Time has a way of slipping by.....

Time has a way of slipping by and we can't believe it is now the month of May. To catch you up quickly on what we have been doing I will briefly give you an overview and then post some pictures. Probably not all at the same time as I have a meeting to attend shortly. Ha Nothing has changed...we are busy.

Ron has been spending most of his time re-organizing some of the auxillaries in the Dundalk Branch and training leaders etc. We have some wonderful people here and we love them. I have the privilege of visiting less-actives with a sister in our branch who is a branch missionary. We have had a great time and it has been fun getting to know a lot more of the members. I also have the opportunity of serving as 1st Counselor in Relief Society with 3 wonderful sisters. Ron and I, together, have also visited "different" less-actives than the ones I mentioned above. We are having some success in getting some families and individuals back to Church. One of the reasons for not coming is distance. We have members in 16 different communities with driving time to church up to 1 1/2 hours or more just one way. The branch received permission to have a Break the Fast/Munch and Mingle on each Fast and Testimony Sunday and our first one was this past Sunday. It was well attended and enjoyed by all. This activity helped the members connect with one another and also let them break the fast before the long drive home.

In February we had a ALL MISSION CONFERENCE and were told that the Ireland Dublin Mission would be combining with the Scotland Mission the 1st of July. It will be called the Scotland/Ireland Mission with headquarters in Edinburgh, Scotland. We don't know what that will entail for us but since Ron served his first mission in Scotland he would be most exited to return sometime during our mission. There have been many changes already getting things adjusted for the switch. It is sad and yet exciting at the same time.

I will post this now and add more later.