2 new doctors and 4 new friends!

Dr. William Halls and his wife Helen They are the new missionary couple called to serve here at the CTM We learned that they lived in Grants New Mexico and were neighbors and good friends with my sister Nancy and her husband Paul Taylor. They have quite the story to tell. He was a chemist working for Philips and hated his job. One of his co-workers said why don't we apply for medical school. So they did. At 28 most of the schools told him he was too old and wouldn't even look at his application. He finally got excepted into medical school, think it in Colorado. He said the dean of admissions didn't even look at his application either but they found that they had some mutual friends in Monticello Utah where he had grown and she told him he was in. They had five children at the time and made the sacrifices necessary to reach their goal. We enjoy them immensely

Dr Doug Wilson and his wife Sally are from Tacoma Washington. They stayed with us here at the MTC while he regained his strength back from open heart surgery and until the Halls arrived. In just a short time we grew to love them and miss them now that they have moved over to the area office. He will serve the missionaries out in the field. We still get to be with them on Sunday because Dr. Wilson was called to serve in one of the Branch Presidencies here at the MTC. He too has quite the story to tell. He stuttered terribly and knew he would never be able to be a doctor even though that was his dream. He was called to serve a mission in Samoa and as he learned to speak Samoan and sacrificed his all for the work among this people the Lord blessed him with the gift of tongues and never stuttered again.