Signs of Spring

One year ago today, we entered the MTC to serve as Records Preservation Missionaries in the Chile Viña del Mar Mission.  Spring, Summer and Fall were absolutely wonderful, and now we have survived the winter months and la primavera is “…busting out all over!”

  Our days are growing longer!  We are now catching our morning bus in the light of day and we’ve noticed the plants are budding, birds are singing and kites are flying. 

The kites are small squares – about 12 inches each side and no tail.  They fly from balconies and streets, and you can  see young and old enjoying the sport.  Some pick up the breeze and head sooo high, while most take nosedive crashes.  Many are scarfed-up by the yet leafless tree limbs!

One year!  We miss family.  We miss hugs!

I miss my sisters!

Janelle, Me, JoAnne, Sally and Jane just before Geff and I entered the MTC

My sisters are cheering us on!!   

Janelle, JoAnne and Jane had already dropped off Sal from a time together.  

We are thinking of Elder Scott tonight.

What a tremendous apostle! 

 

 Some of our favorite thoughts from Elder L. Whitney Clayton’s recent devotional to the Young Adults:

“Develop beauty of the soul… Thou shalt be like a watered garden…”

“We cannot sink our roots deep unless we always remember Him.”

“We need dry spells so our roots will go down deep.”

“Smooth sailing is its own test.”

“Through His Atonement we can be cleansed, changed, healed, refined.”