A little over a week ago, Kenneth Potter was baptized into the church. He loves the Gospel and was searching for a church to join. This was back in the early summer, I believe. As he chose to take a walk (not a normal thing for him to do) and then to change his mind in what direction, we chanced upon the Elders, who also were not where they usually were wont to be. Ken loved hearing the lessons and wanted to be baptized early on, but was not able to attend Sacrament meetings because of work requirements. He was a dish washer at a local restaurant of a nationwide chain of restaurants. His hours were limited, so he had little choice of when he could work. As he attended the meetings he could, he loved being with us all and eventually as he showed faith and worked towards becoming ready for baptism, he was blessed with more hours to work and eventually a change so that he could at least come to the first part of the church meeting time and attend Sacrament Meetings with us. The day he was baptized, he came out of the water and exclaimed, "I've never felt so clean!" That very afternoon, he was given the chance to prove himself at work and did well and within a few days was promoted from being a dish washer to becoming on track to a position as assistant manager in that area. He is amazed at the blessings that came his way (as are we).
We enjoyed a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday visiting our daughter and family who live in Medina. About a week later, we invited a number of people to a turkey dinner at our place. We visit several people who did not have much of a Thanksgiving of their own. (We also missed having our own left-overs, so that was another reason to have another turkey dinner ;-)
Of course, our two Elders (Webster and Lawrenz) were invited. Four of our guests are not members of the church. These people are some of our dearest friends here in Hornell. It was a wonderful experience.
The Lord truly blesses us!
