Quilt Festival...

I went to the quilt festival....

Sister Chestnut and I went to the International Quilt Festival here in Houston. It was so much fun. We saw such wonderful quilts and the latest quilting methods. It was such great fun and I just love Sister Chestnut, she's a great lady. She and her husband are serving in the mission office. They are from Spanish Fork, Utah.
The Quilt Festival was at the Brown Conference Center downtown Houston. It was huge and we walked from 10 in the morning until 3. I got my picture taken with Alex Anderson. She hosted the show "Simply Quilts" on the hgtv channel for years. She was really nice. We saw wonderful antique quilts, these are pictures of a few of my favorites.

Two months into my mission...

It was a great week. Monday all the missionaries in our area had the opportunity to spend time with Paul V. Johnson of the Seventies. He met each one of us individually and then we listened to him, President Hansen, and Sister Hansen for four hours. I can't believe I actually sat through a four hour meeting. Afterwards, all the senior missionaries prepared dinner for him, so then we were able to have dinner with him and his wife at President Hansen's home. It was a great experience for me. He and his wife were such warm and down to earth people. I've been in the mission field for two months already. I'm enjoying every minute of it and making some wonderful friends.

My roommate is Sister Higham, she's a very sweet lady. She's from Logan, Utah, she's about 72 and this is her second mission. She works in the Mission Home. Then Sister Lish works in the Employment Center with me. She's lots of fun. She's from Idaho. She's about 56 years old. Then Steve Stott is the Employment Resource Center manager and Alex Lamar is the Assistant manager. The couple is Bro and Sister Walker. They were in the MTC with me. They will be working at different locations as need throughout Houston. I just love them, they are the nicest people, they're from Delaware. They will be here for 23 months.

My first week in the mission field. I've been really busy and trying to get settled in. When I arrived last weekend I met everyone in the mission home and the employment center. I got a tour of the bishop's storehouse and the cannery. They will be canning peanut butter here in a few weeks when the crops come in. I can hardly wait. Our apartment is very nice, it's called Cypress Lakes. We live on the bottom floor.

My companion and I