Dear Sister Israelsen,
Well, what a week. Its sounds like you are having a bit of success!! I have been praying for you and more importantly for your investigators to follow the Spirit. It is hard, this whole "agency thing". Each person needs to feel the spirit and then decide if they can change. Did the Spirit strike them hard enough to make that change? Even after they make that change they still have to have that desire to follow it constantly. Many of them stumble and fall but, who knows, years down the road another missionary (full time or in the ward) will gather them up again. All of us are children of our Heavenly Father and every one is important. No matter how many times they may fall. I think that we are very blest to have both grown up in a family that is active and in many ways knows the lifestyle and accepts it into our hearts. We have a very strong heritage and we should thank our fore fathers over and over again for their faithfulness and testimony. You know, Agency is a double edge sword...People can choose to not follow Christ and they can choose to follow Christ. How much sweeter is it to know that when someone follows Christ on their own accord! They choose exaltation! What a wonderful thing. Okay, this week started out horrible! I have been very busy and so has your mother. All of the sudden the refrigerator broke!! I called the repair guy and he told me that it couldn't be fixed. IT WAS DEAD! So I had to take time out of work to find a replacement frig. Well, that old frig is old enough and expensive enough that I was not going to replace it with a similar frig. The replacement of that frig is about $7000! What! 7 grand! no way was I going to spend that much. So I went to Lowes and bought a new frig for a lot less (still a very nice frig). Then the guys came to deliver the new frig and the movers said they couldnt move our old frig because it was to big and it was built into the cabinet. Boy was I mad! so I called the delivery manager and the next day he had 3 guys over here to move out the old frig. Good thing he had 3 because that old frig was very, very heavy. All the time that I was trying to get this done, I was trying to get work done so I could go camping on Thursday. what a pain. So... I finally got all that done and went camping with Bro. Ellis, Bro. Mussack, and Eugene Mosher (he flew in from Kansas). We went to Rocky Mountain national park. The moment that we got there we hiked about 3.5 miles to Mills Lake. So that they could fish. I dont like fishing so I just read a book and hiked further around the lake. Then we hiked out another 3.5 miles and went to our campsite to cook dinner in the dark. The next day I got up and did it all over again! I loved it. It is so beautiful and peaceful. I think we should go next summer when you are back. What do you think? At night the Elk were bugling, it was music to my ears. Maybe I am just getting older but I like just sitting and listening to the peaceful outdoors. My BoM reading has been taken hostage! I started reading with a goal of studying "Charity" but I find myself preparing for my lessons in seminary and I forget about it. I will do better this week. Currently I am reading in Alma. I want to read through the BoM by the end of the year, and I am reading in Nephi where I am currently teaching from Seminary. Where I am reading for seminary i am studying more in depth to try to help the youth understand the doctrine and principle of the gosple. I only get through about 3 or 4 chapter a week for this. I outline my whole lesson on sunday and then study every night about the next days lesson. I feel like I am reading the BoM 3 times all at once. Craziness, but I am learning so much! I love teaching the BoM. I love you and I am praying for your continued success!! Do Your BEST! Dad
Hello!
Right now I am multitasking and listening to Jake on a conference call with Dad. He went skeet shooting and is having fun at USU! He doesn't have a stove in his apartment so I sent him an old microwave omelet maker and he made that today for lunch.
I had Primary music today and am checking the shape of their songs for the program. We also practiced playing the bells for I am a Child of God. I'm not sure how to choose the kids who will play the bells.
We were at the Dischner's last night for dinner with the Potters and Campbells and they asked about you. Also, a friend that I went to college with has a son who just got his call to your mission. We sent them your blog link. Watch for Elder Nye in December.
How are your companions? You talk a little about them but don't tell us how you are getting along. Are you mostly feeding yourselves? It only sounds like you have a dinner appointment once or twice a week.
Sister Lundgren said that her primary class wrote to you and they mailed their letters and she wonders if you received them. I told her that it takes a long time for you to get mail from the mission home. Did you get the packages from Land's End? We can't believe you are going to turn 22. How can that be?
Your Dad went camping and hiking with Cory, Eugene Mosher and Rob. They went fishing but Dad didn't go fishing since the last time he went fishing the only thing he caught was his ear. He had a fun time!
