This afternoon, we received a call from the Cheney family, ah oh, we thought they should have left for home by now. Anyway, they had decided to take things easy yesterday, and now it is Friday afternoon. So Elder Gowans went over to their apartment and helped Steve load up a bed on the top of the U-Haul. It was too heavy for Sister Cheney, especially after just having a baby. We are glad they called us for some help. They also gave us their left over food, which we shared among the other missionaries around the neighborhood. We pray that they will make it home safely, that no harm will come to them and that Heavenly Father will watch over them while driving through the long night ahead.

We learned today that Elder and Sister Meacham will return home to have the prostate cancer removed surgically removed. After recovery and when all is determined to be well, they will return back to Augusta to complete their mission. They have been truly blessed to have everything work out so well for them. We will take them to the Airport on the 28th and then pick them back up when they return. If they return after we leave, for Joe's wedding, then we will have to work something different out.

This evening our Institute lesson went real well. We studied section 93 of the Doctrine and Covenants; along with it we read Isaiah 53 and a few verses from 3 Ne 11. It was a very spiritually rewarding lesson for all who was in attendance. The lesson centered around our Savior Jesus Christ, how we come to know Him and not just know about him; and how we can come to know Him personally while still in mortality.