Provo City Temple and meet up with Ence family

We met with Dale and Jennifer today. She picked us up from the MTC and gave us a tour of their new home. It has a beautiful view of Provo. We ten went and visited Dale at his work. He works for BYU in the media Department. He gave us a tour of the building and all of the Broadcasting areas and equipment

While we were on the tour of the BYU Media Center we ran into James Perry.  He and his wife just had a baby a few months ago. He informed us his older brother Troy got married a few months ago.

In front of the MTC they have about 20 flag poles displaying the countries that missionaries are sent to. The flags are rotated periodically so that all are displayed.

Cheryl and I attended the Provo City Temple today. It originally was the Provo Tabernacle and was remodeled. Very beautiful building. Many levels and stairs. Much of the original architecture was preserved.

At breakfast today we met Kristen Raphael. She is from our Ward and will be serving in Cape Verde. She seemed happy and enthused to be here. This is her third day.

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