Oh, hi there, step right in

Another wonderful day in my messy office. I have only four months left of my mission. I am really going to miss it. Today the center director told me that he's going to come in with shackles and chain me to my desk. And added "then you'll be dragging your desk into the airport".

All my son's came to visit

Here we are getting ready to eat a southern style lunch at the Bayou Country Store. It was so wonderful to see them. As you might imagine, a fun time was had by all.

Grow With Balance

Missionaries from Huntsville and Mobile AL, Slidell and Baton Rouge LA, as well as Hattiesburg MS, all came together to enjoy a very wonderfully planned and presented quarterly Employment Missionary Conference. It was during this conference that I bonded in a very spiritual way with my companion because of something so supportive and kind she said to me.

Fontainebleau State Park

For the Holiday the center was closed. Earnhart's, Matson's, Sister Goodin and I enjoyed our afternoon here before spending Family Night evening together. It's wonderful to be with such a cohesive group, no matter where we are. They truly strengthen me.

Gertrude Bernauer

This is one of my favorite people here. She was the first person I met at church. She came right up and welcomed us and asked what she could do to help us. When she came into the center yesterday looking so cute I told her she looked adorable. She replied "When people look through the eyes of love it's amazing."

This week's Bell Ringers

Sister Matson is our Center Photographer who takes pictures of the bell ringers so I can post them in the Hall of Fame. She made this wonderful collage. The man in the largest picture came straight from work when I called and asked him to come. I didn't tell him we would be taking his picture. He's a great man who actually has worked many years in the dentistry field, but after a terrible dry spell is happy to have a job doing levy construction. He has become a very dear friend to all of us in the center. He's originally from Jamaica and has quite a story to tell. We were all delighted when he came with Bill Cristler to see the Joseph Smith video last week and is reading the Book of Mormon that Elder Matson and Bill each separately gave to him. He graciously accepted both.