This week we had an all Ireland conference in Dublin. It is a one day trip there and back and it is a two and a half hour drive from Omagh so is a long day. We had to drive up in the dark for most of the way and then it was pouring rain on the way home. Not a fun drive! We took our Elders with us as we usually do. There are more senior couples in Ireland now so there were 7 couples at the conference. During one of the morning workshops we all got together in an empty room that we found and shared what we were doing and also had a chance to discuss challenges or problems we were having and get ideas from others and what could be done. It was great to be able to get together with other couples and talk about what we are doing! It was Thanksgiving on Monday and we didn't do anything special here. All of our kids got together in Calgary at Corey and Julie's place and we were able to FaceTime them. It was great to see all of them get together having a good time. We were just sad that we couldn't be there. We have put more time this week into finding and visiting members of the branch who haven't been out to church for a while. This is a slow process and we haven't had a lot of success so far but we have been able to make contact with a few people and have a visit with some of them. Going through old records is something that sometimes gets neglected. We have been well received by those we have been able to contact and although some told us they were not interested in coming to church we had a good visit with them and were able to extend an invitation. There are some that expressed an interest in coming back and we are going to visit them again. One afternoon I went for a walk along the route that I run mornings and took the camera with me. There are a few nice spots along the run but I never take the camera. It had been raining that day but cleared up and the sun came out so it was a nice walk. We like to keep busy here on our mission and we got a few new things to do at church on Sunday which we were happy about. Maurene gave a talk in Sacrament meeting, second one in two weeks, so I taught our Sunday School class. She was called by our branch president to be a counsellor in the Relief Society. Also, she and the Relief Society president are going to start a genealogy class that will be held Tuesday evenings to help branch members with their research. President Nelson asked us if we had been trained to teach self reliance classes and we have been. He would like to start classes here in Omagh so I guess we will call Elder and Sister Pettit to come here and get things started and we will be teaching those classes. Also, the Elders quorum president asked if I would go home teaching with him as he doesn't have a companion. So lots more to do for us which makes us happy.
There are four sisters in our branch from the Deery family. They are all very active and their mother always attends church also. Norma has a daughter who is currently serving a mission so we took a photo of all the branch members who were at church on Sunday for her and also a photo of the Deery sisters and their mother.
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October 2016
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