Dear Friends and Family,
I was thinking it was probably time to
send another letter and then I looked and discovered this letter is way
overdue. We are doing well in Georgia. We still haven’t seen any
snow- they say it only comes once every couple of years. We have had some
pretty cold mornings but usually by afternoon it is light jacket weather.
We had a great Christmas. We went
with the other senior couples from the office and the mission president and his
wife to a Christmas concert with the Atlanta Symphony and Celtic Woman.
It was a lot of fun. Christmas Day was spent skyping with our kids and
grandkids. And the day after Christmas Chelsie and her family drove down
from Virginia and spent a couple of days with us. This two room apartment
was once again ready to burst but it was a lot of fun and we missed them after
they left for home.
We didn’t do any travelling in November
and December because of the holidays but we finally visited the North Carolina
Raleigh Mission two weeks ago. While there we were able to attend a
temple session at the Raleigh Temple. We also had the pleasure of going
to dinner with Russ White’s brother Richard, and his wife Janet. Janet is
the Mission Secretary and Richard is the Mission Financial Secretary. We
also discovered that Janet is Glen Curtis’s sister. I don’t know why
Russell never told me that. Or perhaps he did and my old brain just
forgot. We will be visiting the Kentucky Louisville Mission later this
month.
Last weekend Carol and I accompanied a
sick sister missionary to her home in Farmington, NM. We didn’t actually
take her all the way home but simply handed her off to her family at the
airport. When we learned that the missionary was from Farmington,
NM we were quite excited for a few moments thinking that the closest airport
would be in Albuquerque. Carlee lives only an hour south of Albuquerque
and we thought we might have a chance to hug and squeeze her kids. But
no, the closest airport was in Durango, Colorado. It was the smallest
airport I have ever seen. It was about the size of a high school
gym and had 3 gates. Two of them went out the same door. We walked
off the plane on stairs rolled up to it- just like the President. Only a
much smaller plane and much less impressive stairs.
We miss you all but we are having a great
time here in the South.
Love you,
Mom and Dad, Grandpa and Grandma, Elder
and Sister Rod and Carol Merrell
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