Our fridge went out this week and you can't replace the in the cabinet fridges for less than $7000 so we decided to take it out and put in a stand alone fridge. It has been quite the process and I hate having the expense and the trouble of it. Your Dad tried so hard to make sure that it was taken care of before he left. We mudjacked the basement and the garage and the floors are all even but now we have to have someone come and re-stretch and lay the carpet.
School is crazy busy and I can't seem to keep up with all of it. I have a team of kids who are going to do Super School News downtown at PBS and broadcast it on PBS. We go down for that this week. Christina and I watched 50+ videos from kids at our school and had to choose two girls for the anchors. The girls blew the boys out of the water and we just couldn't bring ourselves to choose a boy over the girls. Anyway, it will be interesting. We are also celebrating Constitution Day on September 17! We are having the scouts bring the flags again and we got a portrait of George Washington from Mount Vernon awarded to our school. So, we are studying about George all day. It should be fun.
Church was interesting today, Sis Clark gave a great talk about the importance of having children and why it is still a commandment. The Richin's talked about their experience at the last 3 Treks and when they told about the year all the kids went home because of the heat, I thought of you. Primary Music is a work out and I am trying to like it better but it is clearly not my strength. I am good at the management side of it but just can't sing. Wish you were here!
I sent you pictures of our tomato canning adventure for Labor Day - they are very expensive but Rachel couldn't take life without macaroni and tomatoes anymore.
Take Care!
We Love you!
Right now I am multitasking and listening to Jake on a conference call with Dad. He went skeet shooting and is having fun at USU! He doesn't have a stove in his apartment so I sent him an old microwave omelet maker and he made that today for lunch.
I had Primary music today and am checking the shape of their songs for the program. We also practiced playing the bells for I am a Child of God. I'm not sure how to choose the kids who will play the bells.
We were at the Dischner's last night for dinner with the Potters and Campbells and they asked about you. Also, a friend that I went to college with has a son who just got his call to your mission. We sent them your blog link. Watch for Elder Nye in December.
How are your companions? You talk a little about them but don't tell us how you are getting along. Are you mostly feeding yourselves? It only sounds like you have a dinner appointment once or twice a week.
Sister Lundgren said that her primary class wrote to you and they mailed their letters and she wonders if you received them. I told her that it takes a long time for you to get mail from the mission home. Did you get the packages from Land's End? We can't believe you are going to turn 22. How can that be?
Your Dad went camping and hiking with Cory, Eugene Mosher and Rob. They went fishing but Dad didn't go fishing since the last time he went fishing the only thing he caught was his ear. He had a fun time!
Our fridge went out this week and you can't replace the in the cabinet fridges for less than $7000 so we decided to take it out and put in a stand alone fridge. It has been quite the process and I hate having the expense and the trouble of it. Your Dad tried so hard to make sure that it was taken care of before he left. We mudjacked the basement and the garage and the floors are all even but now we have to have someone come and re-stretch and lay the carpet.
School is crazy busy and I can't seem to keep up with all of it. I have a team of kids who are going to do Super School News downtown at PBS and broadcast it on PBS. We go down for that this week. Christina and I watched 50+ videos from kids at our school and had to choose two girls for the anchors. The girls blew the boys out of the water and we just couldn't bring ourselves to choose a boy over the girls. Anyway, it will be interesting. We are also celebrating Constitution Day on September 17! We are having the scouts bring the flags again and we got a portrait of George Washington from Mount Vernon awarded to our school. So, we are studying about George all day. It should be fun.
Church was interesting today, Sis Clark gave a great talk about the importance of having children and why it is still a commandment. The Richin's talked about their experience at the last 3 Treks and when they told about the year all the kids went home because of the heat, I thought of you. Primary Music is a work out and I am trying to like it better but it is clearly not my strength. I am good at the management side of it but just can't sing. Wish you were here!
I sent you pictures of our tomato canning adventure for Labor Day - they are very expensive but Rachel couldn't take life without macaroni and tomatoes anymore.
Take Care!
We Love you!
I had Primary music today and am checking the shape of their songs for the program. We also practiced playing the bells for I am a Child of God. I'm not sure how to choose the kids who will play the bells.
We were at the Dischner's last night for dinner with the Potters and Campbells and they asked about you. Also, a friend that I went to college with has a son who just got his call to your mission. We sent them your blog link. Watch for Elder Nye in December.
