March 30, 2012
Dear Family, Friends
We made it to Warren Air Force Base west of Cheyenne. It was a beautifuldrive today with Bear Lake in all its glory (mountains reflected in the lake,deep aqua color, interesting clouds, etc.) We are staying in abeautiful red brick building built around 1910. It is in the circle ofofficers quarters facing what was probably the orginal entrance to the complexwhen it was a fort for the Infantry and Calvary. It is situated equal distancesfrom Mexico and Canada and was built to protect railroad workers fromhostile Indians. The Wyoming landscape is beautiful but cut up insegments by snow fences, energy producing wind mills, oil and natural gaswells. But...the sky is free to whip up all kinds of cloud formations.
About this week---it was full of more instruction than we could possiblyabsorb. After going through Church Education Classes for teachingInstitute and Seminary we had a special class on security. **Hey-we can say we were in the MTC with David Archeletta. He arrived 4hours before we left but we didn't see him. We did see Tia for a littlebit.
We then headed for Salt Lake City Wednesday afternoon, had a dinner meetingwith the couple we were replacing, looked at the church art again at themuseum, walked around the new City Creek Center, hit the sack at the PlazaHotel, got to the VA Hospital early, early the next morning where Papa got anew set of hearing aids that adjust automatically to different situations, gotto our Military meeting at the church headquarters a few minutes late. Then the training began on military activation, retention, security,resiliancy, addiction. There were 5 couples total in our group all goingto different situations. We heard lots of very spiritual, movingexperiences of work with the military and their families. We were givennew badges- gone are the missionary badges because now we have to wearMilitary Relations badges some of the time and no badges some of the time. Wegot treated to prime rib dinner at the cafeteria. The church groundswere abloom with wondeful splendor in maticuously groomed flowerbeds. Things were reving up for conference including in theMilitary office where they were having a meeting of the church militarycommittee the next day. We spent the evening washing, packing andcleaning and finally got away just before noon today.
We were told our families would be blessed for our service and we pray for allof you including our friends. We feel really good about what we are doingbut are sure we are going to have a steep learning curve during the next 18months. We were instructed to get on face book and start texting so wecould use them with the young adults. Wish we had started with all ourteenage instructors nearby. We left meat and other things inthe freezer if anyone wants it. Ty and Connie said they are moving in thefirst of next week. Papa got everything packed in the Prius except abox of grape juice. There is not one inch of unused space in ourcar. We left the Honda in the garage. Cat watched us pack andgo with quiet resignation. Pet her for us sometimes.
Larry would you forward this to Paynes and send us their e-mail address? I have misplaced it again.
Love you all, Carol,Grandma,
Dear Family, Friends
We made it to Warren Air Force Base west of Cheyenne. It was a beautifuldrive today with Bear Lake in all its glory (mountains reflected in the lake,deep aqua color, interesting clouds, etc.) We are staying in abeautiful red brick building built around 1910. It is in the circle ofofficers quarters facing what was probably the orginal entrance to the complexwhen it was a fort for the Infantry and Calvary. It is situated equal distancesfrom Mexico and Canada and was built to protect railroad workers fromhostile Indians. The Wyoming landscape is beautiful but cut up insegments by snow fences, energy producing wind mills, oil and natural gaswells. But...the sky is free to whip up all kinds of cloud formations.
About this week---it was full of more instruction than we could possiblyabsorb. After going through Church Education Classes for teachingInstitute and Seminary we had a special class on security. **Hey-we can say we were in the MTC with David Archeletta. He arrived 4hours before we left but we didn't see him. We did see Tia for a littlebit.
We then headed for Salt Lake City Wednesday afternoon, had a dinner meetingwith the couple we were replacing, looked at the church art again at themuseum, walked around the new City Creek Center, hit the sack at the PlazaHotel, got to the VA Hospital early, early the next morning where Papa got anew set of hearing aids that adjust automatically to different situations, gotto our Military meeting at the church headquarters a few minutes late. Then the training began on military activation, retention, security,resiliancy, addiction. There were 5 couples total in our group all goingto different situations. We heard lots of very spiritual, movingexperiences of work with the military and their families. We were givennew badges- gone are the missionary badges because now we have to wearMilitary Relations badges some of the time and no badges some of the time. Wegot treated to prime rib dinner at the cafeteria. The church groundswere abloom with wondeful splendor in maticuously groomed flowerbeds. Things were reving up for conference including in theMilitary office where they were having a meeting of the church militarycommittee the next day. We spent the evening washing, packing andcleaning and finally got away just before noon today.
We were told our families would be blessed for our service and we pray for allof you including our friends. We feel really good about what we are doingbut are sure we are going to have a steep learning curve during the next 18months. We were instructed to get on face book and start texting so wecould use them with the young adults. Wish we had started with all ourteenage instructors nearby. We left meat and other things inthe freezer if anyone wants it. Ty and Connie said they are moving in thefirst of next week. Papa got everything packed in the Prius except abox of grape juice. There is not one inch of unused space in ourcar. We left the Honda in the garage. Cat watched us pack andgo with quiet resignation. Pet her for us sometimes.
Larry would you forward this to Paynes and send us their e-mail address? I have misplaced it again.
Love you all, Carol,Grandma,
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