It's Finally Snowing Here

20 January 2018

We’re finally getting a little of the snow many of our friends and family in other parts of the country have been experiencing. They were predicting last night that we’d get 5”. However, it started about 8 pm, is still lightly snowing, and we’ve only gotten about one inch, so far — so it seems like it won’t be all they said it would. Since we were told we’d be under a winter storm warning, we ran our usual Saturday errands yesterday afternoon (so we wouldn’t have to get out in it today.) But, it doesn’t look like going out will be a problem if we want anything.

We heard our granddaughter, Sophia, won her school’s spelling bee this week. That was exciting news to hear.

We got another new missionary in our zone yesterday and it seems like she’ll be a great addition! She’s from New Hampshire, is close to our age, and has good computer skills. Like us, she and her husband were adult converts to the church and always talked about serving a mission after retiring. Unfortunately, his health declined such that they couldn’t go together before he died — so she’s here now. Her name is Marie Eastman and she has some of those strong Italian roots that many in the NE have. She hopes to make more progress on her Italian genealogy while she's here.

We love going to the special “Go Forth” meetings that are held when the new missionaries get assigned! There is such a strong spirit there, and Pres. Finn usually shares an inspiring message from the Book of Mormon. (This one was along the lines of the Lord’s commandment to “go and do.” — If He calls you, He will sustain you and help you succeed. We just need to do our part.)