It is hard to believe that after 19 months of serving the people of Hungary we are finally going home. We left Budapest on the afternoon of August 23rd. We flew to Amsterdam and then on to Atlanta. We missed our flight out of Atlanta so the airline put us up in a hotel for the night. It was actually a good thing. We enjoyed a good night rest and then when we arrived at the airport in the morning we were greeted by about 25 young missionaries that were going home as well They had been serving in the Chili and Argentina missions. It was great to arrive at the SLC airport and be greeted by about a couple hundred family members of those missionaries. We felt special even though our family was not there. Our plan was that we were to arrive home at midnight and so we told them to stay home and we would see them in the morning.
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| Arriving in the SLC airport greeted by 200 hundred missionary welcomers (none of our family but that is ok) |
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| Happy to be Home! |
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| Can't believe it took this many bags to get us home. |
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Driveway art from our grandkids.
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| We were greeted by Isla jane showing us her chalk art. |
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| Casen was pretty shy. |
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| Big hugs for grandpa from Aubriella |
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| We finally get to meet our newest grandson, Theo, born July 10th |
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| Navy and Beckham happy to have a sleepover with Grandpa and Grandma |
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| Ellie was born while we were on our mission, April 6th |
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| Grandchildren hugs are the best, Aubriella and Ellie |
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| Hugs from Dax, Koda, Austin and Bradin |
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| Dallin with more grandchildren, Beckham, Navy, Emmett, Finn, Arkham and Gage. |
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| Welcome home with Dad and Mom and Kelly and Nan. |
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| Meeting Elder Seamons parents at our welcome home Sunday with Wendy and Bob Bagozzi (We served with Elder Seamons in Eger) |
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| Reunion with our wonderful Senior Missionaries, Bob and Wendy Bagozzi, Bob and Brenda Bailey, and The Gugells |
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| Just like 'old times' with Katelyn Naegle and Spencer Anderson |
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| Amazing siblings, Garr and Nancy, Brad and Pat, John and Kim, and Carol and Randy |
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| Hungarian Cake made by our wonderful daughter in law Jessica Marie |
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| Grandma Val with Aubriella, Bradin, Gage and Austin |
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| Showing off our Hungarian flag with grandson Dakota |
We are so grateful for these last 19 months. Although we dearly missed our families we would not trade this experience for anything. We have been so greatly blessed as we have served the Lord and shared his precious gospel with the people of Hungary.
