Tuesday, October 5, 2010

Catching Up: Meet the Goldings

Bob and Shirley Golding are newly called as shepherds in the Bloomington Young Single Adult Ward where they will work with 18-30 year-olds to encourage them to stay active in the church. The Goldings, who returned in July from 18-months in the Philippines Manila Mission, are no strangers to guiding young people in the right direction. In addition to their own 3 sons, 1 daughter, 13 grandchildren and 29 greats, she kept a watchful eye on the needs of 24 missionaries while he served as a counselor in the mission presidency. Although they initially found it difficult to leave behind their large family in the United States, they found it equally hard to leave their mission family, including the people of the Philippines, the young missionaries and five other senior couples with whom they had developed a deep and loving friendship.

Missionary work is a comfortable calling for this couple who served two years as ward missionaries, then 3 years in the church’s Addiction Recovery Program before accepting their first mission away from home.

In his working life, Bob was employed with Pepsi Cola in Salt Lake City and in St. George where they were one of the first homeowners in the Vintage. After two years in St. George, Bob accepted employment with CBS Outdoor in Las Vegas where they lived for 21 years before his retirement and return to St. George by way of the Philippines.

Bob, who grew up in the church and Shirley, who stepped into the waters of baptism at age 18, hope to serve another mission together, but in the meantime they are happy to be back in St. George where they are already getting acquainted with those in their neighborhood and in the ward!

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