Catching Up!
I can't believe it has been more than two weeks since I last posted an entry into my blog.
Much has happened since then.
We sent two of our young missionaries off to other parts of the Texas Houston East Mission vinyard and received two young missionaries fresh from the MTC. We will enjoy becoming acquainted with them. Both are Elders. We haven't met either of them yet.
This past Saturday, we enjoyed a baptism in the Channelview Ward. We are assigned to work in the Jacinto City Ward, but we also spend time in the Channelview Ward when we can. I generally attend both Sacrament Meetings, but Sister Black is the pianist for Jacinto City Ward's Primary, so she doesn't visit the Channelview Sacrament Meeting unless they need her to play the organ. Then we lean on one of the young Sister Missionaries to fill in with the Primary. It happens occasionally, but not very often.
We have had RAIN. Not just rain like normal places get. This came down like it knew how! It shut down the I-10 freeway in Houston for about 2.5 hours. How do I know? I was one of the thousands of beneficiaries of the rare traffic jam.
I am the conductor of the Jacinto City/Channelview Wards choir. I was on my way to pick up the young Elders to take to choir practice when the rain fell like crazy. At it's highest point, it was several feet deep on the freeway, I'm told. There was quite a bit of flooding around the area too. And lightening? Oooohhh booooy. Lightening striking all around. Lightening struck very close to our apartment. It was a flash BANG moment! Kind of pretty and kind of frightening at the same time.
My sweet companion has been sick for the last few days. She has caught a summer cold and she is miserable. This is much like the one I had several months ago. It took me many weeks to get over the cough. It just takes her breath away.
Our choir is coming along nicely. These are people who cannot read music, and some of them can't read the words either. But with coaching they have been able to learn parts for three hymns so far. I am well pleased. We will sing for the first time in Sacrament Meetings on September 15 and then every 3rd Sunday from then on.
We are researching a Church program that teaches members to lead the singing and then to play the piano if they are so inclined. They can learn to lead in 12 weeks and then should be able to play hymns by the end of the 24th week. This program is generally sponsored by either Stakes or Missions, and are paid for by grants issued by a 3rd party. It is a wonderful program. We hope that either the Summerwood Texas Stake or THE mission will be able to sponsor it for the Jacinto City and Channelview wards.
That's enough for today.
Much has happened since then.
We sent two of our young missionaries off to other parts of the Texas Houston East Mission vinyard and received two young missionaries fresh from the MTC. We will enjoy becoming acquainted with them. Both are Elders. We haven't met either of them yet.
This past Saturday, we enjoyed a baptism in the Channelview Ward. We are assigned to work in the Jacinto City Ward, but we also spend time in the Channelview Ward when we can. I generally attend both Sacrament Meetings, but Sister Black is the pianist for Jacinto City Ward's Primary, so she doesn't visit the Channelview Sacrament Meeting unless they need her to play the organ. Then we lean on one of the young Sister Missionaries to fill in with the Primary. It happens occasionally, but not very often.
We have had RAIN. Not just rain like normal places get. This came down like it knew how! It shut down the I-10 freeway in Houston for about 2.5 hours. How do I know? I was one of the thousands of beneficiaries of the rare traffic jam.
I am the conductor of the Jacinto City/Channelview Wards choir. I was on my way to pick up the young Elders to take to choir practice when the rain fell like crazy. At it's highest point, it was several feet deep on the freeway, I'm told. There was quite a bit of flooding around the area too. And lightening? Oooohhh booooy. Lightening striking all around. Lightening struck very close to our apartment. It was a flash BANG moment! Kind of pretty and kind of frightening at the same time.
My sweet companion has been sick for the last few days. She has caught a summer cold and she is miserable. This is much like the one I had several months ago. It took me many weeks to get over the cough. It just takes her breath away.
Our choir is coming along nicely. These are people who cannot read music, and some of them can't read the words either. But with coaching they have been able to learn parts for three hymns so far. I am well pleased. We will sing for the first time in Sacrament Meetings on September 15 and then every 3rd Sunday from then on.
We are researching a Church program that teaches members to lead the singing and then to play the piano if they are so inclined. They can learn to lead in 12 weeks and then should be able to play hymns by the end of the 24th week. This program is generally sponsored by either Stakes or Missions, and are paid for by grants issued by a 3rd party. It is a wonderful program. We hope that either the Summerwood Texas Stake or THE mission will be able to sponsor it for the Jacinto City and Channelview wards.
That's enough for today.
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