The Hills are Alive...with the Sound of Aging Missionary Couples
Leesa and I had been anticipating this opportunity for weeks, ever since exchanging emails with an Elder in the mission office before we'd left home. David Tew (along with his wife Judy) had been a huge help to us in getting prepared. I had spoken with David over the phone (working around a 9-hour time difference) when I asked him to be on the lookout for a package from Seidensticker Shirts. Back in the 70s, Seidensticker shirts were much coveted by the Elders. They're an expensive shirt, but the collars stay sharp and clean, the material crisp, and they wear like iron. I'd ordered a number of them, to be delivered to the office, and David said he'd keep an eye peeled. We got to talking about other subjects, and he advised us to get a Charles Schwab checking account. You can use a Schwab debit card all over the world, and they handle currency exchange rates and eliminate international ATM and purchase fees. Now, I don't want t...