FIRST ASSIGNMENT

How lucky we feel. Our first assignment will be at the John Johnson Farm in Hiram, Ohio, where wonderful things transpired. We will live in a small town close by and live in an apartment for the first year of our mission and then move into Kirtland to work in the Visitor's Center right in Kirtland. To even set foot in those sacred places near Kirtland will be an honor. We hope we get to have a little tour of Mark's Great Great Grandfather's house (Joel Hills Johnson). We have visited there often and so have seen the saw mill he built and the temple that he milled the lumber for and built shingles for. But I am sure we will look at everything with new eyes as missionaries.

We leave one week from tomorrow for the MTC for only two days and then we will come back, sleep in our own bed on Tuesday night the15th. We will pack our car & top carrier, and head East on Highway 84 on Thursday the 17th. We will take our time and arrive in Kirtland about the 21st of June hoping that our apartment is empty and we can move in and begin.

These last few weeks have been so furrious, fast and unfriendly almost, with so much to do. But we are excited to get started, so we can come home sometime before we are too old to move. That may be at any time now.

My sister Loa and her husband Boyd were here the last two days and we had such a great time. They just returned from Kenya, Nairobi mission and we haven't had quite enough time with them, so it was very good to be together before we leave. Loa helped hem some jackets and pants and that was very helpful. Now I can look like a sister missionary instead of my closet looking like one.