Dear Family,
This week has been
non-stop. We are so busy in the office and there never seems to be a
break. Rather be busy than not. We do make sure we get out for an
hour lunch and walking. We need to breathe fresh air. We sit way
too much.
Wednesday we went with
President and Sister Maxwell, the APs, and Sister Horne to the city. We
went to check out a hotel/hostel for the transfers on May 6. We have 29
missionaries going home and the mission home cannot handle that many people for
dinner or sleeping. We checked the place out and it was very clean so we
will make a reservation. Our September and October departures are as big
so we will
use this hotel several
times this year. We will be chaperones along with the President, Sister
Horne and Hullingers. It is very sad when all these great young missionaries
leave. In our 9 months here we have come to love so many of them.
One thing for sure is that they all get on Facebook the day the airplane
lands. That makes us happy. Finally got Adrienne on Facebook last
night. We love to look at these missionaries and keep in touch with them.
Sister Horne and her son
Adam went with us to the city. Afterwards, the four of us went and got
breakfast at a pancake restaurant. Adrienne and I each got 2 pancakes
with fruit topping, $18.00 each. Yvette and Adam got eggs, bacon(ham) and
2 small pancakes, $26.00 each. Tres tres expensive!!!!!
They have a USA food
store here. It is very small BUT, food from home. We don't go often
but we love Uncle Ben's wild rice in a box.
It is approximately
$7.39 for one box. We bought 4 boxes because it is a long distance from
our flat. We also bought Brianna's Poppyseed dressing, $8.80, 2 small
butterfingers, $2.20 each and small package of chocolate covered raisins,
$.2.20 a piece. Total purchase was $119.00. It is expensive but we are so
excited for the rice for our Sunday dinner.
Conference was this
weekend. Saturday the sessions were at 12:30 pm and 3:00pm. Long
time to sit with only 1/2 hour break. But certainly it was worth it to
see general conference. Sunday the services were at 10:00am and 1:00pm.
The lunch hour was a picnic on the lawn at the building. It is too
far for many members to go home in between sessions. We all brought
finger food to share and the activity leader had decorated the serving table.
It really was very nice and the children had an hour to run, scream, roll
around etc. We really love our ward family.
Conference was so
wonderful and spiritual and emotional. Just writing this I am crying.
When the choir sang, Consider the Lilies we both cried remembering Daddy.
Can't believe it has been 10 years since he died. Where has the
time gone. It has gone by so fast.
The sun came out after
conference so we drove to Mont Albert, beautiful area with so many trees lining
all the streets. It was an array of orange,yellow and red leaves. We were
in heaven. It was a peaceful way to spend our late afternoon Sunday.
WE HAVE PUT PICTURES ON THE BLOG OF SOME OF THE TREES AND STREETS.
Our scripture for the
week;.
"O remember,
remember, my sons, the words which King Benjamin spake unto his people; yea,
remember that there is no other way nor means whereby man can be saved, only
through the atoning blood of Jesus Christ, who shall come; yea, remember that
he cometh to redeem the world."
HELAMAN 5:9
WE LOVE YOU ALL SO MUCH
WE ARE SO GLAD AND HAPPY
TO BE MISSIONARIES FOR THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER-DAY SAINTS.
WE KNOW WE ARE WHERE WE
ARE SUPPOSED TO BE AT THIS TIME OF OUR LIVES
THE MOMS, THE SISTER
SISTERS, DEE DEE AND ADRIENNE
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