Here we are at the entrance to the Blue River building. It was a cold, but beautiful day and we were excited to be there.
Here is the building from a distance. As you can see, it is very small, but there is lots of land on which to expand.This week we were on the road the entire week in order to interview missionaries in Roseburg, Grants Pass, Medford, Klamath Falls, and Bend. I am grateful for capable senior office missionaries that allow us to be on the road. Their work, along with some automation from the Church which allows me to log in from where ever and approve and monitor the various business aspects required of a mission president, allow me to keep up while traveling. Knowing the office is running smoothly while we are gone is a huge relief to me.
We interviewed over 75 missionaries this week and traveled almost 800 miles. Happily my shoulder was well enough that I was able to do most of the driving and allow Sister Macdonald time to rest and work on blankets for grandchildren while we drove. We were able to make good use of our time on the road as we were given the general conference talks on CDs for Christmas that we listen to when we drive. For a multi-tasker, such as me, this makes for great use of my time “behind the wheel.”
In addition to our most important job of working with the missionaries, we were able to enjoy lunch with the stake presidency in Grants Pass, dinner in the home of the Central Point stake president (whose daughter had just returned from a mission), take the Klamath Falls stake president and his wife out to dinner, and meet with the stake president in Bend before his other meetings on Thursday evening. It is great to have built-in “friends” throughout the mission that we work so closely with. We appreciate their dedication!
Sunday we had the opportunity to speak to a small branch in Blue River as did the two full-time missionaries assigned there. They also cover two wards in Springfield. The building consists of a small open area used for sacrament meeting and for all other gatherings, with a few other offices and classrooms right off the great room, no hallways. The members were so appreciative of our coming that they made it into a branch social afterwards with a pot luck lunch. We thoroughly enjoyed ourselves.
Sometimes at the end of the day, after we return calls and e-mails and follow up on things that require our attention (medical items for Sister Macdonald, and various other things for the both of us) we wonder how we can do it another day. Don’t get me wrong, this is not a complaint! For us it is a witness of all the Lord does to lift us when we are in His service. We gratefully acknowledge His help in all that we do.
We interviewed over 75 missionaries this week and traveled almost 800 miles. Happily my shoulder was well enough that I was able to do most of the driving and allow Sister Macdonald time to rest and work on blankets for grandchildren while we drove. We were able to make good use of our time on the road as we were given the general conference talks on CDs for Christmas that we listen to when we drive. For a multi-tasker, such as me, this makes for great use of my time “behind the wheel.”
In addition to our most important job of working with the missionaries, we were able to enjoy lunch with the stake presidency in Grants Pass, dinner in the home of the Central Point stake president (whose daughter had just returned from a mission), take the Klamath Falls stake president and his wife out to dinner, and meet with the stake president in Bend before his other meetings on Thursday evening. It is great to have built-in “friends” throughout the mission that we work so closely with. We appreciate their dedication!
Sunday we had the opportunity to speak to a small branch in Blue River as did the two full-time missionaries assigned there. They also cover two wards in Springfield. The building consists of a small open area used for sacrament meeting and for all other gatherings, with a few other offices and classrooms right off the great room, no hallways. The members were so appreciative of our coming that they made it into a branch social afterwards with a pot luck lunch. We thoroughly enjoyed ourselves.
Sometimes at the end of the day, after we return calls and e-mails and follow up on things that require our attention (medical items for Sister Macdonald, and various other things for the both of us) we wonder how we can do it another day. Don’t get me wrong, this is not a complaint! For us it is a witness of all the Lord does to lift us when we are in His service. We gratefully acknowledge His help in all that we do.
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