />
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We went last week to Nauvoo with our stake youth conference. We enjoyed being with the youth and talking about Nauvoo and Church History. I helped in the kitchen and Ron became an instant success with his selfie stick. Then he posted some of his photos and now he is Facebook friends with lots and lots and lots of youth in our stake. And he thinks it's pretty fun. I will not post his hundreds of photos but just a few.<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12006068138136602102noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1994174089477768259.post-62885625636266351852015-07-04T18:55:00.000-07:002015-07-04T18:55:13.727-07:0013 months into it and I think we are getting it.So we passed our year mark on June 9. We are no longer surprised by things because we saw them last year. For instance, it does not surprise us to see the fog billowing across the parking lot in June. It doesn't surprise us to see a bear in a neighborhood. It doesn't surprise us to have our high temperature 73 in July and hear people complain about the heat. And we learned never to go anywhere without our bin of games, especially the cards and dice. Also, we know the importance of "you betcha" in a conversation. And we know all about feed caps.<br />
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Zone Preparation Day. We went to Enger Tower and took pictures of this wonderful view! Then we went to Park Point and had a BBQ and volleyball.<br />
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I helped these Elders, Elder Foggin and Elder Winder, order I pad covers that had keyboards included. This is the day they arrived.<br />
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Things we have done but don't have a photo of:<br />
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Pancakes at our apartment for missionaries on Saturday mornings</div>
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We almost went to the Rhubarb Festival. Who knew it would be over at 4:00 in the afternoon?? <br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12006068138136602102noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1994174089477768259.post-83985321810362471722015-06-13T08:00:00.000-07:002015-06-13T08:00:27.594-07:00A lesson about ticks<br />
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So I found partly buried in the dirt, a glove. And then another glove and a man's slipper. I started thinking about Bones where someone finds a partially decomposed corpse at the beginning of every episode. . .<br />
I did eventually find the other slipper but no skeleton. Lucky for me!!<br />
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Sunday was our seminary graduation. We expected about 80 people and we got about 140. We are proud to have 23 graduates who finished 4 years of seminary. I took charge of the program where we had three speakers and some singers and then handed out the diplomas. Ron took charge of the Scripture Fair. We asked them to bring something they created that was based on one of the 25 scripture mastery passages. I have a few photos here. They were so creative! The Kahoot! is a game to review some of the things they learned and it works on the phones of the students. Someone recreated the golden plates. Ron took photos of his Marathon T-shirts and restated the health advice.There were many more creative activities. Carol was in charge of food and for this many people, she had sandwich fixings and ice cream sundaes that they decorated themselves. I am always so impressed when church members drive 2 or 3 hours to come to meetings. We had 85 students that finished seminary this year. <br />
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Here is a good story about the Book of Mormon: A carpet layer came home from work, ordered a pizza and asked his neighbors if they had anything he could read while he ate his pizza. His neighbors happened to be a couple of missionaries from the church. They were HAPPY to give him a book to read while eating pizza. After the pizza he came back to the missionaries to return the book, which he said wasn't all that interesting. </div>
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He began to read the Book of Mormon on Friday night and was finished by Sunday afternoon with only short breaks for food or sleep. When he reached the end of the book, he went back over to talk some more to the missionaries. A much longer talk.</div>
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We are taking one last picture with Elder Damron before he goes home to Arizona. We will miss him. He was an awesome missionary! We commemorated his leaving by having lunch at Grandma's Restaurant.<br />
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.Ron has been stopping to look at aluminum trailers for months and months. So he found one for sale and bought it. Now, I don't know what he will stop to look at now! But I am comforted knowing I can take <u>all</u> my stuff back to Idaho in 6 months</div>
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Mother's day in Utah with Nanalee, Ashlee, Megan, Angela, Afton and Gloria<br />
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The Northern Lakes Second Harvest Food Bank had a big fundraiser called "The Empty Bowl". People from the community, including artists and schoolkids, made ceramic bowls and donated them. Hundreds! Restaurants donated soup and bread. On the Empty Bowl day, people came to the old Train Depot and each paid $20.00; then they could choose a bowl and have a bowl of soup and bread. Some of the beautiful art bowls were sold at a silent auction for a lot more than $20. There were lots of volunteers including missionaries! A great community event.</div>
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We went to Brookfield, Illinois to meet baby Vance . He is a cutie and it was fun to see the new parents (Scott and Jessica) "parent" him, He has reddish hair!? </div>
