Welcome Elder & Sister Thurston

Today was one of those days that when our feet hit the ground at 5:00 a.m. it felt like we were on a dead run until it was bedtime this evening. Last week as we looked at our Saturday we knew that it was going to be busy so we decided that we had to get groceries during the week. We also forewarned our children that our phone calls would be briefer than normal today. With all of the planning we did survive and had a very good day.

We had twenty show up for our Institute Class this morning. We are so blessed to be able to teach this wonderful group that are eager to learn and progress. Because we only meet once a week we have to cover two lessons from the manual, which is usually okay. This week there was just way too much to get to, but we tried to cover the most important points. We feel like those points got through and that they had a learning experience.

Right after our class we went to the Mission Office to make our calls home. We needed to be at the Mission Home anyway to go to the airport to pickup a new Senior Couple. We were able to chat with four of our children and their families, some briefer than others, but we only had an hour. It is always good to see family and hear about what is going on back in the States.

Elder and Sister Thurston arrived as the newest Senior Couple this morning at 10:50. They are from Tooele and will be the new LDS Charity couple here. Sister Thurston worked in the Self-Reliance Department of the Church before their mission so we will need to pick her brain a little bit. There were a total of five couples, including the Thurstons, who went out to eat after we left the airport.

By time we were done with lunch it was time for Elder Oveson to go to his Stake Meetings which started at 2:00 and went until 6:30. Since he was gone Sister Oveson went with the Van Broklins to the North Stake Khmer New Year party. Khmer New Year is not for another two weeks, but everyone leaves town and goes out to the provinces, so they hold their parties early.

We still had emails to write and of course our blog when we both made it home. It was a very eventful day.