Rainy Days

It has been a little rainy in northern California.  In the first video, which is very short, you might notice the cows are trapped.  No way to get to land.  I understand that there was a death connected to the flooding here.  A farmer got trapped in his barn and tried to wade through the swiftly moving water to get to his house.  The neighbors drove their tractor out to help him, but they needed to be rescued and the farmer didn't make it. I hope the videos work.

Elder Wecker had an interesting day yesterday.

Wednesday, February 27, 2019

Today we were scheduled to pick up Eddie Martell for a discussion with the elders.  Eddie had gone to the church early to fill a cleaning assignment with Brother and Sister Richards.  When Sister Wecker and I arrived at the church, I went to find Eddie.  In crossing through the chapel, there was a woman there crying.  I did not disturb her, but went into the foyer.  While standing there, the woman came out of the chapel and I spoke with her.

Louise was feeling sad on the second anniversary of her mother’s death. She had come looking for a church to pray in.  She was wearing an amulet that held some of her mother’s ashes and asked if we could bless it.  I explained that we did not bless objects, but we do bless people if she was interested.

We then invited her to meet with the missionaries to provide some comfort and understanding about the plan of salvation and where her mother is now. She agreed and we took her to the seminary room where we were to meet with Eddie.  There was a pretty good-sized crowd – the Crescent City elders were still in town because of unsafe road conditions north, so a lesson on the plan of salvation was presented by Elders Ward and Low from Eureka, Elders Crofts and Swarts from Crescent City. Sister Wecker and I were there along with Bro. Welling and Bro. Martell.  We all chimed in from time to time and Eddie gave some good comments.

Louise told us she had been visiting churches but hadn’t really connected.  She seems quite spiritual and has felt something in her prayers.  But her main concern was how did we know what came next and why God would take away our loved ones through death.  We spoke of faith, scriptures given through the prophets and the witness of the Hoy Ghost.

Elder Ward set an appointment with her for next Wednesday, and she indicated she would come to church on Sunday.

I feel sure the Spirit brought her to the church at a time when there was somebody there to let her in and then to teach her.  We explained that the building is not always open, so she just couldn’t drop by and expect to get in.

It was an exceptional day.