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This is how we watch a hockey game on TV with sleep deprived parents! Everyone sound asleep!</div>
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We drove all the way to Bismarck, ND(!) for our Seminary and Institute training. In this photo are other senior missionaries who do what we do in Bismarck, Fargo, Rush City, MT, Pierre, SD, and Rapid City, SD. We learned a lot and broke our diets--a WHOLE table full of snacks!</div>
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I am writing their names so I will remember them: Brimhall, Metallo, Pearson, Gent, Forsgren and our trainers Troy Matheson and Mark MacDonald.</div>
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And THEN, we went to Fargo, ND to a young single adult conference where Elder Stratton taught a workshop on personal finances. Do you want to know the lesson? It is: 1) Plan - you are in charge of your finances, 2) Get a education that will earn you good money. 3) Invest money so your money can earn money instead of only your time earning money. 4) Give 10%. 5) Retirement/long-term savings 10%. 6) Reserve savings 10% and live on the rest. Wasn't that interesting? Well not so much. But pretty important.</div>
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We were home for just 2 nights, then we drove south to visit seminary classes in Pine City, North Branch and Wyoming (the MN town). Such awesome classes and we took no pics. But we did find a few fun things to do. One day we went to Taylor Falls, on the St. Croix river, which divides Minnesota from Wisconsin here. There is an outdoor sculpture garden with such interesting sculptures, I don't know if they all qualify as art but the artist sure had a good time with his heavy equipment and acres of land. I will share some of the ones I thought were strange/interesting/artistic.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: justify;">A big cage full of round rocks. I should have added something for scale but the bigger rocks are bigger than the size of your exercise ball. so this sculpture is pretty big. And the next one is too.</td></tr>
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Names: Forbes, Arringtons, Thompsons, Grafs, Soelbergs, Morrisons, Becks and Marzos and Strattons<br />
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One of our activities was going to the Minneapolis Museum of Art. There was a special display there where local florists came in and chose a piece of art and then made a floral sculpture to match the art. It was fascinating. I will just post a few.</div>
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This is Haylee. She is in my (Ron's) Sunday School class. She was explaining why she didn't get a hello text from me. Evidently she had maxed out on her Data Plan. Then she said "If my GPA was as high as my data usage, I'd have it made for life." No truer words ever spoken.</div>
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<span style="text-align: center;">And here is a scenery picture. See, no ice and snow? And we have some leaves on the trees. Must be Spring!</span></div>
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12006068138136602102noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1994174089477768259.post-17122581732582108492015-04-15T20:10:00.000-07:002015-04-15T20:10:16.473-07:00Goodbye ice and snow!<br />
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Sister Shumway went home to Wyoming<br />
Elder Zerkle went south to somewhere<br />
Elder Hicken went home.<br />
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Weighing in as our first visitors of 2015, Jean and Russ!! We first met them in Minneapolis where Russ was teaching. We did some sightseeing with Jean: the state capitol building and the Minnesota History Museum. And we toured the James Hill (railroad $) mansion in St. Paul. I think I should have an organ in my house like his.<br />
On Friday we brought Jean with us to Duluth and we toured another mansion and the Maritime Museum and had dinner at Grandma's Restaurant (sponsor of the marathon). Russ drove up on his own after teaching. On Saturday, the weather was awesome! Lots of sunshine and a record high of 73!!<br />
We drove up the North shore of Lake Superior and saw the Split Rock Lighthouse and hiked around Gooseberry Falls. And watched a carrier get loaded with taconite at Two Harbors. It was so fun to have them here.<br />
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We have finished our first visit to inspect all the missionary apartments in our district. That is 10 apartments. We have taken 20 missionaries to lunch or breakfast. It has been very enjoyable to get to know them all better. We have finished visiting all the Seminary and Institute classes 2 times this semester. That is a lot of visiting! The teachers are all doing well but they like to have a break and most times I teach when we visit.<br />
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In March, Ron and I had an assignment to speak in Church about The Restoration. My life is greatly effected by the Gospel being restored and the Church organized in the latter-days. (For instance, I am here on a mission instead of being on a cruise). I am going to give you just a little of my talk:<br />
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There was a couple named Richard and Margaret Phillips who lived in Tom's River, NJ in the 1800's. He was a sea captain and his route was from New York to New Orleans and back again. He was called "Captain Dickie" and was known for being honest and dependable. They had a lot of kids-12 total, although one baby died shortly after birth. One day when it had been raining, Captain Dickie sent his kids outside to flip over turtles They came out after the rain-the turtles, I mean. The kids would flip the turtles over onto their backs so they couldn't get away, then Captain Dickie and the big kids would come along and collect the turtles in bags. Then he took the turtles down to New Orleans where they were used to make turtle soup.<br />
