Well, I guess it is really going to happen. We got our flight schedule today and we really are heading for home in just 5 short weeks, June 25th. We leave El Salvador at 8:10 AM. We will have to leave our apartment around 5:00 AM. We will arrive in Dallas at 12:40 PM. We will go through customs there and leave for SLC at 3:25 PM. We are flying on American Airlines to SLC. We will arrive in SLC at 5:05 and leave for Twin Falls on Delta at 8:04 PM arriving at 9:03 PM. Only a 16 hour day of travel, unless between now and then they reschedule something. It feels like we just got here and already it is time to go home.
This week has started our "last" times for dinners and parties for us. On Wednesday evening, all the missionaries got excused from the temple at 7:00PM so we could attend the final good-bye concert given by Rene Hernandez and Sherilee Broadbent. Rene is the second chair violinist in the National Symphony here and Sherilee is a graduate from BYU in music. This picture is the two talented kids with the old missionary that they allowed to sing with them.
They are so good. They played for over an hour and the music was amazing. They both play with such passion and love for the music. They will really miss playing together as Sherilee and her family are moving to Vancouver Canada for Brother Broadbent's new assignment with the American Embassy.
On Saturday, the Behnar's took us out for dinner. Eric Behnar is the man who took Lon golfing the 6 times that he golfed here, either he or his son. He is not a member but his wife and children are very active. They took us to the country club.
It was beautiful and we had a very gourmet meal. They have a flower here that they make juice out of, jamica. We have tried the drink but this was the first time we ate the flower. We had 3 taco's made out of the jamica flower, cooked with onions, served in a 3 inch taco shell with goat cheese for the appetizer. The main course was shrimp covered in a tomato sauce with grilled asparagus and zucchini. It really was very tasty but not something that we would ever order on our own.
Sunday, Luciana Figueroa and I sang in Sacrament meeting for the last time.
We sang " Song of Testimony" by Janice Kapp Perry. The first time I sang with Lucy, I had to sing real soft as she sang so soft and mousey. She now sings with conviction and she and I really blend well and I can sing full voice with her. We are really going to miss the music that we have enjoyed so much here.
We just found out that Donna Bagley Herfel passed away. We are so sad to be coming home to the void of friends who have passed away while we have been gone.
We miss the Wall's who are now in Utah with their family. We are the last of the original "first" temple missionaries. We are so happy and content here in this terrestrial world. It really will be hard to say good-bye to our friends and family here. Lon is working on a talk for next Sunday and I am working on two songs to sing in another ward. I will tell you about it next week. We love you and hope you are well and enjoying life. We will see you soon. Love Lon and Nancy, Dad and Mom, Grandpa and Grandma
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