Donna included in her remarks a card made by Marin we received a few days ago. Everyone loved the card as Donna tied it into our mission.
In preparing for this assignment Don e-mailed the missionaries who were in our MTC "class" and asked them what their concerns had been for serving a mission. Most responses focused on "what to do with our home" and "will our family be cared for." We especially liked the answer from Elder and Sister Powell serving in the mission office in Santiago, Dominican Republic. They said their answer about their family came as "...an apostolic promise from Elder Bednar...that if we would take care of His children in the Dominican Republic, He would take care of ours at home. We have decided that He is a much better caretaker of our children than we could ever be of His children, even if we worked all day every day."
Our talks were well received and we both felt the Spirit guiding our message. Many flocked to the stand afterwards to thank us. Sister Lowe sought us both out during the night and said she had never wanted to go on a mission but during our talks it was revealed to her that she and her husband should go, and that they should sell their house at a certain time, visit their daughter for three months, and then begin serving. After the meeting as she shared her thoughts with her husband he said that he had received the same exact inspiration.
We spent the night with President and Sister Bauer and caught a 1:20 pm plane back Sunday (after waiting from 9 am at the airport for a delayed plane). We had just two hours to serve at the VC before leaving for a Temple Open House committee meeting in Mililani. Needless to say, by the time we got home at 10 pm we were both exhausted. Here we are with President and Sister Bauer.