In 1847 the missionaries from the Church of Jesus Christ of latter-day Saints found Captain Dickie and Margaret and their family joined the church. They wanted to go to Utah and be with the Saints so in 1861 they started from Florence, Nebraska with 10 children, 2 wagons, a carriage with 4 horses and several oxen and milk cows. They settled in American Fork, UT where they built a small house and where they had one more child. Captain Dickie fished on Utah Lake and sold his fish up in Salt Lake. I would say that the restoration of the gospel effected their lives quite a lot. It also effects my life because one of their children, Emeretta, is my great grandmother. The church is a tradition in my life. All of my grandparents and also my parents are members of the Church, and all my aunts and all my uncles. This is so different from most of the members that I meet here in Minnesota. Almost all of them have learned about and joined the church as adults.<br />
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I like this scripture in 2 Nephi 31, that tells about the message of the restoration and the doctrine of Christ. "Wherefore, ye must press forward with a steadfastness in Christ, having a perfect brightness of hope, and a love of God and of all men. Wherefore, if ye shall press forward, feasting upon the word of Christ, and endure to the end, behold, thus saith the Father; Ye shall have eternal life. And now, behold, my beloved brethren, this is the way; and there is none other way nor name given under heaven whereby man can be saved in the kingdom of God. And now, behold, this is the doctrine of Christ."<br />
When I read "press forward" I can picture Captain Dickie and his family crossing the plains with the pioneers with a "perfect brightness of hope." I am so grateful for my ancestors who joined the Church, and then passed the tradition and testimony on to me. I <b>really</b> would rather be here than on a cruise.<br />
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I kind of hate to tell you this, because we are supposed to be suffering here and snowed in and frozen with the cold and working hard every minute, but we went for a week to a condo up near Virginia, MN. This is where we stayed, and we thank Marvin for buying some timeshare time that didn't get used, so at the last minute we found a place here in our mission and also our stake! We did some missionary work while there. Yes, we did. We inspected two missionary apartments and visited two seminary classes. And also did some snowshoeing, and some reading, some quilting, and some card playing with friends from Duluth that stayed over for a couple of nights.<br />
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Elder Hicken and Elder Jove had an super clean apartment and they also had a free afternoon as a result of a cancelled appointment. Our appointment was also cancelled so we stayed and played cards with them. Missionaries can play cards on P-day, just so you know. Senior missionaries can do "whatever".<br />
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We had an interesting tour of the high school in Hibbing, MN. The high school was built in the 1920's by the mining company to attract immigrants to come work in the mines. The school is huge (really huge) and looks like the inside of a museum or the Paris Opera House or Grand Central Station. But the auditorium is the best, most amazing--patterned after the Capitol Theatre in New York City.<br />
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We did not see the ghost who comes to the performances and always sits in the same seat. Do you see him? He is wearing a top hat.<br />
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We have been hearing about the ice caves since we got here. They are on Lake Superior in the Apostle Island Lakeshore National Park. Ron decided that since I couldn't keep up with the walking, he needed to invite some people who could. So he got Elder Adamson and Elder Lambertson and Josie to come along. First you drive 1 1/2 hours into Wisconsin along the south lake shore. Then you park and walk to the lake and then across the lake to where the ice caves are. Ron thinks they walked about 5 miles and Josie thinks it was WAY too far to walk! Here are some pretty cool photos.<br />
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Sister Ballif (former missionary) returned for a fun visit.<br />
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We went for a hike in Jay Cooke State Park. A beautiful place, we need to go back again.<br />
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We have made it a goal to explore and learn about this area so I hope my blog doesn't turn into a travel report because we do have great experiences with seminary classes and teachers and with missionaries. <br />
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One day Ron went for a walk on Lake Superior. He has done plenty of walks next to the lake, but this time it was ON the lake. He walked out to check some of the fish houses. The fish houses on Lake Superior as not as elaborate or expensive because the ice can sometimes move according to the wind (the entire lake is not frozen) and sometimes a big crack opens up and the people have to be helicoptered off. They have to leave their equipment behind.</div>
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This is Sampson Dolo who joined the Church about a year and a half ago. He is now a counselor in the branch presidency. He is an amazing person. He is from Liberia and when the war broke out his family was ruined, some killed, some beaten, some lost. He grew up in a refugee camp from 8 years old until 22. He shared some of his experiences at a fireside He is an awesome person who has found peace in the gospel. His testimony is so heartfelt and we are so interested to see what he accomplishes in his life.<br />
