Cream of the Crop

On April Fool's Day, we had a fun FHE with the Sr. Missionaries. We played the old standby--two truths and a lie. Mike told them that we had started a wild fire, I said that we survived a head-on collision, and we said that we had survived 5 volcanic eruptions. Totally faked everyone out!! Do YOU know which one is the lie?

An interesting opportunity that we had was to go to one of the hospitals to talk to a class of chaplains. They wanted to know about our beliefs and how the elders could help with their patients.
We had three young elders's with us and they did a wonderful job explaining the Plan of Happiness, modern day revelation, and the restoration of the priesthood. We shared a little bit about our lives and some experiences we had had with hospitals and chaplains ministering to us. They had a lot of questions and we had a good discussion. It was a great experience for us all.

Naval Base San Diego chapel

One of the other MRM elders, Elder Arvonen, arranged for a Navy guy to take us out on the docks where the big ships are in port. It was awesome to see the amphibious ships, scout ships, and carriers up close. Very impressive! While waiting for our rendezvous, we parked by the base chapel which had the most beautiful stained glass windows. Some were of biblical stories, and some had a lot of symbolism that I didn't have a clue about. We could only see them from the outside because, and this is just our luck, the chapel was closed that day for carpet cleaning. I want to go back and see it with the sunlight coming through. Hopefully, I can get some photos to share.

There were some great families at the MCRD cake cutting this week. They are always grateful to know that their sons are being watched over by members of the church. (The mother's are especially thankful.) It is so cool to see the difference in these young men as they grow from baby recruits to Marines. We love it!

Our conference weekend was mostly normal, but partly different. Saturday, we watched the sessions on our little computer screen in our apartment. Sunday morning we went to MCRD for Sacrament Meeting and then watched talks from Elders Oaks, and Holland and President Nelson again with the recruits. It was interesting to listen the talks the second time from the perspective of the boys who have dedicated years of their lives to serving our country.

We hurried home to watch the afternoon session and see our little blurb on KSL. That was fun--to see so many of the senior missionaries that we love and serve with (and ourselves!) Then we hurried off to pick up our Wounded Warrior. He is a gentle guy who has some mental issues, but we like him more and more each time we're with him. We took him for a ride out to Point Loma. While we were walking around the lighthouse, we met the best family! The Creamers. They saw our name tags and so the gabbing began. Brother Creamer was so kind to visit one on one with our Marine friend while we talked with the ladies about how great General Conference had been. It was such an uplifting and fun meeting. Wonderful people!!

The Creamers, David, and us at Point Loma

It's been nice to have beautiful weather. We try to go to Lake Murray a few times a week. It's not far from where we live and it has a paved walking/bike path. I walk, Mike rides. We have met some unique people there. One of these days I am going to get a picture of the frizzy haired lady that rides a bike with a "Wicked Witch of the West" basket on the front (kinda like my old Schwinn). In said basket is her little chihuahua wearing goggles! I think it's hilarious.

A familiar face at Lake Murray

We are trying to do good things. We love being missionaries, and are so thankful to have the Gospel of Jesus Christ in our lives.