We brought the new missionaries back to the mission office two days later and did training with them.
It was raining that day, so we had them do their mid-meeting, wake-up, prepare-to-present walk around the inside of the church. I much prefer when they can go outside and enjoy the beautiful scenery!
President and Sister Page joined us for this meeting to see how they might want to conduct their training with their new missionaries in the Indiana Indianapolis Mission.
It's getting close to time to leave for both the Marins and the Pages. They will both be taking teenagers with them. We are thankful it has just been the two of us these past three years.
We stopped on the stairs for a photo before going back in to finish the meeting.
The next day we had Mission Leadership Council and invited the district leaders to join the zone leaders and sister training leaders.
We decided to go to Oceanside for our date night. I was surprised to see the historic home where the filming of Tom Cruise's movie Top Gun had been moved/demolished/or something to clear a huge plot of land right there close to the ocean.
Just Googled what happened to the house and I learned it has been relocated one block away for structural restoration. It had to be moved to make room for the Oceanside Beach Resort coming to the property.
Rumors have "swirled" it may become an ice cream parlor--a place where people can get a "top cone" from the Top Gun house.
Sure glad we got some photos of the Top Gun house one of the times when Abe's family was here visiting.
Off we went to walk the pier. We spent some time watching a fisherman trying to unsnag his fishing line from the pier and retrieve his catch.
After having recently watched the SafetyZone videos from the Missionary Department, I could see nothing safe about that man climbing up on the railing and hanging his whole upper body over the side.
Someone came to his rescue and lowered a fishing net down to the water to haul up the catch.
Turns out the catch was a small shark.
We watched the fisherman get the hook out of the shark and then he threw it back in the ocean.
There is always a pelican or two sitting on the pier.
Coastline view from the Oceanside Pier.
We took the Coastal Highway back home. I love the roadways that are lined with palm trees.
When we arrived back home, I was a little bit taken aback by what I saw.
The truck elders had come to haul away our big sofa. I knew it was going to be taken that day. It was being taken to the apartment where Elder and Sister Baca are living. They need it much more than we do.
Once I got the furniture arranged like I wanted it, I must say I like it so much better. There has always been way too much furniture in that space.
This has opened up the area much better to walk into the room. It is cozier and more aesthetically pleasing. I wanted it gone.
The only thing bothering me about it is it signifies the closing down of this beautiful home. With the consolidation of missions, that means closing down of mission homes and ours is one.
It also signifies we are definitely coming to the end of our time serving here in Southern California. The California Carlsbad Mission will be obsolete at the end of June.
But, as so many missionaries have reminded us, there are plenty of missionaries in Utah and Idaho and all around that we can see when we get home. I have a feeling the friendships we have formed here will go on to last us a lifetime.
Speaking of our missionary friends... Sister Smellie and Sister Durfee sang at Sister Povey's mission report and they saw my Aunt Carol and Uncle Lyle. Love so much each person in this photo.
Seeing Sister Povey reminded me of the thank you note she and the other two sisters wrote thanking us for the French toast that I wrote about in a previous post.
Sarah made a comment on that blog post that really made me laugh. (If the words on the photo are hard to see, I have typed her comment under the photo for easier reading.)
Sarah said...
"My favorite type of story is post surgery stories. I was dying at the arm in the air and the French fry obsession. It's so funny what people obsess over in a delirious state. So so funny.
"And the French toast claim to chef fame is also hilarious. Jeff and I have a running joke that relates. Whenever I make pizza, I slave away for hours on the dough, the homemade sauce, the grocery shopping. I roll the dough, grate the cheese, lovingly lay the pepperoni. I even take the pizza out of the oven when it's done. As I go off to gather the kids, Jeff loves to cut the pizza. The kids walk in to Jeff cutting the pizza and who do they thank all through dinner for the delicious pizza? JEFF! I understand your frustrations and I acknowledge and appreciate your constant cooking efforts through the years!
"Finally, I get excited for dad whenever I see a pile of chick fil a boxes. Yay for a yummy lunch!"
Here are some photos Sarah has posted recently of her family.
Love her and her bunch of boys (including her husband)!!
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Does this mean I'm famous? I think I'm famous.
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