Little miracles

Sister Stanford reading her notes on family names

Elder Lovell & Sister Stanford working on her family history

Sister Scott preparing another delicious meal for us!

There are times when little things happen that later you realize what a big blessing it was.  We've been working many weeks with Sister Stanford helping her do family history on the computer.  Just a little note, she has macular degeneration which limits her ability to read the computer screen. She has been taking classes on a computer program for the blind which enables her seeing abilities.  We have struggled with the PAF program and her e-mail as when we enlarge the screen to 400%, we lose the middle section of the screen.  We purchased a projector which Elder Lovell uses for his Family History Class and she loves it! We go to her home most Thursdays to help her and there are times when we wonder if we just go for the visit and the wonderful food Sister Scott (her mother) cooks for us. I was trying to figure out how to make the monitor brighter on my laptop when I ran across a place to enable a magnifier. I didn't try it out until we got there so it was an adventure trying to figure out how it worked. The discovery of how it worked was amazing and it was so much fun seeing her ability to add names into PAF and read her e-mail without much problem. I visited with her instructor and told him what we discovered, and he was excited to try it so he could teach it. Today  I asked Sister Stanford if she has used the magnifier since then and she said it is wonderful - it has given her a greater opportunity to use her computer!  It really is kind of fun to play with it.



We have another member, Bro. Moody, who has sight problems.  (He's the one who ate Thanksgiving dinner with us) Sister Stanford has been helping us get information and applications so we can assist him in getting the tools to enable him to see more and receive talking books, etc.  This will be especially nice when we can order the audio scriptures, church magazines, etc.