Dear Family,
We got Keri and McKay off and got into the office by 8:30—not too bad. It seemed lonely knowing they were gone even though we weren’t at home. The checks for all of the rent had been approved and were printed on Monday, but I had to get them (ones that we had trouble with last month) addressed to FedEx. I didn’t get that done until Tuesday.
The first of the two new office couples arrived today. They beat the big storm that has been predicted. All schools and many businesses were being shut down in preparation. We are just hoping that the 2nd couple arrive safely. I took home bills to enter them at home—sometimes I just get tired of being at the office and Dad needs to get home to do some WES work. We got a call from President Caplin asking Dad if he could and give one of the sisters that lives close to us a blessing. That was nice to be able to help out.
Wednesday morning when I first looked out the window, there was a skiff of snow, but by the time we were ready for leave for the office it was getting serious about being a larger storm. We followed the plows and with no one else on the road we had a pretty easy drive in. The missionary fleet was grounded to be on the safe side.
Thursday the 2nd couple arrived and said that they had windows of good weather all along the way. People traveling a day ahead had horrible weather in Wyoming, but when they came through a day later, the roads were great. At other times, they were able to just be ahead of the storm. They felt very protected in their travels. Both couples seem like wonderful people that we will really enjoy working with.
Friday I was trying to get the monthly allotment figured out so that I could get the missionary money of their cards by Monday morning. I think that I make it harder than I need to, but we have so many missionaries leaving this transfer that I need to check their card balance, consider the amount SLC has scheduled to give them and then consider travel funds. They are leaving on the 6th, so will get a prorated amount of the normal allotment. We have some visa waiters that won’t be here the whole month, but we don’t know how long they will be here. I went back and forth trying to be frugal with tithing money, but not having the traveling missionaries stranded without sufficient funds to take care of their needs. I guess it’s just the worry nature of mothers to worry about those they are in charge of. Then, unbeknownst to be, one of our visa waiters was funded by his new mission. Luckily, I felt prompted to check his balance and discovered the money. The other visa waiters didn’t get their money from the new mission.
I also was able to get final arrangements made for our audit. Our auditor will be at the office Monday morning shortly after 9. I will be SO glad to have it over. I know it will be nothing like the ones that we have gone through at WES, but I don’t want more things for the President to have to worry about as transfers are coming up and he is consumed with that.
Saturday was a stay at home and get things done there. I also had to finish up the allotments and work on utility bills. In between that, we were able to get laundry taken care of. I ended up with a cold that went straight to my chest, so took a hot bath and took a nap. We had said that we would take the sister missionaries that live in our complex to a baptism where one of the friends (investigator) was going to come to. Dad thought that it wouldn’t be a good idea for me to share my cold with those at the baptism, so we asked one of the new couples if they could drive the missionaries. They were very gracious and I was very grateful to be able to stay at home.
We had a good sacrament meeting and then had Relief Society for the first time this year. It was kind of fun to be there with all of the sisters. With having stake conference and ward conference coming on the weeks that we would have had Relief Society/Priesthood, we have not had Relief Society for a long time.
In the evening we were invited to the home of the first counselor in the Bishopric. He is the one who buys a freezer full of salmon from Alaska and then uses it throughout the year. We have enjoyed sharing it with them. They invite all of the missionaries in the ward to come and it is a very enjoyable evening.
Well, that about does it for another week. Life is changing fast here with all of our old senior missionary couples in the office going home and new ones coming. We like the new ones, but will miss the old ones. We will not be the senior couple in the office and that is scary—we know so little to be the ones trying to help the new ones along. Yikes!
Love you lots,
Mom
We got Keri and McKay off and got into the office by 8:30—not too bad. It seemed lonely knowing they were gone even though we weren’t at home. The checks for all of the rent had been approved and were printed on Monday, but I had to get them (ones that we had trouble with last month) addressed to FedEx. I didn’t get that done until Tuesday.
The first of the two new office couples arrived today. They beat the big storm that has been predicted. All schools and many businesses were being shut down in preparation. We are just hoping that the 2nd couple arrive safely. I took home bills to enter them at home—sometimes I just get tired of being at the office and Dad needs to get home to do some WES work. We got a call from President Caplin asking Dad if he could and give one of the sisters that lives close to us a blessing. That was nice to be able to help out.
Wednesday morning when I first looked out the window, there was a skiff of snow, but by the time we were ready for leave for the office it was getting serious about being a larger storm. We followed the plows and with no one else on the road we had a pretty easy drive in. The missionary fleet was grounded to be on the safe side.
Thursday the 2nd couple arrived and said that they had windows of good weather all along the way. People traveling a day ahead had horrible weather in Wyoming, but when they came through a day later, the roads were great. At other times, they were able to just be ahead of the storm. They felt very protected in their travels. Both couples seem like wonderful people that we will really enjoy working with.
Friday I was trying to get the monthly allotment figured out so that I could get the missionary money of their cards by Monday morning. I think that I make it harder than I need to, but we have so many missionaries leaving this transfer that I need to check their card balance, consider the amount SLC has scheduled to give them and then consider travel funds. They are leaving on the 6th, so will get a prorated amount of the normal allotment. We have some visa waiters that won’t be here the whole month, but we don’t know how long they will be here. I went back and forth trying to be frugal with tithing money, but not having the traveling missionaries stranded without sufficient funds to take care of their needs. I guess it’s just the worry nature of mothers to worry about those they are in charge of. Then, unbeknownst to be, one of our visa waiters was funded by his new mission. Luckily, I felt prompted to check his balance and discovered the money. The other visa waiters didn’t get their money from the new mission.
I also was able to get final arrangements made for our audit. Our auditor will be at the office Monday morning shortly after 9. I will be SO glad to have it over. I know it will be nothing like the ones that we have gone through at WES, but I don’t want more things for the President to have to worry about as transfers are coming up and he is consumed with that.
Saturday was a stay at home and get things done there. I also had to finish up the allotments and work on utility bills. In between that, we were able to get laundry taken care of. I ended up with a cold that went straight to my chest, so took a hot bath and took a nap. We had said that we would take the sister missionaries that live in our complex to a baptism where one of the friends (investigator) was going to come to. Dad thought that it wouldn’t be a good idea for me to share my cold with those at the baptism, so we asked one of the new couples if they could drive the missionaries. They were very gracious and I was very grateful to be able to stay at home.
We had a good sacrament meeting and then had Relief Society for the first time this year. It was kind of fun to be there with all of the sisters. With having stake conference and ward conference coming on the weeks that we would have had Relief Society/Priesthood, we have not had Relief Society for a long time.
In the evening we were invited to the home of the first counselor in the Bishopric. He is the one who buys a freezer full of salmon from Alaska and then uses it throughout the year. We have enjoyed sharing it with them. They invite all of the missionaries in the ward to come and it is a very enjoyable evening.
Well, that about does it for another week. Life is changing fast here with all of our old senior missionary couples in the office going home and new ones coming. We like the new ones, but will miss the old ones. We will not be the senior couple in the office and that is scary—we know so little to be the ones trying to help the new ones along. Yikes!
Love you lots,
Mom
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| View of Capital from the Mall |
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| The current Supreme Court |
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| Elizabeth looking at an old plane |
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| Elizabeth at the Air and Space Museum |
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| Keri's birthday cake |
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| Old Supreme Court in the Capital |
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