Ahhh, We Have the Internet

Photos:  Nancy, James, Luc (pronounced Luke), Ben and his birthday cake, Sean, Luc, James, Alex - some of our Institute students.  Ben is an investigator, Sean and Alex are converts, Luc and James (and David) are returned missionaries.  Love them all.  This is at Family Home Evening - we have about 30 who come to Institute.  They are amazing, brilliant and have beautiful testimonies.

We are so excited to finally be connected with the world again.  We have the Internet and email and now we don't feel so isolated.  Now the only problem will be to discipline ourselves to stay off the Internet as much as we can.  It is so good to hear from family and friends again -- and to be able to pay our bills and see our bank account.  

I have added a few photos to this post so you can see a bit about where we are and what we are doing.  As to what we have been doing and will be doing, Friday we inspected missionary flats, Saturday we went to a convert baptism, Sunday we spoke in Sacrament Meeting and went to dinner at Gill Grant's home (absolutely heavenly delicious) and then went to the First Presidency Christmas Devotional at the Church, yesterday we went shopping at Staples, went with the sister missionaries to teach the newly baptized convert about the priesthood, and last night we went to the YSA Family Home Evening in Cardiff.  Today our car is in the garage being serviced and tomorrow we have a Mission Christmas Party that starts at 9:00 a.m. and goes most of the day and it is Wayne's birthday.  Thursday we have CES training by David Beale, Friday we inspect flats and go to the Rhiwbina Ward Christmas Party.  Saturday is President Perry's birthday party at the Church, Sunday is a Stake Carol Service in the evening.  Busy, busy.  On Christmas day we are going to the Parry's for a Christmas dinner and family party.  On the 26th, Boxing Day, we have been invited to Swansea to celebrate with the Rasmussen family.  That should be nice and I am looking forward to finding our way to Swansea and meeting Sister Rasmussen, one of the Seminary teachers.  And so it goes.