Today August 24th

Wow here it is Monday night the 24th of August. We finished our work here in Elberton last week on Friday. What a rush. We are so excited that we got all of the work done. Susan the judge is so thrilled with everything. It was pretty exciting the last thing we did was here letters from her great great grandfather to her g-g- grandmother during the civil war. It was thrilling to be doing it for her. We have really enjoyed our time here in Elberton. Life has been slow but it has been great. WE are almost sorry we have to come back to the real world. We will be here until we get our audit back which will be sometime on Wednesday, then we will tear down the camera, return it to Tony, our supervisor and then we will home the long way. Through the southern area of the country with a stop over to the BYU game in Dallas TX on the 5th of Sept. We thought that would be okay as we know when we get home we are home. (Maybe only we know what I mean by that??????) It will be back to the real life. Home, family, friends and play play play. this mission has been a great learning experience for both of us. We have learned more about the Lord and
our testimonies have grown and we have learned about each other, we love each other more now than ever before. We have been blessed.
On Saturday the 22nd we met our friends the last of the missionaries, Tom & Bonnie Hamilton, and Ben and Bonnie Carrigan and went to Stone Mountain for the Laser show. It was very nice and the music was wonderful especially the finale of the Star Spangled Banner. Earlier in the day we went to 5 guys burgers, yum yum yum.
Homemade fries, and pattied burgers. They were great we were real piggies.
After the show we stayed with Tom and Bonnie and spent the night in their landlords basement bedroom. It was great to be in a queen size bed. We both slept good. We went to church with them and had dinner after, watched a dvd then we began our trek home. It was a great weekend.

Today 16 August

Well here it is Sunday again. Today was our last in the small branch here in Elberton. They had a linger longer dinner after church for us. It was great. I will really miss these humble people. It is a very small group of about 30 at the most. They have a lot of challenges here in this little town. I led the music in Sacremant meeting and the rest song was Called to Serve. I was thinking as I was leading it that I had just sang this a few weeks ago in the MTC, where has the time gone. And of course I cried. Big BOOB that I am. It is really hard to lead the music and cry and the same time, runny nose and all. But hey, I mad it through. It was a very nice day. I taught Relief Society and Paul taught sunday school. They both were good if I do say so.
We are getting down on our work. We didn't think we would be through until the last minute now it looks like we will be finished by the end of this week. Finally we are getting the hang of imaging these dang books. They have been a real challenge. But we are going to finish. We are so glad. This little community will be very glad to have the records.
Last night we went with the Susan and John and Charlotte and Ron, to see Elvis, from Memphis to Las Vegas. The 2 gentlemen that sang did a great job but it was a very long show. Started at 7:00 and we finally left at 10:15 and they were still going. But we enjoyed it. On Thursday we met Tom and Bonnie Hamilton and went to dinner and drove around Lake Lanier. It is a huge lake outside of Atlanta about 30 minutes. It was a nice evening. Seems like we like to eat wherever we go. But it is fun to try all of this new stuff. and Yummuy!!!!
We have tickets to go to the BYU Oklahoma game in Dallas on the 5th, on our way home. IT will be the first to have the Dallas Cowboy stadium used it is new. That should be fun. It will just put us home later. So we should be there on the 8th sometime. Sherm and Daina will be there on the 9th. What fun to see everyone again. We are so blessed. All is well here and it sounds like all is well at home also. God watches over and blesses us daily. The thought I leave today was found on a church sign going to church this morning "The man who walks with God always knows the direction he is going." That is soOOOOOO true. I am continually thankful for the way I was raised and the role the church has played in our lives and in our families.