Settling In

We are still trying to figure out just what it is we should be doing. Everyone tells us..."this is your mission." So we've been making lots of phone calls to stake presidents, bishops, and chaplains. We need to get some ward directories so we can identify the military members and contact them. We went to our "home ward" today. The meeting REALLY made me miss our ward choir (if you catch my drift!)

We had our first few official missionary experiences as well. The guy who hooked up our internet left with a Book of Mormon https://www.mormon.org/free-book-of-mormon, and Mike, er, Elder Johnson got to teach a lesson to a few Marines.

Our balcony view

We have enjoyed getting out in the sunshine each day. We have our own little balcony off of our apartment. You can see that we are living luxuriously. It causes just a smidge of guilt...

Admiral Baker military golf course just beyond the swimming pool

Cruisin' California

We are constantly trying to get our bearings and have found that our most difficult moments are when we are on the road. Between Siri, Waze, and Google maps we eventually get where we're going. Traffic is horrendous! We found the chapel that is to be our home ward, it is an old Spanish style building. We are finding that it is a good idea to scout out places for accessibility for Mike. That will be a constant challenge.

San Diego 6th Ward Chapel

We had a very nice peaceful stop at the Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery. It is over 70 acres with over 100,000 graves of service men and women. It was a beautiful place, that makes one so grateful for those who have given so much for our country.

Rosecrans National Cemetery

Our Motto

Most missionaries have some sort of a “theme”. A few weeks ago, Mike suggested “Let us be up and doing," paraphrasing Captain Moroni as he was rallying his troops, and so it was. But, here’s the cool thing about it, Seth was looking through his old mission journals and amazingly found this (notice the heading):

We have since decided that we will use Captain Moroni’s exact words. Our official motto is “…begin to be up and doing”, seconded by Seth’s mission planning page from 1997.