Weekly Update

We love and miss all of you so very much, and we do appreciate greatly the letters some of you have written this week.

It is getting to be winter here. Two weeks ago it was in the '90's; today it is in the mid-50's and we have had rain off and on for several days. Fortunately our offices are in the Church office building where we have good heat and cooling. The apartment we are in is very comfortable but we do not know how long we will live there. I would like to stay, but Linda thinks it is too far from the office. The one we live in now is new and very bright and on the 9th floor; the apartment that is being vacated in a month by a couple is in a very old building with the usual broken shower, toilet, etc., and very little light. It apparently takes seven minutes less time to walk to the office from that apartment, so Linda thinks she wants to move.

After our meetings yesterday, Josh and Kim came to our apartment for dinner. We had a long evening just talking. It was good to be with them. Kim loves her school and teaching assignment.

Linda is moving ahead very well with her family history work; I am trying to get government relations, public relations, and the activation of returned missionaries better organized. Working with the returned missionaries will take most of my time. I spent three hours with the mission president today and we brain-stormed endless problems and almost as many solutions.

As you probably heard or maybe even saw on TV, the Mongolians won their first-ever gold medal at the Olympics. In fact they won two gold medals and one silver medal. The celebration here started immediately after the announcement yesterday and went on all through the night. It was extremely noisy and wide-spread.

Saturday night some of the senior couples had a party at the headquarters building and called us at the last minute. We joined them and watched "Akeela Bee", ate popcorn (your mother did not mind at all), ate chocolate cake, and drank good fruit juices. It was a pleasant evening.

Linda just came back from shopping with the Sister who is going home in a month and now they have gone to their apartment so Linda can see what it looks like. I am trying to analyze my discussion with the mission president and put it all together in way that I can build on what I have already done and get better organized for the future.

Our prayers are with our family always. One of you please share this letter, and each week's letter, with mother. I have spoken to her on the telephone once but have had trouble trying to get through since then.

We love you.

Grandpa and Grandma