As it gets a little colder there, it is getting a little hotter here. Oct. 27 is our year mark. Just 6 more months and a week before we come home, but who's counting. We were hoping the mission would pay for us to go to Suva for the big celebration before the temple is rededicated; but they said if we want to come, we pay ourselves. We just bought our plane tickets and hotel stay for Feb 20. We feel it is well worth it. It will be one of the highlights of our mission!

We are loving our mission and loving this beautiful country and its people. There are many things we will miss when we come home, and I'm sure that at times I will be homesick for them and the privacy and solitude we have here. It has been good for my soul in many ways.

Take care and have a party!

Love you!