Elder and Sister Henscheid- Manchester NH Mission

  It’s not quite the end of March…. But it has been a longer and at the end of the month particularly busy one.  We got a couple of quieter weeks mid-month, but transfers and Mission Leadership Conference (MLC) will keep us hopping at the end.  I’ll let Mom fill you in on Melanie and families visit—what a treat and some new spots to see and experience. It's fun to see how new visitors experience what we now have seen more than a couple of times, and like the places so much that we just have to go back.  For me, a month of swapping out older cars for new ones, and April will be just as busy--I'll have swapped 25 cars by the end of April.  Most of our fleet are Chevy Equinoxes, all-wheel drive, 5 passenger cars that fit most of the stuff that missionaries like to carry around.  Books of Mormon and tracts are usually in there, but they also carry food, sporting goods, and tools that they use when performing service.  When I swap out ca...

  It’s Not Quite Groundhogs Day…. Winter continues here in New England—we stayed in on Friday because of a pretty good storm—8 inches here in Manchester.  It was a good day to sleep in, but we did tromp through the snow to the gym to work out.  Then it was back to take calls from our missionaries and enjoy Mom’s chocolate chip cookies. The rest of the weekend has been cold, but we made up for our snow day by heading over to the office for a half-day trying to catch up.I had to clean all that snow off 13 cars. We also tuned in that evening to a Zoom call with Dad’s siblings to celebrate Grandma Great’s 90 th  birthday.  What a great and grand lady!  All 8 of us were on, and 7 of 8 spouses.  We told stories, jokes, and bad one-liners about both my Mom and Dad—your mother’s story took the cake—how she first met my father (it’s rated PG-13 and has to do with whitey tighties).  We were especially glad to see Gene Parrish o...