What's Happening

Today we begin two more weeks of training specific to this zone. This is the largest mission in the Church with 28 zones. It is the only mission that reports directly to the First Presidency rather than to the Missionary Department.

The people here are just wonderful. It is so much fun to meet many other senior missionaries all from diverse backgrounds. Some are attorneys, educators, Ph.D.'s, and some are farmers and just hard-working people who have never even turned on a computer. This mission is short 110 missionaries, so put the word out to your friends, senior family members, and ward members.

Our first apartment was very cute and quaint but with absolutely NO parking. (The landlady misrepresented that aspect just a tad.) After playing the parking meter shuffle for two weeks, we have moved into another apartment with parking, a stove that cooks on all four burners, kitchen drawers that open, and a shower that can get you wet all over all at the same time. It is beautiful, and we love it. It seems a little fancy for missionaries, but alas, we can handle it. We do NOT want to move for a long, long time.

We are hoping that now that we are moved again and our computer is up and going, that the dust will settle, and we can get a little more rest. The schedule is busy and begins EARLY! I am enjoying singing with the Women's Choir that practices at 6:15 a.m. on Thursdays. The director is just excellent. For all of you that haven't yet had an opportunity to work on your family history in PAF, you are missing a real adventure. I can't believe how much there is to do in that amazing program. If you do it, you will love it. To my family, I discovered that my first husband, my children's father, and his brother are my 9th counsins, 3 times removed and just where the ancestral lines connect. There is just so much to learn and nothing more exciting that finding enough information on a person to get him or her Temple ready.