MOTHER'S DAY

Well Mother's Day has come and gone.  It was definitely different than previous years but, thanks to the cards, calls, and messages, still a great day.  We had the Elders over to Skype with their mothers and then fed them dinner. It was fun to be on this end of the calls and watch how they interact with their families.  One of our Elders...Elder Heusser...is very quiet and kind of shy so to watch him come alive when talking to his family was great.  The other Elder...Elder Jensen...is 1/2 Hawaiian and had a huge crowd to talk with.

Obviously this isn't being written on Sunday.  By the time we got done with dinner, I cleaned up the kitchen while Elder Breinholt took the missionaries home, and we crashed for the rest of the evening. I'd planned to write earlier but it's been a busy couple of days around here! Hopefully I can get back to writing on Sundays again.

We got a new AP...we now have three because one goes home with the next transfer (in 5 weeks). When we went to zone conference a couple of weeks ago, Elder Bettridge was one of the Zone Leaders and while he was teaching, Don and I looked at each other and said, "He's going to be an AP someday".  Now he is!  He is a great young man and will do an awesome job.  Our next transfers will be in 5 weeks, and a week after that President and Sister Brough will be going.  Our new President...Hughes, from Rigby, ID, will be here July 1.  Basically the AP's will be in charge of teaching him about the mission and running things until he is up to speed. 

Last Tuesday we went to Evansville, IN for our last Zone Conference.  It's 2 hours away and Don drove Moe (the 12 passenger van) with me in the front seat and Elder Prior (who usually drives) riding in the back.  When we got back to the office, Elder Prior (80 next week) said, "That was the most relaxing ride there I've had".  He slept both ways!!  

The ride to Evansville has a lot of rolling hills...much like going to Lexington, however the farms you see in Indiana, are not horse farms.

Zone Conference was great.  The energy and spirit are high and everyone is so glad to see each other. We have a new senior couple who are from Herriman (by way of Cedar City).  Their name is Thorley and he went to High School with President Brough.  I think they are a bit shell-shocked!!  They are assigned to Olney, Ill, which is the white squirrel capitol.  Really small town of about 10,000.  I'm not sure this was what they were expecting.

Thorley's

                               This sweet sister is called "grandma" by all the missionaries.
                               She is a member who comes to all the zone conferences in
                                               Evansville and supports our missionaries!

                                                        The "goofy" group picture

Love to all...