Incentives

 The Elders/Zone Leaders recently decided to give incentives

to missionaries that accomplished set goals.

 

 The Hermana's met their goals...

 

 so they got this showy, glittery, gaudy,

trophy!

 

 Apparently it was even showier, glitterier, and gaudier

before the loving-cup on top was broken off by the Elders
that had the trophy last week.

 

After many poses with the trophy, they decided

they should put up only one finger...

meaning "We're number 1!" 

They were giving the peace sign in the first

picture, and didn't want anyone misinterpreting it

to mean that they thought they were number 2!

 

(They said they thought the trophy was actually something

that was probably being tossed into the garbage by someone.

It is just something fun to keep the missionaries' spirits up.)

 

The real incentives for teaching the gospel truths

are not measured by anything as silly as this trophy.

The real incentive is the satisfaction of knowing they

did something good for somebody else....

which makes them happy, joyful, and gladly!  

Hermana Padlock RETURNS!!

 Hermana Padlock is now a Sister Training Leader.

She was able to "come home" to her first mission house today.

She is spending 24 hours here (or close to it) while Sister
Waltee is spending the day in her area. They are on "exchanges."

Of course, very, very little of that time has been spent here.

The Hermana's were out working all day.

They took this "selfie" of themselves for my blog

because I wasn't at home when they arrived.

 

 At 9:30 p.m. when they came back home,

we had a few minutes to talk about Hermana Padlock's

mission. She has done so well these past
almost 18 months. I am so proud of her!

It was over 100 degrees today and the missionaries

"felt the heat" because they were out knocking on doors

most of the day.

 

Our former "daughter" promised us she would come back to visit

after her mission.  I hope it really happens.

We are very fond of our sweet Sister Padlock.

Labor Day Weekend

 Friday -- Dinner -- The Hermana's stopped by to eat

dinner here at the house.

There are 10 missionaries in their ward, so they

do not have dinner appointments every single night.

I got a good laugh out of what they had fixed themselves

for dinner. This is Sister Catfish eating her appetizer....

a cheese quesadilla topped with catsup.

She put more catsup on top after each bite! 

 

Sister Waltee was eating spaghetti-ohs with chips and

salsa and something else unidentified (looks like catsup
covering something, but I can't remember).

 

 Sister Catfish's dinner was really, really interesting.

Besides the appetizer of the cheese quesadilla,

she ate a pancake and chicken noodle soup and a banana!

 

 

 Monday -- Here they are on the way to enjoy P-day.

 

They have already cleaned their room and done their laundry.

They will go to the Family History Center at the church today

to do their email because the library is closed.

Now they are going to have a fun afternoon

playing sports and relaxing until 5 pm when they

return home for dinner, then head out to teaching

appointments and missionary work.