MISSION UPDATE AND THE FUN

Here are a few of the 75 or so missionaries that stopped by the Mission Office before they went to sing Happy Birthday to Sister Nelson (President Nelson's wife) on her 60th birthday. They are dressed in similar casual clothes becasue this was Monday and their P-day...or their day off to get all of thier personal things done. 

Elder Traxler ("the sheriff) working with some of the Mission's Zone Leaders on how to train their companionships on the use and care of thier automobiles. We are going through the formal inspection process to make sure that they are clean and in good working order. 

We have been given another calling from the Stake to teach Institute for the Spring/Summer session where we teach 18 to 30 year old single adults. We are teaching Doctrines of the Gospel...the only 400 level couse in Institute. They took the green peas and gave them the heavy load becasue they knew that we needed to grow. Our biggest challenge to date is how we combine our teaching styles and gospel knowledge in to one coherant lesson that someone will enjoy. Each week we are getting better and learning about each others personalities, needs, egos, and soft spots as we learn the challenges to Eternal Marriage and companionship.

We took a Saturday afternoon from our responsibilites and went down to White Rock which is a another suburb of Vancouver located on the Pacific Ocean.  We saw people on the beach (with heavy coats still on), people crabbing and fishing, shopping and just enjoying the rare sunny day.  It was a really fun day to be out relaxing with each other.

Here is Sister "Sweetie" and Elder "Honey" on Mother's Day in Garry Park in Steveston. We went with Nanette and Jeff (Sue's sister) who finished their 14 day cruise in Vancouver and stayed an extra 2 days to visit with us.

This is a typical Spring day in the upper Northwest with rain, hail, and very cool temperatures. We were on Granville Island (downtown Vancouver) where we were shopping, having fun, and getting soaked.  We had a great time being with Nan and Jeff and talking a mile a minute updating family news and stories.

Sisters on Mother's Day. Sue was homesick during Easter so it was great to have Nanette here. Sue was a happy girl. It was fun to have them here so we could show them the Mission Office where we work, where we live, and introduce them to some of the Missionaries that we love and serve with.