What Every Missionary Loves To Get - Young and Old

A month ago our children sent a package, we needed a prescription filled and some other meds.  With the holiday last week, it took a little longer to get here than normal, so when we were told that it had arrived we had to make a visit to the Mission Office.  Of course it had the things that we had requested, but the fun and joy are those things that we had not expected.  Several years ago at this time of year we found a new treat that we really liked, pumpkin pie almonds. They are an almond with a thin coating that tastes like pumpkin pie.  We shared a few of our precious treats with Sister Leavitt and she said she just tasted Thanksgiving.

Over our months here Elder Oveson usually has found a little time each day to look at the local English newspaper and keep up with news on the internet.  Things have changed so dramatically that he does not even have time for that any more.

Today we had our weekly Skype call with Sister Powell, the Senior couple in Hong Kong.  Those are always a joy and last week they were included in the training of the Self Reliance Managers in Taiwan.  In Hong Kong there are quit a few Philippine women that go there as domestic workers to support their families back home.  The Powells have been working on a Self Reliance program to help them return and be with their families.  They are so excited about it.

This afternoon we had a conference call with Elder Powell and the other Asia area Self Reliance Senior Missionaries.  We were taught about working with our country managers and getting to know them a little bit better.  It is so good to have those opportunities to work and chat with the other missionaries and finding out how they are doing.

It would not have been a normal day if we did not have additional correspondence with several attorneys today.  We can see the end in sight and we may be through with both projects that we have been working on at the end of next week.  We will just have to wait and see.