Inspections, Fun Story, Food and Service

 

Elder Prater, Sister Simmons, Sister Burggraaf

Our apartment inspections finished up this week and the competition is fierce.  We have never had so many shiny apartments before and it is going to be very hard to pick the winner.  

During our inspections, we learned about this very cool story.  When Sister Thomas was a child, her father had an internship in San Marcos, California for a brief time.  So she has lived here before.  Her family would either go to the mountains or the beach each weekend.  They all picked out a large pinecone to keep from Palomar Mountain.  Sister Thomas revisited Palomar Mountain to get some more pinecones and sent her dad one for Christmas.  Such a fun story!

Sister Thomas is on the far left of the picture 

Sister Priestly and Sister Thomas now 




 

Elder Prater working hard in the Family Search Center 


Someone mentioned to me that there seems to be alot of food involved in our mission, this is a true statement.  This week I made some cookies for the cocktail ladies.  They are a group of about eight ladies that each evening around 4 pm get together for cocktails.  There is a sweet 98 year old lady that is the life of the party.  She hinted quite strongly the first time that we met her that she has enjoyed baked treats from all the missionaries before us (missionaries have been in our apartment for 10 years).  So periodically I will bake something to share and love to see their reactions of joy when I show up with the treats. 

Elder Prater, Kelly and Marc Maxfield 


Some fun service we did this week was helping some members who had just moved into a new home get it ready for their daughter's wedding reception they were hosting in their home in just a few weeks.  So we helped hang pictures and curtains.  The four of us spent over an hour putting together a chandelier.  And of course there was food involved. 


Another perfect week in the Newport Beach, California Mission 




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