This is for April 4th

 

Just wanted all to know that we have been in Nova Scotia for a few weeks now. The weather is very cool, but it is a lovely place. Our training in the temple continues this week, then we will be on our own. Craig is being trained as an assistant recorder, and I am being trained as the office assistant. We will be the only people in the office. In addition, we have to do the scheduling of the workers for each session. Boy, all those who have served as co-ordinators at Oquirrh Mountain, I have a new found respect for you. We do a new schedule for each day's schedule because the workers vary so much. I haven't decided if planning for a group of 40 workers is any easier than trying to plan for 10-12! We only get to do ordinance work occasionally as one of us has to be in the office at all times.

 Our trip out here went so very well. We were able to see lots of family and friends. We stopped in Erie, PA to Craig's last remaining uncle. He was sick with lung cancer. It really touched him that we would plan our trip so that we could stop and see him. We had only planned a short visit, but we spent over 6 hours with him, and stayed that night in a hotel. The highlight was when he was very upset about his family trying to get him into a hospice program. He agreed to Craig giving him a priesthood blessing (He was raised Catholic). There was no blessing of health, but one of peace. After we left he went downhill fast and passed away one week later. We are so grateful for the time we spent with him. We also got to do a session at Palmyra and Boston temples on our trip out. We stopped one Sunday for church in Little Rock, Arkansas. You should have seen the Stake President's face when we stated that we were on the way to a mission in Halifax, Nova Scotia.I think he thought we were lost.

We keep you all in our prayers. We miss your smiles and your hugs. We are so glad that we are where we are and our family is definitely receiving blessings.

We sure enjoyed conference and learned so very much. I think my next poem will be about the "Song of Faith."

love,

Elder and Sister Edwards