How are your companions? You talk a little about them but don't tell us how you are getting along. Are you mostly feeding yourselves? It only sounds like you have a dinner appointment once or twice a week.
Sister Lundgren said that her primary class wrote to you and they mailed their letters and she wonders if you received them. I told her that it takes a long time for you to get mail from the mission home. Did you get the packages from Land's End? We can't believe you are going to turn 22. How can that be?
Your Dad went camping and hiking with Cory, Eugene Mosher and Rob. They went fishing but Dad didn't go fishing since the last time he went fishing the only thing he caught was his ear. He had a fun time!
Our fridge went out this week and you can't replace the in the cabinet fridges for less than $7000 so we decided to take it out and put in a stand alone fridge. It has been quite the process and I hate having the expense and the trouble of it. Your Dad tried so hard to make sure that it was taken care of before he left. We mudjacked the basement and the garage and the floors are all even but now we have to have someone come and re-stretch and lay the carpet.
School is crazy busy and I can't seem to keep up with all of it. I have a team of kids who are going to do Super School News downtown at PBS and broadcast it on PBS. We go down for that this week. Christina and I watched 50+ videos from kids at our school and had to choose two girls for the anchors. The girls blew the boys out of the water and we just couldn't bring ourselves to choose a boy over the girls. Anyway, it will be interesting. We are also celebrating Constitution Day on September 17! We are having the scouts bring the flags again and we got a portrait of George Washington from Mount Vernon awarded to our school. So, we are studying about George all day. It should be fun.
Church was interesting today, Sis Clark gave a great talk about the importance of having children and why it is still a commandment. The Richin's talked about their experience at the last 3 Treks and when they told about the year all the kids went home because of the heat, I thought of you. Primary Music is a work out and I am trying to like it better but it is clearly not my strength. I am good at the management side of it but just can't sing. Wish you were here!
I sent you pictures of our tomato canning adventure for Labor Day - they are very expensive but Rachel couldn't take life without macaroni and tomatoes anymore.
Take Care!
We Love you!
We were at the Dischner's last night for dinner with the Potters and Campbells and they asked about you. Also, a friend that I went to college with has a son who just got his call to your mission. We sent them your blog link. Watch for Elder Nye in December.
How are your companions? You talk a little about them but don't tell us how you are getting along. Are you mostly feeding yourselves? It only sounds like you have a dinner appointment once or twice a week.
Sister Lundgren said that her primary class wrote to you and they mailed their letters and she wonders if you received them. I told her that it takes a long time for you to get mail from the mission home. Did you get the packages from Land's End? We can't believe you are going to turn 22. How can that be?
Your Dad went camping and hiking with Cory, Eugene Mosher and Rob. They went fishing but Dad didn't go fishing since the last time he went fishing the only thing he caught was his ear. He had a fun time!
Our fridge went out this week and you can't replace the in the cabinet fridges for less than $7000 so we decided to take it out and put in a stand alone fridge. It has been quite the process and I hate having the expense and the trouble of it. Your Dad tried so hard to make sure that it was taken care of before he left. We mudjacked the basement and the garage and the floors are all even but now we have to have someone come and re-stretch and lay the carpet.
School is crazy busy and I can't seem to keep up with all of it. I have a team of kids who are going to do Super School News downtown at PBS and broadcast it on PBS. We go down for that this week. Christina and I watched 50+ videos from kids at our school and had to choose two girls for the anchors. The girls blew the boys out of the water and we just couldn't bring ourselves to choose a boy over the girls. Anyway, it will be interesting. We are also celebrating Constitution Day on September 17! We are having the scouts bring the flags again and we got a portrait of George Washington from Mount Vernon awarded to our school. So, we are studying about George all day. It should be fun.
Church was interesting today, Sis Clark gave a great talk about the importance of having children and why it is still a commandment. The Richin's talked about their experience at the last 3 Treks and when they told about the year all the kids went home because of the heat, I thought of you. Primary Music is a work out and I am trying to like it better but it is clearly not my strength. I am good at the management side of it but just can't sing. Wish you were here!
I sent you pictures of our tomato canning adventure for Labor Day - they are very expensive but Rachel couldn't take life without macaroni and tomatoes anymore.
