#73 One More Short Week!

It has finally happened.  This is the last week of our mission.  Hard to believe and yet when we think of how long we've been gone it seems like forever.

Today we were scheduled to speak in Church.  How about that -- our last Sunday.  We also got to serve in the Visitor's Center.

Last Monday we enjoyed a nice Family Home Evening with the missionaries at Missionary Village.  We noted the beautiful evening sky and even got a picture of it.

Night Sky at Martin's Cove

One of Elder Smart's duties this summer was to produce a directory for the mission.  We thought we'd share a couple of pages from the directory.

Directory Cover

Directory Pages

During the year, we were organized into districts.  We were district two.  Elder and Sister Honey were our district leaders.  

One morning we were in the Visitor's Center and we heard the "beeper" going off. The ""beeper" is a movement censor that lets us know when someone is walking down the sidewalk to the visitors' center,   In fact, it went off several times.  We assumed that we had all kinds of visitors coming.  When we looked a little closer we found that it was about 10 or 12 deer.

With so many missionaries leaving, Thursday ended up being our P-day in Casper.  Elder Smart got his last Wyoming haircut.  We stayed all day and ate at two of our favorite places -- Johnny J's and Pizza Ranch.  We also watched a movie at a movie theater.  As you might guess we were doing it "big time."

Last Haircut

Johnny J's Old Fashioned Malt Shop

Pizza Ranch

Almost forgot the beautiful Casper Falls.  This is a very tranquil place and so pretty.  There isn't much water this fall, but it is still a great place to visit.

This is our final schedule for our mission.  We're the ones that are highlighted.  It shows that we work all week and depart on Thursday.

We'll finish off by including a picture of a weekly event in our home since the start of the football season.  We ended up having several of the missionary couples come to our home for the BYU football games.  It ended up being a really special time, especially for Elder Smart.  Go Cougars!

BYU Game Day at Smart Apartment

Well, so much for another mission.  We thank you for all your love and support.

Special birthday wishes to Audra and Elder Smart this week.

The gospel is true and we both have firm testimonies.

We love you all,

Grandma & Grandpa, Mom & Dad, Sister & Elder Smart, Annie & Paul