A Day in the Life

This is a sculpture at the MTC.

We get up at 6 AM on weekdays.  Unlike young missionaries we don't have out time laid out for every hour of the day.  We were encouraged to have personal and companion scripture study, to get some exercise, to communicate with our families and to enjoy uplifting activities:  concerts, plays and sightseeing.

So we rise and shine, make the bed and pray. Then Nancy showers while Brent fixes breakfast. We eat together and Brent showers while Nancy loads up the dishes (yes, we have a dishwasher but no garbage disposal, go figure).  We finish getting ready and read our scriptures until 7:30 when we bundle up and leave our apartment.  Fortunately we have a garage to park in so no scraping the car.  We drive down the hill, past the state capitol and around the Conference Center and down into the parking garage.  If it's a nice day we go up the south elevators so we can walk a little.  If it's cold we walk over to the east elevators so we exit the CC and just have to cross the street to the COB.  We go into the building and use our security badges to access the west wing.  We take the stairs to the 3rd floor and there we are!! At 8 we walk down to the 2nd floor and have a devotional with our zone Tues-Fri.  On Monday mornings we stay on the 3rd floor and have a devotional with the whole missionary department.  Then to work.  Brent has a little inside office and Nancy is in a cubicle nearby.  About 12:30 we go downstairs to the cafeteria where we eat our lunch we brought from home.  Sometimes we'll augment with soup or salad or a soda.  There is a grand piano and someone plays during lunchtime.  We take 45 minutes to an hour sometimes going up to the lobby and sitting in the sun if there is any.  Then back to work until 4:30 when we head back to our apartment.  In the evenings we try to have companion study and do a little housework or laundry so it isn't all there for Saturday.  On Wednesday nights we go to the LDS Family Services office to attend a support group for early release missionaries and their parents.  Before we go to bed we pack our lunch for the next day and make sure our clothes are ready.  And that's pretty much it.

This week we had a zone activity on Tuesday--dinner at Lamb's Grill.  And on Thursday we had lunch in the Jos. Smith Bldg in the Garden with the head of Family Services and the 2 mental health employees who we work for.  On Friday night we went to the Bountiful Temple.  It is so pretty and we enjoyed doing a session there.  The downtown SLC City Creek renovation is getting done.  The grand opening will be March 22.  It is really nice with a lot of landscaping, water feature and shopping.  It goes well with the Gateway and will make downtown a very attractive place.  Today (Sunday) Nancy starts playing for the choir.  The choir director told her that they prayed her here.  Well, we'll see.  But the snow stopped last night and the sun is shining so it looks like we can make it.  The bushes in our backyard are beautiful with snow piled on the bare branches and the sun shining.  We have a view across City Creek Canyon and we really enjoy it.

I think I need blog lessons because the pictures aren't loading like they did when I was at home.  But will try to figure it out better and send some pictures of where we live.  Happy Day everyone!!