Letter from October 17th, 2015

Letter from October, 17, 2015

Dear Family, 

Hope all; of you had a good week.  Some dear hunting, wisdom teeth, and doing and having fun at so many places including swimming at Scotts.  Looked so fun.  Of course even some shopping with Aunt Alicia.  Thanks for all the pictures and texts.

We have had a different week with Zone Conference all Day on Friday.  There are 74 seniors here.  A lot of them live like we do - just a senior couple and two or four Elders or Sisters.  The conference was   good.  It was our Districts  :turn to be in charge.  We were the new guys so we just had to tp set up, clean up and bring two lazannas .  I made kims good one with spinach .  I cooked it in the oven at the church.  At 6:00 Friday morning I was going into the church to cook it.

We were glad to find the place to cut and color hair.  She is cute but of course it is not like   home.   Good also to get the washer fixed finally.a door latch problem but when you  w. ash two or three items in a load you do get behind in a week. 

   We have visited a lot of people this week.  We are trying to visit everyone on their Birthday and take a card and then visit in regions.  We are trying to help find out who has moved or died for the Ward records.  There are hardly any families that include a husband and wife.  Many children however.   When we visit one house they tell us about their sister, brother....that lives down the road that was baptized also.  So many less active that don't attend church.  Very sad.  So many were baptized when they were 8 and then sent to the Indian placement program.  They came back home and their parents weren't members so they didn't go to church and still don't. 

I think you all saw the pictures of us helping Sister Viente.  Maybe not but Shea and Taylor have them and can send them on.  Dad was on the roof cleaning out the chimneys with her homemade room.  She used cedar and a long pole and old nylons to wrap it all together.  She won't use a chimney sweep pole because she may scratch her chimney.  She is so cute.  We also ate dinner with her.  Delicious with home-made tortillas.  I ask her how she made them and got a grandma Fern answer.  A little of this and a little of that. 

We also visited 7 or so other families we hadn't visited before.  We went to the home of Marie Jaman.  Her 86 year old mom lives with her.  We were going back to help with her wood.   .She had hurt her arm and it was swollen.  We stopped back two days later to get a time to split wood and she had her arm in a sling.  She had broken it  right before we saw her the first time.  Shee said she hasn't been to church recently but she ask us to tell President Clawson and Sister Vicenti that she wouldn't be there on Sunday.  She said she had been making arrangements to come and her niece was going to sit with her mom.    We have had amazing visits with great people.  

So fun at Mutual l the girls were planning their Young Women in Excellence.  There were two girls there but they were as excited as 10 girls to show their projects they have been working on.  They want to go caroling in December just like Providence.  Fun. 

   Today we worked 7 hours on the skirt of our trailer so we won't get frozen pipes.  Sure missed Adam and Shea’s help on this one.  We still have a few hours left but we need bigger staples for the gun and we don't live by a store that has anything like that.    After we visited 3 homes.  One lady was having nothing to do with us coming by 

  to visit but she was honest about it for sure.    It is and has been raining so hard this evening.  Sent pictures because everything is just muddy  Water runs down the street and into a place that is low.  I have no idea where but people are outside sweeping water away from their front doors.    

 Just want to tell Hunter and Hayden and anyone preparing for a mission to read and study now.  Be willing to work reall hard .  Most of you already know all of this.  Today when we were working on our trailer Elder Blazzard was away on splits so Elder Taylor and another Elder were out here.  They were in their trailer, walked out and talked to us a minute and went back in.  Always be ready to help people out.  One thing for sure our family understands is good ole hard work.  I am glad.

We are doing real good.  Thanks for your texts, e mails, kids little pictures,, videos and many messages of love.  There is nothing in this world as important to us as our family.  We pray for all of you every day.  We talk about the fun things you share.  I am so glad you are staying close and doing things together.  It sure strengthens a family to have fun, help each out and laugh together.  We love our mission.  There is an amazing Spirit, lots of work to do which is good.  Monday we take the Elders and go to the Snowfake Temple.  I am  excited to go.  It is about 3 or so hours away.  Our entire mission is going to some Templle that day.  That is closest in our mission.  Well be safe and remember all of the blessings you have as members of this Church.  We are so lucky to be able to have the blessings of the Temple and the gospel in our lives.    Love all of you and will continue to pray for every family. 

Pictures of the water and rain!  Wow!  Looks Muddy!

A few other fun things ~ Grandma bought all the girls these cute bracelets in Zuni and shipped them home.  

Sister Dattage, Grandma to these kids has always worked hard to make holidays special.  She has understood the importance of tradition and used Holidays as a springboard to bond the family.  She put Jodi over "Grandma Duties" for holidays.  Jodi got the kids each a haloween blanket, from Grandma, for Haloween.  I am sure they will think of Grandma and Grandpa as they use them.