Week of 21 November 2016

One more week of this transfer and we will be getting new missionaries and seeing a couple of our favorites leave us.  I guess we don't have favorites, just ones we gotten to know really well.

Well, it was an exciting week with Thanksgiving and getting together with the senior couples.  And we had another two baptisms.

Monday morning was normal except we had a guest in the house with us for breakfast.  Just a tiny newt.

When we got home on Tuesday after working at the office, I went inside and went right to the bedroom.  What I saw made me cry.  All of the drawers of our dresser were on the bed and everything was thrown everywhere.  Then I heard Wayne yell that our TV was gone.  Robbed again.  All they got as the TV though.  We had everything else with us.

So here is our bare wall.

They came in through the back door and really had to work at it.  At least they didn't destroy it.

We called Samuel and he came over the next day.  We now have "screaming" locks on all the windows and doors.  And they cut down all of the jungle growth in front of our home.  It looks so bare.  We told Samuel not to get us another TV.  

Before

After

And here is our Thanksgiving table.

We had corn, cucumber salad rolls, mashed potatoes and some soup, which we used for the gravy.

Here is the chicken, and frozen jello salad which was pretty good and some dressing.  All in all, we had a very nice dinner.

And I made a chocolate cream pie and apple pie.

Cutting the pie with ice cream.  Sister Sorensen, Sister Stevenson and President.

Elder and Sister Clements and me.

We watched a movie after wards and then went home.  Clements came with us to spend the night.

In the morning, we came back to the mission home for scrambled eggs, toast, fruit and cinnamon rolls, which Sister Clements had made.  Very enjoyable time.

Friday was crazy at the mission home.  We had all of the trainers and trainees that started their mission 4 weeks ago come for a meeting to see how everything was going.  But the office got busy, because they all want to buy things.  It really was fun though.  There were 36 elders and sisters in all.

Saturday, we had the baptism of two children.  The one little boy had to get permission from his father to be baptized and none of his family showed up.  It really is sad.  

Patrick and Belinda got baptized. 

Elder riding baptized Belinda.

And Jonah baptized Patrick.

It was a beautiful day.  Hopefully the children in the ward stay friends with Patrick and help him come to church.

Sunday morning, we had two visitors.  Boy these birds can wake the dead!

Anyway good and kind of bad week.  All the rest of the weeks through next year are going to be awesome!

We love you and miss you.