Our Mission Call

We received our call and are going to the France Lyon Mission.  We report to the MTC in Provo on the 23^rd of January 2012.  A long time to wait, but it will give us time to improve our French speaking skills.  The France Lyon Mission is a new mission.  It absorbed the France Toulouse and the Switzerland Geneva Mission.  Our mission borders Switzerland, Spain and Italy.  Also included in our mission is the Island of Corsica.  (See below for a map of our mission).  We will be there for two years.  More if I can swing it.  Below is an Article from Church headquarter regarding the France Lyon Mission.

(France Toulouse and Switzerland Geneva Missions to consolidate into the France Lyon Mission this July

Missionaries report that the France Toulouse Mission and Switzerland Geneva Mission will combine into a single mission this July.  The mission will be renamed the France Lyon Mission and administer LDS missionary work throughout southern France and Francophone Switzerland.  Some areas will also reportedly be transferred over to the France Paris Mission as part of the consolidation.)

Road Trip, Septempber 2011

Jeannine and I went down to southern Utah for three days so I could take some photos.  We stayed in Torrey, Utah and made that out base camp.  Even though I miss California, I really love southern Utah.  I could have spent a lot more time in each place.  The desert is so quiet and peaceful.  I will admit Goblin Valley was my favorite.  Jeannine and I were there until dark and it was a very calm place with great beauty.  A camera cannot capture what is really there.  You have to be there to appreciate it.  I took 445 photos and could not decide which to post.  There are many more photos that turned out spectacular.   Not because I am a great photographer, but because of the place it self.  I must state here that the sun was not always my best friend.  At Arches most things have an eastern exposure and need to be photographed in the morning.  I was rarely in the right place at the right time.  The sun owes me a rematch.  Enjoy

Capitol Reef State Park

Arches National Park

Goblin Valley, Utah