Elder and Sister Rose

 So Day 1.  Bright and early we are at the MTC.  The elder who took this picture is a young man about 75 and that is about the age of all those who met us.  Now we know what happens to all those elders who look 19 and have hair.  They turn into greeters who left their hair in the mission field

 Dad was insistent on this picture, we had watched the "young" elders do this one all day and he just had to have one of us.

Then we were off to the Marriott where he made the grocery list and I changed and gathered the Laundry.  He dropped me at the MTC to do the laundry and find the gym for an hour (so sorry no pictures in the Laundry) and he did the grocery shopping because I do not arise early enough for us to dress and get there early enough to eat.  However we have decided that cereal and toast in our room at the Marriott just may save our lives.  That food in the cafeteria is loaded with calories and they give you way more than we need so we are making some changes.  Breakfast in the room.  Lunch; veggies for him, protein and veggies for me.  Dinner; protein and starch for him and salad for me.  All my hard work will go for naught with all that food and no exercise to speak of.  So to remedy that he will attend the Spanish classes in the evening and I will hit the treadmill in the Senior's "Dorm".

 

 This is Papa Roses desk.  He is so excited to have a place to look at his grand kids so keep the pictures coming.  We promise to get better at taking pictures on this end.

It has been a fun day.  We have so many couples going to really unusual places and doing unusual things it is very surprising and kind of fun.  There are places that I had not idea existed any where but on a map, certainly that they didn't have people on/in them and certainly that the Church didn't send missionaries there but they do.  There is only 2 couples that have an assignment "better" than ours and they are going to the Polynesian Cultural Center for 23 months; one as the Physical Facilities Coordinator a the other as the project manager for the new remodel they are going to do on the exhibits and amphitheater.  The place might have tugged at my heart but the assignments we could not full fill.

Then there are a couple who will be the AMA in Kiev, Ukraine and I thank my lucky stars that I am in Orlando.  They will have the Prows' for a while as Dr. Hatch is leaving Moscow and they don't have anyone to replace him yet so they are shifting the missions around to the remaining doctors.  There are 7 of us AMA's.  Another couple is going to the Philippines as the AMA and a second couple is going to the Philippines and other south sea Islands and missions as the AMHA.  She will have some 25+ missions under her, and yes I said her, it is a woman.  Another women will be the AMA in Australia, this is their 4th time doing this.  I think one of the other Doc is to Johannesburg SA as the DR. for the missions in Africa.  So as you can see we got a plum assignment.  I am thanking my lucky stars,  I guess I have lost my thirst for adventure but who knows.

It has been funny because you just don't know who you are going to meet.  Dad has met several people from his former life as a Farmingtonite, at least two.  Then the guy who sold us our insurance is going on his 1st mission.  I was surprised because he seemed at least 15-20 years older than we were when we started our practice so that would make him coming up on 80 but they look pretty good and are excited.  They are off to Madagascar (seriously). He went to France as a young person so he is brushing up his French because that is what is spoken there.  I can't remember their assignment.  Anyway it has been fun to hear the stories of the other SM's

We do promise to get better at the pictures
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