A Fun Week

The missionaries are asked to write a weekly letter to the Mission President on how they are doing.  These letters are collected in a folder and at the end of their mission, the missionary gets the folder of letters he had written during the 2 years, to take home and keep.


We recently received word that we need to be careful in todays electronic media to not use names or other identifying terms to preserve privacy.  I guess there have been some cases where missionaries have written home details of the personal struggles their investigators might have had, and these details have made it to their blogs for all the world to see.  I certainly would not want my personal struggles broadcast all over the world.  In fact, some investigators had been contacted by the anti-mormon crowd to influence them to discontinue their lessons.

Yesterday we had the 4 missionaries that live in our apartment complex over for dinner, and we were joined later in the evening by 2 Sister Missionaries from our District.  Sister A=== is being released this coming Tuesday, and we decided to throw her a farewell party.  It is funny how the Spirit even directs you in these things.  The Lord wanted to acknowledge her for her good work and say "Thank You", and made Mom and I the conduit to convey that Thanks.  What a wonderful work!

We made the Elders "teach" us a lesson, and then we had chocolate cake and ice cream.  We also made her tell us of her most memorable mission experience.

Sister A==== will be going home to Kirtland, Ohio on Tuesday.

Our talks at Church last Sunday gave us a boost with the Ward members.  More members said "Hello" than ever before.  The Ward has a lot of single sisters and part member families.  The PH Quorums are overwhelmed.  The ratio of home teaching companionships to families is over 9 families to 1 home teaching pair.

Tomorrow, Monday, the Missionaries going home on Tuesday, will be coming to the Mission Office for their exit interview with the President.  That is when they will bring their luggage in to be weighed to make sure it is under 50 lbs, and will get their bikes shipped back home.  I don't know if I had mentioned it before, but we get a good deal from FedEx where we can get their bike shipped home anywhere in the US for about $20.00

And then comes Tuesday.  TRANSFER DAY !!!

We will have 10 missionaries coming in from the MTC.  It starts all over again.  I can't believe 6 weeks have already gone by.  But, we are ready!  It will be smooth like clockwork.  Can you imagine.  WE are now Veterans!  (Nothing like a little self assurance to keep you going).

Thanks for all your love and prayers,

Mom and Dad

(Glad Martin and Karen made it safely home from Peru.  What a sweet reunion that was for their family).