Two and a half minute walk to the office.

This is the entrance to the Mission Office where Elder Merrell and I work each day. It is a short walk from our home to the office.

This is the view as we leave our apartment. We walk down this sidewalk... following it as it turns to the left. Elder Merrell generally makes a quick detour to the garbage cans each morning. (If we don't get rid of the garbage immediately, then we can expect ants.)

Once we leave the sidewalk, we take a right onto the main road. The main road passes by this other road to our right, which gives us this view every single day! What a treat. The temple is literally in our own front yard!

As we continue down the road, you can see the entrance to the Mission compound. There is a 24-hour guard stationed here, year round.

We have made friends with several of the guards. Elder Merrell has his favorites and I have mine. A couple of them are in our ward. And, there is at least one non-member and one less-active that Elder Merrell is working with. He has a great rapport with the guards! We sneek them treats. We are learning who you need to have as friends. We better do a future post on them, I guess.

After visiting with the guards, we walk down this outside entrance which leads to the main doors of the Mission Offices.

Once inside, we turn past the courtyard. Then just a few more steps to our office.

And here we are! I am at my desk and Elder Merrell is at his. The Assistants to the President are also in our office. Elder Larson and Elder Moala. We love them. We are so blessed to be able to walk to work and to rub shoulders with the finest people on earth...all day long!