Hegsted Mission

  12-May-2024-Sunday The primary sang in Sacrament Meeting. They sounded strong and good.  The children always bring in such a wonderful Spirit. We had two excellent speakers. One spoke on Forgiveness, the second spoke on Mother's Day but spoke from a family history perspective; i.e. a Mothers' love passes from generation to generation and we need to know our mothers.  The primary was interesting. They let the Priesthood run it and that is always fun. At the site, we were busy. We had members and nonmembers and mixed them together as they came in together. We had the cart out and took people down to the foundations. We had a nonmember couple who wanted a full tour, so it was not an issue when a member family joined them.  Another couple had come for the Ghost Tour. That is our third local couple who have come for that walk. Another member group seemed semi-interested, but then wanted to go to the foundations and loved the stories there. On the way home, Dede and I di...

   5-May-2024-Sunday It has rained most of the day. We had been blessed with sunshine, but today feels cold and miserable. It just dawned on me that we are entering May, which is my time to feel seasonal depression.  It is not debilitating, but I have to check myself to avoid feeling down about everything. I am grateful Dede pointed this out to me years ago so I can recognize it and work through it. It was a fast and testimony meeting today. Dede bore a pure and sweet testimony about Joseph Smith, the Book of Mormon, and Jesus Christ. She is wonderful. A single man, a convert of a few years, stood and bore a sweet, brief testimony that warmed my soul. Just stated what he knew and sat down. The Rutland Branch has a unique number of older, single men.  The second counselor told us a bit about his history. His family had lived in Paradise, CA., which was 90% destroyed by fire. They desired to rebuild, but the city of 20,000 was destroyed, and they were "forced" to move....