May 8, 2011:

We spoke in church today. Then had a great family get together afterwards:

OUR ASSIGNMENT:

Our Mission President has informed us that we will be serving in Arusha, Tanzania.

We have researched a bit about Arusha on the internet and at least we know there is a large modern hospital there that can handle all the tests for Rich that will be required in the next few months.

May 4, 2011

The whole story:

Since April 22nd we have been on a real roller coaster ride. We got a call about 3:30 on the 22nd of April just before leaving for Janna's wedding. We were told that due to Rich's little stay in the hospital and the fact that he is now on coumadin we would be re-assigned to someplace in the U.S. We were really upset with that and asked if there wasn't something that could be done to change that. The brother on the phone said he would check with his supervisor but he didn't think there was. We didn’t hear anything for the next few days so we called the missionary department the following Thursday. They said for sure we were being re-assigned. They said the paperwork had already been sent out.

We were devastated!!! But we were resolved to do whatever the Lord wanted us to do. We went to the temple the next day and came out still feeling like we should be going to Kenya.

Then about 3:30 we got a call from the missionary department and they said “You guys are popular people around here” and you ARE going to Kenya. It took me back a bit but my spirit just jumped.

So we are launched ahead on our preparations to leave on May 16th for the MTC.

April 22, 2011

Our daughter Janna’s wedding.

We enjoyed a beautiful afternoon and evening with family & friends at Janna’s wedding.

It was great to have all our family there. We had Natalie Snedaker take some family photos:

Then we visited until the wedding at 6:00.

Afterwards Janna had arranged for a buffet of pizza and sandwiches. Everyone enjoyed it and just hung around and visited.

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