December 29, 2013

This was a busy week. I think I am going to quit saying that as I have a feeling that every week is going to be busy. This week was a little different, however, because of Christmas. We weren't sure how it was going to be with no family. Though recently we have not had everyone home at Christmas, we were either at home with some family or at their house in Ohio or Texas. Early in the week, on Tuesday, we had a district meeting. Our district is comprised of 2 Elder companionships, 1 Sister companionship, and us. We all work in the boundaries of the Liahona Spanish Branch which is rather large. Two Elders work in Quincy and the rest in Tallahassee. We work everywhere they do but also in Bainbridge, Georgia. We had a good meeting and then celebrated with a lunch of tortilla soup and tamales.

Christmas morning we had brunch with the Tallahassee senior missionaries and then lunch with a member of the ward. He also invited many other members, missionaries, and investigators. He made everything himself which included 2 kinds of mole and posole; all made with turkey. Good food and good company.












Friday we traveled to visit family members that are living in western Florida. Paula's niece, Alcadia, and her family live in Crestview, Florida, about 2 hours away. He is in the army and gets deployed about 6 months out of the year. It seems like it would be tough, but they seem to be managing fine. They have a great family.

Later that day we traveled another hour to Pensacola, Florida and visited my cousin, Kathy's grand-daughter, Ramona, who is stationed there with the Navy doing some training. She is a great young woman with a lot of potential. Unfortunately, my camera was too dead to take a picture. Maybe next time.