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Lisa Ream came to Minnesota because she felt led here and that there was something she needed to do here. She is awesome, a returned missionary, an experienced camp counselor with emphasis on team challenge games and a degree in math. She comes over on Sunday afternoons to play Hand and Foot with us and take a nap on our couch. Sometimes she makes cookies or rolls. We love her but she is going back to Utah. She has an ability to draw together everyone in a group and has done some awesome things with the young single adults here. She will be missed.</div>
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Theresa Smith has the "celestial kingdom" of quilt rooms!! It is built above her 4 car garage and has the coolest long-arm quilting machine I have ever seen outside a quilt store. And she said I could bring a quilt over and we could quilt it. And you know me, right? Here I am talking to her while she does all the work. She is the wife of our stake president. She has some beautiful quilts in progress. </div>
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We were invited to a Valentine Party for senior missionaries in Minneapolis. We had a potluck dinner and played some games. We did not know how serious they would be about Skipbo!! The Grafs are serving a medical mission. The Thompsons work in the mission office. The Soelburgs work with the young single adults in Minneapolis near the University of Minnesota. The Arringtons' mission is called member/leader support which means they serve in an area where there are just a few active members. They help the church members in any way they can.: sometimes providing rides, sometimes teaching English, sometimes helping to fill out forms for assistance. And lots more I don't know about. We are the only seminary and institute missionaries in the Minneapolis mission. </div>
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I was invited to teach a seminary class in Pine City. What a great class. Do you see them all reading their scriptures looking for an answer to my question?? This 4 student class is held in the basement of their teacher's home. She has a whiteboard set up and some shelves for them to keep their scriptures and other materials on. She has pens and pencils and markers in the middle of the table. There are muffins. She has colorful scripture mastery posters on the walls. In another part of the basement is her painting studio and the paintings are really good. In fact, Ron commissioned her to paint a picture of Minnesota for us. She also plays the guitar and piano and often accompanies the singing in seminary with her guitar. One of the students joined the church a few months ago. It is very rewarding to see him get excited about the scriptures and the things he is learning. He gave the most humble closing prayer that I will always remember.</div>
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We have been assigned to inspect the young missionaries' apartments for health and safety. So far they have done pretty well. Elder Stratton told them we would take them to lunch after the inspection. If they get a good report from us, they can choose the place for lunch. If they get a not so good inspection report, we choose the place. Either way they get lunch so they are pretty happy and we get to know more missionaries. But just so you don't forget we are in Minnesota, here is an antelope in one apartment sporting a Fedora, feather and a stuffed spider (I think). Don't you love the juxtaposition of their to-do list and the Savior and the antelope?</div>
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So, Sister Simpson was making brownies to take to a baptism. Her plan was to make them while we had our weekly breakfast. She carefully wrapped her egg in two layers of foil and cushioned by a paper towel for traveling to our apartment. As she was taking her brownies from the oven, they looked kind of strange. That was when Elder Stratton asked if that was her egg there on the counter. Yup. She thought her brownines were ruined but Brother Faerber liked them! She went ahead and made new ones, with an egg!<br />
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We have visited several seminary classes. We went to the temple for a baptismal session with the Carlton Branch last Saturday. Then we went to a senior missionary Valentine party. It is so fun for us to get together with other senior missionary couples. Such a lot of things to talk about! Even if we have to go to Minneapolis to see them.<br />
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On our way driving back to Duluth we saw this rig on the highway driving north. On this trailer there are three dog sleds. Yes, it did take us several guesses before we figured them out. The holes in the side of the trailer indicate a box that has a dog in it. You could see the hay for them to lay on in their box. We didn't see any dogs because it was REALLY cold and they were staying out of the wind. Just another interesting thing about Minnesota.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12006068138136602102noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1994174089477768259.post-30316433884975510142015-02-01T13:34:00.001-08:002015-02-01T13:34:10.418-08:00What Minnesota is teaching me.<span style="font-size: large;">Things I have learned in Minnesota (so far):</span><br />
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1. Lake Superior doesn't always freeze over. From the Duluth side, it looks like the ice is coming from Wisconsin and is about halfway to Duluth, (approaching slowly, sort of like a horror movie). I can't see all of Lake Superior so I don't know how the ice is traveling on the rest of it. I haven't seen any ice houses or cars on Lake Superior. It did freeze over last winter but everyone says the winter last year was "brutal."<br />
