Amazing Cake!
After a lovely, relaxing day on Monday we got back to work on Tuesday, setting up interviews and packing up all the 40 years of choir music that has been collected. We filled 32 tubs and sometime this week the facilities department will bring them all over the North Office Building where we will stack them in an empty room until the Joseph Smith Building opens back up and our mission offices get moved back there. We also made a couple of trips up the hill with random things that didn't fit easily in the bins. Hopefully the Pack Moving Company can now shut down!
Not beautifully stacked but we made it up the hill without losing anything
Gary is a facilitator for the Leadership Pattern Journey class and this was the third week. After a couple weeks of figuring everyone out and getting to know each other, it feels like the group is beginning to gel and this week's class was great. We loved the class when we took it last year and it's fun to see the different insights we get this year from the different leadership principles.
Thursday in our zone devotional we heard from a couple who came on their mission recently. They talked about getting ready to serve and how they started with plan A, then B and by the time they actually got their call they had completely lost track of what plan they were on because of various challenges that came up in the process. But, they're here and life is good. We love getting to know the missionaries in our zone as they share their experiences and challenges and it helps us through our challenges as well.
Friday we had dinner with Elder and Sister Johnson (the ones we started with in Pathway who now serve from home in Las Vegas). We had so much fun catching up with them and eating clam chowder at Market Street Grill.
Johnsons and Packs Together Again!
Sunday evening we had our monthly Pack sibling dinner with Gary's siblings who live in Cache Valley. We had a great time with everyone and are really excited for next month when we get to hear about the trips two of his brothers are taking, one to Asia and one to Africa. We love traveling vicariously!
A few of the siblings catching up
This has nothing to do with our week in the mission but this picture of four of Gary's older siblings was shared in the family chat this week and we love it so much. Gary's mom started all the kids on violin (and taught violin throughout Cache Valley for years). For any of you who play violin, this is from a slide and came out backward, they were actually holding the instruments on the correct side. The other fun thing about this picture is that the two girls in the middle are wearing dresses that were made of material from a Nazi flag that Gary's dad brought home from WWII.
Oldest Four Pack Siblings - A Long Time Ago!
The number of students needing interviews seems to be picking up again so we're buckling down, taking our vitamins and being really grateful for the missionaries who are helping us. It is so exciting that so many people all over the world are working to improve their life and their family's lives through education.
We keep loving our mission and our opportunity to work with BYU Pathway Worldwide!
Have a wonderful week!
We love you all!
Elder and Sister Pack
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