30 June 2018
As I post this, we are spending a few days in southern Utah. Sister Marlene Bollinger, our friend who recently left the mission we’re in, has kindly offered to put us up at her home in Enterprise for the weekend.
Yesterday we went with her to the Cedar City Temple (beautiful!) and today we’re going to the St. George, UT Temple! We’re excited that we got permission to travel outside our mission boundaries to attend these two temples — and to connect with friends.
Jim and Mary Mowrer are meeting us to do some sealings at the St. George Temple, today, then we’ll go to lunch and see some sites with them. The Mowrers moved to St. George last year, and it’s been quite a few years since the last time we saw them – so, we’re happy that this trip includes some time catching up with them. We’ve lived in, and, been in the same wards with them, in Texas, Indiana, and North Carolina.
This past Tuesday, our zone had a farewell dinner at the home of Elder and Sister Hinckley. Besides us, there are four others leaving our zone/mission within the next month, so they honored all six of us. The Hinckley’s have a lovely home, and we had a great evening. We look forward to going home, but it is bittersweet to leave all the dear people we serve with here!
Sister Barry presented Bob with a homemade "brief" case.
Elder Blamires presented me with our real gift - a certificate made by Sister Blamires.
We’re starting to get the hang of our Wiki projects and are feeling like we know a little more about what we’re supposed to be doing, now. 😉
Because of my broken leg, and even though it’s healing well, we decided to hire someone to do a move-out clean of the apartment for us. (Just before we leave.) A lot of the missionaries here live within a few hours' drive, so they make multiple trips back home with all their stuff. This mission has taught me that I really don’t need some of the stuff I thought I needed. We just have to leave it behind now that we're going because there's no room to take it with us. (And that's with mailing several boxes home ahead of us.) I think we can make do with a lot less the next time around.
Tomorrow is July!! Woohoo!! We are officially in the final month of our mission. Not that we’re counting down the days or anything. . . ☺
1 comment:
Oh my goodness! I am so happy that you were able to meet up with the Mowrers! I didn't realize they had moved to St. George. You are so right about not needing as much as we think we do. We've been going through stuff in our house and have been amazed at things we still have that we haven't needed for years. Hope you have a great week!
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