The Elders

The Elders (plus hubby)

 Lending a hand on moving day

We were blessed with true friends our first Sunday in Georgia, and we've had a standing weekly dinner appointment with them ever since. There are ten young Latter-day Saint missionaries in the Republic of Georgia, and we love every one of them. Six are in our branch, and another four are in a "group" (the designation for a church unit too small to be a branch) south of Tbilisi. These cheerful, hard-working, long-suffering souls inspire us. We also have a senior missionary couple in the branch (read: surrogate grandparents) we couldn't live without. We've seen a few missionaries return home now, and it's always a bittersweet affair. Our time in Georgia has been immeasurably better thanks to their friendship.