Family and Friends

Do you remember our post from last May when we went to our daughter Genna’s graduation from Law School?  Right after that she studied and studied for 2 months in preparation for the 3 day California Bar exam.  She has been waiting ever since the end of July to find out her results.  And……SHE PASSED!!  All of her hard work paid off.  It is a tough exam and we are VERY proud of her.  We will see her this week on Thanksgiving and that is just one more of the zillions of things we are thankful for. 

Genna's graduation last May

This week my cousin David and his wife Nancy visited the Battalion!  I haven’t seen David for many, MANY years and that was such fun catching up.  Family is the best.  Next time we meet up I hope they are wearing costumes instead of us.

A family came in to the Battalion this week who recognized Craig.  He was their bishop 25 years ago when we lived in So Cal.  It was great to see the Eliasons and catch up with them. 

Last Sunday we went to a President’s Fireside.  Two Sisters at the Battalion asked if I would go to hear them sing in the choir.  Of course!  Then one second later I realized they are Spanish speaking Sisters.  Is this fireside in Spanish?  Well, yes it is!  So Craig and I went to the Spanish fireside.  Thankfully, Craig could translate for me.  There was a very sweet spirit there.  The President’s wife gave her remarks in Spanish since she went on a Spanish speaking mission to Anaheim.  President Schmitt spoke Lao on his mission in Fresno, but has been working on his Spanish and only needed help from his wife once during his remarks in Spanish.  Impressive!  The Sisters did a great job on the choir.  We also got to see some of our Battalion Sisters that are out on full pross.  That is a treat!

This week at the beach we saw the guy that builds the impressive sand castles at La Jolla shores.  He seemed to be teaching someone how to do it.

There is a walk for Breast Cancer all over San Diego this weekend.  They are walking 60 miles in 3 days.  We have seen them in several places including right in front of the Battalion.  There were many people walking and many people cheering them on.  Very nice to see.

This lady sat in our wagon cheering the walkers on!

This week we are spotlighting sweet Sister Chung from Taiwan.  She was called Mandarin speaking, but was English speaking for her first two transfers.  She has already graduated from college in English Education in Taiwan. 

She has one sister that lives in China and has one niece.   She likes to play volleyball.  She found out she loves Mexican food a lot.  Tacos, tortillas, all of it.  She went to the San Diego temple for the first time this month and LOVED it.  She is always ready to greet people and take them on tours.  She is a hard worker.