Saying Goodbyes

We had three Tuesday evenings in a row eating out:

Vietnamese with the archivists, Liz and her date, Angel, and Josh on January 10

Indian Food with the CHL zone leaders

Chinese food with Elder and Sister Mel Young.

We also meet up with Hal and Jolynn Beckstrand after our oral history in Sandy one Friday night.  We were also suppose to play games and have pizza with Lorna and Tom but Tom (who is a psychologist with the mission department--they both serve as senior service missionaries) had to travel to bring a missionary back to Utah.

And we had a great Sunday meal at Josh's and Voren's home with the Blasneks.  She is from Laos and made a great Asian meal for us.

On top of that, Gary had to speak in Church on January 22 which often sparks conversations about when you are being released....

So, all of those things on top of saying goodbyes to the Blasneks and Elder Conlin have made this build up to our release date even more intense.

We are coming to an end of the partying because we have to start packing now!!

The good, the bad, and the ugly of serving a mission!!!