The trails are beautiful and Gramma wants to walk there again the first chance we get. That is the hard part. We have been very busy this week and with some days very rainy it would have been hard to walk there anyway. "Spring is in the Air", the trees are starting to bloom here in the middle of February.
Tuesday we had District Council at the Stockbridge church building. There was some good training and Gramma treated all the missionaries in the District to a Valentine present.
Gramma wasn't forgotten either.
Wednesday was transfers and we lost our missionary from New York and gained Elder Webb from Alpine, Utah. We also received a new Spanish Sister, Sister Smith. We love the excitement of transfer day and unfortunately that was our last one. We will be headed home the week before the next one.
Sister Smith is the one on the far right and we broke in her and Elder Webb with singing at the Golden Crest nursing home. We sang on Thursday morning because we were going with the Sisters to the Temple with a member of the Ward on Friday.
Thursday night was a special Conyers Stake Missionary meeting, so we and the Elders headed into the busy rush hour traffic towards Conyers. They serve pizza and treats before the meeting so those that attend don't have to miss dinner. It is well attended by the Elders and Sisters. The meeting was very good, Brother Ray Taylor from our ward told of his conversion to the Church and a member of the Stake Presidency showed us a original Book of Mormon (one of the first 5000 printed) and talked about the importance of the Book of Mormon.
Friday was a Temple day and we did some family sealings and then went through a session with "Trish" a sister in our ward. After the Temple the freeways were jammed. We decided to go back to the Busy Bee Cafe where we still had half our gift card that we received from Samantha's parents. It was Valentines day, so we were just going to get takeaway. Google maps led us all over the city of Atlanta (to avoid a traffic jam) and when we arrived there the line again went out the front door and it was a hour and a half to get a take out order. So we fought traffic back to Jonesboro and had a Valentines dinner at the "Lazy Crab". We have eaten at the "Juicy Crab", and the "Red Lobster" here and still haven't found one we really like. Gramma was just glad that her bib and plastic gloves protected her nice clothes she had worn to the Temple.
Saturday morning we picked up the Sisters at 8:45 and headed to a ward service project. The Bishop had ask all the missionaries to be there. The Kerr family were moving to Texas and the movers were coming on Tuesday to load a truck and all their stuff needed to be in boxes. They are an older couple with lots of health issues. They started packing with the help of the Ward a couple of months ago, but their 30 year old daughter that lived with them unexpectedly died. They are still in a bit of shock with the death and haven't done a lot except sit and try to deal with this tragic death. Time was short and they were not able to agree on what to keep or what to leave. Since they couldn't make a decision, we were to pack it all. Gramma and I boxed and wrapped a lot of pictures, vase, scrap-booking materials, and anything else we found that needed packed. I hope I don't see another tape packing gun again. At noon we were done. We took the Sisters home and went to our apartment and showered. The dust was terrible and until they opened a couple of windows we were not sure we could stay in the room.
Sunday was the usual busy day. We had to take the Sisters to church and both the Sisters and Elders home afterwards. Well the Elders home, the Sisters to a dinner appointment. We hope to get some Ward contacts this week and we also have a Zone Conference. It will be special because it will be our last Zone Conference before we get home. Saturday Gramma is going to play the organ for a funeral of a Grandson of a Ward member. Most of the people that will attend are members of other faiths. We went to see Gerald, but he was asleep. His roommate said he had been asleep most of the day so we didn't bother him.We later got hold of Uta and Gramma visited with her on the phone. He goes to the doctor tomorrow and we hope he gets some good news. We stay busy and are trying to help our new Bishop. He has five members of the Ward in the hospital with serious illnesses. As we get to the end of next week we should have a better idea of exactly when we will be headed home. We are too busy to worry about it yet and we are hoping when it comes the weather will be good. We have formed some great friendships here in Jonesboro and will miss these good people. We miss all of you and ask the Lord each day to bless you. Do what is right, be kind, and know that we love you. Grandpa and Gramma Hammond.
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