Tuesday, February 10, 2009
The quilt--how could I forget it?
If we knew how to include photos, and had a working digital camera, we'd show the quilt we just finished for Kathy's friend Tedra. Tedra was scheduled for a c-section yesterday, but apparently went into labor Sunday night and ended up with a 3 am section. Kathy reports that all went well. All is going well with the quilt also. Max finished the quilting yesterday (I was sick and couldn't help with the last borders). The machine side of the binding is on and it is sitting in my chair waiting for me to come do the the hand sewing side. We're waiting for confirmation from Kathy of the baby's name so we can do the label. Then it will be in the mail to Florida! The quilt is navy blue, dark red and white on white. The quilt is 4 large blocks-apx 15 in squares--2 are red paisley and white and 2 are navy and white. Borders are dark red and navy and binding is dark red. We think it looks pretty and hope that Tedra will enjoy it.
No, we haven't dropped off the edge of the world. We're still here!
Well, we managed to be set apart on Thurs, Feb 5th. Melanie, Josh, Doug and Cynthia were able to be there as well as some close friends from our Ward. Our Bishop gave us each beautiful blessings. This is one of those times when I wish that blessings could be recorded, like a patriarchal blessing, so you would have a hard copy to refer to often. I have comfort in the fact that my spirit also heard my blessing and will bring it to my conscious (or maybe even subconscious) mind when I need it.
We went to our training on Sat and Sun, 2/7 & 8. The Director of the Salt Lake Innercity Project is a very congenial man, Bro. Hodson, as is his wife. He has about 5 or 6 Asst. Directors who each supervise specific Stakes/Wards/Branches and certain area of support, such as employment, medical, website, etc. Each set of Asst Directors gave a presentation introducing their area of specialty. The presentations were well done and interesting. However, by the end of Saturday's session, we were all feeling like we were in an "information overload".
Wow! There is so much to learn and remember. They frequently reiterated their position that we didn't have to remember it all now, just remember that we had heard about it and knew where to find more info and who to call if we needed specialized information. We had a closing session Sunday with our Asst. Director, Bro. Ballstaedt and his wife, who are over the Spanish units. They also are very charming, congenial, and eager to help each of us be successful. We have another training session on Thurs. that is just for Spanish missionaries. They tell us that our needs, and, therefore, our resources are different from a lot of the ones that we learned about in our training.
Jamie gave us her Spanish textbook from the MTC and some other Spanish church books. Altho we are not required to learn Spanish, we are going to try to learn at least some.
I went to the library last week and got some Spanish children's books and also some phonics books for Logan. She wants to learn to read so badly. She is in a good pre-school program and is learning letter sounds and can read some words. Unfortunately, she hasn't been here since I got the books, so we haven't had a chance to try them. Maybe tomorrow.
Love to all. We enjoy reading your comments. it keeps us somewhat connected. Marcia
We went to our training on Sat and Sun, 2/7 & 8. The Director of the Salt Lake Innercity Project is a very congenial man, Bro. Hodson, as is his wife. He has about 5 or 6 Asst. Directors who each supervise specific Stakes/Wards/Branches and certain area of support, such as employment, medical, website, etc. Each set of Asst Directors gave a presentation introducing their area of specialty. The presentations were well done and interesting. However, by the end of Saturday's session, we were all feeling like we were in an "information overload".
Wow! There is so much to learn and remember. They frequently reiterated their position that we didn't have to remember it all now, just remember that we had heard about it and knew where to find more info and who to call if we needed specialized information. We had a closing session Sunday with our Asst. Director, Bro. Ballstaedt and his wife, who are over the Spanish units. They also are very charming, congenial, and eager to help each of us be successful. We have another training session on Thurs. that is just for Spanish missionaries. They tell us that our needs, and, therefore, our resources are different from a lot of the ones that we learned about in our training.
Jamie gave us her Spanish textbook from the MTC and some other Spanish church books. Altho we are not required to learn Spanish, we are going to try to learn at least some.
I went to the library last week and got some Spanish children's books and also some phonics books for Logan. She wants to learn to read so badly. She is in a good pre-school program and is learning letter sounds and can read some words. Unfortunately, she hasn't been here since I got the books, so we haven't had a chance to try them. Maybe tomorrow.
Love to all. We enjoy reading your comments. it keeps us somewhat connected. Marcia
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