No word yet on our visas, and here we are now at Thanksgiving week. We had anticipated being long gone by now, but as long as we're still here, we're enjoying our stay in Utah and learning to relax and slow down a little (or a lot!) We try to go out walking nearly every morning in the neighborhood, frequently past the new
Oquirrh Mountain Temple that's nearing completion.
We ride bikes once in awhile,
go hiking up in the mountains,
roam around the valley a little,
go visit John's mom frequently, and
... spend time around his brother's house doing little honey-dos and cooking for the four of us. We've visited with missionaries we've known from the Houston Mission who are going to school and/or living here, dropped in on old acquaintences, and have even met the couple who will be going to New Guinea that we will be working with as part of our calling in Auckland. They're Tongan and actually know some of the same Polynesian people we do from past places we've lived. They were so excited to find out we'd lived in Samoa and have invited us over for some real Polynesian food this Saturday! We've never had so much free time and aren't quite sure how to handle it. Of course, it doesn't help that our laptop died, and it's been in the shop for almost two weeks. They finally told us it's not repairable, so we went out last night and replaced it. Boy, this has been an expensive mission, and we haven't even started it yet! We've gone from each of us having our own computer to four of us sharing one computer. Are we spoiled or what?! Having had no word on our visas, we have accepted an invitation to spend Thanksgiving with John's other brother in Orem. We hope everyone has an enjoyable Thanksgiving and that the next time you read this blog, we'll actually have some news!!
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Yea! Pictures!
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