Coming Home!

Last month of our mission has been completed.  There are some other senior missionaries here who are supposed to be working on education.  However the couple to replace us was assigned to a different location and so we needed to train the Longhurst’s our duties so they can do them until a new replacement can be called and arrive.  Our time has been occupied with this and a final assignment to compile a book of success stories. 

It took quite a bit of work to get the stories compiled and then to get them printed.  But we think we have a good product to leave in the office.  We did a big Spanish book and a smaller book in English. 

Bonnie has served in the nursery for the past several months.  The parents of the children planned a little farewell party for us on the 19^th.  When we arrived at the church there were the children outside playing, when they saw Bonnie they ran to give her a big hug.  It was a lot of fun and we took lots of photos.  The children played a lot of the games that we have played in the nursery the past few months.  Each on having their own balloon was a favorite activity, they could do that for hours. We did some songs and they played with musical instruments.  Also, I had made some fishing poles with magnets and fish with paper clips that they played with for a long time.  The fishing always settled them down.  Bonnie will miss their calling her “Hermana Anderson” and giving her their unconditional love.  What a great reward for serving in the nursery.

The senior missionaries had a nice dinner out at a good restaurant to bid us and the Stevens (who leave the same day as us) good bye.  Then our last Family Home Evening as a good was a farewell of talents to also bid us farewell. The office also took us to lunch the week before we left and gave Bonnie this huge flower arrangement about as big as she is.  It has been very sweet. 

We have had a very good experience with the Mexican members and seeing them grow in the gospel and in temporal things has been very rewarding.  Our love for them has definitely grown and we feel that the Lord knew where we needed to be at this time.  We will miss what we have been doing, but we look forward to what is next for us.

Also our family at home has been really blessed.  We are so grateful to each one of them and the support they gave us while we were away. Also, our friends who have lovingly read our blog and sent us messages. 

We are home now and we are adjusting to life back in the states.  Staying busier than ever.

The office staff gave us a nice TalaVera plate as a gift.

We now have retired the missionary badges.

 

 

 

Thank you all.  See you soon.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Last month of our mission has been completed.  There are some other senior missionaries here who are supposed to be working on education.  However the couple to replace us was assigned to a different location and so we needed to train the Longhurst’s our duties so they can do them until a new replacement can be called and arrive.  Our time has been occupied with this and a final assignment to compile a book of success stories. 

It took quite a bit of work to get the stories compiled and then to get them printed.  But we think we have a good product to leave in the office.  We did a big Spanish book and a smaller book in English. 

Bonnie has served in the nursery for the past several months.  The parents of the children planned a little farewell party for us on the 19^th.  When we arrived at the church there were the children outside playing, when they saw Bonnie they ran to give her a big hug.  It was a lot of fun and we took lots of photos.  The children played a lot of the games that we have played in the nursery the past few months.  Each on having their own balloon was a favorite activity, they could do that for hours. We did some songs and they played with musical instruments.  Also, I had made some fishing poles with magnets and fish with paper clips that they played with for a long time.  The fishing always settled them down.  Bonnie will miss their calling her “Hermana Anderson” and giving her their unconditional love.  What a great reward for serving in the nursery.

The senior missionaries had a nice dinner out at a good restaurant to bid us and the Stevens (who leave the same day as us) good bye.  Then our last Family Home Evening as a good was a farewell of talents to also bid us farewell. The office also took us to lunch the week before we left and gave Bonnie this huge flower arrangement about as big as she is.  It has been very sweet. 

We have had a very good experience with the Mexican members and seeing them grow in the gospel and in temporal things has been very rewarding.  Our love for them has definitely grown and we feel that the Lord knew where we needed to be at this time.  We will miss what we have been doing, but we look forward to what is next for us.

Also our family at home has been really blessed.  We are so grateful to each one of them and the support they gave us while we were away. Also, our friends who have lovingly read our blog and sent us messages. 

Thank you all.  See you soon.