Steve: It's been a cold week and we still have snow on the ground.  However, we are supposed to have rain this week, and if that happens the snow will probably disappear.  The bad part of the snow has been ice on the sidewalks, and the bad part about rain is the snow melting and flooding the streets. Some people just are never happy with mother nature.

The library has been pretty slow this week which makes the days go longer.  I think the snow and cold weather had a lot to do with it. I want to start putting on my flash drive the materials from the British Services floor that are only available on the intranet.  This material will help us to be better family history consultants when we get back to Cedar City and Surprise.

For  some time we have been been pondering how to spend our time after our  release from our Mission.  Obviously spending time with family is Lorene's number one priority and I too will enjoy time being with our grandchildren, but it isn't the only thing we want to do.  We want to make sure that we continue to do work on our family trees as well as helping others have a desire to do their own family research.  We still have a lot to learn and family members to find.  We also have considered becoming "at home" missionaries in some sort of family history facet.  Subsequently, we met with one of the staff members from the Family History Department last week and are now planning to work on the Family History Communities that are located on Facebook.  We are not completely sure what this will entail, but we'll get some training here before we are released as full time missionaries.  When we were talking with Brother Williams last week, both Lorene and got a warm feeling and confirmation that this is the right thing for us to be doing when we get home.

Lorene: We finally have a chance to speak in Sacrament Meeting.  Most missionaries get that opportunity in the first few months, but somehow we got overlooked.  Perhaps it was because I was somewhat out of commission because of my foot surgery.  At any rate, we have been asked to speak next Sunday.  Our topics will be on our mortal probation and how this life is a test.  The topics are very closely related, as you can see.   I have been pondering much lately on the purpose of trials, so I am looking forward to sharing some of my thoughts and experiences with our Branch.

That's about all we have to say for this week.  We hope and pray that you are all doing well; you are always in our prayers.

Love,
Elder and Sister Walker