They'll be Home for Christmas!

For us it will only be in our dreams, but for Wayne and Dianne...reality!

(They really will be home for Christmas!)

It was so hard saying good-bye to the Browns six months ago. I feared for my survival in this foreign country with no one to talk to.😨

Talk about tender mercies - just as the Browns were getting ready to leave, Wayne and Dianne Mathis were transferred up from the Porto Alegre temple!

These last six months have been a grand adventure. We have done things we never would have done on our own. The following pictures can attest to that. 😊  There was always someplace new to go, another restaurant to try. We called Wayne "Elder Talk-a-Lot" because he could strike up a conversation with anyone. This was a good thing because that took the pressure off of the rest of us! 

Dianne became our calming influence. Nothing rattled her - not even Wayne! (HaHa)

Don and Wayne, for some unknown reason, got the 'spinner bug' and were constantly buying them. To their credit, they also gave a lot of them away to the kids, but still...

Not only was Wayne our "fly guy" but he and Dianne also knew a lot about birds.

I know - awe inspiring! Gotta love those little flies!

There was sooo much for us to see and do in those 261 days!

 We will treasure up these experiences in our hearts forever!

We will also miss them at the temple. They served faithfully wherever and whenever.

We are very lucky to have a new missionary couple - Dirceu and Zélia Freire from Maringa, Brazil. It's been fun getting to know them.

Two other couples will be coming in February. Then we will be fully staffed again.

So, with sad hearts, we bid farewell to Elder and Sister Mathis,

 but we just want them to know that...

We sure do love you two!!!
Thanks for the memories.