Apartment Inspections

Last Saturday, January 5, Elder Mecham and I took Sister Sorenson to the airport in Santa Barbara.  She is returning home with some medical issues and hopes to be able to return to the mission in a few months.  Since we've been out, only one missionary has made it back after returning home.  We hope she will be another.

While in Santa Barbara, we decided to conduct some apartment inspections.  Elder Mecham took extensive pictures of each of the apartments we visited, and has now efficiently removed all those pictures from our camera.  Usually I am appreciative of that, but I wish I had pics of the apartment affectionately dubbed "The Hobbit Hole."  I loved that little place, up on the hillside, surrounded by all kinds of flora -- and such a cute little apartment.  Well, after transfers, this area was white washed -- remove two not-so-tidy elders, insert two very tidy sisters!  Now we need to go back and see the difference, as the sisters told us they really spiffed it up!  This is Sister Romero's last transfer -- she is done in six weeks.  Love her!  She is training our new sister (the one and only sister to arrive this time), Sister Porter.  And they reside at the hobbit hole :)

Maybe I can insert some pictures for this post later.

I DO have these pictures from another apartment in Santa Barbara.  The red plants you see are coleus!  Holy cow!  Can you believe the size of those?  Never in Idaho!  I HAD to have pictures!