A Well Needed Inspirational Week

Week two of my precious granddaughter being in agonising pain. She was in hospital all last week but at the weekend my daughter took her home. Back to the hospital on Monday but this time they did an MRI and found out what was wrong with her. I found out on the Tuesday morning just as I was going into the Mission Conference Tour with Elder S Gifford Nielson. My granddaughter had just told me on FB or Skype but my son-in-law face timed me and I spoke to him for just a few mins as my meeting had already started. Sorry Abbie if you read this but I was really upset and when I sat in my seat I said to Elder Saunders I’m going to cry, I just want to be home with Abbie and help look after her. Now I may sound a bit selfish for sharing this but there is a good reason for doing so. Last week when I was messaging Abbie I told her that I was in tears and she said “Don’t cry Grandma I’ll be okay, I’m very brave.” Bless her. So this time I didn’t tell anyone until now. Anyway I was upset for only a few minutes when I pulled myself together and said a prayer asking Heavenly Father to give me the strength to snap out of this longing for home and concentrate on the calling I have been currently assigned to do, which is to care for about 250 young adults who also need tlc at times. Miraculously I was able to do this and although I still worried and still do worry I am not so consumed with the longing for home.

The conference was excellent it started at 9 and finished at 4 a long day but it was very uplifting and food for thought. There were many different themes but at the end of the conference we were asked to share a short sentences about what we had learnt. These lists have been recorded and we all will be given a copy. They are priceless little gems.

The tour actually started on Monday when four  Stakes/zones/areas met in Tauranga. Tuesday’s was in Hamilton with four different stakes/zones/areas met and the final day was on Wednesday in Redoubt which we attended. Although the basic instruction was similar the responses were slightly different which gave a total different feeling to the meeting. Both Elder Saunders and I enjoyed very much the two day experience.

For those of you who are interested I am going to include a list in my next bog of some of the inspirational things on our lists.