Yesterday found us back down in east valley....this time to take the Blakelys out to lunch at Abuelos. They have helped Steve every month with the reconciliation between the monthly mission gas credit card bill and the monthly receipts that come in from each vehicle. They live clear down in Chandler so everything is done by mail. We met them face-to-face when they first started to help back in September of 2017 and Steve felt we should get together now that we are both at the end of our service. We had a really nice visit and if we lived nearer each other, I think Irene and I could be great friends. (she is an avid seamstress)
Still no word on our departure date. But we did learn in a late Friday email that the Sister Franco's procedure went well and that no surgery is needed so they think they can be in Phoenix by July 1st. But, wait!. The Thorntons are now supposed to be the designated couple to take our place (since he knows the Vehicle Coordinator job and she knows the Baptism/Travel job) and they are supposed to come sometime in July. I will call the Senior Missionary Department on Tuesday when offices are open again and find out what the latest news is. It is like the Arizona Phoenix Mission is the guy who invites two girls to the prom and they both say "yes"!
Friday night, Steve and I went to have dinner and play games with my cousin Dave Fraedrich and his wife Shelley. They have a four-year old malti-pooh names Samson who is the cutest and most friendly little dog ever! We instantly fell in love. He reminded us so much of Max. We enjoyed grilled chicken for dinner and then we played Monopoly. I haven't played that game since Juli, Jamie Kaye and I played it as kids in El Paso. All I really remembered about it was that it was LONG and my memory was correct. We finally had to just call a draw between Dave and me since, even though I had all the railroads, he had all the expensive properties and I would have eventually gone bankrupt like Shelley and Steve did.
We got a batch of new missionaries on Tuesday. Ones from Italy, France, Australia, and South Africa and the rest from "exotic" Utah. For Mother's Day/Father's Day, Steve and I gave ourselves a new set of car speakers and we had them installed on Friday. No more horrible distorted sound - thankfully.
I finished up my last batch of Days for Girls shields and delivered ninety-two of them on Saturday. I hope to sew for a Chesterfield group once we get back to Missouri. It is such a relaxing, fun, and rewarding activity.
I will close with a couple of nature photos - a budding barrel cactus and a teeny weeny little praying mantis...
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