January 1, 2014
A new year! Today has
been a nice quiet day….well, except for football games being on TV! I did some laundry, paid some bills, and went
for a walk. Gary watched some football,
and some more football!
I had no intention of staying up to welcome in the New
Year…..I just can’t get off schedule anymore, or have a hard time getting
through the day. If I take a long nap to
catch up on a day off, then I have a hard time going to sleep that night and
then have a hard time getting through the next day….vicious cycle, so it’s
better to sort of stick to my bedtime.
Anyway, I went to bed at fairly close to my usual bedtime, but got woken
up at midnight to sounds of fireworks and people outside. So, there you go…..so much for good
intentions of getting a good sleep!
We have been on our mission now for 4 ½ months, which makes
it about ¼ of the way through our 18 month mission. I can’t believe how fast the time goes! I don’t know if it seems fast to the kids and
grandkids, but it does for us. Of course,
when we see the kids and how much they are growing up, that gets scary too for
how fast they ARE growing up! Emilie is
getting ready to crawl. Last time we
were with them, she was about 3 weeks old, and now she is almost 11 months
old. By the time this mission is over,
she will be 2.
When we arrived here, the Clayton’s had just barely passed
their halfway mark….they had a poster on the wall sent from their kids and
grandkids celebrating their “hump day”.
Now, their mission is drawing to a close very quickly….they are done in
April. President and Sister Watkins, our
mission president, finish up their 3 years the end of June/1st of
July. Then we will meet a new mission
president. In April, 5 seniors are
leaving: Sister Chambers, who works in
the employment office (her replacement arrives in March), Elder and Sister
Hallman, who came on a 6 month mission will be done, and Elder and Sister
Clayton. It will be strange saying
good-bye again to friends we are making.
The Clayton’s live in Idaho Falls, but when they get home, they plan on
selling their home and moving to St. George as soon as they can. They don’t want to be so cold in the winter any
more. Sounds good to me! I have enjoyed not being so cold this
winter. Don’t know if Gary wants to give
up winters, though. He says he needs to
be where snow is so he can use the 4-wheeler to clean out people’s driveways!
It was good reading Christmas cards and letters from
everyone! I hope everyone is okay with
just reading about us on our blog. It is
too hard to write to everyone! We miss
and love you, but know that we are doing the Lord’s work at this time in our
lives in this mission. It is busy, but
being busy, we realize how important it is for senior couples to serve to help
the missionary program move forward.
There is a lot involved in the office.
We (the office couples) talk how it is so much busier than we ever
imagined, and that no one would ever be able to comprehend how busy it is
unless you are here. Of course, maybe
some missions aren’t as busy. And this
one may start to be less busy, as we have heard we are getting a couple of
single sisters to work in the office this spring, so that will make it less
stressful for all, I think.
We love working with the people we work with. We love getting to know the young Elders and
Sisters. We will love it when some of
them come to see us in Idaho when we are all finished with our missions. And, we know of at least one Elder who is
planning on playing football in Utah when he is done with his mission, so we
hope to go to some of his games! (Elder Pekipaki)
So, we now want to wish everyone a Happy New Year! May the Lord’s blessings be with you this
year. And remember, if you have done
things in the past you regret, just push the reset button…..make changes for
the better now! We can’t change the
past, but we can change the present.
Love to you all!
The Yearsley’s
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