Monday was a fun day. Thanks to all of you for your emails and cards and phone call, it meant so much to me. I happen to be the Birthday chairmen for the Temple Missionaries. Tom and I decorate their door on their Birthday and leave a little treat.
No, I did not decorate my own door another couple did! Others leave gifts throughout the day. We invited some couples to go bowling with us on that day. The Sproul’s and the Lunt’s went with us. We ate lunch at Fosters America first and then went bowling.
We had a good time even though our scores don’t show that! I quit after one game because we women wanted to go shopping and look around. 
The men played two more games and it did not get any better for them! I’m sure we will go again now that we know where it is.
We were on the morning shift this week. After having one week of afternoons, then two weeks of vacation, then two weeks more of afternoon shift, we forgot how to get up so early! The hard part was we were not tired at night until much later than usual. That is way unusual for Tom because he really has never been a late night person! So we laid low after our shift because we were bushed!
Saturday was of course, Valentines Day. Happy belated Valentines day to all of you. It is celebrated here, but it didn’t seem to be a big deal. We went out to eat with the Lunt’s to the Chinese Restaurant . They know us on a first name basis now! They give us a little dollar gift when we leave it’s great! We call the one waiter Jackie Chan, he loves to talk to us. Tom bought me a rose at one of the flower shops which I am enjoying now.
Also, on Saturday during our shift, I had the opportunity to help and be the escort of a girl who was receiving her own endowment and then was being sealed afterwards. She was a convert of two years and they had been married civilly for two years. She was from Oregon and he was from Idaho. They have lived in Germany for six months, her husband is a contractor there. This girl was the only member of her family who is a member and her husbands family could not come. I think she was scared to death and didn’t really know what to think. President Moore the President of the Temple married them and did a wonderful job. She was a beautiful girl and she said that they were going to adopt some children from Ghana when they have enough money to do so. This is the second time I have been able to help with a bride and it is so wonderful.
Today was our Stake Conference. Elder Cousse from the Seventy was the visiting authority. He is from France and he gave his talk in English which was great for some of us-he had a person translate it into Spanish, then he concluded with his testimony in French which was also translated. It was his daughter who was the other bride I got to help with. The church was packed, there were even some people having to stand because there were no more chairs. Too bad our stake at home doesn’t do that ! The church we go to is right across from our apartment and can be entered from down in the parking lot, or through the plaza. We also have an entrance to the Temple underground, we have it so rough!
After Stake Conference we were invited to eat with the Fourtina’s, the couple that we had a few weeks ago come here. They are the French couple who we love. They will be leaving next month and we are really going to miss them. We started the meal with crackers. Then we had deviled eggs, and a green and sort of like our potato salad next with bread. We then had a hot rice casserole and veal with a sauce. 
Then they brought out three different cheese’s! Then for desert she gave us crepes with different topping to spread on them. Needless to say we needed a stomach pump because we ate too much! I guess that is how they serve dinner in France Wow! It was all very good and there were also the Taggart’s and Sister Lafertt there. 
They finished off the meal with crepes with all types of filling. 
It was quite the conversation with English, French, and Spanish being spoken!
This whole week has been incredible weather wise. It has been sunny and in the mid sixties and seventies I went outside to read my book yesterday and it felt so good-no coat needed. Tom has been helping the Temple Presidency rewrite all of the instructions for the Madrid Spain Temple workers. He has been on the computer for the last three weeks. That’s what he gets for having such great skills in that area.
We love the spirit that abides here. Every time we come off the street to the Temple grounds you can feel it. We love working at the Temple. We have been asked if we know anyone we know if they would like to come serve in this Temple. We would highly recommend it to anyone who could do so, so spread the word around and let us know if you know someone who could serve here. We feel so blessed for this opportunity, especially when we realize we could have been sent anywhere like outer Mongolia. We hope you are all recognizing your blessings, sometimes we take things so for granted. We miss you all but the way time has been flying we will be home before you know it. Love to all of you. Mom and Dad/Nana and Papa
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