Reese Family

Being the only small branch in the entire country of Georgia has it's advantages. The last week in October we were visited by Elder Nuenschwander, his wife and Slava. E. Nuenschwander, a emeritus general authority, and his wife are now serving a church/branch history specialist mission for Eastern Europe and he is a Patriarch. Slava is the E. Europe's family history specialist. Slava trained our 2 family history people. E. Nuenschwander gave blessings to 5 members of our branch and I worked with him to set everything up and keep things going smoothly. Here he is with Elgouja and Denara. It was a joy to be there and see the people come out of the patriarchal blessings - they glowed! The missionaries were having a district meeting and E. Nuenschwander was able to

sit in for a little bit and then talk with the Elders. What was most amazing was the time we were able to spend in counsel and conversation with our guests. We learned a lot about doing church, branch, family and personal history. We showed them around Tbilisi and Mtskheta - all our favorite spots. His wife was delightful. Where else but Georgia would E Reese and I be able to recieve personnal counsel and advice from a General Authority for 2 days - unbelievably amazing - the Lord is truely blessing us in so many ways!