Sharon and Niel and us. And there on the right is my handsome, hero Elder Orton, ever the Good Samaritan, changing the tire for the sister missionaries on a cold March morning. He did the whole thing without touching the ground with his knees except for one short moment to get the jack in just right. What a man!
Here are visitors Khumbulani Mdletshe with the Flinders who are good friends of Aunt Loa and Uncle Boyd. What a great visit that was. We worked very closely with Khumbulani in South Africa on our mission from 2004-2006. Some friends are so eternal and so close you wish they were not a world away.Upper left are us with Sharon and Neil who came the middle of April. That was more fun than just about anything sincde we came because they had enough time to just relax and we enjoyed them so very much. It so happened that their anniversary and Mark's birthday are both on April 16, so we celebrated together. How we love having company and how we love to have company we love. Sharise and Ron had been planning to come this very week in May. However, their plans went sour when other things arose. We are sad, but not despondant or discouraged. We will see them in December instead. Even if we don't have any other company, we are so thankful we thought the Cases were coming. It has helped us to get through this past rough winter. People here say, this winter and this Spring are odd and not usual behavior for Ohio weather. I guess we may never know as we hope not to spend another full winter here. And we have had six sets of company and that is pretty good, don't you think?
The bottom picture is of all the Johnson missionaries last summer whom we came to love and I had not had a good picture, so was happy when Sister Dalton sent this. And this was before we got the directive that we could not wear pants to our picnics. Kneeling are Sisters Sanchez, Talbot, Dunn, Wattles, Law & Soelburg. Standing are couples, Dalton, Whitworth and Orton (When we were both thinner than we are now, durn the luck).
Now when I post this I suppose the pictures will all change position. But we have had a couple of very enjoyable months and much busier besides which helps time to move along quickly. Missionary life in Kirtland is so sweet. It is time to go to work again, so I must run. We love being here and if our children were out here close, we might not want to leave. But don't go moving out here just on our account.
