Tuesday, October 25, 2011

Saying Good-bye

We now have about 13 days until we go to Utah and enter the Mission Training Center.  We had a family "Thanksgiving" dinner a couple of weeks ago and it was great to have everyone there, minus Ben and Rachel's family, who are currently stationed in Hawaii.
We also gave talks in church last Sunday, 23rd of October as our "farewell" for our mission.  During the meeting 6 beautiful primary girls sang the song, "We Are as the Army of Helaman".  It was very spiritual and uplifting.

It is hard to leave friends and family, but I know that what we are doing is what the Lord would want us to do at this time in our lives.  I know that our children, and grandchildren will receive blessing for our service, along with us.  We hope with the remaining days, that we will be able to see each of our children and grandchildren one last time before we leave.  We have 13 (in-laws are included) reasons, and another 20 reasons, that make it difficult for us leave.



Family Photo Christmas 2008
Farewell Program 23 October 2011
 


 

Monday, October 10, 2011

Time is getting short

Our time to go to the Mission Training Center (MTC) in Provo, UT is drawing closer.  We have gotten all the shots needed and hopefully all the paperwork is completed.  Our flight arrangements have been made.  We will be leaving the MTC after spending two weeks there and fly to Dallas, TX, where we will depart for Frankfurt, Germany.  We will spend two additional days training there and then on to Bucharest, Romania.  From there we will travel to Chisniau, Maldova, where we will live for the next 18 months.

We are also in the process of trying to learn Romanian, which is a Latin based language.  Because we speak Spanish, this is a help in the learning process.

If you go to the bottom of this post, it will take you to a map of Chisinau and a pin will be on the map where our apartment is located in the city.