On
7 December 2018, I posted chapter three of "... Miracles", promising
another chapter, "to be continued" in Roseville, Michigan.
Sunday
11 March 2018, after church in Roseville, Sister Kay Cannon (Grandma) sent a text message to five of our oldest grandchildren:
“How
I wish you could’ve been with us this [past] week. What we have had in our lives, and
undoubtedly taken for granted, is what so many are hungering for — the true
gospel of Jesus Christ. It’s so amazing
to be with investigators and new converts, who, like sponges, are so gratefully
soaking in the truth.”
This
Sabbath morning, for our brief, 2018 first-quarter report, I reviewed a few
text messages sent by my eternal missionary companion, Kay. As our family was then and always will be
the most important part of our mission, I began with her loving note as an
introduction and summary.
As
full-time missionaries for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, we
shared gospel truths with many people whom we grew to love in the Metro Detroit
area. It was heartwarming to see the
support offered by members of our ward (local congregation) who were just as
eager to help others come closer to Christ.
This sometimes involved assisting the homeless into housing and jobs,
helping others into improved homes, and teaching self-reliance based on gospel principles.
One
of several assignments we had was to help finish the 2017 history of the
Michigan Detroit Mission. As Sister
Cannon simply texted a ward member on February 3rd, "We've been working
on the mission history ... this afternoon. I think we will be up late. It's a
stressful assignment. ..."
We published it on time and sent copies to Church headquarters and others involved.
We published it on time and sent copies to Church headquarters and others involved.
At
the end of most days, we were rewarded with the comforting feeling that we had done some good
and helped "Light the World".
(To
be continued.)
MDM office and meetinghouse, 4 January 2018
