12 June 2014

Happy Birthday Claire on the 15th, Alex on the 17th and Rob on the 18th  We love you all.

And Happy Father's Day to all.

So here is a picture of our new car.  Whenever we go to put things in the back seat, we can't find the door handle because it's not where it's suppose to be.

It's an Opal Meriva.

It really is a nice car and it has turbo, so it really goes fast!

Friday we closed the office at 4:00 pm and went with Elders Smith and Meherg to the "Uprising Museum".  We all needed a break.  They had an old Russian Motorcycle in there so we all had to try it out.  

Here's Wayne and me.

And here's Elder Meherg and Smith.

The museum showed be pictures and real accounts of people that lived in the Ghetto and what they went through.  It also had a lot of old guns and a replica of one of the airplanes used back then.  Can't see it real well, but it was hanging from the ceiling.

A British Liberator.

This is some of the original stone from the palace of the king that was completely destroyed.

Saturday we got up early and went down to Lublin to inspect the Elder's apartments.  Both of them were very clean.  Lublin is a quaint little town.  We forgot our camera, so we didn't get any pictures.  But I'm sure we'll be going down again.

We came back for the baptisms.  I made some raspberry squares for afterwards.  Here is Elder Blom, Andrzej Zembrzycki, and Elder Caskey.

And this is Teresa Blaszczyk.  This was after she was baptized.  She is really sweet and just a wonderful person.

At church on Sunday, one of the security guards for President Uchtdorf showed up at the chapel.  He had to check everything out in regard to doorways and the room that we need to set up for him.  

After church we went over to the Office Elder's apartment to inspect it.  I cooked some Chicken Enchiladas and broccoli and we ate with the Elders.  Here are the three of them after we ate.  They all think they are very funny!

So back to the office on Monday and making final preparations for President Uchtdorf and the nine new missionaries coming in.  And, oh yeah, getting the transfer board done.

We brought a white board into the office so we could write everything down in some kind of order.  Who goes where and when.  Who's going to meet all the missionaries coming in by train and get luggage taken care of.  Here's Elder Smith writing down who will need bus billets to get around town.  Plus President Edgren called and said that we were to put a program together for Sunday's meeting with President Uchtdorf.  

Also on Monday, a call came into the office from one of the TV stations in Poland.  They had heard about the missionaries that sang in the Catholic church in Lodz and wanted to know if any of the singers wanted to try out for Poland's version of "The Voice".  We all got a big laugh out of that one.  But we did call Elder Lanham to let him know.  He's the one that put it all together.  

On Tuesday, the new missionaries came in around 5:00 pm.  Surprisingly they all looked very good.  None of them really showed any signs of fatigue.  We got all their legal papers signed and sent them out the door by 6:00 pm.  And here they are:

Elder Weiler, Burdick (in back - left),  Elders Torres, Sidwell (front left), Sisters Holden and Lillywhite, and Elders Johnson, Jourdan and Owens.  Good group and they know so much of the language.  Until someone starts talking back to them.

We didn't hold FHE or English class this week.  Too much to do with other things.  Wednesday was spent all day on getting the program done and getting legal packets put together.  And we also learned that we are not going to have a sit down meal on Saturday after the missionary conference with President Uchtdorf.  We are just going to prepare sandwiches and put together a sack lunch for them.  So I don't know what I'm going to do with all of the pork I cooked for Cafe Rio.  I guess Wayne and I are going to get sick of pork really quick.

Our grandson, Alex is going to be ordained an Elder on the 20th and then to the temple on the 21st. He only has a month left before he leaves for Peru and the Language Training Center down there.  

So I can't think of anymore.  On our next mission, I think we are going to request to be in the Visitor Center in SLC.  It sounds so less stressful.  

By the way, James sent us a package and in it we found some socks for Wayne.  We thought we should take a picture and let you see our son's good fashion sense.  Especially for missionaries.

They're cute don't you think?

Hope you all have a good week.  We love you and miss you.