Some of the ducks that hang out by the canal. They seem to be eating a lot of the insects that live in the sawgrass. Strange though, there doesn't seem to be many flying birds in the trees. I haven't figured that out yet.

This is the canal that runs north and south by the condo. This is where my duck friends hang out and watch for anyone to walk along the canal hoping for handouts. We haven't really seen any gators lurking out here, but I don't want to wade in the water just in case.

The pictures are of the front and side of the outside of the condo. The other is the living room.

We enjoyed going to Stake Conference this morning. One lady spoke on family history and getting her names ready for the temple. It has rained on and off all day. There is a storm out in the ocean, but so far has just given us rain. We have to travel to the Flager Chapel again tomorrow afternoon, so I am hoping we don't have to drive in the rain.

We got to speak to our first person to travel to the Orlando Temple with his family names. He had a wonderful time and was so excitied about what he had accomplished. Our meeting tomorrow is with three people that have names they are working on for the temple.

We get to meet with three more Family History Center Directors next Wednesday evening, down in North Miami Beach. Last Friday we met with the Miami Beach Chapel on the bay. Such a beautiful setting. We took the elders to dinner at Las Vegas Cuban Cuisine. We had black beans and rice and pork stew. It was really good! I'll have to take back every naughty thing I have said about black beans.

Chris would have been proud of me. I ate all of them.

We will have to stay on apartment inspection until December. The next senior missionary couple is coming down from Canada and is having problems with their visas. I didn't think we would enjoy that assignment nearly as much as we do. The missionaries really enjoyed the cookies we took them. They even took the red licoirce we had and didn't want.

Saturday afternoon the mail person delivered us a box of tortillas from Nancy. We had told her how bad the tortillas are down here, so she sent some from home. She even found some from Santa Rosa California. We ripped them open and devoured six until we couldn't eat any more. They reminded me of living in California as a child and having Angie our housekeeper make them fresh for the farm workers. I got to eat what I whated first with butter and salt. What wonderful memories. Thank you, Nancy! You made our day.

This week brought a new challenge. The Condo Sales office is telling us we have to move out of this apartment and into one on the other side of the project. They say we make to much money. We meet with them again tomorrow. I really like this condo and don't want to move, and I can't see where they are coming from. I want to know what figures they are using. This saga may go on for serveral weeks. So I'll write more later.

We got a box of pictures and letters from Chip's family. We are working on our scrape book pages. It is fun to look at them and see how the kids are growing.

I can't believe we have been gone a month today. We met a man at church Sunday, that told Spud he had been waiting four months for him to show up in Florida. After talking to Elder Graff, he scheduled his baptism! I was able to teach him about New Family Search and how Roots Magic can interface with it.

We have been asked to help inspect apartments until another senior couple can get here. It has been a lot of fun. These young missionaries are so nice to us.

The little lizards keep trying to get into the condo. They are really fast. Elder Graff made enchilladas for the three missionaries that moved us in. We met Harold and I was able to introduce him to Roots Magic. We have another meeting tomorrow night. They are fun but we don't get home until after 9:00 PM.

Our talks in Sacrament Meeting went well. We both spoke about the Starfish Story and have decided to name this our Starfish Mission. Our first temple excursion may be this Friday. We have to see how that plays out.

I help in the mission office tomorrow on the phones and Elder Graff helps inspect the cars. It has been Zone Conference for three days. It takes a while just to travel from chapel to chapel. We are meeting the Family History Consultants and giving pep talks about working in your personal records first before opening New Family Search.

The humidity is still high, but the temperature is down to 82. Have some pictures to add. Hopefully I'll get them in correctly.

I am still trying to get the one picture out and keep the other one there. This has been an exciting week. Hopefully I can fix it and start a log of experiences.

We had the TV hooked up yesterday and found the BYU channel. So we were able to watch the afternoon session of conference. I hooked up the computer and we watched the morning session on the computer. We signed the lease and went shopping and Elder Graff cooked dinner for us.
I tried out the pool; it is not as clean as our pool at home but I had some duck friends stop by for a visit.

We had dinner with President Hale and his wife Friday evening. They are younger than Chris. We really feel OLD. The GPS lady is named Precious Trickleson, she is the sister to Lavica. An old joke from high school days. Elder Graff marveled that she can tell exactly where we are. He would have liked to have had a GPS in his trucking days. he talks to her when I'm not listening.

Our marching orders are going to be given to us tomorrow. There will be a lot of organizing to be done. I need to visit the Family History Centers and see how they are organized.

My first attempt at adding a picture to a post went way wrong. I chose the wrong picture and not can't get it out. Hope someone can help me with that.

Dinner is ready! Elder Graff has a roast in the oven. Sure smells great!