August 18 and before

Sister Spencer, Sister Presser, Sister Ferguson, Sister Williams

On Monday, August 17^th  Elder and Sister Spencer came in to mission today.  They are our replacements in the mission.  We met them (and their dogs) in the morning and then they went to get settled into their apartment.

I had to text Sara that we would be finishing Sammy’s quilt next week.  I had got so far behind in my work at the mission working on the quilt last week that I needed to get caught up for the Spencers.

Ciele and Nathan at Larry and Leslie's home

Sisters with Elders in the background

Nathan came home from his surprise visit to Marcy.  He is coming a week early so that is not a good sign for the relationship.  But Heavenly Father has told me that everything will be okay and so I am not going to worry about it.  I have a picture of him with Ceili that was taken on Sunday.  He was able to attend the welcome home for Maryn Jenkins, my niece that was in the Hawaiian Temple Visitors Center mission.

Sister Murphy, Sister Swenson, and Sister Montclair with Elder Butterfield in the background

Tuesday, August 18^th I started working with Sister Spencer and Elder Presser started working with Elder Spencer.  This is the day of the missionaries returning home dinner.  Normally we would not be involved but Elder Williams is still not recovered from his surgery and so we are going to help Sister Williams and her replacement Sister Ferguson.  I was excited to go to the luncheon anyway because there are a number of missionaries that I want to be able to say good bye to.  It provided a fun environment to get to know the replacement sisters coming in.

Elders that are going home

Because of the use of IPads in the mission the assistants used email for the first time to send out transfers rather than calling each person.  I wanted to attach the picture email that I saved but I cannot get it to be large enough to see.

Nathan wants to go to Bingo night so we contacted Sara to see if we could pick up the kids.  Nathan will have to find his own way as he will not let us drive him.