We Moved

We took Monday and Tuesday off to move.  It all went very smooth.  Especially with the help of 8 Elders to carry all the boxes and stuff down the stairs of our apartment complex and into the trailer.

Here are the pictures of our new home.

It is a Great Room configuration.

The kitchen.

Picture from the far corner looking back to the front door.

The backyard with my little BBQ grill.

Other than moving, the week went fine.  This coming Monday we will have the missionaries going home come to the office to get their bags weighed, their bikes mailed home, and get their travel papers.  The 6 week Transfer Cycle begins again as new incoming missionaries arrive on Tuesday.  This will be the biggest group we have processed thus far.  We will have 17 missionaries leaving and 17 coming in.  It does not always match up that way, and there are other things to take into consideration.

We have 2 Hmong Elders leaving, and 2 are coming in.  We have 0 Spanish Elders leaving, but 1 Spanish coming in.  We had an odd number in the mission, so they will be in balance again.  We have 0 Sisters leaving, but 3 Sisters coming in.  So one set will be assigned as a "Three-some".  Not ideal, but how else do you manage that.

Another variable are the vehicles.  We have some elders that can't be in a bike area for medical reasons.  None of the Foreign Missionaries can drive in our mission.  All the Sisters are in car areas, and for this coming transfer one of the Foreign Sisters will become a "Trainer".  New missionaries are not allowed to drive for the first 3 months.  I guess they will need to make an exception for the New Sister assigned to be trained by the Foreign Sister so they can use the car.

It will be exciting and busy and we will be fine.

Take care,
Love,
Dad