We received a call from president Anderson of the Florida Fort Lauderdale mission. He had not yet received notification of our call but seemed happy to hear that we are going to be coming in early November as he has three couples that will be soon heading home.

We talked a little about what we might be doing and found that there are three couples assigned to the office. If I got it correctly one couple is local and serve part time in the office and part time at home. We also found that there is a new ERC couple that is coming but we did not ask when.

We mentioned that we hoped that we have time to work with some of the wards and go out with the young missionaries. He seemed pleased that we were willing to serve outside the office. We told him we would serve in whatever way he was inspired to assign us.

We also got a letter from the mission travel department explaining how we would be re-imbursed for our traveling by car to the mission field. It seems very fair and we look forward to traveling across the country once again.

Mary had her first three tutoring sessions and is very excited about improving her Spanish skills. I am sure that by the time we leave for Florida she will be able to understand and carry on a conversation with the Spanish speaking members. If we get a chance to teach some English classes that will certainly help.

On a different note but important for our sanity as we prepare for leaving on our mission, the kitchen has been put back together and we have a functioning dishwasher, stovetop, and sink. After three months it is a pleasure just to be able to rinse dishes in a real sink instead of the one in the bathroom.