I can't believe it's the first of December!  It was up to 70 degrees today and it's expected to be the same tomorrow.  No snow around here to shovel, however we have started the car early on several mornings to defrost the ice from the windshield.  The leaves are gone off many trees but there are still lots of them with their leaves.

We are staying very occupied at the office.  We are getting a new senior couple into the mission mid-month and we are very excited about that.  The President has decided where he wants to place them and it's my job to find them a place to live in the vicinity of their work area so I went out all of Friday morning and looked at apartments.  On Monday I will go out and do the same thing all over again and just keep trying until I find a good spot. Thank goodness for GPS.  I can get off the main roads and freeways and not worry about getting lost!

One of the other things that I do is to make sure the missionaries have the things that they need in their apartments.  If something breaks or becomes unusable then I try to replace it for them.  Today we spent to morning driving to Lexington to deliver 2 chairs that we had in storage to the missionaries there and then we went to the Walmart in Lexington to buy a new dining table for them. We also bought a couple of microwaves that will be delivered to other Elders soon.  Later in the day we went to the office to do some cleaning.  For all of you who know Doyle well enough, that should come as no surprise!  He did windows and I cleaned the stainless steel sink in the kitchen and the drinking fountain. 


Looks good on that ladder!

 


This is our office area with the little tree that I put up last weekend.



This is our office.  Two desks, two chairs and two computers.  The board to the left is my brain.  It shows all of the housing in the mission and who lives there.





This is the Chick-Fil-A closest to where we live.  The cars are always wrapped around this place! 



And believe it or not, this is the poor McDonalds right across the street!

Today we needed to get one of our propane tanks filled up.  The tractor supply where we do this is behind the Chick-Fil-A.  We have noticed before that the Chick-Fil-A is always so busy and the poor McDonalds is always empty by comparison.  As I waited for Doyle to get the tank full, I decided to take pictures that reflect what we've noticed.  The second day we arrived here we ate at this Chick-Fil-A and it was standing room only.  Service was amazing because we really didn't wait that long.  Great business and NOT open on Sunday! We support that!

 

We are getting to know more of the missionaries as time goes on.  What a wonderful group of young men and women they are.  They all work hard to do the best they can to help others to come unto Christ!  Right now we have 192 missionaries in our mission including President and Sister Holm.  With the new age rules, President Holm told us that we could expect our mission to grow by up to 100 more.  This is so amazing and so inspired to bring all these younger missionaries forth at this time.  We know they will each be blessed for all that they do!