Leavin' on a Jet Plane

December 1. Laurie and Pam are leaving for Costa Rica where we will serve in the temple as counselor to the president and assistant matron, in Spanish that would be ayudante a la directora de las obreras del templo. That sounds pretty impressive. We're getting pretty excited and Pam is nervous because her Spanish is not great But it should be a little better than it was when we went to Spain. We have just finished a week of training in the Provo Temple along with several other couples who are leaving to serve in temples all over the world. We feel pretty lucky that we will be spending 2 winters in a warm country instead of cold, dark, Finland where several of the people were going. But they were just as excited about their assignment in Finland as we are about ours in Costa Rica. Right now we are busy getting the house ready so we can leave it with Austin and room mates by packing away some of our personal stuff, and getting our things packed to take with us. We are trying to do it like all missionaries and put it all into 2-50# suitcases and a carry on. I am taking a huge purse! We will keep you posted as to our progress on getting ready and our adventures in Costa Rica.