"Lunch and Pie" And A "Pizza Pie Party"

...on the same day!

At the Church History Library, we have a monthly "Lunch and Learn" where you can bring your lunch and listen to local or visiting historians share about a favorite topic or something that they are researching.  They have covered such a wide variety of topics and it is a pleasure to be taught by these wonderful men and women.  I know that I have mentioned some of them in the past.

As a zone, we decided to have our own twist on that theme and had a "Lunch and Pie" and we promised you wouldn't learn anything--except a little more about fellow missionaries.  We did our first one on May 11 and it was a big success.

Gary found a  Marie Callendars in south Salt Lake and we made a trip down on Tuesday night to pick the pies.  We ordered 5 and just about ate every bite of them.

The clerk actually only charged us for 3--helping out missionaries is a popular

thing around Salt Lake City!  I also think it was right before closing time.

We met on the lower level of the Church History Library in the Nauvoo Room.

Some of our great missionaries:

L to R:  Elders, Sister Rosa Cisneros, the Dingers

L to R:  Sister Marcia Horrocks, Sister Kathy and Elder George Jarvis,
Sister Winn and Elder and Sister Young

L to R:  Sister McClure, Sister Kathy Evans, Elder Steve and Sister Sandy Blasnek,
Sister Karin Smith, Sister Marianne Jones

L tp R:  Sister Joyce Forman, us, Jena, Sister Debra Dixon

We also had a couple of interns from the US/Canada team join us for a piece of pie as well. (We think Jena invited them.)  We will do it again in July-- "Lunch and Ice Cream" is the current plan.

That same day, we also had a great dinner with the Carters and the Hiltbrands.  We have loved serving with them in the Church History Library.  Carters will be released from their mission in two weeks and we are already in mourning about it.  It also reminds us that we will be released at some point.  Bittersweet times to say good bye.  We met at our house and had pizza, salad, and cake (because there was no pie left to use.) We played some games but mostly just enjoyed being together.  We are gathering again in a couple of weeks at Carter's home in Kaysville with the same group plus the Parkers from the mission presidency and the Burrows who will be in the new zone leaders replacing Carters.  So more fun times ahead but really a transition of change with leadership changing in many areas of the mission, including our mission president at the end of June.