One week of missionary training

The view from our room.  The mountains make you want to move here!

It doesn't seem possible that we have been here a week already. We wish we could express well what we have seen and felt on a daily basis but words would not suffice. Jeanne and I are becoming familiar with the missionary handbook " Preach My Gospel " and we have had several occasions to teach "non members " and have even been "non members" in rollplays with other senior couples. It's not as easy as the young missionaries make it seem.Speaking of the young Elders and Sisters...they are awesome! Where else could you find 2500 young people who are leaving the world behind and paying their own expenses for two years in order to share a special message. The spirit they bring to the work is incredible.We have worked along side twenty others senior couples who are assigned all over the world and varias places in the U.S. The Wilkes are going to Rowanda for the second time. The Burtons (he was a  Judge in Salt Lake County) are returning to The Congo. Several couples with no previous language training are going to Hungary ,Korea, and Hong Kong. Two in our group are on their third mission and looking forward to a forth. Wonderful people all.