The Best is Yet to Come

We received two letters in the mail today, one from the Taylor children....cute pictures they have colored, and a test from Matthew.  He quizzed us on what we knew about 12-year boys and the exciting progression he is making in church and school.

The other letter was from our mission president.

It is notice of our release date.  Wow!  If we were the sort to get "trunky" - or in otherwords, ready to go home - it would definitely make us more so.  But our sweet president's message gives us encouragement to work harder and make these last 6 months really count.  It is a good reminder that we want to go home feeling like we gave it our best.

Today was a preparation/shopping day for the next few days ahead.  Cleaning, laundry and lesson preparation, not to mention Danish homework were all on our "to-do" list.  We leave bright and early Saturday morning for a training meeting in Sweden and we will be busy the next three nights until late, so we want to have everything ready for each day ahead until then.  Since lunch is here tomorrow, we shopped for that meal, plus supplies to make some things for Thursday evening and snacks for Friday evening when we will have the stake 17-year-olds join YSAs for a game night.

Sometime in the morning, SK brought the mail up to the loft where I was studying.  We read both letters together, then talked about the grandchildren....then our release date.  He thought about it awhile and then put his feet up and closed his eyes.  He looked so comfortable I just had to snap a picture.

In the evening, we had a skype call from a couple in Germany who are our file leaders, so to speak.  They are fairly new in their calling and wanted to get acquainted and also wanted to learn about the Copenhagen YSA program.  We were pleased to hear that we are experiencing a lot of what other couples all over Europe are experiencing in their YSA programs.  They confirmed that we really are serving a dream mission....working with YSAs....it just doesn't get any better than that.

We had brief calls from 2 of our daughters.  Besides having the best mission in the world, it is such a sweet blessing to be able to stay in close contact with our family back in the states.....otherwise I might be longing for home.

And I can't do that until August 28, when we board the plane for Phoenix, Arizona.