MISSIONARY WORK IS SO HARD

I Couldn't resist adding this photo. We seldom have the opportunity to just sit and relax in this chair. Our days and evenings are filled with serving the people in august Ward and studying. We are still trying to catch up with the Elders on the discussions from Preach My Gospel. The Elders are certainly Stripling Warriors and have been taught and now they are teaching with the spirit. They study hard and work hard also. Every Tuesday morning at District Meeting(DDM, District Development Meeting) we sit at their feet being taught. How humbling. Elder Flake our District Leader gives such inspiring training lessons and involves all of us. We love these DDM meetings and these Young Elders.

Phillip and Jana Trigg

We had a wonderful Thanksgiving. Our daughter Jana and her husband Phillip visited us from Decatur Alabama. She brought 9 file boxes full of church magazines. For everyone in Decatur Ward who contributed THANK YOU! We had such a good visit but it didn't last long enough. Thanks also to everyone for the yarn. We have already given out some of the magazines.

Thanksgiving at Crunk Home

This is an advantage of being senior missionaries. We were able to have Thanksgiving Dinner with my sister Paty Crunk and her family. They live in Martinez which is about 7 miles from our apartment. We ate good food, southern cooking, and enjoyed visiting with loved ones even more.

This past week flew by. We didn't take Monday off for preparation day because we took three days off for Thanksgiving. Monday between appointments we decided to go home for lunch. On the way home we stopped at the grocery store. Elder Berry and I were walking down the isle and a large woman in a motorized shopping cart looked at us and started to greet us but a woman pushing a cart came up and spoke to the lady in the motorized cart. While all this was happening I was racking my brain trying to remember who the lady was that stopped us. There are two ladies in the ward who have motorized wheel chairs and I was trying to remember their names. The lady pushing the shopping cart started telling us about her eyes and that she was having eye surgery this week. Before the lady with the shopping cart pushed her cart away she noticed our name tags and read them out loud. We explained to the two ladies who we were and what we did. When the lady pushed her cart away the lady in the motorized chair told us she didn't know who we were and had not noticed our name tags but told us when she saw us walking down the isle there was a light about us and she knew we were somebody special. She told us when she came in the store she was troubled and now she knew everything would work out. She didn't live in Augusta but was visiting here for Thanksgiving. Elder Berry and I left the store in awe about what we had been told. We had many more inspiring experiences which we will cherish always. It is always enjoyable to accompany the Elders as they give discussions.

Sunday as we were preparing to go to Missionary Correlation Meeting a new member of the church called and needed to take his son to the emergency room and needed a ride. Most of the converts don't have cars. Elder Berry left and I thought he would be gone for a long time. He wasn't gone long but returned after dropping them off at the hospital. This man was to drive the van but since he was busy with family that left Elder Berry to drive the van. Elder Berry and two Elders left at 10am to go pick up the van, then made two trips picking up members, investigators and made it back to church just as Sacrament meeting started at 1pm. They repeated this returning people home then returning the van after church. Elder Berry writes: This past Sunday I drove the van again. I got to Sacrament meeting just as it was getting started. I came in the building to find Sister Berry so I could sit with her. When I found her there wasn't room to sit by her because there was a family sitting by her I didn't know. She was holding their year old baby and looked at home in doing so. I wish I had a camera to take a picture of her but we were in the chapel. She also held the baby during Gospel Essentials Class. The young Elders are not allowed to hold children. The couple is investigating and this was the first Sunday for them to attend the church.

Augusta History

This building is located downtown and was build in the 1800's and was orginally used in the cotton industry. It is now a bank.

Hope everyone has a wonderful week!

Love Elder and Sister Berry