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2. Not everyone likes me. Sometimes they are being "Minnesota nice." That is defined as people being especially nice but it doesn't mean they agree with you or even like you. I don't know how to tell for sure but maybe I like believing they agree with me and especially that they like me.<br />
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4. How to take direction from the Spirit. Actually you could learn this in any state, but I learned it in Minnesota. For instance; when we were planning that last stake youth activity. We had some ideas and talked to the YM president. Every idea we had, he said, oh we did that, we did that, we have already done that. So we went home and prayed and tried once again to develop some ideas. I had an idea for a small activity, but we needed to entertain 65 kids. We started talking and the activity got built bit by bit and when we were done, we had a great activity. We asked kids in the stake when we saw them in various places, "did you have fun at the stake activity?" They said, "yes it was fun." "I learned a lot but it was still fun." "It was the best stake activity I have ever been to!" That was a time when we were guided by the Spirit as we made the plan. <br />
Another time: when we went to Chicago last weekend, I packed my jeans but no dress or skirt. At the last minute, I put in a skirt. I wore it to the baby shower, I wore it to the mission home in Minneapolis, I wore it to the LDS Institute in Minneapolis when we met with Bro. Matheson. I didn't know we would do those missionary things, but it turned out that we did. A small blessing, but a good one.<br />
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5. That lighthouse on the front of your puzzle box? Split Rock Lighthouse a few miles north of Duluth on Lake Superior.<br />
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6. I sort of remember how to teach seminary. I taught the Duluth class four days last week. The first day I was nervous and talked too fast and too much. The second day was much better. I made them name tags and had them tell about themselves.Then the lesson was so much better. The third day I had them start with a game and one boy in the class got a little crazy and acted out for the rest of class. The 4th day was good again--no games.<br />
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7. The people in our stake are amazing. They think nothing of getting in the car and driving an hour for a meeting. Our stake president lives an hour north of the stake center, a counselor lives in Duluth, but the other counselor comes from 2.5 hours south. We also stretch from 2 hours west and 1 1/2 hour east. All these people come to the stake center for meetings but luckily not every week. The people from Thunder Bay (4.5 hours away) visit meetings on Webex, an online meeting app.<br />
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8. We got a new branch (smaller than a ward) president today. He is young with a small child. His wife is very supportive of all the time it will take to council people, and listen to them and go to a lot of meetings. I personally think the branch will be blessed because of him. He chose one obvious man for a counselor who was already serving as a counselor BUT his other counselor is a man from Liberia who has been a member just one year. Samson still has a strong accent and little braids all over his head. He is awesome. He works as a nurse This will be so interesting. <br />
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Baby Shower for little "nugget" Stratton (Scott & Jessica's project)<br />
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Since our return to Duluth, from our holiday travels to Boise and Chicago, this is what we've done:</div>
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3 Saturday morning breakfasts with the Elders and Sisters</div>
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1 new teacher trained</div>
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1 trip to Canada where we were detained until they thoroughly checked on us. Is it the Idaho plates?</div>
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7 trips to the health club</div>
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1 trip to the foot doctor--no more boot!!</div>
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2 mornings at the food bank packing potatoes and carrots</div>
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1 trip to the temple and a seminary training meeting in Minneapolis</div>
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3 institute classes in 2 cities</div>
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4 seminary classes taught in Duluth</div>
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1 visit to a seminary class in Thunder Bay, Canada</div>
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1 visit to a Institute class in Thunder Bay</div>
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1 baptism attended</div>
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1 screening of the feature film "Meet The Mormons"</div>
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We are having such a great experience on our mission. We are being challenged with new experiences. There is joy that comes from missionary work, meeting the new people, being challenged in in-service meetings, giving talks, teaching classes, getting our reports in, and feeling the presence of the Holy Ghost. We LOVE the young missionaries and we LOVE the Minnesotans.</div>
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We are only a little bit in love with the ice, snow and wind. </div>
