This was the view from our room at the MTC for almost two weeks, but onSaturday, May 3 we ate breakfast in the cafeteria and then brought our luggage downstairs while waiting for the shuttle to take us to the airport.
Love the view of the mountains.
The door sign to show we had left for our mission.
We had some time, so our daughter-in-law Dawn brought her children to spend some time with us. We had delicious ice cream at the Creamery, and then spent some time at the BYU campus. The science building has some fun things to look at.
This is very cool!
Noah likes the funny mirror 😄
When it was getting close to the time we needed to leave, Dawn took some last pictures of us with our grandchildren 💗
Our trip took us from Salt Lake City to Los Angeles, to Incheon, Korea, to Vientiane, Laos. We had two long layovers which made the trip over 30 hours long. Our suitcases did not transfer automatically to the flight to Vientiane. We needed to go through customs in Korea, pick up the bags, and take a 20 minute bus ride from one terminal to another with our 250 pounds of luggage. It was not ideal, but we made it!
The trip was tiring and we were concerned that although we were happy to get to our destination we would be cranky because we were so tired. I think we were okay, because the kind people who met us seemed happy.
Unfortunately I was too tired to think to take a picture of our welcome committee, our branch president (leader of our congregation here) and immediate boss, the other missionary couple, and a young man and young woman who had received their mission calls. The young man is now serving in Scotland! A little different from the heat and humidity that he is used to.
Interesting concept at the Los Angeles airport. I wonder if many use their service.
My suitcases arrived with some issues in Korea. I can no longer pick up one of them because the handle is completely gone. It will hopefully be remedied.
We were taken to our apartment, and here it is! We arrived there around 3pm local time.
We also have a small but beautiful garden.
The kind missionary couple, the Bairds, we are serving with had bought some of their favorite snacks. We unpacked, showered, checked out our apartment, and then the Bairds came and picked us up for dinner. We love having access to the local foods in this part of the world again. There will most likely be a lot of pictures of food in the near future. Our apartment is perfectly located with a nearby grocery store, pharmacy, and lots of restaurants and massage places. Have yet to get a foot massage - maybe tomorrow.
This Chilean restaurant is a two minute walk from our apartment. We did not have our first meal there as they are not open for dinner on Mondays, but we did have lunch there the following day.
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