Got these pictures out of order but we had to put this picture on the blog. We sure learned to love President and Sister Gilliland and could have had a great 18 months with them if they had stayed an extra year. LOLOL We understand they spent a few days in Lakeside on their way home and President kept busy by cutting down trees for his mother, Eileen Henkel. Sister Gilliland says he needs a calling and we are sure he will have one as soon as he gets back to Glendale. We hope we have more times together when we get home.

President and Sister Gilliland had us over for breakfast a few weeks ago and taught Elder Owens how to make delicious biscuits. So he tried them last Saturday morning and they turned out fabulous. He made sausage gravy to go with them and we enjoyed our Saturday breakfast. He will be making them for the Elders now that he knows how. They are waiting to have biscuits and gravy made by Elder Owens.

Here we are with Elder Tyler Gardner. He has really grown on us and we will be sad to see him go. He is a cowboy in his other life and looks forward to riding his horse and roping--his is the healer--and says he's not sure he can still do it. We will be visiting him when we get home to watch him rope. What a great guy.

July 10, 2008 was a big day. We had transfers and got a new Elder assigned to our Delaware Ward, Elder Miller. And one of our Assistants, Elder Gardner, will go home to Afton, Wyoming, tomorrow. We have really grown to love him and will really miss him in the office. He is a spiritual giant and knows how to have fun and laugh too. We are making lifetime friends with some of these young elders. We got up at 5 AM to get out to Delaware to pick up our missionaries and bring them to transfers. Elder Afatasi was all packed up and has moved to another area and Elder Dahl is now training Elder Miller. We went out for lunch before taking them back to Delaware. Elder Dahl, front left and Elder Miller, front right. President and Sister Jensen handled their first Transfer today and it went very smooth. They will make a great presidency and the missionaries here have already learned to love them. And, we will miss President and Sister Gilliland. They have gone home and are enjoying their children and grandchildren and we look forward to seeing them in a year in Lakeside.