You will probably recognize most of the characters in this picture. Far left is Elder Richard G. Scott from the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles. Far right is Elder Ronald J. Hammond, an area authority seventy.
Have you ever played the game "one of these things doesn't belong with the other?" I think I look out of place for maybe more than one reason! At my right side is 1st councilor Ross Belnap and on my left side is Todd Payne, 2nd Councilor. Mark Evans is the Stake Exec. Sec. and Kevin Smith is the Clerk.
This picture will provide the documentation for all those who said
"It will be a "cold day" in Pocatello Idaho if Ken Bernt is
I KIND OF LOOK LIKE A GRAMMY, BUT THIS IS MORE OF HER ROOM.
TADA! THIS IS FOR GRANDMA BERNT-CLOTHES AND ALL! 23 DAYS LEFT ON THIS WONDERFUL JOURNEY!
AUNTIE REF AND AUNTIE RUFUS:
YOU FINALLY GOT WHAT YOUR HEARTS DESIRED SO BADLY FOR THE LAST 9 MONTHS. HERE IT IS NAKED AND ALL WITH THE LOVELY STRETCH MARKS. ENJOY THIS BECAUSE YOU WON'T SEE IT AGAIN! AM I PROUD TO BE A MOM-YES!!
SORRY GRUMPY AND GRANDMA BERNT, DON'T LOOK DOWN ON ME FOR POSING NUDE!
This is Renae shopping for dishes in the "Grand Bazaar"
Entrance to Grand Bazaar
A view of "The Blue Mosque" across the harbor in Istanbul.
Inside the "Blue Mosque".
At the gate to the "Sultan's Palace" in Istanbul. In the museum here you can see the skull of John the Baptist.
Renae was scared to death when she looked at this map and saw where we were in proximity to Iran, Iraq, Syria, Saudi Arabia, and Egypt. "a little too close for me".
Eating lunch on the Island of MYKONOS. Notice the beautiful flowers overhead.
A back street where Renae shopped in Mykonos.
A view across the harbor in Mykonos.
Vendors outside ruins in Ephesis. No, I didn't buy one of these "Genuine fake Watches".-Pedro
This is the outdoor theater where Paul preached in Ephesis (3 hrs/day for 2 years). Most of the region was converted to Christianity. Paul visited here often and sent epistiles to the Ephesians.
This was the Library in Ephesis. I would have been the cultural center for Western Macadonia.
This was an inscription of "The Godess NIKE". If this would have been done today it would be a likeness of Michael Jordan.
A view across the island of Santorini.
The latrines next to the ampitheater in Ephesis. "The pause that refreshes".
Renae at lunch in Mykonos. We both grew to love the classic Greek Salad which is quartered tomatos, sliced onions, sliced green pepers, olives and Feta cheese, sprinkled with e.v.o.o. and a litle vinegar.
We are a family that likes:
to talk about business at the dinner table, any type of competative event where there is a WINNER and a LOSER, being socially unacceptable, March Madness, Wingers Restaurant, The Church, spoiling grand daughters and nieces, spending good quality time with each other, and laughing until we wet ourselves...