We have been quite comfortable with our retired life. Lorraine retired in December of '08 and I in June of '09. We have been able to travel a little and spend time with our family. We were called to a church service mission to work in the LDS Employment Resource Services office and began working there in October of '09. We worked there three days a week; on Mondays and Wednesdays from 9:30am until noon and on Tuesdays from 4pm to 7pm. Then on Thursday we worked in the temple. We left home at 2:30pm and got home about 11:30pm. The time commitments were not like full-time work but gave us a place to be each day and a worthwhile purpose. We have enjoyed this time greatly.
We report the the Mission Training Center in Provo UT on September 5th, 2011. We will begin our mission and begin a new phase of our lives. We have a hard time picturing what life will be like for us in Leeds, England. We generally know the program in which we will be working but cannot picture the setting in which we will live and organize our lives. It is exhilarating to put these details in the hands of the Lord and step forward with faith. We trust that this is where we should be and what we should do.
