Life With the Lemmerts: 2015

Thursday, December 3, 2015

Parade of Lights, Ada, OK, December 3, 201

We invited a Ward member and her little daughter to go to the Parade of Lights with us. It was fun to walk to the parade, be close to the front row behind the kids, and have a parade last for only 40 minutes. That's small town living' and it was fun!

Polar Express

The Monster school bus with Snoopy riding the front bumper.

The Grinch from Whoville--you can see him on the left

And Santa, of course, on the Fire truck!

Our adopted angels.

November 2015, Ada, OK

As the weather gets colder, what is more comforting than a bowl of Chicken Tortilla soup at

Chick-fil-A?

One trip to Hobby Lobby in Norman, OK, and you realize that they decorate a little differently in Oklahoma for Christmas! Check out this moose in camo! We had to give it to our newly-moved-in friends so they could enjoy the real flavor of an Oklahoman Christmas!

We had our long bout of colds in November. When we visited Jeremy in the hospital, we decided to protect him from our germs!

After Saturday evening Stake Conference, we hit the ice cream joint (Braum's)

A pick-me-up from a good friend to tell us we are appreciated here in Ada.

Zone meeting with several new missionaries in our Zone.

THANKSGIVING DINNER at a member's home. Lots of relatives, missionaries, food, and desserts.

Check out the pies (and this is only half of them). They were delicious...and many of them home made by the husbands!

We found a new hobby. We have a pecan tree in our yard, so this year we gathered about 6 pounds of pecans from our lawn and took them to be cracked. Little did we know that they came back cracked, alright, with shells and all. So we learned the next step...picking out the meats from the shells. We have two mason jars of pecans to use this season, thanks to a good husband.

Wednesday, November 4, 2015

November FHE

About three months ago, we decided to hold a Family Home Evening gathering the first Monday of the month. We invited anyone who doesn't have someone with which to enjoy FHE, couples, singles, new members, investigators. Well, this month we hosted19 people in our little duplex (probably exceeded the fire code), but we always have lots to eat and lots of laughs. We eat, enjoy have short lesson, and play a game. It has been very successful for everyone and has been a great melding pot for friendship of a diverse group of people. We were very happy with our turnout Monday.

Jeremy always has a healthy appetite and likes the socialization.

Chowing down on soups, bread, salads, relish trays, and desserts. There are two investigators at the table and a new member of the Church.

The Lopez couple is only here for a couple of months. They travel all around the world with his work, do not own a home, but live out of hotels. They originate from Mexico, and they did, indeed, bring the party with them. Bro. Lopez loves to talk and we all laughed so much!

Bernadine and Britney are recent converts and have moved to Ada. Britney prides herself in bringing her mom into the Gospel.

Elder Lemmert drawing for Pictionary (not his favorite game). He is a great sport!

Ending the month of October

We get to see beautiful large harvest moons in Oklahoma. The picture doesn't do it justice, but it's always so beautiful to see a large full moon in the sky.

Our Ward Halloween party this year gave us a photo op that we just could not pass up!

Jax and Houdini are our favorite dogs here in Ada. They are so much fun and such great pals. We laugh all the time when we watch them play.

Elder Fuller served with us when we first came out on our mission last October. He is now going home to Utah and stopped by for a final visit.

THE ECU (East Central University) Homecoming parade was on Halloween this year. So here are a few examples of a real home town parade!

I think most of the town is in the parade, the rest of us watched it!

ECU mascot, I suppose.

Ada High School marching band, a big thing here

You cannot have a respectable parade with the Fire Engines, right?

Sisters Shurtz and Garner making caramel apples in our small kitchen.

The Baptism!

Terry was baptized October 24, 2015 and we were so happy to have the opportunity to teach him and Elder Lemmert to baptize him and confirm him a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He had been looking for answer to his question from the Bible and found them in the Book of Mormon. It was a wonderful experience to see how the Lord and the Holy Ghost work to answer prayers.

Brother Terry Koontz and Elder Lemmert

Baptism program

Linda & Terry Koontz, Elder & Sister lemmert

Steven Gross, Elder Neil, Terry Koontz and Elder Lemmert standing in front of the baptismal font.

Our Mission District from August thru October, 2015

We get attached to each group of missionaries that comes through Ada

Sisters Caudill, Garner, and Lemmert; Elders Lemmert, Martinez, and Neil

Elder Lemmert (the older one), Elder Martinez (the youngest one) and Elder Neil (the District leader and transferred))

Sister Garner, Sister Lemmert (the Grandma) and Sister Caudill (transferred)

Playing a lively game of Wizard for P-Day. We lost to the young ones this time around!

Elder Lemmert's Birthday! WooHoo

For Ralph's birthday, we went to Oklahoma City on Monday, our Prep Day and visited the OKC Memorial commemorating the bombing of the Federal Building 20 years ago. I didn't really know if I wanted to see it, but the experience was humbling, emotional, and uplifting in the fact that so many wonderful people came to the aid of others. The memorial is presented in a very respectful fashion.

We stayed in OKC and the next attended the Oklahoma City Temple in Yukon, OK. We enjoyed the experience and travelled home on Tuesday, of course stopping along the way to eat lunch, and then later to Braum's to eat ice cream. We really enjoyed our two days rejuvenating ourselves to continue our missionary work in Ada.