I am famous or perhaps infamous for taking lots of pictures…at least when I think about where I am and what is going on. So these are just some of the pictures I took during the week.

  

The assistants are busy doing exchanges with all the elders in the mission. Elder Rippstein dropped into the office with elder Stewart. On Wednesday night we had the opportunity to pick up some young sisters who had been baptized but not yet confirmed and bring them to Fort Lauderdale so they could receive the Holy Ghost. After that Bishop Brown – a scouter all the way – took some time to teach them about what just happened and how the Holy Ghost could work in their lives as long as they kept the commandments. On Thursday we went over to the Rampton’s so Mary could give her piano lesson. I took this beautiful picture of their roses and bougainvillea that are in full bloom.

  

On Friday I took this picture of the clear blue sky. What it does not show is that the temperature was only 55 degrees which is about as cold as we have seen in the 14 months we have been here. On Saturday we went over to the temple site to drop off some Books of Mormon only to find it closed. I did get pictures of a coot and a beautiful Blue Heron in the canal in the front of the temple lot.