Transfer weeks are getting harder to bear because the missionaries now leaving, especially the sisters, are ones we have known for eighteen months - ever since we arrived on our mission. Sigh.
One missionary, dear to our hearts, is Elder Vogen (pronounced Vaagen) from Norway.
He is completely deaf. What a great young man (actually, he is 29 years old - not so young as the other elders). He flew home on Tuesday. Another missionary, Elder Packard, had to leave ten months early on account of health. We loved him so much, too. He makes two favorite missionaries in the Jacksonville, Florida area - I guess that will call for a road trip when our mission is finished :)
Steve had a birthday on Thursday. He is now sixty-six years old. He opened his gifts but we didn't really celebrate until Saturday. We went to the movie and saw "A Dog's Way Home" (loved it!) and I served his birthday dinner that evening (round steak slow cooked with onion soup mix, mashed potatoes, broccoli/cauliflower, ambrosia salad, strawberry pie - my mom's famous recipe). My sister, Juli, came down from Payson to attend the temple with us that afternoon and to enjoy the birthday dinner.
That is about all for this week. I am sewing a dress for Larkin and I have a dress all cut out for Alice. I continue to explore and enjoy watercoloring and I finished something I will give to Beckie for her birthday. (all the kids will get a painting for their birthdays this year - whether they like it or not!)
Oh! I have a "new" bicycle. Both Steve and I are using mission bikes for our morning exercises. Someone donated this women's retro-bike (which has seven-speeds in spite of it looking old fashioned )to the mission several months back and none of the sisters seem interested in it, for some reason. So, we swapped out my "normal" looking bike for this beauty. It is a very nice ride!
Love you guys
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