Elder and Sister Vann

Pretty flowers from our hike on Saturday Our week started off with a bang.  No Memorial Day for us - we had 10 newly reassigned missionaries arriving.  I am in charge of the lunch for all the arrivals.  Since it was Memorial Day, I decided to get some patriotic decorations.  I don't think Walt understands the need for decorations and  such, but I just wanted these missionaries to really feel welcomed.  I think it's been hard for them, coming home from their missions, being released, and just home waiting for reassignment.  I want them to be excited to be here in the Montana Billings Mission. All ready for some missionaries We made 4 kinds and I labeled them so there wouldn't be any surprises The lunch turned out well.  I tried to keep track of how much they ate, to make sure there was enough for Tuesday.  The funny part is that I didn't do the math right and had Plenty!!.  Although the left overs after Tuesday  given ...

Sister Larson sets up a nice meal for the departing missionaries last dinner.  This the "back" of the mission home; although it's the area everyone uses to come and go This week was a big food week.  I have pretty much taken back the duties of the lunches for missionaries.  It was the previous Referral Secretary’s job to take care of those, but we weren’t doing those for a while.  Now with so many new arrivals and nice weather, I am back in business.  Sister Larson took care of the first big group we had, since we were able to use the church building again.  Now I am the one.  Of course, Walt gets to help.  I told him it’s like being the Relief Society Assistant again.   Tuesday, we had a tiny group, only 4 arrivals.  They are all re-assigned missionaries from foreign missions.  I decided since the group was so small, we could just set up in the shade on the mission home back yard.  I was keeping a good ey...