The Celestial Six

Saturday, November 1

There are three missionary couples in Jordan.  That's it.  No young elders or sisters.  We will get together every Saturday in Amman for district meeting.  Ron and Sandy Hammond are the district leaders.  Ron has been an area seventy.  Brent Strong was a  renowned professor at BYU.  He and his wife Margaret are here to help the American Catholic University become accredited.  These wonderful people are making friends with key leaders in the country.  Both couples are awesome.  And then there's us--we're members of the Salem 9th Ward.  We don't know where we'll fit in with this awesome group yet, but we will.  They are very kind to us.  We call ourselves the "Celestial Six" and our goal is to become totally united in everything we do.  They truly "lift us up."

Brent and Margaret Strong, Sandy and Ron Hammond, Myrna and Lynn Tolley

 It was a privilege to be instructed by Ron Hammond.  He is very wise and Christ-like and a great leader.  He advised us to move away from the mirror and look out the window.  Alma 26:27.  In other words, forget yourself and concentrate on others.  The more we focus on work here the more the windows of heaven open up upon our family.  

The humanitarian work in Jordan is focused on three principles or "legs":

1.  Instruction by specialists 

2. Donation   

3. Volunteerism

The people we work with and teach these principles are being prepared to receive the gospel.  Training by specialists is compared to training in the gospel.  Donations are compared to the Savior's atonement.  Volunteerism is compared to our commitment.

We are  preparing the world for the return of the Savior.  We are doing missionary work on a massive scale.