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Last week in our studying we were reading from Doctrine & Covenants 114. It is written to David W. Patten and says he should, "settle up all his business as soon as he possibly can, and make a disposition of his merchandise, that he may perform a mission unto me next spring in company with others, even twelve including himself, to testify of my name and bear glad tidings unto all the world." Doesn't that sort of apply to you and me? </div>
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Those of us who are in the "senior" category are told the same thing, right? Settle up our business affairs, dispose of our merchandise and go perform a mission. From my perspective, you should go. It's true that you bring some physical limitations with you and maybe limitations in other areas, and you are nervous about the unknown and insecure of your abilities, but just GO. You will love it, you will be useful and productive, and you will feel relevant. And the people you will meet and serve, will love you back! Just GO.</div>
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December 20, we attended Sean's baptism in Boise. He was baptized and confirmed by his grandpa. We are so happy we were able to be there. Darcy and Tom and family drove up from Ogden and we had a good group of family there. Annie planned an elegant refreshment table. Creighton gave a talk on baptism and I gave a talk about the Holy Ghost. It was well attended from the ward and also by friends Annie works with.<br />
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Then we celebrated Christmas with Darcy, Tom, Brady, Creighton, Bennett and Annie and Sean.<br />
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Creighton got a batman costume from Annie.<br />
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The boys got yoda hats from Darcy.<br />
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Sean wrote several notes to Santa including one that said, "Ho! Ho!" spelled out in marshmallows.<br />
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We spent a day with the Middletons. Mary Ellen and I are planning a houseboat vacation in this picture. We discovered that we have the same down coat from Costco in the very same color!! Twins! <br />
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We were in charge of the entertainment at the Carlton Branch Christmas party. We recruited the missionaries! So we had a missionary chorus and we called them the Carlton Carolers and they liked the name.<br />
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Earlier that day when the missionaries got to our apartment for Saturday breakfast they found a big mound of candy on the table and we asked them to put candies in the white bags so they could be used for money at the activity. That's when Elder Schmidt asked, "Elder Stratton, are we your elves?"<br />
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We visited seminary classes in Pine City and 2 in North Branch.<br />
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And we had a Young Single Adult sleepover in our living room.! They made a tent to sleep in and then we had so much fun playing games and laughing. </div>
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This is Josie, Monica, Erica, Amanda and Lisa.</div>
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I forgot to tell you all something that happened to us on our visits. We stayed in a motel in Northbranch and from there we visited a class in Pine City, one in Northbranch and one in Chisago. One of our nights there, we saw the elders in Walmart and took them to dinner at Taco Bell. (are we high class, or what?) The 2nd night, we went to Perkins for dinner. We stayed talking after we finished eating. When we got up to pay the bill, the waitress told us that someone had already paid our bill. They weren't there any more, but they said that their kids knew us. Wasn't that nice?</div>
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The Last Supper--in honor of Sister Ballif, Elder Wilcoxin and Elder Teo going home or being transferred we had dinner at Grandma's Restaurant. It was really yummy. You can see Brittany Platt (a new convert) Brother and Sister Faerber, ward mission leader, Elder Dameron, Elder Schmidt, the Strattons, Sister Simpson, Sister Ballif. Elder Teo and Elder Wilcoxin had already left and missed their farewell dinner. Bad scheduling.</div>
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On Monday, P Day, the elders and the sisters came over to eat popcorn and play Nertz. It was all their idea as we NEVER play games around here. Elders Schmidt, Roose, Damron, Zerkle, Sisters Curtis, Simpson, England and Shumway.</div>
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Sister Simpson and Sister Stratton. Missionary sisters, and temporary companions. Her companion left on Tuesday morning and her new companion didn't come until Wednesday afternoon. So I was her companion during that time. It was pretty fun but I was relieved to go back to my regular companion because I was pretty tired by then. </div>
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We attended three seminary classes since the last blog: one in Aitkin, about 2 hours west, one in Virginia, MN, about 1 hour north and one in Askov, 1 hour south. Visiting classes is my favorite part (except for the part about getting up at 4:30 am). You probably can't tell but there is an open Ipad on the table. One girl is skyped in to the class. She lives too far away to attend but she participates and gave the devotional today. Technology is amazing in these small branches of the church that are so spread out.</div>
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On Thanksgiving we were invited to the Faerber's house. It was peaceful and so nice. Then the young missionaries showed up and we played Liar's Dice. They are pretty fun!</div>
