Something exciting that happened this week happened to the entire mission. As a Mission we set a goal to find 43 people this week who were interested in learning more about the gospel. Yesterday, it was counted and this week alone we found 75 people! Even during the quarantine, the work is still continuing on and going strong. I am often reminded that this is not my work, this isn't even missionary work, this is the Lord's work. Because He is leading it, we have and will continue to see miracles, no matter the trials to come.
Now, since it was Mother's Day I think it's about time I brag about my mom again. My mom means so much to me. She is so creative, hard working, and brilliant. She finds so many creative ways to serve, may it be by inviting +100 people over to our house every first Monday of the month to give families an opportunity to enjoy free food and activities. She welcomes in a stranger with love, compassion, and free food, much as my Grandma Sharon does. She plans vacations every year for her family, full of adventures, sights, games, and physical challenges (such as a mile swim across the lake). She is one of the hardest workers I have ever met, which I know she gets from my Boma who has been a nurse for the last 40 years and is currently caring for Covid-19 patients. My mom has been the activity program director for Cub Scout Day Camp for 20 years now, serving countless youth over the years. Every other week, my mom will wake up early in the morning, meet a co-op truck at the end of the driveway, haul the produce up our driveway, and organize and distribute the produce into many baskets. She then sits outside in the cold morning and helps those who are picking up baskets of produce. She doesn't get paid at all for any of these amazing service projects, simply doing them to serve. She does countless more, but I'll save those stories for another time. My mom seems to be the definition of brilliant. She taught three of her children, me included, homeschool for elementary, middle school, and high school. She volunteers at Everett Community Collage to help immigrants practice English, and she uses her teaching skills to help them. She is not only knowledgable on the works of the world, but she has such a great spiritual knowledge about the scriptures and gospel topics. It has truly been an honor to be raised by someone so strong, determined, selfless, kind, and loving. Even while so far away from her, I can feel her impact on me helping me to work harder, strive to grow in knowledge, and give all that I can to serve others. She is truly a remarkable women, and I am forever grateful I get to call her mom.
I have continued to experiment with hair at night. Sometimes it ends well. Other times it looks like this picture. I call it "I don't know what happened, but let's just go with it". Sister Kotyk is my very patient model.
One of our thank you eggs got caught in the tree under our balcony and we had to try to get it out after the people left. I was finally able to get it out after a few minutes and swinging around our broom.
A picture we took from the top of Roxborough park.
