Our Life In Memphis

Some of you have asked what our life is like in Memphis. Here are a few pictures to give you a taste of our life.

We live in a little city about 15 miles outside of Memphis called Olive Branch. Our apartment complex is near freeway connections and railroad tracks. We hear trains all times of the day and night. Our little GPS phone lady gets all mixed up right here. 

Highway intersections and railroad tracks

She thinks she can ask us to merge onto one of these highways when we are two streets under it. Don't get me wrong. I'm grateful to her and she gets it right most of the time, except right here.

They timed the train just right, but not the car!

We have wonderful young Elders that live in our building. They bless our lives and keep us young. They have such a great zest for life. Here is a crazy P Day activity.

Memphis is called "The Belt Buckle of The Bible Belt." There are hundreds of churches in the area. They offer many different services—from entertainment of all kinds, to prayers of convenience at any time.

There is wealth and poverty here. Lush growth and stark deficiency. This is a nice house, but the better ones are gated off with large plantation-like lawns.

This is an abandoned project. I've since found much worse, but haven't had time to take pictures of them. You can see all the windows have been knocked out, but someone has trimmed the bushes. Go figure!

Here I am with two of my favorite people. I do love these kids. This little boy is so cute. Today at church he conned me out of a package of tic tacs, and four pieces of gum. He also got some candy from the Bishop. It's the twinkle in his eye that gets me every time.

We love the area and the people. We are having a great time. Lots of love to all of you.