Linda and Carl Tenney: Service

As missionaries, as church members, and as parents, our main focus is to give service. That is what missions are all about. As missionaries we have the opportunity to give service to the members, to the young missionaries and others. We also stay in close communication with our family, and hopefully we give service and a good example for them. One grandson (Taylor) just received his mission call, and another grandson (Jacson) is in the process of submitting his missionary papers. A third grandson (Tyson), is currently serving, so we are amply blessed as a family.

Cooking is a big part of what we do. We are serving food to others at least three times a week. It has been said that a CES mission means "cooking every second ( CES)". And that is just about right!

Subway riding continues to be a big part of our weekly routine. Sometimes sister Tenney and I get separated on the subway by the mass of people! It is always an adventure to ride subway trains.

We always invite our district missionaries to our "pad" near the end of the transfer period for a farewell meal, which we did this past Saturday. We are losing the elders, but the sisters stay in Park slope for this next missionary transfer. Good deal. We will get two new elders later this week. It is sad to let them go, but we look forward to getting to know new missionaries.