Monticello and Mongolia

We had our first interview with the Mission Pres. yesterday and attended our first District Meeting. (an inservice meeting with Elders) We then drove to the southern end of Arkansas almost to the border of Texas to visit and Institute class being held there at 7. Driving through Arkansas heading south you really feel the change. It becomes more rural and then for the first time I saw real cotton fields. They were full of cotton, big white bunches just hanging on a bush like someone took wet bread dough and flung it on a bush. We should have stopped to take a picture, as I looked out I could almost see the field slaves working in them, there was a strong spirit there. We sat in the car and reading ( did you know that Porter Rockwell was baptized the same day as Joseph Smith Sr. and Lucy M. Smith? I had no idea he was with the Prophet that early in the Church history)in the parking lot of the little church building until the teacher arrived. Bro Carr joined the church as a young man and has raised his family in that area, he teaches institute every Tues night. He has two students one his daughter and the other his son-in-law. Yes they are not really single adults anymore but in case the single adults in his area decide to attend (3 others) he holds the class. His daughter was the Rodeo queen of Arkansas and does barrel racing and stuff. His son in law is from Virginia (not a Yankee he lived south of the mason Dixon line) he served his mission in Arkansas and returned after. She is going to sit for her CPA test . These are strong members who are living the gospel and growing strong in a remote area of the South they love and can't see living anywhere else.

OK another Mongolia story, My mom went out to Texas to visit my brother and on her way back to Utah she saw a girl in the airport in Dallas the look so pretty she had on a black skirt and a pink sweater and such pretty skin (my mom's words). Then when they landed in SLC she saw her again by the luggage pick up and she looked distressed and was looking a papers and looking in her purse. So my Mom (I come from good stock) went up to her and asked her if she was a missionary and needed help. He English was broken but she was a missionary on the way to the MTC and was supposed to call a shuttle service but lost the phone# So my Mom told to to come with her and she would take her to the MTC because she lived near by. The sister had been traveling for two days, flew from Mongolia to Korea, Korea to Dallas, Dallas to SLC. My nephew had picked up my Mom at the airport and brought his little (3 year old) Saddie with him. So she sat in the back with Saddie and they made fast friends. The sister pulled out a little stuffed camel (Mom thought it was handmade) from Mongolia and gave it to Sadie. Mom delivered the Sister to the MTC and took her in and made sure she was going to be taken care of, they hugged and the Sister is going to be serving at Temple Square and they made plans for Mom to go on a tour with her when she starts serving there. Mom told Andreus to make sure Sadie takes care of the little camel from Mongolia. Love to all