Week 16: Camarillo, CA

We had a wonderful week! We had zone conferences all over the mission. This means that Dad and I drive to be there, we help set up tables and chairs, we attend the meetings, and then we have lunch with the missionaries. I take pictures of as many of them as I can for the friends and family Facebook page, then I post the photos. After the conference, usually at about 2 PM, Dad and I take some time to see the sights where we are. Last week, we spent time in Santa Barbara  at the courthouse, at a Mexican taco place, and driving on the street to Oprah's house, as well as a lot of other mansions. We had a lot of fun doing that! There is still quite a bit of water damage, but most businesses are open. Our first choice for dinner was still under repair, however. We had a zone conference in Oxnard and we loved seeing Elder Bethers teach his zone. In our breakout sessions, the mission president tests how well we know the points of the discussions in Spanish. Dad and I are doing pretty well at memorizing them. The pictures in this message are mostly from our Santa Barbara day.

We also visited with some of our friends. We are preparing a wedding for a cute family who pick strawberries and give us quarts and quarts each time we visit. We feel so spoiled. They will get married on Saturday, and we are bringing cake. It is exciting! 

On Friday, we woke up at 3:00 to get to the LA airport. Chase stayed the night with us so that we were ready to go. We got to Utah in time to have lunch with Josh and Emma, and I completely forgot to take a photo. Then we attended the viewings on Friday night.  We had the beautiful service on Saturday morning. We visited grandma and we got a tour of her new place. I loved it! It has a common room with games and puzzles, the apartment is big, with washer and dryer, and the people who live there with grandma seem really nice. I am so grateful that grandma was able to find such a nice place. Later that afternoon, we met Chase at the airport and flew home. We went to bed at midnight with Chase in the spare bedroom and then went to church the next morning. Ha ha! We may have made a couple of mistakes playing the piano at church, but all in all, we had a very special day. It was nice to be back.