Thursday, June 25, 2015

Concerts, touring, change of commands...

 We were invited to go to Balboa park on Monday night for a free organ concert.
Apparently there are lots of free concerts here all summer long.
I am really excited to go on August 31st for the "100 years of Broadway" Concert!
A great FHE activity.


Elder Hodges has been looking at this building every time we drive on the highway and said we should go see it. It required climbing a lot of stairs but it had a wonderful view.



Right after we were there, we drove a little further up the hill and discovered Fort Stockton were the Mormon Battalion stayed.  There were several plaques and a statue.  We did not even know it was there. We have been to the Mormon Battalion visitors center many times, but never heard about this site.






Elder and Sister Pett, who were some of our trainers for our military relations mission, came to visit and meet with all the military missionaries and chaplains stationed here.  We were very happy to meet LDS chaplains and gain an understanding of how we can help each other.

Sister Storrs planned a nice lunch for after our meeting.


  
Last but not least, we have had the opportunity to go to three change of commands.  One was the arrival of a new colonel for Headquarters and Service Battalion who is a member of the church and served as branch president in Okinawa, Japan for the last two years.  We invited him to come to speak to the recruits on a Sunday and he said he would love too.



 Part of the ceremony is passing of the flag from one
leader to the next.  

It is such and honor to meet some of these fine leaders and get to know them and their families.
They always make us feel welcome and appreciated.
We are thankful to be serving here and feel the blessings both personally and for our families.


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