Dear Family,
Here is the last letter of the year. I am getting caught up and if I can hunt and peck I will get this done today and finish the year caught up.
Monday was a hard day to get into the office on time because of the late night Sunday evening. We were not the only ones having the same problem. I spent the day trying to get caught up on many things. The office has been inundated with packages and regular mail. We have had so much mail that we have to deliver it so there is room for more to come. Since we were going to another devotional this evening we had to load all the mail received today for the half of the mission attending the devotional tonight. Then we left a little early to go home and get the Monday set of goodies and went to the church, then we traveled a half hour to pick up some elders who didn’t have a ride. We are getting so many more sisters that more and more of the elders do not have cars. It was another wonderful evening of music and words bringing us closer to the Savior. In addition to enjoying the program, the missionaries really enjoyed having a chance to visit with each other. They don’t often get to stay and visit. After cleaning up, we took the elders home and got home around 11 or so. So glad we could help make a wonderful evening for the missionaries here in Virginia.
Tuesday was an intense day just trying to get the missionaries funded again and get lots of utility bills taken care of. At noon Dad and I went through the package log in list to determine if every missionary had received something for Christmas. The thing that made it a little more interesting is that some of the missionaries are starting to have packages sent to their apartments or to members’ homes instead of the mission office. We were able to check with all of the missionaries who didn’t have packages listed in the office to makes sure they had something for Christmas. By 6 we were ready to head home.
We slept in a little on Christmas morning and were fixing Dad’s favorite onion omelet when we got a knock at the door. It was the Hermanas who live in our complex dropping by a little caramel corn. We asked them if they wanted breakfast and they did, so we had company. We added French toast to the menu along with grape juice. It was almost like being home except we didn’t have the family.
At noon we left for the senior dinner in Gainesville. We had 12 of us there and had a wonderful dinner and lots of good visiting. We got home around 5 and had time to talk with family. Later in the evening we watched the movie The Other Side of Heaven 2 on a DVD given to us by the Chase’s. It was a very good movie.
Thursday was supposed to be an off day, but we both wanted to get a few projects done with few interruptions. Some of the other missionaries had the same idea. We worked until about 1, then I packed up some things to work on at home and Dad dropped me off while he went to get some blood work done. He went back to the office to work and by then no one was there. I worked at home until he got home about 5. We watched another DVD loaned to us by another Senior couple, but that one wasn’t as good as the first one that we watched.
Friday I worked on bills again and then tried to finish up the credit card reconciliation. The hardest part of the task is the hotel receipts have no dates on them or numbers that would let you link them up. The only thing on them is the dollar amount of the room. They don’t give receipts for refunds or charges that they have given refunds for. In the late afternoon the 1st counselor in the bishopric called and asked if we would speak in sacrament meeting. He wanted me to speak on the 12th and Dad to speak 2 weeks later. I did another report showing the arrivals/departures for the upcoming transfers and Dad help one of the people doing their cleaning. The wife wasn’t at the office and Dad felt it was cruel and unusual punishment to make him clean by himself. Dad is a good guy.
We just got home and had dinner when we got a call checking on the status of a package that had been mailed to one of the sister missionaries. She didn’t have it and it had medical supplies she needed. I knew she had received one package in December (from the tally we took of the missionaries just before Christmas). I also knew that the zone leaders were going to deliver it to her on Christmas Day. We, however, went into the office to see if there had been a package delivered. The dad said it had been delivered on the 11th. We went through the log and there was no package delivered for her on the 11th. She did, in fact, receive only one package in December. We asked the nurse to have the family ask the company to see who signed for the package, but they didn’t have access of that. The company will overnight another shipment and it should arrive Monday or Tuesday. They have had trouble with getting supplies from that company—quit making the supplies for awhile—and now this. The mail is so sporadic around here that it could have gone somewhere else.
Saturday we went to a baptism and because there were only three baptism today there were lots of senior couples. In fact, there were 20 missionaries there.
We went home and relaxed a bit then went shopping for some fresh food that we needed along with the things we need for our New Year’s get together with the senior couples.
Sunday we had a returned missionary speak and she did a wonderful job. At the end of the meeting they released the two counselors in the bishopric along with all of the YM and YW leaders. My first thought was why did Brother Carlyle have to call about the talks. He could have let the new guy do it—he doesn’t know us.
We came home and I have worked on getting caught up. We have loved visiting with you and love and pray for you daily.
Have a wonderful week,
Love Mom
Here is the last letter of the year. I am getting caught up and if I can hunt and peck I will get this done today and finish the year caught up.
