Robinson Alaska Mission

W e finished our first week of working in the mission office. We really like the senior couples we work with and will miss the missionaries that will be leaving in 4-6 weeks. Gary has been learning how to manage the apartments and finances. I think he really likes the apartment side. He goes with Elder Curtis and a couple of young missionaries getting service hours (they are the muscle). They move furniture to and from apartments for transfers, inspect apartments for safety and cleanliness, and make sure apartments have what they need. They have a truck, wear jeans and drive around. It’s not bad since the weather is still nice. He is really getting to know his way around and getting to know the missionaries. I have been busy managing a lot of COVID questions. The church has guidelines for every situation for COVID exposure, symptoms, when to get tested and what to do when groups of missionaries are living in close quarters. It is hard because if COVID is suspected at all they need to s

 September 20- First few days in Alaska! Alaska is wonderful! We arrived Friday, September 18 in the early afternoon. Pres. and Sis. King picked us up from the airport. We had to go through a COVID checkpoint where they checked your COVID results from testing 3 days earlier (negative) and we will need to repeat testing in 7 days (not looking forward to that). They are much stricter here than in Utah. Even from the air I was amazed at how different, beautiful and green Alaska is. I know they say a picture speaks a thousand words but even pictures don’t describe how beautiful it is here. Especially in the fall (which everyone says only lasts 2 weeks). I’m so glad our mission date was moved up a month so we didn’t miss it. We went to the mission office and meet the other senior couples, received our car (a new Chevy Equinox) and then went to our apartment about 10 min away. The apartment is quite nice and very comfortable. It has a heated garage (yay!), 2 bedrooms and 1.75 baths (so feel