Presser/Christiansen Family: August 3rd and 4th

Time flies it seems. We feel like we just arrived sometimes and it is almost time for us to leave our mission.

Isaac taken by David

Monday was a busy day and hectic. I went to Weight Watchers after we got to the office. Elder Presser has decided to try a low carbohydrate diet for now because he has read some things that say it will reverse his diabetes. So I am on my own at Weight Watchers. For the three weeks since I was able to go last time I lost .4 lbs. Which is a little discouraging but at least it is in the right direction. I have been trying to exercise more and track what I am eating more. We have also been trying to eat at home more as that makes it easier to follow both diets, although it makes for some interesting meals.

Maggie taken by David

While I was at Weight Watchers Larry worked on mileage logs and input maintenance receipts into the programs on the computer for that. He also worked on some registrations for some cars later in the day and took calls while Williamses were gone.

Sammy by David

Nathan, Kirsten, Maren, Erick, Jacob

We found out today that the couple that are coming on August 16, the Spencers will be the ones to replace us. We should have plenty of time to train them plus they will get to go through a transfer with us so they will know what to do. The Williamses still do not know when their replacements are coming so they are up in the air.

When I got back I did the paperwork I usually do. Plus we got two orders of Book of Mormons in to the office. It always amazes me how out of shape most of the FedEx drivers are. I worry that some of them are going to have a heart attack right in the office. They come in dripping with sweat with the boxes even on the dolly. Of course the fact that it has been 100 degrees every day this week would never have anything to do with that, Ha Ha!


Lexie, Myles, Isaac, Brinlie, Taylor, Sammy, Max, Ellie, Ryker, Abbie,		Maggie, Gauge, and David

Marcy continued to upload pictures of them with the kids so that was nice to see what they were doing on their vacation. They spent some time at the Treehouse Children’s Museum and had a reunion with all of Nathan’s brothers and sisters that are in Utah at the time except Michelle, with their families. It looked like so much fun.

King Drayk and Queen Maggie

BJ and Holly are in their final day of moving to Utah. They will fly out tomorrow for the Mainland.

The Grandkids at the Sibling Reunion

Monday evening we looked at Church History Sites on the computer for Family Home Evening so that we could decide if we wanted to visit those on the way home from the mission. We mapped out a great route to go and see several things plus swing up and see Jake and Nikki but then we realized that we will be hauling a trailer and for now we have decided that we will just come straight home after visiting with John and Judy

Sammy the Astronaut

Ryker by David I think

Today Tuesday has been a very eventful day in a few ways. We woke up early but decided to sleep an hour longer which is not a good idea as we do not get to exercise. Larry was having a hard time getting going. He is always ready long before I am but he was still not dressed when I had finished so I knew something was wrong even though he did not complain. We went to the office and started to do the things we needed to do before the Zone training. All of a sudden I noticed it was 10:30 a.m. the time we had to leave for the UTSA Chapel for the West Zone training and Elder Presser was nowhere to be found. I took all the things I needed to the car and he wasn’t there so I called his phone and he was in the bathroom sick. He said he would be out soon. But finally he called me on my phone and said I would have to go by myself and that the video that he was showing was in the White binder he carries in the car. So I took off and just barely made it to the training at 11:00 a.m.

Maggie doing a puppet show for Nathan and Drayk

When I got to the training I told them that maybe I would start and they could get the video set up while I presented my part. But then I went all through the binder and there was no DVD in it. So then we had to punt. Having already seen the DVD on Speeding and Backing I tried the best I could to describe the points it was trying to make and the way they made them. Then I started on the things that I was presenting. I thought that maybe I would be through a little early and I was. This time I did not go 10 minutes over but I finished three minutes shy of noon. So as always I had plenty to say.

After finishing at the zone training I went back to the office and Sister Williams did not know where Elder Presser was. So I called him and he had gone home for a while still sick. I gave him some motherly advice about what he needed to do to feel better and then let him rest.

Doctor Maggie

Elder Williams was gone also because he had a doctor’s appointment so Sister Williams and I had a fun time holding down the office together.

When Elder Williams came back we were all relieved to find out that they had finally scheduled his surgery. The bad thing however was that it was about two weeks out on the 14^th of August so he is still waiting but hopefully he will finally get it.

Korbin, Isaac, David

Elder Presser came back to the office about 3:30 p.m. He says he didn’t do anything but he was busy doing paper work and such like before. Every day when the mail comes in he has more mileage reports this time of the month and he had some work to do on estimates on accidents that have occurred recently.

Heather, Ryker, Erick, Nathan, Jake, and Lexie

I felt like I was in a fog in the afternoon or that feeling you have when you have too much to do and not enough time to do it in. But I tried to work and finish things although I often found myself realizing that I had started something in the middle of something else so I would go back to that. I worked on referrals and baptisms and phone calls and tried to accomplish something for the afternoon but I felt very much confused.

Larry decided that he felt good enough to go the the Temple so we went home and ate quickly and then we went to the temple. It was full session but not like last Friday. I really enjoyed this session because I felt like I was learning by the spirit which has been my goal for several months but on this night it seemed to be evidenced in the answers that I received.

Queen Marcy and Princess Maggie

We went grocery shopping after the session. It seems to be the time that we find to go lately, after the Temple. As the Temple session does not get out until 8:30 p.m. and we have to dress after that it is a late night usually. Larry went right to sleep after we got back and put things away but I was up for a while looking at Facebook and the photos that our kids posted.