Monday was a hard day to get into the office on time because of the late night Sunday evening. We were not the only ones having the same problem. I spent the day trying to get caught up on many things. The office has been inundated with packages and regular mail. We have had so much mail that we have to deliver it so there is room for more to come. Since we were going to another devotional this evening we had to load all the mail received today for the half of the mission attending the devotional tonight. Then we left a little early to go home and get the Monday set of goodies and went to the church, then we traveled a half hour to pick up some elders who didn’t have a ride. We are getting so many more sisters that more and more of the elders do not have cars. It was another wonderful evening of music and words bringing us closer to the Savior. In addition to enjoying the program, the missionaries really enjoyed having a chance to visit with each other. They don’t often get to stay and visit. After cleaning up, we took the elders home and got home around 11 or so. So glad we could help make a wonderful evening for the missionaries here in Virginia.
Tuesday was an intense day just trying to get the missionaries funded again and get lots of utility bills taken care of. At noon Dad and I went through the package log in list to determine if every missionary had received something for Christmas. The thing that made it a little more interesting is that some of the missionaries are starting to have packages sent to their apartments or to members’ homes instead of the mission office. We were able to check with all of the missionaries who didn’t have packages listed in the office to makes sure they had something for Christmas. By 6 we were ready to head home.
We slept in a little on Christmas morning and were fixing Dad’s favorite onion omelet when we got a knock at the door. It was the Hermanas who live in our complex dropping by a little caramel corn. We asked them if they wanted breakfast and they did, so we had company. We added French toast to the menu along with grape juice. It was almost like being home except we didn’t have the family.
At noon we left for the senior dinner in Gainesville. We had 12 of us there and had a wonderful dinner and lots of good visiting. We got home around 5 and had time to talk with family. Later in the evening we watched the movie The Other Side of Heaven 2 on a DVD given to us by the Chase’s. It was a very good movie.
Thursday was supposed to be an off day, but we both wanted to get a few projects done with few interruptions. Some of the other missionaries had the same idea. We worked until about 1, then I packed up some things to work on at home and Dad dropped me off while he went to get some blood work done. He went back to the office to work and by then no one was there. I worked at home until he got home about 5. We watched another DVD loaned to us by another Senior couple, but that one wasn’t as good as the first one that we watched.
Friday I worked on bills again and then tried to finish up the credit card reconciliation. The hardest part of the task is the hotel receipts have no dates on them or numbers that would let you link them up. The only thing on them is the dollar amount of the room. They don’t give receipts for refunds or charges that they have given refunds for. In the late afternoon the 1st counselor in the bishopric called and asked if we would speak in sacrament meeting. He wanted me to speak on the 12th and Dad to speak 2 weeks later. I did another report showing the arrivals/departures for the upcoming transfers and Dad help one of the people doing their cleaning. The wife wasn’t at the office and Dad felt it was cruel and unusual punishment to make him clean by himself. Dad is a good guy.
We just got home and had dinner when we got a call checking on the status of a package that had been mailed to one of the sister missionaries. She didn’t have it and it had medical supplies she needed. I knew she had received one package in December (from the tally we took of the missionaries just before Christmas). I also knew that the zone leaders were going to deliver it to her on Christmas Day. We, however, went into the office to see if there had been a package delivered. The dad said it had been delivered on the 11th. We went through the log and there was no package delivered for her on the 11th. She did, in fact, receive only one package in December. We asked the nurse to have the family ask the company to see who signed for the package, but they didn’t have access of that. The company will overnight another shipment and it should arrive Monday or Tuesday. They have had trouble with getting supplies from that company—quit making the supplies for awhile—and now this. The mail is so sporadic around here that it could have gone somewhere else.
Saturday we went to a baptism and because there were only three baptism today there were lots of senior couples. In fact, there were 20 missionaries there.
We went home and relaxed a bit then went shopping for some fresh food that we needed along with the things we need for our New Year’s get together with the senior couples.
Sunday we had a returned missionary speak and she did a wonderful job. At the end of the meeting they released the two counselors in the bishopric along with all of the YM and YW leaders. My first thought was why did Brother Carlyle have to call about the talks. He could have let the new guy do it—he doesn’t know us.
We came home and I have worked on getting caught up. We have loved visiting with you and love and pray for you daily.
Have a wonderful week,
Love Mom
| Senior Get Together Christmas Day Sister and Elder Vennard, Zabriski, Gowans, Cook, Larsen, Nelson |
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