This evening, we had a very nice visit with Sister Westbrook, Kayla! She is such a delightful young lady. She has been a member now for 9 months and continues to be excited about living the Gospel of Jesus Christ. We have been blessed by her friendship. Afterwards, we drove out to have dinner with the Jones family. He is second counselor in the Grovetown ward Bishopric; they have two teenage children, Jordan and Kade, a brother and sister. They are a wonderful family. Brother Jones is the type of man who will get things done. We love and appreciate them. After our appointment with them we walked two doors down to see the Sarah Murray; she only turned 8 years old a short time ago and has had about that many surgeries on her ears. She develops tumors in her ears and because of them her hearing is being destroyed along with the structure of her ears. With this last surgery, which just took place on Tuesday, her right ear has no more ear canal. It is so sad, she is such a beautiful and strong little girl; we love her and pray for her. From there, we went back to Post and met with Brother Baum; once again, we had a nice visit with him. He will be separating from the Army in November then go back to school; he wants to study Robotics.

Just this evening we learned that we will have a mission conference with Elder Andersen of the Quorum of the 12 Apostles on Saturday; we had to hustle and reschedule all our appointments; we had a full day planned; but it wouldn't be good to miss a call by an Apostle.