The Arrival

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Well, bless my soul.  As if things were not already in a continual whirlwind, we were driving back into town on Dec 20th and got a phone message from the mission president that they would like us to come early.  We said that the soonest we could make it would be Jan 10.  He said he would call us back.  Two days later he called back and said that we would be expected at the MTC on Jan 10th.  We finished the condo very late on the 24th and pulled out.  We had the simpliest of Christmas' and then headed for SLC.  On the 27th we flew out to see the kids back east.  We spent a week there.  On New Year's Eve we got a call that we were going to be stationed at Many Farms, AZ.  We flew home on the 3rd and drove to Rexburg the next day and saw Marilyn Stedman (Brad's sister), got our mail and headed for the cabin.  We got there are started to put up all the things we brought from the condo.  Then we packed for the mission (with the help of the Hazard's) and left for Rexburg on the 8th.  Since we didn't have a home we stayed at a motel where Neil and Becca were staying.  We got up early the next morning, spoke in church at 9AM, got set apart and stopped to see three friends and then had lunch at Brian and Shanie's.  All too soon, we were on our way, packed to the very hilt of the cab.  We stayed with Neil and Becca that night and got up and headed for the MTC way too early (thanks to a gumpy man working there) and then had the MTC experience.  That was made all the funner because we were there with the Webster's and Steiner's from Rexburg.  Friday night Neil and Becca came and went out to eat with us and then we had our very last good-bye.  No more please!!!! Elder Kaleb Nygaard, (#1 Boy's Singles), - Texas US, and Elder Shane Peterson (#1 Boy's Doubles) - Japan Saturday the 15th we headed out.  The drive was nice but rather long.  The closer we got the more nervous we were.  I would think, 2 hours and 15 minutes and I am going to see the new home.  Finally the time came, and we turned that last corner into the church parking lot.  It all felt just fine.  There were two trailers and we picked the wrong one first.  The Roger's (DL) came and let us in and then we started to unpack.  How could unpacking go so much easier than packing.  We put stuff away for a while and then sat down and had a cheese sandwich.  The Elders came over and said that church was at 10 but we had a meeting at 9:30.  BED!  We forgot the time and we ready for the meeting at 8:30 but all was well. It was really fun going to church for the first time.  About 40 people were there and it was really fun.  We introduced ourselves in Sacrament meeting and then taught the youth Sunday School class. I loved it. We are here, we are at Many Farms, AZ.  We are part of the Navajo Nation.  What will the next 18 months bring?