This is the church, this is the steeple

I know, that's a weird title for a blog post, but that is what it was when we went to the Peñasquitos  Stake building to meet with the stake president. I love the variety of chapels here. They aren't all cookie cutters like they are in Utah.

The church building

On the corner of the parking lot, the steeple

We're staying busy between bases. MCRD and MCAS. Marine Corps Recruit Depot and Marine Corps Air Station, Miramar. MCRD is very cool because of it's history. The old buildings are great and Mike, Matt and Joe all went to basic training there. By the way, both Joe and Matt came to visit a few days ago. It was great to hear "the boys" tell about their experiences at the Depot.

Miramar is nothing to look at. It is pretty much just flat blacktop with a few palm trees and patches of grass here and there. But, the aircraft flying is the great part. Point Loma is by far the prettiest, and the Navy bases are inspiring because of the ships at port. We imagined the installations all being far apart, but they are quite close and we can go on and off base as we please. We are learning which ones have the best commissaries and exchanges, so that's where we do much of our shopping, except Costco always and forever for milk!

Talk about inspiring, we visited Mount Soledad. It is a veterans' monument that sits at the top of a hill where you can see 360 degrees of San Diego. It has plaques of veterans from WWI-now that spiral up to a cross.
 

We added a new MRM couple, the Dale's, this past week. As we were "training" them, and I use that term loosely, we could see that we really do know and understand A LOT more than we did 2 1/2 months ago. We are proud of the fact that there are a few places we can get to without using GPS and/or getting into a spat. There seems to be more and more to do each week. We get unexpected phone calls and assignments and are learning better how to juggle and communicate. (that last one needs A LOT of work) After 43 years of marriage our minds are still on two very different wave lengths. We keep plugging away!

Attended a YSA ward today and met the cutest Marine. SHE is about 5'11" and beautiful. She is a helicopter mechanic. She grew up in Utah, went through all of her marine training, and while in North Carolina, joined the church just four weeks ago. We look forward to spending time with her.

Best part fo the week...testimony meeting with the Recruits. Those men can testify of the power of prayer! They have wonderful stories to tell about how they have had their prayers answered as they struggle with basic training, decisions and life. Speaking of marines and prayers...please keep our military and missionaries in yours. (Especially us old ones!)

Hazy day view of the temple from Mt. Soledad