Working with the Elders

Once in awhile we work with the Elders. We’ve had some great experiences with them. This one particular day was especially nice. We were headed to Conway when Elder Lovell thought we should stop to see a family who has had a rough week to see how they were doing.  When we got there, Sister Horne’s home health nurse was there who had previously asked questions about the church.  She has thyroid cancer and having her 4^th surgery this week. Elder Thayne had previously talked to her before about Priesthood blessings and asked her if she would like one. She said it would be good and he did a wonderful job. What impressed me was as we were ready to leave he sat down and talked to her about her faith in the blessing using the scriptures. It was a good experience. (Since I wrote this, we found that her husband doesn’t want her to have any more discussions about the church.  This is too bad, as we felt she was really interested.)

We then went to the hospital in Conway to see a potential investigator who has been in the hospital several times for long stays. Even though he was going home that day, we still had to dress up in a gown and put on gloves.  We were a sight. They have 2 teenage daughters who want to get baptized. The Elders set up an appointment for the next week to teach them about the gospel and about being baptized with the proper authority.(Update- they have had their first discussion and are setting up the next one. So far they seem quite interested) On the way down in the elevator a couple joined us and immediately started talking about prayer and faith, and without faith the prayer isn’t any good. What a wonderful experience! The people here aren’t afraid to talk about their belief in Christ. What an example for all of us.

How do we look?