On P-Day Gramma decided that we needed to go to Dillard's at a downtown shopping center to get some special makeup she needs. I had to take the Elders earlier that morning to get their grocery's and Elder Malone said he had never been to Atlanta. I ask them if they wanted to go with two old senior missionaries and he jumped at the chance. We went shopping and they walked around the downtown area for several hours. We met later and bought them lunch.
Tuesday we had a late District Council with the Zone leaders. Gramma went to a special lunch for some of the Relief Society sisters. I took her and the Sister missionaries there. Later that evening we had play practice for the Ward Christmas party (remember I am playing Scrooge). All of these things are happening between various errands and rides for the missionaries. Thursday evening they had a Stake Missionary Meeting in Conyers. It was very good and they had three exceptional talks about missionary work. (Two were converts and their testimony and story of conversion) Our mission President was there and also spoke. They apparently always feed the missionaries pizza at 6:00, prior to the meeting.
Shopping this week I saw this package.
I had seen this item on the menu at the Busy Bee Cafe and wasn't sure what it was. I asked a black lady shopping near me what it was and she bluntly said, " Pig guts." I was glad I skipped that item on the menu. We had our weekly visit to sing at the Golden Crest nursing home. We are getting to know a lot of the people and they seem to enjoy the songs. These two are singing with us and clapping their hands on many of the songs, especially the old gospel songs. We still worry that one of these days they may wheel Gramma or I back to one of the rooms. We are older than some of them there.
Saturday night we had a special baptism for Annette. She is the lady that rode with us to see the baptism in Conyers and we have taken her home from Church a few times. It was a nice program and of course Gramma helped provide the music. The Sisters got to be witnesses at the baptism, they had worked hard to help Annette join the Church.
Later on that Saturday night we received word that there were going to be some changes this coming weeks with transfers. We knew that Sister Schmidt was going home and there would be a change there. We found they were moving the Spanish Elders completely out of the area, Elder Malone was going to a new area, and one of the Spanish Sisters would be leaving the area. We will have almost half of our nursing home choir changing. Of the Spanish missionaries below only Sister Record on the left will be here. She will have a new companion.
Sister Schmidt and Elder Malone in the middle below will be gone and Sister Strickland and Elder Augir (he is from Lewiston, Idaho) will get new companions. We hope all the new missionaries can sing.
We are going to miss these missionaries: you get close to them when you are working together in the Lords work. We look forward to meeting new missionaries and helping them as best we can. Like I said at the beginning,"It has been a busy week as usual and it has been just more of the same things we do as senior missionaries." We have other busy weeks ahead, and we are glad to have the chance to serve and help. God bless all of you and remember who you are and act accordingly. We love you and want you to know the Gospel is true. See ya'll.
Grampa and Gramma Hammond
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