Carry On April 15, 2013
Dear Family and Friends,
This was a full week of being set apart missionarie. We felt more like those in the past who went without purse or script. The Williams came in on Saturday. We moved to the bishop of the 1st Ward's home. He was also housing another Sister who was in between homes. We didn't cross paths, neither one of us was there very much. She stayed in the guest house and we stayed in the "Weapons Room." It was very sweet of them to let us stay and they saved us the cost of a hotel room for four nights.
We worked with the Williams for a couple of days. They have served in Nauvoo and in the Ukraine. They will be great for Visalia. We taught the Browns on Monday together.
On Tuesday we went to a couple of places and said goodbye, then went to Fresno. At the Mission Home they were playing scripture games, emailing parents the final details of their arrival, and asking parents to set up an appointment with the stake president. It seemed somewhat unreal. We were interviewed by the president, than had a nice dinner. We heard marriage advice from Elder Brinley and then went to bear our testimony at the farewell. We were told to take less than two minutes. We were both pretty emotional. Many of the people from Visalia came. It was a very emotional night. The next morning we packed, visited with the Williams for a few minutes and drove away. It was a hard drive. We stayed at Uncle Dan Sheffer's house. They feed us a wonderful breakfast in the morning and we went and visited the Clarks, President Harbertson, Elder Sheffer's first mission president and called Elder Neilson's parents.
We pulled into home a little after five. The door was decorated and there was a banner in the garage. It was a finish line. There were three boys playing basketball in the drive way. They are the new neighbors. They look like a nice family. We called the stake president to get released and he was out of town till Saturday. We scheduled an ATM and a Harvest Blessing with our family at 7:00, before we were to be released. We went to dinner first. Everyone was hungry, except us. We had a late lunch on the road. After dinner at Los Hermanos, we had the meeting and blessing. It was wonderful.
Dean, David, and Grandpa Bert went golfing on Friday. Gaile went proselyting. When Elder Sheffer got home from golfing he found that Sister Sheffer had contacted all the non-members on our street and offered to bless their home. Mel and Anne Milton had agreed. They wanted 4:00 on Saturday. We were thinking we may get released before that. No worries, we were asked to come in Sunday at 12:15. So it was basically all week we were still missionaries. The blessing went well and we committed them to read and pray.
Sunday the tags came off. That was the hardest thing!
We love you all!,
David & Gaile Sheffer (We didn't finish the letter in time to sign off as Elder and Sister Sheffer!)
PS Our homecoming is on Sunday April 21st at 1:00pm. We were thinking that we would like to have a lunch at 11:00am that day so that as Brigham Young said, "Feed them and then Preach to them." You are welcome to stay for all of the meetings or return home if needed after sacrament meeting. Please bring a potluck item. See you soon.
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