Chapter 17: On Living in Someone Else’s Home
I had opportunity to speak to a stake Relief Society in California a few years ago and stayed in a home in the stake. It was a bit of an unusual circumstance. Terry and Shelly were living in a six thousand square-foot home that belonged to David and Liz who were serving a mission in South Africa. This home has two staircases. It is modern, roomy, family-friendly, and filled with things David and Liz love and worked hard to obtain. As a guest in this home, I stayed in David’s office, which turned it into a guest room. Even with all of David’s furniture there, there was still enough room to accommodate a queen-size bed. I noticed David’s books in a bookcase along one wall, organized by subject. Above the bookcase were art and artifacts from David and Liz’s travels around the world. His seven-foot roll-top desk stood against the adjacent wall, while his rust-colored leather sofa sat grandly on the opposite...