Sunday, June 16, 2019

Happy anticipations

Departure update - Still no official word from Salt Lake regarding the Thorntons.  However, Elder and Sister Thornton have a grandson here in north Phoenix who is receiving his Eagle on Sunday, July 14th so they WILL be down here for that and, whether they arrive at the mission office on July 15th as official missionaries or just volunteers, they WILL be here on that date.  Steve and I will train them that Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday and we WILL be driving away on Thursday, July 18th and pulling into Columbia on Saturday evening, July 20th. 

Car update -back when we thought it was just our air conditioner, we made a Tuesday appointment with C&R Auto.  After we realized it was just an empty radiator issue, we still thought it would be good to keep the appointment to make sure our car was road-worthy for all the driving trips we will be taking.  A lot of dollars later, our car IS road-worthy.  The radiator actually had to be replaced, among other things.  It means we won't be replacing our current computer with a laptop as soon as we had hoped but we have peace of mind regarding our car.

Why I Believe devotional update - it went SO WELL last Sunday evening.  I was very happy with all the performances.  Elder Harris in the mission office summed it up pretty nicely - it was a walk-off home run.  Here we are with Sister Wells.


I am returning the borrowed Relief Society sewing machine today.  It has been such a joy to use these past two years.  I think I will need to buy one for myself sometime.



Steve and I went to see Aladdin Friday evening.  It was SO good.  I smiled all the way through the movie. 

These next two weeks will be full of family reunions.  We leave Tuesday for a week in California for the Young reunion.  We will be back in the office Wednesday and Thursday, June 26th and 27th and then we leave on Friday the 28th for three days of Lambson reunion and be back in the office Monday July 1st - just in time for the July 2nd transfer.  And, so it has been a busy week at the office as I have prepared for being gone for two weeks.  But, not so busy that we couldn't have another senior sister lunch at Costa Vida on Friday. 

 Here at home, amid all the usual weekly chores, I have been preparing for our trips and I have been packing up all non-essentials for our return home in July.  But, we also found time to feed our ward's sister missionaries, Sisters Jammet and Rossi, last night. 

Lastly, here is Elder Dano and Elder Cruz, Zone 8 Leaders, picking up all the packages that have accumulated for missionaries in their zone. 










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