Dear Family,
Monday was a three (Corpus Christi, Sinton and Laredo) zone conference with Elder W. Douglas Shumway and his wife Sister Dixie Shumway. Mom got recognized for her September birthday along with all the September birthdays. The two senior missionary couples (Laws & Hinckleys) came from Laredo and afterwards we went out to dinner and had a great time just talking and getting to know them better. It was great to be with some other senior missionaries even if was just for an evening meal. Elder Law was a research chemist at University of Maryland and Elder Hinckley was an engineer with Boeing in Seattle. They are Dad's kind of "good guys".
Tuesday morning we taught the New Testament class. In the afternoon, four of the Elders invited us to go with them to the Texas State Aquarium. See the attached pictures of Mom petting a string ray and Dad getting attacked by a Hawk. I was called out of the audience to sit with my camera and take a picture of this hawk diving in on me - the hawk landed, as planned, just above and behind Dad's head. He thinks the grandbuddies would love it there. We would have loved to show them all the cool stuff they have.
Wednesday was transfers and almost all of the companionships that we most often work with were affected. We took Sister Durrant to the bus station in downtown Corpus Christi to catch a bus to Laredo and Mom was the companion to Sister Gallik until her companion arrived a couple for hours later at the Stake Center. One of the transfered Elders ask Dad to email some pictures to his home so he did it and his mom was very grateful. Dad has been working with the apartment maintenance supervisor to get the flooded apartment ready for the Elders to reoccupy it. There was more damage than originally thought so it has been taking longer than originally estimated. The problem was getting the apartment dried out quickly enough to avoid mold growing. Unfortunately, mold has been growing in a few spots inspite of all the efforts. Also, their phone line has gone bad so we have been host to their land line and fax machine. Actually, we got the information about the transfers at the same time the Zone Leaders did because it was all faxed to our apartment.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MOM! Thanks for all the calls, songs and cards from all of you. Mom specially liked hearing the little ones joining in the songs. "Saudades"... Thank you so much to all of you. Mom got serenaded at the branch (by the president) for her birthday. He sang " Las Mananitas" (a Spanish/Mexican birthday serenade song). When we got home from church there were messages on the phone from Brazil and Dad got to chat on line with her friend Eloisa waiting for her to finish talking to Amelita, Perez and Armando, etc. Suzana had called first thing in the morning, complete with "Congratulations!" :) Missionaries called and sang Happy Birthday to her and the Zone Leader (from Mexico) later called and sang "Las Mananitas", too. So it was a very "musical", fun day; a day filled with love. Thanks!!!
We love y'all,Mom & Dad
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