Bob and Cynthia Hendershot finish the VC "mission"

Bob and Cynthia Hendershot, our dear friends from Escondido (now Highland, Utah) finished their four-week mission covering for us at the VC and doing double-duty by helping at the Open House every day.  Their mission at Temple Square prepared them for helping us out and they were absolutely wonderful.  Everyone at the VC instantly fell in love with them.  They accepted the invitation to come without hesitation, even though their new home was still under construction and the final inspection would not be scheduled until their last days in Hawaii.  They attended our Monday morning training meeting and the sisters sang Aloha Oe to them in parting.  In the second picture the sisters are holding up a "Temple Handkerchief" that Sister Brown's mother had made and sent as a gift to all the missionaries, for use during the Dedication next Sunday.