A Busy Week

So much to get done that we have had a busy week. Ron had a minor procedure on Monday on his left eyelid to remove, incise a cyst inside. The doctor found a smaller one on the right side so he went in and took care of that one too. The irony of this was that the right eye that had the smaller less complicated cyst made a bigger bruise.

Tuesday I had a scheduled root canal on my #11 tooth. It was something that had been bothering me for several years and finally yielded to have it taken care of. Those procedures are not covered by insurance so I am aware of the extra expense. Just the week before I had a crown put in to replace the one tooth that needed to be pulled back in January. The dentist put an implant to prep the space for another crown. So it took six months to heal and I now can chew on that right side again.

We had a good day at the temple on Wednesday. We had the opportunity to do some family sealings. It is always rewarding to experience to participate in family receiving their temple blessings. Apparently I had overlooked some ordinances that were still undone and we were proxies for several sides of the family. It is a renewal of my faith in performing these saving ordinances for them.

I even felt a nudge in my side when I almost fell asleep and was awakened doing one of the aunts' work. I laugh at the timing of it. I felt a grip on my forearm as I watched a child sealed to parents for my maternal grandmother's husband, Kenny. Now, I know it was no coincidence with that either.

We made some headway to process our application for a mission this week too. We visited with our bishop on Sunday. He gave us the heads up to go online once he did his part to initiate it. Ron got right on it and by Tuesday we had it completed. We follow up tomorrow with a visit with the Stake President. The interviews we've had so far with the Washington Kennewick mission president promises things will move in that direction for us to do a stay-at-home mission. We could be working with the local mission president and do about anything he feels inspired to have us do and use our language in one of the branches not far from us.

Our mission picture on our application
"Deep within my heart, my soul and spirit is the desire (is so strong) to serve. We have a willingness to go forward and do as our Father in Heaven would have us serve side by side with my own eternal companion. (As I have been promised and be "Called to Serve,"