I would like to introduce you to some of our teachers.  Here are our morning teachers.

The sister on the left is from North Carolina and the sister on the right is from Hawaii.

Here is our afternoon teacher.  She is from AZ and supervises the other teachers.

You might think it strange that these twenty-something women are teaching people who are old enough to be their parents or grandparents. (We have seven children who are older than the first two.) Actually, they have beautifully articulated important truths and have responded to tough questions with maturity and wisdom. They are returned missionaries themselves and I have been edified by their testimonies.

Yesterday morning, another young returned missionary taught us for an hour on how to strengthen our personal relationship with Jesus Christ.

As part of her teaching, she had us write our own Psalm. She gave us the structure and had us fill in what we felt. I thought I would share my psalm. (My part is in bold.)

Praise ye the Lord

For He has lifted my burden and raised my view

The Lord, He is my true, pure friend

And I will be His hands in helping others receive what He offers them.

I think I may refine this psalm in the future and/or write others but this is what occurred to me yesterday.

Finally, I would like to introduce you to the Matkins. They currently live in Idaho but previously lived in Flagstaff and Showlow, AZ, among other places. His time in Flagstaff resulted in him and Mary having many common acquaintances. 

On the first day, we were assigned to get to know each other so that we could prepare to teach each other something that we really need. They are wonderful people who are serving in spite of adversity and we have truly been edified by our association with them. We taught each other yesterday and today and it was an amazing experience.