Doug and Marcia Glauser, Senior Mission 2021-2023

SUNDAY After attending church in our ward, we drove to Gilbert and loved having dinner and playing games with Matt, Mary, Ethan, Lydia, Sawyer, Cecily, Nate, Ryan and Brianna. Lydia made a beautiful and delicious cake for dessert! MONDAY-STAURDAY This week we have spent most of our time between Zone Conferences and the Giving Machines. The Elders and Sisters assigned each day to the Giving Machines greet people as they come to donate through the Giving Machine to one of the local or global charities. They answer questions about how the Machines work and who are the beneficiaries. As they mingle with others with the #LightTheWorld banner in the background, I am reminded how they each bring the Light of Christ to everyone with whom they interact. Ribbon cutting ceremonies. Elder Schmidt (Area Authority Seventy) speaks to the crowd Elder Tappen, Elder Turley, Elder Glauser, Sister Glauser We bought donuts, juice, fruit and milk for our morning Elders and Sisters. Zone Conferences are a hi...

 SUNDAY We went to the Laveen Ward today with Charles. He was able to meet the Missionaries there along with a member of the bishopric, Jake Bell, (son of Elder and Sister Bell in the Mission Office). The Thorson's. Jones', and Kaufman's are all in this ward. Plenty of friends for Charles and Melony. We hope they will continue to come, see and stay. The High Council speaker today in the Tempe ward was David Erickson (formerly in the Northpark YSA ward in San Bernardino). It was so good to see him and meet his wife and children. It's always so good to see someone after several years and, like the sons of Mosiah, it adds more to your joy to find they are "still [your] brethren in the Lord..." (see Alma 17:2) Matt and Mary had us over for dinner again. (We sure hope they don't get tired of having us!) It has been so nice to see them often and count it as one of the many blessings of serving in Tempe. The New Convert Devotional (NCD) is held once each month. T...

 SUNDAY The Elders called this morning and asked us to pick up George for church. He is a pleasant guy with a lot of responsibility. He is a single dad, has two sons ages 2 and 3 and works full-time. He lives with his sister who helps with the kids. He thanked us for picking him up for church and said "honestly, the reason I wanted to get a ride with someone is so I couldn't leave early." It was good to get to know him a little. The Miranda's were at church again. This was the first time they have been on a RS/EQ day. Elder Glauser said Raul made some good comments in Priesthood meeting and even volunteered to store turkeys in his freezer. Noemi signed up to help with the food boxes the ward is doing for Thanksgiving and Victoria agreed to be part of the Primary Program on Dec 19. They are loving the association with the members of the ward.  It is so special to see the spirit working in their life. It is such a treat to have Matt and Mary live so close! We went to th...