This group of Elders and Sisters were in our group to be trained in the various jobs that we'll be responsible for when we get to our Mission areas.   The front right couple are going to the Washington DC North Mission; The couple to their right are going to Missouri St. Louis Mission; directly behind them is a couple who will be serving in the Salt Lake City West Mission and directly across from them is a couple going to the Salt Lake Central Mission (both of these Salt Lake Missions are NEW TRIAL MISSIONS; Jerry and I are on the back left side of the picture; our instructors are on the right (he is standing and she is sitting).


The picture to the right is the District we were assigned to on our first day in the MTC.  Jerry was called as the District Leader.  The couple on the left are going to the West Indies; the next couple are from Hawaii and are going to serve in the Philippines Manila Temple; one of our instructors in the gray sweater; the next couple is going to the Ohio Kirtland Mission;  then Jerry and me; and the last couple are going to Nauvoo.
Here is a map showing the MTC Campus and I am pointing to the building where our room is located.  This building also houses the book store, the travel offices, dry cleaning and administrative offices, as well as the mail room and the doctor's office.  The LARGE building is where we had classes for our first week, and ate in the cafeteria where the food was fantastic!!!  The time we spent at the MTC was absolutely wonderful.  We were Spiritually fed every day, whether it was attending the devotionals or by our instructors.


Jerry is standing in front of the door and is swiping his security card so that we can gain entrance to our apartment building.  Our apartment was small, but adequate.  It had two large closets for our clothes, a queen-sized bed, couple of desks for studying, a nice bathroom and sink area, and an ironing board and iron.  It had air conditioning, but for some reason it ran all the time and never cooled the apartment off.  The temperature stayed at about 76 degrees.  Thank goodness, the hot weather had not arrived yet.

We left the MTC on Thursday, June 14th, after having completed our training.  We stayed at our son Erik and family's home until Monday, June 18 when we are scheduled to fly to the Philippines.