General conference was good, very good here. It is a real treat to hear the general authorities speak when we are so far from home.
Conference ran from 1 to 3 pm for the Saturday morning session and from 5 to 7 pm for the Saturday afternoon session. Priesthood meeting was from 9 to 11 pm! We went to the district center for the broadcast even through we could have watched it at home. It was more fun with the other English speaking missionaries all crammed into a little room watching the TV. I brought fudge so no one would go hungry!
Sunday we watched the morning session at the district center and then went to Osorno to have a party with the other senior missionaries and the mission president and his wife to say farewell to the Biggs, a senior couple who were going home the next day. Three of the four senior couples are going home within two months of each other, and the Biggs are the first. The Poulson's go home the end of April and we come home the end of May. As far as we know, no new senior couples are coming which is a real drag! The young missionaries will just have to pick up the slack. However, the Beecrofts are only half way through their mission so they will continue in the mission office, their calling.
We watched the last session of conference with the Poulsons and the Biggs in the Poulson's apartment.
A inspiring day with conference and a bittersweet day saying good-bye.
Is the new mission president a man named Obeso from Mexicali, Mexico?
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