Moving in Saturday We like our apartment. The kitchen was well furnished with cutlery, etc. we have to wash dishes by hand. We miss our invection oven that heats water to boiling in a couple of minutes instead of 10 minutes. Our wifi works as well as it did in Calgary. Our TV isn't hooked up. Maybe that's intended. Our small stacked washer and dryer takes at least twice as long to do their jobs. We enjoy the two skylights that let us know when  6 am  and  6 pm  have occurred. We have great landscaping. We will see greenery everywhere, all year around.  Yes, we are safe in our apartment.... Church  in Spanish The meetinghouse we attend is just behind the temple. We are in the Vista Hermosa Ward (“Barrio” in Spanish). I understood about 70% of what I heard in Sacrament Meeting, 50% in Sunday School, and 85% in high priests. I was reluctant to say anything in Spanish. I did have an introduction and testimony ready to read  if cal...

Missionary Minded We, Babette and Larry Jenson, had always wanted to serve a mission for the Church in our latter years. We felt it was the Lord’s will that we go. The Church is true, so let’s all dig in help it move forward! It’s the kingdom of God on the earth. Going on missions has been a family affair in Larry’s family... Retirement Larry retired from full-time employment in 2015, when he turned 65, and was working part-time in the business that he created.  Babette retired from teaching piano and music theory in our home after 37 years. Some Major Medical to be Done In June, 2015, and June, 2016, a surgeon repaired three aneurysms in Larry’s lower arteries, in two surgeries.       $$$ & Qualifications We had saved every dollar of our modest parental inheritances in 2007 to pay for our missions. We determined we could afford a mission for 18 months in a lower-cost mission. We downloaded the Church’s senior missionary applicat...