Celebrate Life...

The Sanford's from Oakley Idaho arrived Friday.

Kent and Judy Sanford are the couple taking the William's place in Okeechobee.  

They are living in their fifth wheel for a year!

They are brave.

They did this in Georgia for 1 1/2 years...

so maybe it won't be to bad in Okeechobee.

They stayed only long enough to have an interview with the President...

and then off to get set up and on with their mission.

 Elder Claudio and Sister Dina Zivic

Visiting Seventy

 They were here to set apart a new Stake President.

The man he set apart was President Holladay...

President Hall's first counselor.

ohoh!

 He is from Buenos Aires Argnetina
He takes English tudor lessons three times a week...
twice on Skype and a live lesson.
He spoke for several hours both days...
For a guy just learning the language he was astounding.
What a teacher. (if you want to know more google him)

I was able to set the formulas on the spreadsheet...

all by myself.... 

Each month the formulas have to be change to accommodate the new
Baptism and Confirmation figures.

As the missionaries say....

SWEET!

 Zone Conference is Quarterly!

That is Elder Holladay the new Orlando Stake President.

We won't have another one till February!!

These pictures are at Palm Bay...

we only had 13 cars...

I forgot my camera :-( ...

Monday when we had the two Northern Zone Conferences together at the Par Chapel.

We had 40 cars to check...

That was huge.

Stan had his hands full...

I judged the cars and put the prizes in their cars.

(We usually award them in the meeting but there was no time for that because of Elder Zivic)

We purchased Arby's certificates from our grandson Braden.

We used these as prizes for the cleanest cars.

 I was so relieved...

That the buildings I scheduled were open and ready for us...

That the missionaries got the tables set up...

AND...

 when the people I asked to feed 150 missionaries the first day and...

60  missionaries the second day..

came through with flying colors.

 This is the Bryants...

They are late 70's...

They are building inspectors in one of our South Zones.

It is a big job and they are always so happy to do it.

  Sister Hall took pictures the first day of the tables that were beautiful.

She will email me the pictures and I will place them here when she does.

We took Zone pictures and there is the picture of our Hunters Creek Zone.

 

It is November...

And it is beginning to look a lot like Christmas?

NOT!

Natures colors are vibrant and astonishing..

There are Santa's on the corner...

There is Christmas music playing in the stores...

Christmas decorations are everywhere...

But I can't wrap my head around the fact that it is...

The Holiday Season!

Grapefruit Trees

Red River Grapefruit.

 After Zone Conference we took Sister Messer's bike to her...

and we passed these orchards.

Sister Jones and Messer (a new missionary).

Where they live...

Fall leaves from Virginia...

Elder Doxey's sister...

a cub leader...

had her cubs send Elder Doxey some Fall!

(in a box)

 He was so excited...

This 'dignified' Presidents Assistant...

sat down in the middle of the office and opened his box!

Vultures roosting for the night...

 Then in the morning they clean up the road kill on the roads.

Piles of mending...

 Stan's - Elder Schow--Elder Doxey--Elder Hyer--and Mine!

 I got Stan's shirt mended, and the button on his suit...

The patch on Elder Schow's pants...

my blouse repaired...

Elder Doxey's jacket mended...

Elder Hyer's shirt pegged...

The cuffs are still off...

I need to take two inches off the shirt sleeves...

I celebrate...

A Labor of love...

Elder Doxey and Hansen were sleeping on the deck...

Elder Doxey...

in his sleep tore the hood off his jacket!

Elder Hyer purchased a shirt at Burlington Coat Factory...

It was a 'Sweet Deal' but way to big for him.

Now he has a 'Sweet' fit...

minus the cuffs.  

While I was cleaning sewing mending accounting organizing on Saturday...

Elder Campbell took Elder Beckstead his presents...

it was his birthday.

Then he rounded up four bikes not being used and he donated them to Bike Works...

a local bike shop that works well with us.

They will repair them and donate them back to those who need a bike.

Yes we went to the temple first...

The temple is closed for two weeks for cleaning.

Sad, Sad Sad, Sad!

Orlando's Skies!

Celebrate Life....