Countdown Begins- Five Weeks Left In The Mission

This week we enjoyed time with the family, trips to the temple, service work, lunches with friends, pickleball, a lesson on making stained glass lanterns, family history work, helping with setting up a missionary apartment, a visit to San Diego and a wonderful baptism. 




Our Sunday dinners with our son, Mike and his family will be some of our favorite mission memories. 


We have loved learning how to make stained glass lanterns from Marvin. 


We always find satisfaction in helping to prepare new apartments for the young missionaries.  







Exploring our mission and the beauty around us is always a pleasure.  This week we visited Cabrillo National Monument in San Diego. 

 We had the privilege of being able to attend the baptism of our good friend, Bryan.  His wife and son were baptized in our ward a year ago and then they moved to a near by city.  In November, Elder Prater baptized their second oldest son so imagine our joy when we got the word that Bryan was ready to be baptized.  It was a joyful Saturday with so members of their new ward welcoming him into the fold.  Elder Prater was able to give a wonderful talk on receiving the gift of the Holy Ghost.  Other members of our ward that made the trip to attend this wonderful event were the Wiley's (He gave a talk on baptism) and the Fields brothers who rode up with us. 

Elder Prater, Bryan, and Ron Fields 

Ron and Rod Fields, us, the Williams family, Bro. and Sister Wiley 

Our mission is speedily coming to an end and we are trying to savor every last moment. 

One more thing- see this fire trunk? This is the view we have of emergency vehicles  that show up constantly at our apartment complex, at least once a week sometimes a lot more.  I love our 55+ community and all the lovely people who live here.  They are so friendly and likable but unfortunately so many in at an age where they have many ailments. I cringe every time I see this truck.

We had a sign up sheet in the lobby offering to provide help with family history.  Many residents have taken us up on our offer, mostly those in their 80s and 90s.  You can imagine  my surprise when last Sunday a new resident had us over for lunch to while we taught her about Family Search.  When she opened her door to her apartment I was shocked to see that she was our age and in good health!  Just a random thought that I wanted to share. 

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