The End is in Sight

                   We’re wrapping it up and the end is insight!  👀

Soon we will be home and so this was our last time fixing a meal for Zone Conference. We were surprised at how many people had not ever heard of “Hawaiian Haystacks”.

                               We enjoyed watching them fill their plates.

                   (Our problem was the plates had a hard time holding it all!)

We had invited one of the sisters that will be replacing us to come and help with Zone Conference so she could see how it was done. Sister Wright is from Salt Lake City, and she will be serving with her close friend, Sister Smith. 

                              Sister Wright spent the week with us.

Besides helping with Zone Conference she spent Friday morning learning how to get the missionaries needs list out. She also met some of our ministering people and was beneficial in helping us serve them. She was able to go to the YMCA and spent the morning working with us and also taking it out to our ward members.

 

                       Let me share our YMCA delivery man with you. 

He likes to attend a Labyrinth convention here in LA every year.

                         This is him in his costume for this year.

He may not look like it in these pictures, but he is the nicest man!

We were asked by our mission office staff to help with the incoming and outgoing of our missionaries (transfers). We had done the catered meals, but they needed help with all the tasks of checking new missionaries in and old missionaries out.

It did however break our hearts that we would miss our day at the YMCA. 

In a panic we called a faithful member to cover for us and she willingly accepted to spend her day getting this done for us. The tender mercy and miracle that came that day was that our friend, Bart had come and helped once at the YMCA. 

On this day he decided to surprise us and show up to help out. He didn’t call us because he wanted to surprise us. (Had he called he thinks he wouldn’t have come when he found out we weren't going to be there.)

Once he called and said he was at the YMCA looking for us we were able to tell him of the sister in our ward that would be coming for the first time. (they are both in our ward). Bart went right to work and helped her know what needed to be done. To us it was such and blessing and a relief to have someone there helping her.

Bart sent us proof that he had found her and was helping her and all was well.

Because of Bart's help we were able to help the mission home with arriving and departing missionaries.

We still have some elders that use bikes. We often have elders that lose their driving privileges and have to start using bikes. 

Elder Newey was talking to one elder and said because he only had about 600 miles of driving experience, he wouldn't dare give him a car to drive; thus they ride bikes.

Sister Snyder weighed luggage of outgoing missionaries. 

And when all was done, we were able to do all the washing (sheets and towels and whatever else left behind) for the Office people.

As we wrap this mission up, we are having our LAST times…..

Last time for us Single Sister Missionaries taking an outing with the Bohn’s.

This was our last Monthly Get-to-gather with our Senior Missionaries. We made it a birthday party for everyone with cake and ice cream and a candle to blow out after we sang. On this last get-to-gather we sat around the fire and those leaving bore their testimonies and said their farewells. 

Pres. Newell asked that we then sing, “God Be With You Till We Meet Again”.

                       It was such a sweet and spiritual time for us all.

 

Some of the sweet single sisters serving here. They are in the Family History Center.

Our Mom and Pa! 

They are the Newey's. They run the office, or you could say, 

They run the Mission!

A few more of the sisters (husbands not allowed in this picture) that serve here in this mission. We are so grateful because we hear of missions that do not have any senior missionaries, and we would be at a loss without ours. 

In closing, this is our Sweet Mission President and his wife. I hope you recognize HIM at least. 

President Lloyd Newell and wife Karmel Newell!

                                 See you all too soon for us...... 

Sorry if that didn't sound right but it is so very hard to leave this work and these people.