Dear Family,
Remember me? I just didn’t get up enough energy to get a letter written last Sunday or any day this past week. I’ll do what I can to catch up.
On February 3rd we had our new missionaries fly in. Although we only had 16 new missionaries come, Dad still had to drive to the airport. Rather than a passenger van, he got to drive the u-haul. Ever since the elders had their mishap with the larger u-haul not making it under the overhang at one of the church buildings, the young elders do not drive the u-haul anymore. I went at 4:00 to pick up the dinner for the missionaries and only had to wait 12 minutes for the meal. I was able to get to the mission home before the missionaries arrived. Because of the huge snowstorm in Salt Lake, the plan was an hour late taking off and the missionaries were late coming. The one missionary coming from the Mexico MTC arrived a little early, so President Caplin interviewed her there at the airport. It was good to meet the new missionaries and see the excitement in their faces. After feeding them, getting their pictures taken, Dad drove the u-haul to the hotel. I drove 4 sisters, and President/Sister Brandenburg drove the other 4 sisters to the airport. When we got to the airport, we got the u-haul emptied and all of the suitcases into the hotel lobbey. The Spanish APs got the Sisters all assigned to their rooms and then were ready to wait for the English APs and the 8 elders to arrive. We got the sisters to the hotel before 8 p.m. and were at our apartment by 8:30. That is a record for us.
February 4th we kept our phones close by knowing that Keri was to be at the hospital by 6 am. Lydia was coming today. We had transfers and the luncheon to get taken care of, but it was an easy prep and set up. We didn’t have too many left overs and that is always easier to clean up afterwards—not so much food to have to take care of. We were able to take the u-haul back a day earlier because we only had 8 missionaries leaving and we could fit that luggage into two vans that were taking missionaries to the airport. Dad drove the u-haul and I drove our car back after cleaning up. After dropping off the u-haul, we went back to the office to see if we could get some work done. It is hard, however, to settle down and get your mind back into office stuff. We had been back at the office for about 1 hour when Lydia arrived. Everyone is healthy and we are all SO happy. We are grateful for a healthy baby and mom.
February 5th was the day for the missionaries going home to leave. It is getting harder and harder to see these missionaries leave. We just know them better. Dad began feeling a little achy and went home to take a nap. He was gone for a couple of hours in the morning and when he came back his voice had dropped to bass and by 4 was getting anxious to go home. We were on cleaning duty, so he did the garbages while I cleaned the bathroom. He was feeling bad enough that he wanted to wait until the morning to do the vacuuming. So we left about 5.
February 6 Dad stayed home all day. I came in and did the vacuuming before the others got in, so things were clean to start the day. It seemed strange to not have him at the office. I went home at noon to get him some cough medicine and see how he was doing and then came back to the office. He slept most of the day. The elders living in our complex stopped by to ask if they could use our internet for a zoom meeting tomorrow morning.
On Friday Dad stayed home in the morning so that one of the elders was able to use our internet for the meeting he needed to attend at 10. He was on a training assignment and the two elders he was training had a teaching appointment at 10, so Dad was his companion while he had the zoom meeting at our home. When the zoom meeting was over, they called and I came and picked up Dad and Elder Norton and we delivered Elder Norton to the two other elders who had been teaching . Dad and I went to the office and worked until we were both SO ready to go home.
Saturday I woke up with a terrible cough and feeling awful. Yes, Dad had shared his cold with me and we spent the rest of the day lying around either sleeping or doing nothing. Dad dragged himself to the grocery store to get a few things we needed and that was the extent of our day.
Sunday we got up and both of decided that we didn’t feel like doing anything –not even getting dressed. We wore ourselves out coughing so stayed down all day.
Remember me? I just didn’t get up enough energy to get a letter written last Sunday or any day this past week. I’ll do what I can to catch up.
On February 3rd we had our new missionaries fly in. Although we only had 16 new missionaries come, Dad still had to drive to the airport. Rather than a passenger van, he got to drive the u-haul. Ever since the elders had their mishap with the larger u-haul not making it under the overhang at one of the church buildings, the young elders do not drive the u-haul anymore. I went at 4:00 to pick up the dinner for the missionaries and only had to wait 12 minutes for the meal. I was able to get to the mission home before the missionaries arrived. Because of the huge snowstorm in Salt Lake, the plan was an hour late taking off and the missionaries were late coming. The one missionary coming from the Mexico MTC arrived a little early, so President Caplin interviewed her there at the airport. It was good to meet the new missionaries and see the excitement in their faces. After feeding them, getting their pictures taken, Dad drove the u-haul to the hotel. I drove 4 sisters, and President/Sister Brandenburg drove the other 4 sisters to the airport. When we got to the airport, we got the u-haul emptied and all of the suitcases into the hotel lobbey. The Spanish APs got the Sisters all assigned to their rooms and then were ready to wait for the English APs and the 8 elders to arrive. We got the sisters to the hotel before 8 p.m. and were at our apartment by 8:30. That is a record for us.
February 4th we kept our phones close by knowing that Keri was to be at the hospital by 6 am. Lydia was coming today. We had transfers and the luncheon to get taken care of, but it was an easy prep and set up. We didn’t have too many left overs and that is always easier to clean up afterwards—not so much food to have to take care of. We were able to take the u-haul back a day earlier because we only had 8 missionaries leaving and we could fit that luggage into two vans that were taking missionaries to the airport. Dad drove the u-haul and I drove our car back after cleaning up. After dropping off the u-haul, we went back to the office to see if we could get some work done. It is hard, however, to settle down and get your mind back into office stuff. We had been back at the office for about 1 hour when Lydia arrived. Everyone is healthy and we are all SO happy. We are grateful for a healthy baby and mom.
February 5th was the day for the missionaries going home to leave. It is getting harder and harder to see these missionaries leave. We just know them better. Dad began feeling a little achy and went home to take a nap. He was gone for a couple of hours in the morning and when he came back his voice had dropped to bass and by 4 was getting anxious to go home. We were on cleaning duty, so he did the garbages while I cleaned the bathroom. He was feeling bad enough that he wanted to wait until the morning to do the vacuuming. So we left about 5.
February 6 Dad stayed home all day. I came in and did the vacuuming before the others got in, so things were clean to start the day. It seemed strange to not have him at the office. I went home at noon to get him some cough medicine and see how he was doing and then came back to the office. He slept most of the day. The elders living in our complex stopped by to ask if they could use our internet for a zoom meeting tomorrow morning.
On Friday Dad stayed home in the morning so that one of the elders was able to use our internet for the meeting he needed to attend at 10. He was on a training assignment and the two elders he was training had a teaching appointment at 10, so Dad was his companion while he had the zoom meeting at our home. When the zoom meeting was over, they called and I came and picked up Dad and Elder Norton and we delivered Elder Norton to the two other elders who had been teaching . Dad and I went to the office and worked until we were both SO ready to go home.
Saturday I woke up with a terrible cough and feeling awful. Yes, Dad had shared his cold with me and we spent the rest of the day lying around either sleeping or doing nothing. Dad dragged himself to the grocery store to get a few things we needed and that was the extent of our day.
Sunday we got up and both of decided that we didn’t feel like doing anything –not even getting dressed. We wore ourselves out coughing so stayed down all day.
Love,
Mom
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