Followed By Another Quiet Week (January 7-15)

We did start Institute in Ft. Smith on Tuesday.  We did Lessons one and two from Jesus Christ and His Everlasting Gospel.  What a privilege to teach this topic to young adults in Ft. Smith!

We started by having everyone select a piece of art hanging in the Church somewhere and prepare a brief introduction to the piece as part of our Church tour.  They all did a great job and it reminded us of many aspects of the Savior's life.  We also had them write different names of Jesus Christ which they knew from scriptures.

They did great on that task as well.  This semester we are not only focused on learning ABOUT the Savior but learning HOW to follow Him and become a better disciple!

Institute in Clarksville doesn't start until this coming Thursday. So we spent this past Thursday having dinner with Sister Holding and Sister Anderson in celebration of Sister Holding's birthday which was this past Wednesday. She chose Mexican and the Carters recommended Las Americas Too in Barling, Arkansas.  It was good and we had a fun time with these sweet missionaries.

Sister Holding, Sister Anderson, and us

In addition to those fun things, we also had online Zone meetings this transfer.  Every other zone meeting is online which means that for one hour over three days we meet with the mission president and his wife over zoom and we are instructed by them.  Most of it is directed at the work of the young missionaries which is what it should be, but we love learning along with them.  It is so great, because they will receive invitations from our mission leaders and then have the chance to practice it and report back at our next meeting.  It is awesome to hear them share their experiences as they have implemented instructions they have received.  They are the best...and they are great examples to us!