2Lovellscalled2serve: Happy Simeon

Monday, December 1, 2014

Happy Simeon

Guyanese missionaries with Guyana money, Simeon learning to be a good husband,
and, Guyanese elders celebrate the land of their birth.

I have to apologize for not getting any pictures for last week and I am guessing Sister Sappington wanted to show me what happens when I do not send her any pictures (Santa puts you on her “naughty list”). Okay, lesson learned very, very well.

This week we were all over the place and I mean from me getting sick to us having appointments fall through really badly. But, hey, here is the bright side. We saw seven (7) persons turn up to church yesterday including three (3) less active members. Now, how amazing is that? The Lord gets all the credit … yep, he sure does!

This week we did not find a lot of persons to share this gospel with. I am guessing Thanksgiving had a huge part to play in that little issue. There is far more I have to be thankful for and I truly realized that this week. We are so blessed to have this wonderful gospel in our lives and to have this time to share it with others so they to can be blessed, too. I am thankful I got to make curry again for the first time in a long time. I still have it down to a tee and after a long week of fighting the "cold" I have to agree I am super thankful for that. Let's just all remember who is the reason for the season and that as the Savior Jesus Christ would do we should, as well.

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Funny, interesting or amazing things they say

May 15 - Selwin spoke twice today - once in the Southgate 3rd Ward and then at Brookdale's Sacrament meeting. After the meeting one sister approached him and whispered in his ear saying, "my sister always told me to 'never forget how important you are'."

The second sister told him, "you should always smile because your dimples are so adorable!"

April 3, 2016 - The Cannon's, who had returned home on Friday after 18-months managing missionary apartments in the Mississippi Jackson Mission, stopped by the house to deliver a package from Elder Selwin who they described as "an exceptional missionary and an outstanding young man."

March 16, 2015 - Hi, my name is Deborah Albert, and your son (Elder Selwin) is here serving in my town (Gulfport) right now. I just wanted to tell you that he is a pretty awesome missionary !! We like him a lot !!

May 7 - Almost every day someone asks about our missionary twins. Today it was my doctor. We chatted briefly about how they're doing and how well Simeon and Selwin were integrated into our ward / neighborhood. "It doesn't surprise me," he said, "because they are fine young men and so easy to like!"

May 5 – We were at a funeral and in the middle of the service my caller ID showed an incoming call from "Jackson, MS." Since I only know ONE person in Jackson, MS, I jumped up to take the call, my heart pounding fearing something might have happened to Elder Selwin since missionaries are only allowed to call home on Mothers' Day and Christmas. I answered to hear a familiar voice asking, "Hi, do you know who this is?” It seems they can still make me smile - even from a thousand miles away!

April 1 - Kenrick Benn writes: The time is just around the corner when “our” two sons will be out in the mission field. I believe those two can convert even the hardest heart. Sister Benn and I would like to thank you two wonderful people for all you have done for us and for the two young men I love as a father loves his sons.

March 24, 2014 - Upon our return from SoCal, Selwin sheepishly said, "if you left the car in the driveway and the keys on the hook as a test, you should know, I failed!"