Tuesday, May 5, 2009
Saturday, April 18, 2009
Friday District Meeting/ Surprise lunch at Applebees!
I stole this post from the dePaula's blog. I'm sure going to miss this when they go home at the end of the month!
"Fridays are always days with "our kids" at the church for district meeting. We're not in charge. They are - and what great leaders and teachers they are, teaching from "Preach My Gospel."After the meeting there was a "secret" plan to take Sister Burton to lunch for her birthday. That was a good idea, but these young missionaries are allotted barely enough money each month to buy the basics, if that, let alone any extras. So Elder de Paula and I decided to treat them all to Birthday Lunch. The looks on their faces was worth more that a fortune!"~Sister dePaula
What a wonderful, generous couple!
Monday, April 13, 2009
New Companion- Number 8
Elder Maughan and Elder Merrill (Rexburg) Elder Maughan and Elder Merrill, the sister missionaries, and the Spanish speaking elders, along with Elder and Sister dePaula had Easter dinner at the home of the Cruz family.
Elder Maughan found out that Sister de Paula was in the Mormon Tabernacle choir when John Williams came to Salt Lake City for the Olympics in 2002. (Elder de Paula retired in 1997)
John Williams is one of Elder Maughan's favorite composers so he probably had a nice visit with Sister de Paula!
Monday, April 6, 2009
New District March 30, 2009
Front row (l to r) Sisters Mullens, Frodsham, Burton, de Paula & Elder de Paula. Middle row (l to r) Elders Carcel, Powell, Powell (new district leader), Maughan & Sister Brimhall. Back row (l to r) Evans, Law, Oliverson & Carimia. Wednesday, April 1, 2009
Plainview Stake Center-Plainview, Long Island
"A couple of weeks ago a family, the Mercados, took us to The Outback Steakhouse for dinner. The manager recognized us as elders and came over to visit. It turned out that she was a member living in another ward, out here in Long Island. She's been inactive for some years. Her boyfriend is a Marine. We couldn't convince her to give us her number(she and her boyfriend are originally from Texas and she knew we would never let her disappear if we had someway to contact her!) Well anyway, we figured that was the end of that. She did give us free desert afterwards! Elder Oliverson and I were blessing the Sacrament this past sunday at fast and testimony meeting. Out of nowhere, a Marine and a woman walk into church and made their way to some seats in the back. Oliverson and I looked at each other with our mouths open in surprise and excitement. It was the woman from Outback and her boyfriend. Her boyfriend bore his testimony and thanked us and the Mercados for befriending his girlfriend. They seemed to be in a bit of a hurry to get out of there, so we only got to say hi. It was awsome to see that! It's those little things that make everything worth it out here. We haven't been able to get any baptisms, but we were still able to help someone feel good."
-Elder Maughan
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