Six Months!

We have been on our mission for 6 months already!  On August 20, we hit our "bump" day, as opposed to our "hump" day which is at the halfway point of the mission, I guess.  Monday we went to one of our JAS, Josy's house for noche de hogar--family home evening--with her, her darling 10 year old nephew, Iker, and one of her best friends, Mariluz. Iker gave an excellent lesson on taking care of our bodies/our temples and then we had some great food.  To finish it off, Josy presented us with a cake with a number 6 candle--it's so incredible how these "kids" take care of us and lift our spirits in such wonderful ways!  They teach inspiring lessons and help us focus on what's important.

Pres. y Hna. Pace

us and the pace's eating kebabs in manacor

training with the baleares zone

We just spent a delightful two days with our new mission president and his wife.  These past two months, the Pace's have been traveling all over to meet with the missionaries and get to know the mission.  We were so uplifted and strengthened while they were here for Zone Training.  We took them to meet the branch presidents in Inca--Presidente Amoros,  and in Manacor--Presidente Pinero, as well as the chapels in Inca and Manacor.  We had lunch at our favorite kebab--think gyros in a pita/burrito--in Manacor.  We all appreciate and love them already and are excited for their leadership.

We also have some news about the Center for Young Adults--it no longer exists.  We are back to being Young Single Adults--Jovenes Adultos Solteros, or JAS.  We received a letter from the first presidency and we were all instructed to refer to Manual 2 and restructure the program.  It also reminded everyone that our priesthood authority for the JAS is the District President, not CES. We really aren't sure what we will be doing with the JAS at this point. It may not affect us much, since we hadn't really started the center yet, but it did mean that the local couple that was serving with us was released and given a new assignment.  We meet with the JAS next week--they will be able to decide how and what they want their program to be and we are excited to see how they do it!