The Nordfelt Journey: Journey Joys

This has been an interesting week.

A trip to the Oakland temple is certainly one of our joys. There were only two brothers and four sisters in our 4:00 session. Once again, Craig and I were blessed to be the witness couple. If you know anything about us, you know we love attending the temple.
We had two families commit to being at church on Sunday. It was one of those days that I truly felt like a missionary because neither one of them showed up. It was disappointing but as missionaries you just pick yourself up and move forward.
We went with the sister missionaries to teach a lesson and had a wonderful experience. Brother ___ bore a very strong testimony of how the Holy Ghost testified to him of the truthfulness of the gospel. He also told us of his hopes and dreams as he moves forward.
We met with the base chaplain, Chaplain Cannon. We had a very nice visit. I don't think we'll be getting any information to help us find our missing souls. He took us to the hospital to check out the possibility of doing volunteer work. We have quite a bit of paperwork and red tape to go through in order to give some of our time. Plus, we have to take our shot records in to make sure everything is current. I'm sure that in the end, this will also be part of our joy.
We were blessed to be invited to give a FHE lesson for a family. Brother _____ is deployed in Afghanistan and won't be home for another month. We were greeted at the door and welcomed with a lot of enthusiasm. We did a short lesson and then provided the treat. We chose to do rootbeer floats. By the time we left, we were pretty well liked. We like to think they enjoyed the lesson as well as the floats. The kids in this family are so sweet and we loved being with them.
We appreciate everyone's prayers. We enjoy the elders and sisters here. They are hard working missionaries. We search for missing members, transport missionaries as well as investigators, attend baptisms, teach Sunday lessons, and meet with ecclesiastical leaders. As a more mature (senior) missionary, we do just about a little of everything.

Hope you all had a wonderful week and remember that our daily journey needs to be filled with joy.