Sister Tuai is being trained by sister Hong while they serve in West Palm Beach North. Sister Hong served here in the Fort Lauderdale zone for about the first 6 months of our mission and we were happy to see her in the office before she leaves for home at the next transfer in early August. Sisters Dye and Geest are serving together in the Davies area and they always have big smiles on their faces. This is sister Geest’s last transfer before heading home and we will miss her. That handsome elder in the background is their District Leader elder Larsen.

    

The flash did not work so you may have to look hard to see Elders Avila, Georgino and Rippstein struggling to get their burgers from Flanigans into their mouths. I can assure you that they over came the problems and ate them all gone. We took the assistants to lunch to say thanks for the service they gave in taking apart and putting back together all the electronics before the office was got new carpet. Elders Hunt and HoChing are the zone leaders in Hialeah. The zone is so on fire that Elder Doria, a new missionary who came in late June, thinks that it is normal to baptize each week and when they do not he suggests that they work harder.  On the right are Elder J Owens and Beer who serve together as Zone Leaders in the Miami Beach zone. It is a great experience to see and talk to the missionaries about the work when they drop into the mission office.

   

I looked over at Elder Collins and saw that he had the biggest tie tack I had ever seen. It was his cell phone! He put it there so he could get to it easily when he was driving. When he told me this we both broke out laughing. Elder Evans came in to do some clean up in the supply room and help sister Evans with the mail. You can see the big stack of milk cartons that he is taking out. When they move or clean out a house, they use them for smaller items that need packing. I am amazed at the amount of moving and cleaning the Evans, Sommerfeldts and Collins no to keep the missionaries in suitable housing with proper furnishings.

  

A couple of time this week we ran into the flock of little ducks on the road as we were driving out of the complex. I told Mary that in Swaziland cows on the road were called ‘Swazi Stop Signs.’ Here in Southern Florida little ducks seem to take the place of cows. When I went to get the mail on Tuesday, the flock was on the grass near the boxes. I stepped over to take a picture and instead of running away they actually came towards me and then settled down just a couple of feet away. All 25 all still alive and the single mother duck is taking care of them. Hopefully they will continue to be safe and grow.