Tornadoes!

February 24, 2016   We had a tornadoes in our area yesterday, but we were very blessed!  There was a path from the coast heading north that hardly even got rain. We were in that path. As the storm got to that "path," it turned north. Yet there was devastation on both sides. Louisiana & Mississippi on the west and Pensacola on the east.

Shari & our children were checking on our well-being during the tornado warning as well as our Branch President. 

These are emails from our Branch Pres. yesterday & night before.  Very nice of him.

On Feb 22, 2016, at 10:39 PM, Greg Fralick <gregfralick2790@gmail.com> wrote:

I would like to take a minute of your time to make you aware of the threat of severe weather tomorrow evening and in to the night. This has the potential to be very bad. Y'all are welcome to come to our home if you like or use the church for safety if needed. Please don't wait till the last minute to seek shelter. I will be watching the weather and will try to update you as I see or hear warnings.

Thanks for all y'all are doing!

Pres Fralick

On Tuesday, February 23, 2016, SisterPrice <sisterprice@ireneprice.com> wrote:

Thank you for the information and the offer to stay at your house or at the church. We will plan to stay at the church tonight. :-)

Confirmed tornadoes to the west of us headed this way, use caution. Send me a message if you need us and let me know first thing tomorrow that y'all are safe.

Our Neighbors!

We like to walk up our red dirt road whenever we get the chance.  We  are often able to visit with some of our neighbors there.  This week we discovered some new neighbors!

Our District

This is our wonderful district:  ( R-L) Elder Jordan, Elder Carpenter (District Leader), Elder Renslow, Elder Ellsworth, Elder Moore, & Elder Hatori. All are hardworking, intelligent, fun Elders & tomorrow is transfer day.  We'll see who stays & who goes to new areas!

I'm helping Elder Carpenter & Elder Jordan help two patrons who came into the Monroe County Heritage Museum seeking help on tracing their family history.

Our Youth Family History Consultants

This is AnnaMarie Fralick, the Branch President's 14 year old daughter, and her mother, Buffy.  Anna Marie is one of our Branch Youth Family History Consultants. In fact the Branch President called all six of the youth in the Branch (12-17 years of age) to be Family History Consultants!

This is Zach Smith, our 12 year old Branch Youth Family History Consultant. We train the YW after church on Sunday (They bring a snack.) & the YM before YM's on Wed.  This way no one has extra travel.

 Jodie & Josie, 17 yr old twins, who are also Branch Youth Family History Consultants. Their father, John David Johnsonj, has just been active 2 years & these daughters were baptized only 2 years ago.  Their father is 2nd Counselor in the Branch Presidency & the Ward Mission Leader.

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Our Beautiful Work Areas

  

                                                Irene & Tom's Work Areas in our 5th Wheel

We took all of the living room furniture (couches & chairs) out of our 5th wheel & put in our tables, computers, & files for the perfect mission set-up!  In the mornings, we pack our food in a cooler & are off on an adventure--meeting new people & serving most of each day. Toward evening we come home, work at our desks (which are right next to each other) plan, eat, & retire to our comfy bed for the night.  It's a great life!

The Fun Spreads to Mississippi!

This is what we chose for our Missionary Placque to be hung in our ward at home.

Elder Holland: As we serve in the mission field, our children and grandchildren will be blessed in ways that would not have been possible had we stayed at home.

Jan. 25, 2016 Last weekend we spoke in a Ward Sacrament Meeting in Mississippi (2 hrs away but in our Stake!) and did a presentation for the public on FamilySearch at the Public Library there, & trained missionaries, non-members, & Family History Consultants in Mississippi on Fri, Sat & Sunday!  A full but great weekend!   We are loving our mission!

This is the list we are using for training.

Basic Skills for Family Search
	Creating an account
	Navigating and using Family Tree
	Connecting to deceased ancestors
	Get Help Tab
	Record Hints
	Adding and correcting information
	Standardize dates and places
	Person Page Interview (missing details or relationships)
	Searching on FamilySearch Site
	Searching Partner Sites
	Source linking methods - (RecordSeek.com)
	Check for duplicates
	Printing Charts
	Descendancy view
	Fan Chart view
	Helper Function
	Memories: Pictures and Stories (Text & Audio)
	Apps for devices (FamilyTree & Memories)
	Changing Order and Title of Sources
	Search Historical Records (Catalog & Historical)
	FindARecord.com
	Teach family and friends
	Indexing
	Family Search Research Wiki

Tom emailed the mission president to tell him in detail how well the training was being received by the public.  Tom also told him that the young missionaries have expressed that they feel a lot more confident teaching others why we do family history after our training. After training, they feel they can help anyone get started. Tom asked the mission president if he would like us to travel the mission & train all of the young missionaries & senior couples. This was the mission president’s reply:

January 25, 2015

Dear Elder & Sister Price,

You have a great big yes for me! It is absolutely amazing what you both are doing! I was so excited, I forwarded your email to Salt Lake to show them everything that you were doing!

Let's go forward with your plan!

Give'em Heaven

President Smith

Florida Tallahassee Mission

850-510-0624

This positive reply means we will start planning a schedule to meet with & train each of the 200 missionaries in our mission who live from Mississippi to Tallahassee, Florida! Fun!