We left the MTC on Friday, November 16 a little before 11:00 a.m. Right before doing so, we got a picture with our district. The 14 of us spent the most time together in training.

These are all wonderful people who are sacrificing to serve the Lord. We learned that many have challenges that might, to some, make it counter-intuitive to serve at this time. Yet, here they are.

Kevin, McKenzi and Owen came to pick us up at the MTC. Seth joined us at the airport.

We sincerely appreciate their taking time from their busy schedules to give us a nice send-off. Can you imagine leaving this cute grandson for 23 months, along with his 20 Lunt cousins? That is the hardest part. (Give me a minute to cry.)

We flew to Dallas and then to Santiago. That flight took us through the night. We stood in long lines at Santiago to get through immigration and customs. All went well however, and here we are arriving in Concepcion.

Here are the people who came to welcome us.

They include the mission president and his wife, 3 office couples and the assistants. We certainly appreciate how they have made us feel welcome. As part of the welcome, they had a nice lunch for us at the mission office - a former chapel converted into offices for ours and the Concepcion mission.

The mission president and his wife drove us the 3.5 hours to where we will live. It is spring time here and there was lush greenery the whole way.  (Pictures of that will be taken Friday.)

Here we are with the couple we are replacing. (Sorry about the bad lighting.) This was taken in the living room of the apartment we now occupy.

They are the Hatches and they are from North Carolina. They have been VERY helpful to us and we sincerely appreciate it.

Here is the view out of the back "porch" of our fifth floor apartment.

I think I am going to like it here.