News from Dad

My father is currently serving a medical mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He is stationed in the South Pacific on a retired small aircraft carrier that has been converted into a hospital ship. He is helping provide medically necessary surgeries to the people there.

Dad says that they took over hygiene kits, food kits, teachers, doctors, dentists, etc to help the people. I think it is so amazing that much of the service the church provides isn't even mentioned, it is done in the quiet, without fanfare, just a desire to do good.

In today's world, so much is done with pomp and circumstance. Glory is given to people for their accomplishments, yet, we forget that the Lord gives us the opportunity, the wisdom and the capability to accomplish much. Sometimes the best gratitude we receive is from those, most humble, whom we touch personally.

Thanks, dad, for setting an example of church service for my family and I. Good luck with your work, and return to us soon.