Starting The Forms

Portland from Washington Park

Washington Park Rose Garden

We have just returned from presenting our missionary experiences to the youth of the Clackamas Ward.  It was held at Bishop Tucker’s home.  There were eight Young Men and Young Women and six adults.  It’s vacation time now and we were told we should not expect a very big crowd.  It was a good meeting with a lot of questions and comments.  We enjoy making these presentations because it reminds us of the wonderful experiences we had on our mission.

Our reading this week has brought us to the fortieth chapter of Exodus.  Among other significant scriptures we found verses 12 and 13: “And thou shalt bring Aaron and his sons unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and wash them with water. And thou shalt put upon Aaron the holy garments, and anoint him, and sanctify him; that he may minister unto me in the priest’s office.” This was also a good reminder of our mission.  There isn’t a day goes by that we do not think of the Copenhagen Denmark Temple and our friends there.  We frequently look at the clock and wonder what is happening in the Temple at that time.

Yellow Rose

As you can probably tell, we are wanting to get going on our next mission.  We met with the Bishop last Sunday to get the “go ahead” to start filling out the Missionary Recommendation Forms.  We have now completed them except for getting our Physician’s Health Evaluation Forms and Dental Evaluation Forms finished and sent to the Bishop.  The problem we have now is getting an early appoint with our doctors so they can fill out the forms.  Norma will finish her physical evaluation tomorrow; however, my doctor can’t see me until August 16th.  It is also difficult to get an appointment with the dentist.  We had hoped to have sent the recommendation forms to Salt Lake by now but that will happen sometime in August.

Salmon Rose

Our main walk this week was in the Washington Park rose garden (Portland is the Rose City) and around the knoll at Council Crest.  We are constantly reminded of the many beautiful areas of Portland.  It was approaching late evening, so we agreed to come back earlier next time so we could have a longer period of sunlight.

 

I’ll close for now.

Entrance to Japanese Garden

Mount Hood

Portland with Columbia River

We love you all.

Norma and Gary.