This week was an extremely busy week. We had a group of 12 new missionaries come in on Wednesday along with all of their training to do on Thursday. And Thursday afternoon after they have left with their new companion to go to their assigned areas, We met 10 missionaries that were going home. Because it was Thanksgiving week in the States, we decided to have thanksgiving dinner for both groups. So Peggy and Sister Dibb cooked two huge thanksgiving dinners with all of the trimmings. One on Wednesday evening and another on Thursday evening. Italians do not do Thanksgiving in Italy! The turkeys were obtained by our military relations couple. They turned out to be the best turkeys I have seen. It was great. Peggy and I worked in the kitchen for both meals.
So far I have only had a couple of small groups of missionaries going home. My job is to collect their mission ATM cards and all of their mission cash. I then need to give each of then enough money for their extra suitcase fee and also some spending money to buy some food on the way home. Because home is England, Italy, South America, Canada and the US - everyone is different. Getting the correct amount for each person was way more than 10 times as difficult sending 10 home than it is to send 1 home.
Because it was the end of the month, I spent all day Saturday in the office doing my end of the month reports.
This week I only have one picture. Earlier this month we had to got to Lugano Switzerland to pay a cash deposit on a new apartment we are opening. It had to done in CHF (Swiss Francs). It was a major hassle changing Euros to Swiss Francs at our bank - but we got the job done. We didn't have our camera while we were in Lugano - but it was beautiful. Much cleaner than Italy and the drivers were way more polite and nice. They ALWAYS stopped for pedestrians.
The picture is of a shopping mall in Switzerland that looks like a space ship.
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