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So... Ron is talking to the investigator about a question he asked and I know that Ron didn't prepare to talk about this--but he explains very well the question, the answer, the way to apply in our lives. And because I know there wasn't preparation, I am sitting in my chair marveling about what he says and how amazing it is. Suddenly, Ron says, "Karen, do you have anything to add?" and usually I do because that is my teaching job. I look at him, still in awe (he will like this part) and say, "I am just sitting here being impressed. You are saying just what the Lord inspired you to say and it is amazing." </div>
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Elder Te'o and Elder Schmidt, who live in the apartment below us. (Yes, that is a mannequin head he is holding and there is a story here for another time.) We did get a bunch of snow; but so did many of you, so no one is very impressed.</div>
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This week we have learned ominous news that a big snowstorm is coming. While we wait, this is what has been going on.</div>
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This is Sister Simpson and Sister Ballif who come to our apartment to use the computers. They are sleuthing for inactives that they contact through Facebook. They bring such a good spirit when they come. And they are contacting people who let them come over and teach. It's a good plan!</div>
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Two really awesome things happened this week. We are teaching an investigator and the spirit was so strong as we talked about the steps to baptism and why Amanda would want to be married in the temple. Wow!<br />
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We visited a seminary class in Duluth, actually next door and we drove to Ashland (1 1/2 hours) for an Institute class on Wednesday night. It is so wonderful to visit these religion classes and meet the teachers and the students. They are so sincere and trying to do good. I LOVE getting to know the saints in Minnesota! I LOVE this mission!!<br />
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Priesthood lesson in Carlton, MN branch. Our teacher wears a flashlight on his side. There is a lot more to talk about here.</div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">So on Saturday night it was really quiet at our apartment, so I decided it would be a good time to dye my hair. I got the goo mixed up and had trimmed a little and had put dye on the first section of hair when there was a knock at our door. It was the Elders and I had told them to come and get olive oil from me for blessings. So I let them in (I was wearing my pajama pants and a stained t-shirt) and we went in the kitchen to get the oil and put it in a small container. Then the Sisters came. Sister Simpson was going to stay with us because she didn't feel good. So I finished with the oil and the elders and sisters are in the living talking and I still haven't gotten to the next section of my hair. Then the sisters go into the bedroom to have a prayer and next to them, my phone rings and rings. I did finally get my hair dyed and things were quiet again. But it was pretty exciting for a while. Did you really think senior missions are quiet and peaceful?</span></div>
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You are looking at the next Stratton grandson! (and his Mom) Hooray!<br />
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We have been visiting seminary and institute classes and traveling quite a bit the last two weeks. This week we went to North Branch which is south of us and is a ward-confused yet? There are two seminary classes in the ward, one at the church and one at a member's home, far from the church. Then we went to Pine City for seminary and then finally home. I caught a cold and have been coughing and then I went to the doctor to see why my foot was hurting so much and I have broken a bone! So now I wear a boot and it is tiring to hoist it along but my foot feels so much better! <br />
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Ron ordered some running boards for the truck to make it easier to get in. Last week we gave some rides to a college girl and she is shorter than me and had quite a time getting into the truck. So it seemed like a good time to order some running boards. He had them almost installed and asked the Elders for some help. Here they are in their suits tightening the bolts. <br />
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These are the Elders and Sisters that come to our house for a missionary correlation meeting with the ward mission leader... and breakfast.</div>
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Last Sunday night we invited the YSA's over to learn how to make applesauce. We also took turns guessing where Chris would go on his mission. So far he hasn't received his call, so we don't know who is right. We asked if he had a place he really wanted to go and he said, somewhere without winter!<br />
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We explored the area around this lake after we visited a seminary class in Virginia, a town north of Duluth. We hadn't been up that way and we saw the area of the boundary waters and Ely where many of the canoe outfitters are based.<br />
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That evening we went to the campus of Lakehead University in Thunder Bay and attended an Institute class. See what I mean about the nooks and crannies?<br />
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Sister Ballif does the dishes after the missionary breakfast at our house. She does them every Saturday.<br />
We can't stop her.<br />
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AND one more photo of Lake Superior. <br />
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