Here it is almost the end of April 2010. We have been in the mission field a year, and we are this weekend welcoming the new missionaries for this summer. Where has the time flown to?

Terri and her boys came to visit us at the end of March. It was fun to see them all. Scott is now going to military school in Sarasota, Florida. Tommy has just found out he will be able to graduate from High School next January (a semester earlier than planned.) He is anxious to move back to Colorado and plans to attend the Arapahoe Community College.

Rodger and his family stay busy in Flower Mound with their jobs and school and sports. Britt now seems fully recovered from her tonsillectomy. Brandon is now driving and loving it.

The Temple was closed for the semi-annual cleaning and maintenance last week and next week. Last week, 15 couples of us went to Kirtland Ohio to tour the Church Historical Sites there. We started out by going to Detroit to tour the Ford F-150 truck manufacturing plant, then over to Kirtland. Elder and Sister Butterfield took such good care of us and made sure we saw all the sites. We spent time at the Morley Farm, The Quarry, The Temple, the John Johnson Farm and saw the home where Eliza R and Lorenzo Snow were born. We had lunch at an Amish home and got a tour of the home of Joe and Sarah Miller. We returned through Shipshewana, Indiana and saw beautiful furniture, among other things.

Tomorrow is our last Monday P-Day. On Tuesday the training for the new missionaries begins, then the following week the Temple is open for the Summer Schedule. At that time, our P-Day changes to Saturday and we will work Monday through Friday mornings.

We are excited for our new schedule and will enjoy the return to morning shift assignments.