Being Columbus day, we didn't have Red Cross service this morning, so we caught up with some lose ends this and then this afternoon we headed out to visit several families. First, before going into that, let us just say that Elder Gowans' mom is doing great; her procedure went excellent, in fact they didn't have to do as severe an ablation as they first thought they would have to do. Our prayers have certainly been answered. She should be returning home tomorrow.

Our first stop was to find and visit a Sister whose husband works as a contractor in Afghanistan. We had been trying to reach her via a phone, but we figured the phone number we had been given was her husband's. We found her and had a nice visit with her. They are empty nesters and hope that his contract will continue on until the end of December 2014. We did find out that the phone number we had was indeed her husband's so we obtained hers and then gave her ours. We told her we would keep in touch with her and make sure she continues to do well.

From there we went to visit two families who had recently moved off of the Post and out to Evans. We wanted to see them to see how they were doing and renew our friendship with them. We really love these two families and miss them very much.

From there we went to visit Sister James; her husband should be home right around Halloween. She is doing well, although her children had been sick a lot during the summer, her health has been good. Her mother came and stayed with her off and  on during the deployment, so she has not been alone very much.

Our last stop was at Sister Arnett's; she was just on her way out, but we had a chance to make sure she was doing well also. She is our Librarian up on Post. We have had a wonderful day!