A Quick Visit with Sister "Leah" Holding

 

Friday morning (the day after Thanksgiving as I am still playing catch-up with the blog.) we headed to Sandy to visit with Sister Holding.  It is hard to explain the connections we feel with the young missionaries we served with in Ft. Smith Zone.  We love them and feel connected with them in ways which are hard to explain.  We plan on being connected with them forever.  Sister Holding is one of those.  We visited with her family up in Post Falls at the beginning of November before she came home.  And we went to her grandmother's home to see her and her family in person.  How wonderful it was to reconnect and feel those connections again.

We are excited to watch her grow as the rest of her life unfolds.  She and Jena have a close bond as well and it was fun to see that as well.  And her family was great, too.  Her grandmother was near our age and I instantly loved her, too.  There are people who are like that.  She mostly just sat and watched us interact with Leah.  She told me as we were leaving that she loved seeing that and to know that Leah was so loved while she was away in Arkansas.  I dare say that everyone loved Sister Holding.  She is a fun and wonderful person....and even though we are old, we are her friends forever.

And as an extra bonus, we stopped by to visit with the Beckstrands who lived very close to where we were at.  Double bonus to spend time with our dear friends...then home to get ready for the bowling.

Our mission is a blessing which keeps giving.