Our Arrival

 

Our arrival in Montevideo on September 20, 2012.  Elder W. is pushing the total of our lives for the next 18 months.

It is everal months later I am just now beginning to write this blog! We have had a bit of a bumpy ride thus far, had a few hiccups, but we hope we are beyond that now.

I will take a few steps back and start from the beginning. We arrived on a Thursday and resided with President and Sister Armstrong for several weeks as we looked for an apartment. We looked for quite awhile, but finally found a very nice fairly new complex with good security. Working in the mission was kind of put on hold during this time until we became established. We did assist with missionaries coming and going from the mission home as needed.

Finally on the 9th of October we signed our contract (yeah) and moved in on the 10th. We spent one night in our apartment and the very next day went with President and Sister Armstrong on a mission tour to three zones. When we arrived home, after a very hectic but very spiritual 3 days, our apartment had been broken into!!! Our laptop, I mean OUR LIFE, had been taken along with my jewelry, an extra camera and a small amount of American money (I don't even know how much.)

Our apartment is the second from the bottom (the tree is in the way) where the burglars entered.
The managment of the apartment complex have been very, very good to us since then. They have taken all the suggestions that Elder W. gave them on how he wanted the sliding glass doors (where the burglers entered) to be secured. They did exactly what he suggested. Since then they have added 3 security lights at the back of the complex, and additional security locks to the glass doors AND the windows! We are sure they did not want any type of lawsuit for lack of security. We really are very comfortable here now!


Since that time we have had several mission changes...missionaires coming from the MTC and Elders and Sisters leaving for home. All of these meetings are such special times. This is a photo of a zone leaders training. Boy can the missionaries eat...anything, and lots of it!!!

We are more established now and I will continue to write as time permits. As I write, I will go back each time to fill in a few blanks and share some photos and stories.


Our love to you all. We miss our family so much and our friends and ward members more than you  know! Please take care of one another until we return.

Until next time.