Two Mission Homecoming reports 10/11/15

Dad and I attended two missionary homecoming reports on Oct. 11, 2015

The First was Tyler Marvin's. 

Tyler had a tough mission in Missouri, so he spoke from experience about the power and purpose of adversity.  His conclusion was: “To know joy, we must come to know the Savior, and adversity is one of the short roads leading to the Savior.”   We had to leave as soon as he concluded and head for Sister Brown’s farewell.  

These are all the Ohio Cincinnati missionaries 

who were at Sister Brown's missionary report.

Sister Brown is very animated and gave as much of her talk with her hands and body as she did her voice.   

As she spoke of “grace” her emotions were close to the surface, and her insights far deeper than her age. She

 said our doctrine answers our “Why” questions.  Principles answer our “What” questions and applications 

 answer our “How” questions.  However, while the doctrine and principles are universal, the applications are very

 personal and can only been found through the grace of the Savior’s Atonement through the Gift of the Holy Ghost.

 She defined “grace” as “divine assistance and an endowment of strength.”   She shared her discovery of the 

redeeming and enabling power of the Atonement in the personal journey of her mission.

On our way home we stopped to check on Rusty, Maggie 
Baum's husband who is now in a rest home in Provo.