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Just after the first of the year we had one of the Piano Guys, the behind the scenes director, who is related to one of our missionaries, come and talk to us at the ROC.  He told us about how they got started in St. George and how they had progressed over the last few years.  I could have listened to him for hours, he was that good.  
 

Too bad I can't remember his name.

 

We had a luncheon afterwards and talked a bit.

 In February we had Samantha Sulser and Amanda Terry down for training and updating.
 

Samantha giving us what we need to know.

 

Amanda and Samantha with more training.

 Additioinally, the next day, they all toured the Tabernacle where we are hoping we will be able to set up a new ROC for about 30 to 40 more missionaries.

 

This is pretty much what the space looks like now.  we hope to be able to put computer desks and monitors in here for missionaries rto work at.  The space has been promised to us and Salt Lake is happy about the arrangement. 

 

This will be the open space just outside the ROC space.

 

While we were there, we got a tour of the main floor of the Tabernacle.  This is the pulpit end of the main hall.  The St. George Tabernacle has been around since the late 1800s and is a very historic building for both the church and the town.

 

Some of the details on the far wall, the "All Seeing Eye".  This building was erected about 2 years before the St. George temple in 1875.

 

They were putting in the wood flooring the day we visited.  A lot of noise.

 

A view from the pulpit end.

 

The details of the supports.

 

Last, but not least, the group pict. 
L to R, front: E/S Larsen, Sis Sulser, E/S Kerrin (the bosses)
L to R top:  E/S Payne, Sis Terry, E McReynolds, me.  Bro Contrell, the area Maintenance Super, was taking the pict.

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It has been a while and I am sorry about that.  The routine of each week seems to blend together and the weeks kind of have gotten away from me.  We have passed the one year mark and are into our last six months.  Out last day on our mission will be September 13th as we will be heading to off to see a grand daughter be baptized and then off to be released from our mission.  We are working on plans for our future but still not all that set in other than Jell-O yet.

We had a nice Christmas and were visited by Nathan, Tabbi, and the family.   They rented a nice townhome up the way a bit and we had Christmas up there.  More room than our apartment at the temple apartments. 

 

Tabbi, Nathan, and the munchkins

 

We all went over to Tuacahn and watched the Christmas presentation there.

 

Before the carnage...

 

The girls got a special present to keep them busy. 

 

Traditional christmas breakfast.

We had a great time together for a few days.  Then everyone had to go back to work and school again.  We were moving to our new apartment East of the temple apartments just after the 1st of January.