We're finally in Boston!

After 6,200 miles & 5 1/2 weeks we are finally here. It has been a great journey but we are ready to get to work.

Last week we got to Charlottesville, Va., on Wednesday morning & stayed with Rod's Dad until Friday morning. It was so good to see him again. We also went to see his Mom. She was having a bad day but it was good to see her & also the rest of the family.

We made it to Boston in 1 day. It was 600 miles. We were so tired but went straight to the Temple & saw it all lit up. It really was beautiful. Then we came to our house & met our landlords. They are so great & they had worked so hard on our apartment. The house is 110 years old. Our apt. is on the top floor & we have to go up 33 steps. It is hard to carry luggage up that many steps. We did enough to get us through the night & the next morning Rod woke up earlier than me & when I woke up he almost had the car emptied. I was more excited about that than just about anything he's ever done for me. We are unpacked & settled in which is a good feeling.

There is a huge oak tree in the back yard that we can see from our living room window. It reminds me of the movie, "Pollyanna" because we are so high up but her tree was a little closer to the house. There are woods & hiking trails behind our house so we don't feel like we are in the middle of the city. It is really nice. Some of the streets are so narrow. They say that they just paved the cow trails.

Our church is at 2:00 & everyone was so friendly. We heard that we may be assigned to one of the Wards in the Stake that needs more help, so we'll see.

We had dinner tonight at Pres. & Sis. Woods home with the Presidency & their wives & the other 2 couples that are full time missionaries. The Wilson's are from South Jordan & the Mitchell's are from Maine. They are all very good people & we are really going to enjoy working with them. It was nice for Rod to reminisce with the Wood's about old times & friends.

Tomorrow is our first day & we are anxious to get busy. I can't wait to see the inside of the Temple & feel the Spirit there. We feel so blessed to be able to serve in the Temple. I can't imagine that we ever thought that we might like to serve somewhere else. We'll close for this week & we send our love to everyone.