Sunday, 10/24/21 Good evening Brandon, Hope you are doing well. KJ said she was off to Oregon to try to settle her old house which has been an albatross around her neck. David Hughes was in EQ today and I shook his hand. Our EQ pres was once our bishop: Kent Perkins. He was also the SG Leisure Services director for over 30 years. I went without a home teaching quarterly interview for about 10 years. When I was in the presidency we followed through on those conscientiously. So I was disappointed when they didn’t happen. Now they do! Yay Kent! @@ Thomas S Monson got to give zillions of talks. He told wonderful stories in my opinion. He told one about a beat up old house that the whole ward jumped in and remodeled when the family was away. Last week Pres. Kent Perkins wrote his first quorum update. I was amazed at all they have done for Sister Forsberg’s home. What a project! No other EQ president I have ever known could have taken this on, even though it was step by step. There are many to pray for too. Can you see the difference that having one Quorum makes? Instead of splitting us into Elders and High Priest. This is one adjustment/revelation that makes total sense to me.
Brethren,
Here are a few quorum updates:
As many of you know, Brother Sam Hales is in the Hurricane Health and Rehab facility (416 North State Street, Hurricane). It can be quite lonely for Sam, especially when you consider that he may be there for the long run. Visitors will lift his spirits, and it is great opportunity to "comfort those that stand in need of comfort). Because he has dialysis on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, it is best to visit between 9:00 AM and 5:00 PM. Please consider grabbing a friend and making the trip to help Sam feel remembered.
Our project to help Sister Forsberg renovate her home and yard is almost complete. To date we have torn down the wood fence and the wood deck, and removed old asphalt. We took down the gazebo in the front entry, cut down her dead tree, and cleaned and hauled away junk and weeds from the yard. We have coordinated the building of a new deck, a retaining wall, new roof gutters, and block wall; the installation of a new front window, and repairs and painting of stucco. A landscape contractor has been selected to restore the front and backyard landscapes. We will schedule one more service project to remove the remaining weeds and misc. materials, then the landscaper will finish up. Sister Forsberg is especially grateful for all the care and concern from members of the quorum.
As a ward we have set a goal to index 200,000 names that can be added to the FamilySearch database. At present we have done an amazing 179,000+ names. We would encourage all who have signed up to begin or continue indexing to help us reach and hopefully exceed our goal.
Brother Palmer has created a survey regarding personal histories. The Bishop emailed the survey as part of his weekly message to the ward. Please consider having each of your family members take a minute to fill out the survey.
Please remember in your prayers brothers Hale-t, Bagley-t, Stauffer-s, Hardman-a, Johnson-c and Gibbs-c, who are recovering from treatments, surgery, an accident, and Covid. [v- I added the letters to identify their issues. Kent sure did figure out how to abbreviate that sentence! :)]
Please join us Tuesday evening at 6:00 for our last picnic in the park.
It is blessing to serve with you in the Elder's Quorum.
Bloomington Hills 2nd Ward Elder's Quorum Presidency.
E Brandon, last week I forwarded your three letters to KJ. She had texted me so since she is retired I thought maybe she would be interested to see what I sent you. The last one about our ward indexing challenge, I explained to her was just to let you know that good saints are continuing to perform good works. I suppose that is the the same reason I am sharing this week. @@I listened to a talk by JEF today. I was surprised to hear this paragraph: In my lifetime I have seen the faithfulness of Church members increase. Measured by fixed standards, there are greater manifestations of faithfulness than ever before. On any given Sunday, percentagewise more than twice as many people partake of the sacrament of the Lord’s Supper worldwide than when I was growing up. April ‘98 “Search Me, O God, and Know My Heart”James E. Faust
I don’t quite understand that. Perhaps because they had huge wards then and the people did not feel important and responsible. I get to sit on in the middle of the top row of the choir seats to lead the music. I see everyone and feel they are family each week. I am so blessed. I feel important. I get thanked by the bishopric twice each week. Once in the announcements and again in person after the meeting. I doubt anyone gets more acknowledgement for less effort than I do. Ha. Just because I can sing. What a blessing for me. Tyhf. GBY-BLTPJS Love, Vern
I hunted for giant Snickers candy bars this week for Josh Crane and Brooks Barney. The picture at the top shows a 1 pounder. I ended up buying 32oz bags of Snickers instead. :) Long live INDEXING!
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