Sunday, April 26, 2015

It has been quite the week!!!  Let me see if I can recap the highlights....as briefly as I possibly can.

I was able to get a few more of the Atlanta Temple hangings finished to give as gifts.  Feels good to accomplish!

I got a doily made for Ms. Shen in Shanghai!  Thanks David for delivering that to her.  She likes orange....and so, of course, I made her an orange.

On Wednesday we went to the Temple with one of the Zone's from the Georgia Atlanta Mission.  They go to the temple about every 6 - 7 weeks and asked if we could go with them (or at least one of the Zone's) this time around.  That was a long time to be away from the phone.  As soon as we got to the front door Elder/Dr. had a phone call waiting for him.  He got the phone call just outside the front door of the temple.

How fun to see Sister Echols at the temple.  We will surely miss her when she finishes her mission in a few short weeks!!!  So sad to 'loose' some of our missionaries but they deserve to be able to go home.

Elder/Dr. Allgaier got a GREAT shot of the Atlanta Temple....lighting was perfect.  I think we might have enlarge this one and frame it!

What better for lunch at a Zone Conference than PIZZA!!!  And LOTS of it.

I got started on yet another afghan......love the colors chosen by the recipient for this one.

Thursday, Friday and Saturday morning we were invited to attend and present at the Interim Mission President's Seminar for the 18 mission presidents and their wives of the NorthAmerica SouthEast Area.  The Area Presidency presided and invited us.....Elder Soares, Elder Kopiskche and Elder Zwick.  It was a wonderful experience....although intense because of so much to cover in such a short amount of time.  We LOVED being with such wonderful people and learning from them.  These mission presidents and their wives are absolutely fantastic....as well as the area presidency.

We were certainly fed well from the scriptures.

Our mighty Georgia Atlanta Mission President (President John Harding) celebrated his birthday while attending the seminar.  He is a giant in many ways....spiritual and physical!

When the conference finished on Saturday, Elder/Dr. and Sister Bean and Wayne and I headed down to Plains, GA. where we wanted to visit again.  We enjoyed our visit 2 weeks ago and the Beans were headed back to Florida that same direction so they decided to join us.  NO Sister Bean is NOT on the phone during the Jimmy Carter Sunday School lesson.....it was before he arrived and came in.

'Miss Pat' was our orientation leader with lots of information about the Carter's and also instruction and protocol of 'things' would happen one former President and Mrs. Carter arrived.  She was 'right-on' with her explanation of things.  It was truly an 'experience'....once-in-a-lifetime!

What an AMAZING experience it was to be with the former U.S. President and his wife.....Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter.  They are very gracious and full of energy.  He will be 91 in October.  They were kind enough to allow the guests in his class today have a little foto op with them AFTER church.

This will certainly be a TREASURE foto for Wayne and I to have.  Jimmy Carter was very kind as he talked about his love for the Mormons in his Sunday School class.  He talked about the wonderful missionary program the Mormon Church has.  He said he even tried to implement such a program in his Baptist Church but it never took off!  I am not surprised.

We were seated on the 2nd row, center of the chapel.  We were so close to him.  Very cool experience.

As we drove from Plains, GA and headed back to Peachtree City, we saw a sign about the Starr's Mill which proved to be a great little stop along the way.  It actually turns out to be just a few miles from our apartment here in PTC!

After attending Jimmy Carter's church we headed to our Whitewater Ward back up in Peachtree City. We parked right next to a family golf cart.  It must be summer time again in Georgia....golf carts are out EVERYWHERE!!!  Nice to see them again.

I had a package waiting for us when we got home.  It is the KENTUCKY DERBY HAT that I ordered to take to the Kentucky Louisville Mission this coming week.  It just s happens that it will be Kentucky Derby the day we are in Louisville for Zone Conferences.  The Mission Presidents' wife said we were going to wear hats for the occasion (probably at lunchtime!).  I guess this will do!!

W.O.W. what a week.....I think we are a little exhausted, not sure.  Too tired to figure it out.  We are in  for about 3 weeks of traveling to Kentucky and Tennessee for Zone Conferences.  Stay tuned......Love our mission!