8 October 2018 - Monday

8 October 2018 - Monday

This was a scheduled preparation day for us, and the last one on our mission agenda.  Mom and I elected to stay home, from our weekly trip to Casper, and prepare our trailer for our farewell next Tuesday.  There was some detail cleaning and securing the dishes and utensils in plastic bags and wiping down the cupboards, that needed to be done.  That effort took less than two hours, after we got home from the correlation meeting at the Homestead.  And while we were working around the trailer, the snow was falling and the conference talks were playing!  I would like to listen to every conference talk at least one more time before the cabin!  What a great way to spend our last preparation day!  Here are some morning pictures;

Such a beautiful winter wonderland starting to develop!

A look back at the Homestead toward Martin's Cove

Snow on the back steps.  It was equally building up on the front steps!

Gideon is wondering where the garage is!

The first snowball being formed and aimed!  Grand-kids be ready!

The drive into the Homestead was driven very carefully as the roads were wet, and the snow was coming down slowly, but steadily.  We are excited to see the forecast for our return home, next week, to be warmer and clear!  But we are enjoying the pre winter weather knowing that we won't be here to experience the snow and the cold here.  We get to experience it with our family back home!

Mom and I, along with Elder and Sister Hansen, were in charge of the Family Home Evening.  So we took the advice of Elder Cook and invited the senior missionaries to FHE to discuss the conference talks.  Every FHE we attended this summer was always having some kind of game night.  We wanted to be different, and this proved to be a great activity.  We got to experience the insights and feelings of our fellow missionaries from their ideas on General Conference.  We were all edified by the efforts that each senior missionary came prepared and took the opportunity to express their feelings, and their impressions, on how they intended to press forward from these marvelous messages.

Our last Family Home Evening at the Pavilion tonight

We are looking forward to our family discussion at the cabin.  I think that in the coming days, we will be relying more on each other with like minded goals and direction.  In my estimation, every talk that was given can only be implemented one person at a time.  How these messages affect me will be how I put them into practice each and every day!  

What a privilege it is to be a part of this precious family!!  Thank you for checking in with us tonight!