It's Already Been 3 Months? Good Thing We Extended.

 We had a super busy week.   On the weekend, we had our daughter's and son's families come visit to celebrate our granddaughter's sixth birthday.  What a tender mercy of the Lord that we are serving in an area that allows us to spend time with family.

On Sunday, we talked in church.  We meet some more members this week in their homes, gave a Family Home Evening lesson, did some service, worked in the FamilySearch Center and took some members to the San Diego Temple.  It was a very full, very rewarding week. 

One member that we visited, doesn't attend church any more but was very sweet and welcoming.  They have vineyards that surround their home and we have been invited back in the fall to help harvest their grapes.  The unusual thing is that their home is in a pretty regular neighborhood so seeing all the grapevines in the yard was surprising. 






District meeting with the young missionaries was always was very uplifting.  I am always amazed at how hard these missionaries work.  They are always striving to be better.  This week they practiced teaching the first of the missionary lessons.  They are always studying and practicing and are good teachers. 




And we always have to get a district picture!
Elder Houser, Elder Wetsel, Elder Workman, myself and Elder Prater, Sister Christensen and Sister Thompson. 



This is Sister Thompson, she is from Hattiesburg, Mississippi, which is close to where our son, Matthew served during his mission.  



Our Elder Wetsel is always prepared with pens.  It was his birthday last week so we took him and his companion to lunch to celebrate.  They are very hardworking missionaries.  



We were able to give a couple of brethren in the ward a ride to the San Diego temple this week.  Got to go as much as possible before they close in July.  

So as far as my comment on extending our mission- we did extend until June 1, 2024- originally our release date was January 23, 2024.  The thought being that there is no reason to drive across the country to go home in winter time.  We are loving our mission and staying til the weather is nice seems sensible.  They say it takes about three months for Member Leadership Support Missionaries to really get going so this way we will have a whole year after we got going!

Also for those that have asked our address now is 533 W, Bobier Drive #103

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