Week 2 Idaho Nampa Mission

Bom Dia;

Well this past week has been full of activity around the office.  We held two Zone Conference Christmas get together's and met so many Elders & Sisters it is hard to remember.  We enjoyed wonderful  Christmas program from the talented missionaries.  Elder Medieros played the guitar, extremely well, had a cello solo, violin solo, flute performance and gifted singing.  We even had our own Christmas Bells musical.

Thursday arrived and the Sisters in the office had forgotten to take our Christmas gifts for missionaries who families were unable to send any gifts.  so Elder Bayley and I hopped into the Silverado pickup and made a mad dash to La Grand, Baker, Ontario and Nyssa to deliver Christmas packages.  It was a long day of driving but luckily the roads were clear.  The storm arrived that night.  It was all well worth the trouble to see the faces of Sister Tabeia from Kiribati, Sister Hernandez, and Elder Campos.  Their faces lite up with the gifts they received!

Friday was a slow day at the office as all the Church offices were closed, so Elder & Sister Anderson went to the office to finish up the mail and let the rest of us have an extra 1/2 day off.  We received about 3 inches of snow Thursday evening so it was nice not having to drive over to Nampa.  Then Friday night we received another 3-4 inches on top.  Saturday was busy clean the driveway, sidewalks and putting on chains.. The little Accord was no match for the thick snow even with chains, so it was stay inside and watch football!!!!!

Saturday night the children came over and we had a wonderful Christmas eve dinner and small program.  Everyone wore their pajamas and we had a short but fun evening.  soon it was time for all the grand children to head off to bed so home they went.  Sunday, Christmas day arrived nice and clear but cold.  We had a wonderful Sacrament meeting with lots of music.  It was nice to see everyone at church.  The children were excited to head home to open packages.  I think I like having Christmas day on the Sabbath, it just feels right.  Later that afternoon we went over to Scoot & Yahiza's to see what Ehylah got for Christmas.  Were able to have a short Face time with Maiclinn and Meliah, they looked happy and grown up. My how the children grow.  we then headed over to Alisha's for soup and White Christmas exchange.

Monday arrived crystal clear skies and freezing temperatures. The office is closed to day and so we get to kind of hang out cleanup and prepare for a busy week.  This will be Elder and Sister Bayley's last week, I think they are excited to be finishing the mission.  So Sharon and I have to garner all the wisdom we can in the short week.

We want to wish all our friends and their families a very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. I am sure 2017 will bring lots of new adventures. Love to all!

E/S Waller, Mom & Dad, Bama & Bampa, Chuck & Sharon

Elders Ainsworth and Lamb Christmas Music in the Office

                                                              President & Sister Sorensen

                                                             Elders Anderson & Ah Sue AP's

                                                      New way to be shipped Home!!

IDAHO NAMPA MISSION

12 DEC-18 DEC

Hi Everyone;

This will the be the first of hopefully 52 weeks of mission entries.  We started our new mission on the 12th of December.  The Mission Department decided since we have been on a number of mission , we really didn't need to come to the MTC.  I think they wanted to save on all the food we would eat, and housing of course.  So we reported directly to the Mission, located in Nampa.

Working the office and those we will be replacing are; E/S Bayley, and the other couple E/S Anderson.  Sharon's job is pretty much the same as when she worked in the Boise Mission office.  In fact some of the forms used are ones she created 4 years ago.  I on the other hand, will now be the finance and housing coordinator.  this is new for me and Elder Bayley has his job cut out, to train me and make me proficient.

We have a number of other couple helping in the Mission.  Elder and Sister Moomey; he will help me with supplies, and housing issues and Sister Moomey is the Mission nurse.  They have already shown us that they are worth their weight in gold.  It is going to be a great year working with all these couples.  We had the opportunity to go to the Temple in Boise on Thursday with the half way missionaries.  We had Sisters; Nichols, Helm and Mackenzie, and Elders McKenzie, Silva, Au Sue, and Anderson. There were 3 other Elders and I will add their names later.  It is overwhelming all the new names we have to learn!  Following the Temple session we adjourned to President & Sister Sorenson's home in Nampa.  they live quite a ways out from the office but have a beautiful home.  We were treated to a wonderful dinner put on by Sister Sorenson and Tammy (the mission home help).  Then a testimony meeting.

This past week we have endured a real cold spell, temperatures have dropped down into the teens and we received about 3-4 inches of snow, on and off during the week.  The mission was in lock down on Friday due to snow and extremely cold conditions.  Friday we met E/S Schlaegel, who were in the MTC with us in 2004.  They are serving as CSM in the employment center next to our office. It was fun catching up on their adventures.

Merry Christmas to all, and see you next week

E/S Waller, Mom & Dad, Bama & Bampa, Chuck & Sharon

Sisters L>R; Helm, Hoyt, Weir, Anderson, Hirales, Gilman, Olson, MacKenzie, Layton