The Clayton's Mission Adventures

The Cream Bun Bakery people are back from Holiday and the Bakery is open for business doing what it does best!!!  We may or may not have had cream buns 5 times this week. Life can not get much better than this. We have had a very quiet, catch up week. NO accidents, NO phones lost in the ocean because the tide came in and took them out to sea while the district was hiking, NO lost gas cards or living expense cards, NO floods in apartments, NO hospital visits. Supplies arrived on time. The only thing that I did that may cause some real problems down the road was type a baptismal record wrong and when I went to go back to correct my error, I pushed SUBMIT instead of CORRECT and sent it to Salt Lake. The guy's name was Bycroft. I typed his name as BYUcroft. I don't know what I was thinking and why I did that! Poor guy if he ever needs to find his records...(Scarey to think that I'm all they've got at the front desk.) There are ways to make this right and I will.  ...

Mount Maunganui Beach. (Thanks for the photo bomb Elder Folland) We have had a great couple of weeks. New Zealand has the right idea. Close your business for 3 weeks and go on holiday with your family. We work too hard in America. I received a New Zealand calendar for Christmas from a friend. There are many holidays I just have to smile about. My favorite so far has been "2 January." Here's a picture of a small portion of  the holidays in January: The day after New Years day--2 January--is a holiday because it's the--Day after New Year's Day--of course! I love it! It makes total sense to me.                                   The bad news is our favorite cream bun bakery has been closed since Mid December, mail delivery is sketchy , and most stores are closed. The good news is the other office couple, The Follands from Bountiful, UT, and us decided to take a day trip. The bad...