Sundays are always exciting and full days. This morning we met in testimony meeting, which to me is always a special event. As Sunday School followed, we found a vacant corner of the cultural hall to hold district meeting.
New programs have started in the mission within the last month that are keeping things exciting. I guess President Johnson really expects a stake here soon and is now through muddling around, or more accurately, letting his missionaries muddle around. One of these programs is called Prepare to Baptize. It is a checklist covering all areas of missionary activity, which is kept on a weekly basis during four consecutive weeks (for new elders their first four weeks). It provides a schedule for having all lessons learned within an elder's first month in the field. Upon completion and after the district leader has heard and approved any one of the six lessons, the form is signed by the district leader and forwarded to President Johnson.
Another program is a new mission study guide, providing for an orderly, unified, systematic study of the standard works, Articles of Faith, Jesus the Christ, and A Marvelous Work and a Wonder. This program calls for four companion discussions on gospel subjects each week, a new scripture learned each day, the discussions constantly reviewed every day, and personal study questions answered. For the fourth quarter of the year we are studying A Marvelous Work and a Wonder by LeGrand Richards and Articles of Faith by James E. Talmage. In January we will begin studying the Book of Mormon.
For the record I should mention that Karen recently wrote saying she no longer felt it profitable to continue writing. In my reply I indicated that whatever was for her best welfare and happiness would make me happy. Ours had been a wholesome relationship in every way, and my love for her could never let me feel sorry or angry. I will ever be grateful for how we helped each other grow. She had brought out the best in me. I feel the right thing has happened and that if she finds the right young man my prayers will have been answered.
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