On Halloween day, we were
invited to help with a student industry tour that was held for two local high
schools and one career center, totaling 150 students to show and teach them
about the careers in two manufacturing businesses. We had been invited because
at the Job Fair the chamber of commerce president learned that Sister
Blanchard did these kinds of tours before she retired. She went to the
preparation meeting where she got to meet many of the leaders in the business
and academic community!
That morning they bussed in
and then gathered all of the students and taught them at the COTC
(Central Ohio Technical College) some job skill prep and what options were
there for training. Then the kids loaded the buses and half
went to McWayne Ductile and the other half went to AK Steel. It was just
like the olden days at GSD and it was a blast! They did a great job and
we were so happy to tag along. They had plenty of chaperones, so they
asked us to be the photographers for the event, so that was fun.
We volunteer in as
many community events and places as we possibly can so that people in the
community can learn that there are Latter-day Saints in the area, and that
service is a very important part of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Plus we
get to meet some wonderful people! This tour was a great opportunity to
just meet and visit with people about why we were in
Coshocton.
This was a fun service
opportunity!
On Wednesday of this
week, we taught our New Testament Institute class and finished our discussion on
miracles.
Thursday we facilitated our
Personal Finance Class and we are just over half done with the subject matter
but have decided to kind of stretch it out a bit so that we can incorporate
more of what we are learning into our daily lives! It is a very spiritual
program- fabulous!
We have been guided by the
spirit so many times as we facilitate this group, it is amazing to see how the
Lord's plan of finances is blessing the lives of our branch members. The
economy in Coshocton is very depressed and many of our branch members live on a
very limited budget, but want to learn and improve their circumstances, with
the Lord's help! We even have a lady who is a non member, but decided to
pay tithing because she was wanting the promised blessings associated with that
commandment! And she has had blessings, what a wonderful experience to be
able to see how this happens!
It was also Sister Welker's
birthday so, of course, we had to have a little birthday treat, this time it
was a cheesecake celebration! :)
She is the branch
president's wife and is always so unselfish and giving, it is nice for a chance
to be able to do something for her!
Immediately after the class
was over, we jumped in our already loaded car and headed for North
Carolina! We drove to Charleston, West Virginia that night so we wouldn't
have to drive so far the next day. We got a chance to sleep in and take a good
walk around the capitol building and grounds which we found beautiful!
We picked up Katie and
Elisabeth in Christiansburg about 5 pm and then drove to Huntersville where
Ryan was waiting at his beautiful new home! It was so fun to see
him reunite with the girls and see how excited they were to be with
him!
We spent Saturday just
playing! They made pancakes together, assembled a big box city, complete with a
zoo (Elisabeth) and library (Katie). We walked to the grocery store and bought
some fun things. Ryan had invited one of his friends who owned a dog to let the
dog come for the evening, which the girls loved.
And it was fun to see that
the girls still use the quilts that I made for them before they were born!
We made cookies, walked the
dog, went to the library and told goofy jokes.
It was a fun weekend, but on
Sunday after a delicious gourmet salmon salad lunch prepared for us by Ryan, we
loaded back into the car and did the return trip.
Such a fun weekend!
We are truly blessed!
Family, Teaching, New
Friends and Missionary work!
Such a great combination for
our week!
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