Australia Sunday Oct 13,2013
Dear Family & Friends:
We are sitting here in our new flat enjoying the sun coming
in the sliding glass windows out to our deck.
It was a very busy day yesterday moving ourselves and the Williams. We spent last week boxing everything up and
sorting. We had our car loaded Friday
night with boxes ready to come to the new place Saturday morning. The Feils and the fleet missionaries as well
as 2 other Elders got there about 8:30.
The fleet has a van and small trailer they use. They loaded us up first, the bed and all
boxes and suitcases, coffee table from Jorgensen’s. Everything except the refrigerator and the
barbecue grill, our dresser, and the dining room table and chairs from the
Jorgensen’s flat. When we got to the new
one the Tanners were here to help so they got the 4 cars, van and trailer
unloaded fast. Thank goodness for an
elevator. We are on the 2nd floor above
1 flat and 2 levels of parking garages.
We are right next door to the Moore’s who got here last week. The Williams are on the 4th
floor. Sister Tanner and I stayed and
made the bed and started unloading the kitchen.
I really appreciated the help. We
have less cabinet space and counter space than the other flat but the bedroom and
bathroom are bigger and it is very bright.
After they unloaded the 2nd load, we all went back to the
flats to make sure we got everything and vacuum one last time. We got the Jorgensen’s small deck set, we
have the smallest deck, and the Moore’s will get the big set next week when
they move the Jorgensen’s things to a new flat for the new legal missionaries
scheduled to be here the around the 21st. The Jorgensen’s go home to Moses Lake on
Wednesday, we are really going to miss them, we have enjoyed them as neighbors
and have done some fun things together, and the shopping trips to Vinny’s and
Salvo’s. After the last load, we drove
to the office and walked across the street and bought the Elders lunch, at
about 3:30. We only had the 2 fleet
Elders because the other 2 had an appointment at 1. We have a gas leak in our flat, so we had to
turn the gas off and we have no stove, oven, or hot water. We turned it on this morning long enough to
take showers, then off until we did dishes this afternoon after dinner. Hopefully it will be fixed tomorrow. The Williams have no hot water pressure so
there are a few bugs to get worked out.
We are really enjoying the air conditioning. We got a new washer as the one at the other
flat was old. I washed 2 batches last
night after Elder Feil and Dad got it hooked up and I can run both the washer
and dryer at the same time without blowing a fuse. The flat comes with a dryer, hung upside down
from the ceiling, and a dishwasher. We will try to get pictures posted this
week.
This week was certainly quiet with the Williams and Mark
gone from the office, and the Williams and Jorgensen’s gone from the flat. We feel like we are at home now with all the
boxes unpacked and things put away. We
still need to find a small cabinet to put a few more things in, and I need to
get bathroom rugs, etc. The South
Mission is going to take over the three flats we just left. They have about 50 missionaries coming
in. We got 11 new missionaries this
week, we met one from Kaysville as we were going home on Thursday.
This week we captured 4500 cards on Thurs. and 5000 on
Fri. We are really getting in a rhythm
now most days anyway.
A bit of sad news.
The daddy bird that is so protective of the mommy and 3 babies was hit
by a car in the road last week.
President Howes saw it and picked it up and put it in a box. The mommy still makes a lot of noise if you
go near her or the babies.
Today after showering and eating yogurt and toast, I put
dinner in the crockpot and we walked up to the office and watched Saturday
morning and afternoon sessions of general conference. We really enjoyed the talks and music. Then we walked home and ate dinner. It was really warm when we walked home and
the wind was blowing. Right now it is
cloudy and calm outside. Summer is
definitely coming here as you are getting winter. Our prayers are with all the ranchers in
South Dakota that lost all the cattle in the blizzard of a lifetime. Elder Williams was telling me that happened
to them several years ago. So Sad!
Tomorrow night is FHE and they are having a farewell for the
Jorgensen’s, and Tuesday we have another planning meeting for the Christmas
Social. Guess that is all the news for
this week. We are looking forward to
seeing you in the morning when we chat.
Love you all and you are in our prayers continually.
Mum and Pop
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