We had a "playdate" yesterday with the Ballew's, a great couple from our new ward, Huntsville 1st ward. Brother Ballew is also the first counselor in the Heritage YSA Branch which we also attended on Sunday. We met yesterday morning to go exploring the countryside. It is so green and beautiful. There is a flowering tree, the Crepe Myrtle, that is along all the freeways and basically everywhere else nestled among pines that are quite a bit different than our Utah Pine trees.
We visited Lake Livingston which is a reservoir formed from the flow of the Trinity River. The Lake is about 50 miles long and is a great spot for boating and bird watching. The reservoir is controlled by an earthen dam, and is the main water supply along with Lake Conroe (25 mi. to the South)for Houston. The Trinity River flows out of Dallas, so when they have rain, it sends a lot of water to the lake within just a few days. There were lots of unique beach houses along the edges of the Lake.
The first Institute class begins today. It will be taught by Bro. Hull, the Institute Director, who comes over from College Station. I teach my first Book of Mormon class in the morning. I feel quite worried about it. I keep thinking, what if I can't remember what I have studied or what if they don't like me, etc. I'll probably have the old beginning of school dream where I can't find my locker and have missed a whole semester of a class that I was signed up for. I am sure I will be fine once I get started, I just need to have something to feel insecure about.
I wanted to post this picture we took on Saturday at the Mission Home with Pres. and Sister Pingree. You can just tell by the picture how wonderful they are.
We visited Lake Livingston which is a reservoir formed from the flow of the Trinity River. The Lake is about 50 miles long and is a great spot for boating and bird watching. The reservoir is controlled by an earthen dam, and is the main water supply along with Lake Conroe (25 mi. to the South)for Houston. The Trinity River flows out of Dallas, so when they have rain, it sends a lot of water to the lake within just a few days. There were lots of unique beach houses along the edges of the Lake.
The first Institute class begins today. It will be taught by Bro. Hull, the Institute Director, who comes over from College Station. I teach my first Book of Mormon class in the morning. I feel quite worried about it. I keep thinking, what if I can't remember what I have studied or what if they don't like me, etc. I'll probably have the old beginning of school dream where I can't find my locker and have missed a whole semester of a class that I was signed up for. I am sure I will be fine once I get started, I just need to have something to feel insecure about.
I wanted to post this picture we took on Saturday at the Mission Home with Pres. and Sister Pingree. You can just tell by the picture how wonderful they are.
I love that picture! How lucky they are to have you two!! Good luck tomorrow and know we are all praying and rooting for you. Like Joseph said over facetime yesterday you can probably just bring baked treats if you are really worrying about your class and they will fall head over heels :) Love you!
ReplyDeleteThis is so cool! Congrats, you two. I just have to tell you a quick anecdote. My dad received an email last week from one of his dearest friends who is a mission president. In the email, his friend said that they just received an incredible couple into their mission. He said it was the LeBarons from Holladay! Yep, one of my dad's dearest friends is John Pingree. I'm so happy that you're there and you get to serve with Pres. and Sis. Pingree. Now NO ONE can mess with Texas. Lots of love from Portland.
ReplyDelete-Brooke