Sunday, June 7, 2015

Missionary Moments #40--June 7, 2015

The missionaries told us that everyone says the last half of your mission goes even faster than the first half.  If that is the case we are in for one wild ride!  It is hard to believe we have been serving for nine months and I can honestly say that it truly has flown by.  We have had a great time so far and it is only getting better. 

I have been a little nervous about the summer because our air conditioner in the apartment sounds like a freight train going through whenever we turn it on.  We aren't using it much. Fortunately it has only been on a couple of times because we have only had temperatures in the high eighties about three days so far.  I keep reminding myself that we both grew up in Arizona and live now in the desert in California so I have nothing to complain about!  

We finished up another set of boxes at the archives and the head of the archives brought us in another eight more to work on.  We are fast approaching 1910 which means our project is almost complete since we are only working on probate files up to 1918.  Once we finish this county we are to begin the biggest county in New Hampshire which is where Manchester and Nashua are.  I smiled at a will I was reading this week.  The man wrote in his will that he was going to bequeath a substantial amount of money to a church which I thought was nice.  Then in the next bequeath he gave a substantial amount of money to another church which I also found interesting but then in the third bequest he gave money to a third church in the community. Three churches and three different denominations.  I figure he was either "hedging his bet" or recognizing the importance of religion in the town where he lived.  

The highlight for us this week has been getting ready for our visit from the California Duncans! The plane will be landing in Boston about 5:30 p.m.  Can't wait to show them all the beautiful areas of the northeast and also celebrate Perry's graduation from high school.  He and Rachel have great opportunities ahead of them and I am excited to see what happens in the coming years. Tomorrow night we are having dinner with the Andreasens who fly in tomorrow to join a church history tour.  We can't wait to spend some time with them as well. Have a great week everyone. 

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