A Temple Is Coming to Tucson


Last week was a relatively busy one.  On Monday we finished up checking the young Elders and Sisters apartments for cleanliness.  A couple of them need a lot of work and consequently we will be remedying that next week.  We said good bye to 2 Elders and 1 sister and have 1 green Elder and 1 green sister.  One of our Zone leaders was transferred and so we have a new zone leader.   Elder Judy is from Pocatello!  He will be an asset to the mission.

 Sister Mizel, in pink                Elder Whittle, on the left
       from Georgia                          from California


Elder Chinas is from Virginia, Via Mexico.








This flower is outside one of the apartments.  Notice it has pink and yellow petals.

Monday noon we had the full time Seminary Teacher at Buena High School over for lunch.  School was on fall break.  Brother and Sister Clark are here from Utah and he is in his first year teaching.  They have a 2 month old daughter.  It was fun to hold a baby for a minute or two.Monday afternoon we drove to Tucson to pick up a soldier who had been on emergency leave.  His wife is in the hospital in Phoenix.  Thankfully she is doing better.

Tuesday we had our usual volunteer at Turn Around Point.  It was busy because it had been closed on Monday.  

Wednesday we had our weekly district meeting. And met the new Elders and Sisters.  Pictures of them will be on later.  Thursday we had our Thrift Shop assignment.  We have been trying to meet with the military families on post.  We are enjoying getting to know them.

Friday was a graduation.  We had a couple soldiers graduate from AIT and are headed to their new assignments.  

Saturday morning we attended the Temple Ground breaking broadcast at the stake Center.  

President Uchtdorf presided and talked about turning over the soil and breaking new ground in our lives in preparation to be ready when the temple is completed.  Our mission president and their 16 year old daughter were able to turn over a shovel full also.  There were many leaders from other faiths present.

On Monday this week we went over to Tucson to our monthly Senior missionary luncheon.  While we were there we went to the site and took a few pictures.  These represent what day 1 of the construction project looked like.