As Mom wrote in her letter, we had a great visit with Ross and Dixie and their kids, and, with Joie during the Thanksgiving week-end. We always give thanks for our blessings, and pray for our children and grandchildren. Especially for our Joie. In preparing to leave for our mission, we worried about leaving her the most, and it was the reassurances from Lisa and Ross, that they would look out for her, that we felt okay with going on a mission. We were blessed with that peaceful feeling that everything would be all right when we entered the MTC, and really have not given it any thought at all. We just knew things would be alright.
With Joie coming to visit us, we wondered how she would handle seeing us, and if there would be "a scene". We need not have had to worry. When the kids arrived the Wednesday before Thanksgiving, and we first saw Joie, her reaction was like: "Oh, Hi. Where is the food?" Our experience in the past, when we had not seen her for a couple of weeks, Joie would be sure to let us know. She would holler and complain as we entered her house, and would push us out the door to have us take her to our house or for a ride.
This was another blessing. She gave us no cause to wonder or worry. We were again reassured that, SHE knew that we were on a mission, that we loved her, and that we had not abandoned her.
We made her bed on the floor in our room, and she slept fine THE FIRST NIGHT! She was probably playing catch-up from the night before, in the motor home where she kept all of Dixie's kids up.
The following 2 nights we did not get much sleep. She was up all night! We might have gotten 3-4 hours of sleep each night. Our home is not Joie Proofed like our house in Washington so we locked her in with us in our bedroom. This kept her from roaming the house at night and from getting into the refrigerator. It did not prevent her, however, from playing with all the light switches in the room, including the switch for the overhead fan. Although over the years, I have learned to ignore her noises, a breeze from the overhead fan could not be ignored.
We loved having the kids and grand kids, and especially our Joie come for a visit. A big "thank you" to Ross and Dixie for bringing her down.
It is hard to believe, but we are nearing the half way point of our mission. It almost coincides with our 40th wedding anniversary later this month. I might have said this in an earlier post about the 2 couples we serve with in the office, but the Morgans celebrated their 60th anniversary this year, and the Johnsons
celebrated their 50th. Mom and I are "The Kids" in the office. (That is until the "real kids" come to the office - our wonderful missionaries).
We hope you have a wonderful week.
Love,
Mom and Dad
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