August 12, 2010 - Missionary Reunion
We
served in the Family and Church History Mission of the Church of Jesus
Christ of Latter-Day Saints on Temple Square in Salt Lake City Utah in
2007 and 2008. Most of the people we served with we haven't seen
in two years.
A few weeks ago several of us were emailing back and forth about upcoming trips to Utah. We discovered that at least 4 of us couples who served in Worldwide Support would be in Utah the same week. The Lord was surely smiling on us.
As we corresponded with those who live in Utah, Sherry volunteered to make reservations for us. We found a day that would be best for most of us. Some had to make other arrangements to be there. In all, we had great attendence.
In all there were more than 20 people there. Some came from all over Utah, some from California, Some from South Carolina...
... some from Florida, from all over. We had a great meal and enjoyed each other's company. But the restaurant atmosphere didn't allow for us to visit much.
So Sherry invited us to her house for a chance to visit a little more.
She didn't live far and we were able to get chairs and set them up outside where we could have a nice visit with one another without having to worry about tables or noise.
We learned about some new changes planned for Indexing, our church's software for entering text data from photographs of records.
We talked about recent changes in new FamilySearch, our church's software for keeping up with family relationships and family history.
One of the couples who attended were Area Family History Advisors for Florida. They told us of more recent software changes and plans for further enhancements.
During our mission service together we had all worked in a group that supported our church's family history software. And we enjoyed visiting with each other and catching up on what each is doing nowadays.
As we chatted the sky got darker and darker.
Before long, it was nightfall and nearing bedtime.
We enjoyed some last minute humor.
We had wondered as we drove into the neighborhood in a string of vehicles if we were attracting strange glances from the neighbors.
But as we began talking about wrapping things up, Sherry had another thing to offer...
ICE CREAM! And watermelon, too!
So we ate our ice cream as we finished enjoying conversation with one another.
And just before we all left, we noticed one more funny thing -- across the street, through a very large picture window, was an even larger TV screen. We joked as we asked, "Where are the little speaker cans you hang on your window?" It looked every bit like a drive-in theater. Haha. Yes, only folks our age would see the humor in that.
A few weeks ago several of us were emailing back and forth about upcoming trips to Utah. We discovered that at least 4 of us couples who served in Worldwide Support would be in Utah the same week. The Lord was surely smiling on us.
As we corresponded with those who live in Utah, Sherry volunteered to make reservations for us. We found a day that would be best for most of us. Some had to make other arrangements to be there. In all, we had great attendence.
In all there were more than 20 people there. Some came from all over Utah, some from California, Some from South Carolina...
... some from Florida, from all over. We had a great meal and enjoyed each other's company. But the restaurant atmosphere didn't allow for us to visit much.
So Sherry invited us to her house for a chance to visit a little more.
She didn't live far and we were able to get chairs and set them up outside where we could have a nice visit with one another without having to worry about tables or noise.
We learned about some new changes planned for Indexing, our church's software for entering text data from photographs of records.
We talked about recent changes in new FamilySearch, our church's software for keeping up with family relationships and family history.
One of the couples who attended were Area Family History Advisors for Florida. They told us of more recent software changes and plans for further enhancements.
During our mission service together we had all worked in a group that supported our church's family history software. And we enjoyed visiting with each other and catching up on what each is doing nowadays.
As we chatted the sky got darker and darker.
Before long, it was nightfall and nearing bedtime.
We enjoyed some last minute humor.
We had wondered as we drove into the neighborhood in a string of vehicles if we were attracting strange glances from the neighbors.
But as we began talking about wrapping things up, Sherry had another thing to offer...
ICE CREAM! And watermelon, too!
So we ate our ice cream as we finished enjoying conversation with one another.
And just before we all left, we noticed one more funny thing -- across the street, through a very large picture window, was an even larger TV screen. We joked as we asked, "Where are the little speaker cans you hang on your window?" It looked every bit like a drive-in theater. Haha. Yes, only folks our age would see the humor in that.
note: if anyone wants larger photos, just let me know which photos. they number 1 through 17 beginning at the top. send me an email. -rv-
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