Wecker mission

Everyday we look out and the weather is again perfect.  Not too hot and not too cold.  We did have to scrape some frost off the windshield of the car a couple of times, but just because we were up before the sun had a chance to do its work. I thought I might mention the wildlife around here.  The other senior couple in the mission sends the mission President a weekly wildlife report.  They are here from Texas.  I guess deer and elk are less common in their part of the world.  I am ashamed to say that I don't even notice them anymore, but we have deer and elk.  Because we live so close to the Humboldt Bay and the Pacific Ocean, we see lots of water birds.  We regularly see white egrets and white ibis and cormorants.  Cormorants are the fishing bird of China. We sometimes see  great blue herons.  Of course there are lots of ducks and geese. The new bird we saw this week is a black-crowned night heron. This week a seal came up quit...

Last month we had a lovely visit with the other MLS senior missionaries.  We went to Montgomery State Reserve which for many years boasted having the tallest redwood tree in the world.  As often happens with records of that sort, someone found a taller tree in the same forest, but not in the same park. We have been spending most of our time visiting with the members of the Eureka Ward.  Some of them are more active than others, but all have a story to tell.  We love the people here. I have personally been getting braver about declaring the gospel and its many truths to people we meet.  I even took my hairdresser a Book of Mormon this week. Last week we went to Patrick's Point.  It is a little park right on the coast.  We saw a whale.  Unfortunately, it only surfaced once while we were there and we didn't get a picture.  It was pretty exciting! This morning I watched the seals play in the bay outside the gym we visit each morning. ...