Take Care!
We Love you!
How are your companions? You talk a little about them but don't tell us how you are getting along. Are you mostly feeding yourselves? It only sounds like you have a dinner appointment once or twice a week.
Sister Lundgren said that her primary class wrote to you and they mailed their letters and she wonders if you received them. I told her that it takes a long time for you to get mail from the mission home. Did you get the packages from Land's End? We can't believe you are going to turn 22. How can that be?
Your Dad went camping and hiking with Cory, Eugene Mosher and Rob. They went fishing but Dad didn't go fishing since the last time he went fishing the only thing he caught was his ear. He had a fun time!
Our fridge went out this week and you can't replace the in the cabinet fridges for less than $7000 so we decided to take it out and put in a stand alone fridge. It has been quite the process and I hate having the expense and the trouble of it. Your Dad tried so hard to make sure that it was taken care of before he left. We mudjacked the basement and the garage and the floors are all even but now we have to have someone come and re-stretch and lay the carpet.
School is crazy busy and I can't seem to keep up with all of it. I have a team of kids who are going to do Super School News downtown at PBS and broadcast it on PBS. We go down for that this week. Christina and I watched 50+ videos from kids at our school and had to choose two girls for the anchors. The girls blew the boys out of the water and we just couldn't bring ourselves to choose a boy over the girls. Anyway, it will be interesting. We are also celebrating Constitution Day on September 17! We are having the scouts bring the flags again and we got a portrait of George Washington from Mount Vernon awarded to our school. So, we are studying about George all day. It should be fun.
Church was interesting today, Sis Clark gave a great talk about the importance of having children and why it is still a commandment. The Richin's talked about their experience at the last 3 Treks and when they told about the year all the kids went home because of the heat, I thought of you. Primary Music is a work out and I am trying to like it better but it is clearly not my strength. I am good at the management side of it but just can't sing. Wish you were here!
I sent you pictures of our tomato canning adventure for Labor Day - they are very expensive but Rachel couldn't take life without macaroni and tomatoes anymore.
Take Care!
We Love you!
Sister Lundgren said that her primary class wrote to you and they mailed their letters and she wonders if you received them. I told her that it takes a long time for you to get mail from the mission home. Did you get the packages from Land's End? We can't believe you are going to turn 22. How can that be?
Your Dad went camping and hiking with Cory, Eugene Mosher and Rob. They went fishing but Dad didn't go fishing since the last time he went fishing the only thing he caught was his ear. He had a fun time!
Our fridge went out this week and you can't replace the in the cabinet fridges for less than $7000 so we decided to take it out and put in a stand alone fridge. It has been quite the process and I hate having the expense and the trouble of it. Your Dad tried so hard to make sure that it was taken care of before he left. We mudjacked the basement and the garage and the floors are all even but now we have to have someone come and re-stretch and lay the carpet.
School is crazy busy and I can't seem to keep up with all of it. I have a team of kids who are going to do Super School News downtown at PBS and broadcast it on PBS. We go down for that this week. Christina and I watched 50+ videos from kids at our school and had to choose two girls for the anchors. The girls blew the boys out of the water and we just couldn't bring ourselves to choose a boy over the girls. Anyway, it will be interesting. We are also celebrating Constitution Day on September 17! We are having the scouts bring the flags again and we got a portrait of George Washington from Mount Vernon awarded to our school. So, we are studying about George all day. It should be fun.
Church was interesting today, Sis Clark gave a great talk about the importance of having children and why it is still a commandment. The Richin's talked about their experience at the last 3 Treks and when they told about the year all the kids went home because of the heat, I thought of you. Primary Music is a work out and I am trying to like it better but it is clearly not my strength. I am good at the management side of it but just can't sing. Wish you were here!
I sent you pictures of our tomato canning adventure for Labor Day - they are very expensive but Rachel couldn't take life without macaroni and tomatoes anymore.
Take Care!
We Love you!
Your Dad went camping and hiking with Cory, Eugene Mosher and Rob. They went fishing but Dad didn't go fishing since the last time he went fishing the only thing he caught was his ear. He had a fun time!
Our fridge went out this week and you can't replace the in the cabinet fridges for less than $7000 so we decided to take it out and put in a stand alone fridge. It has been quite the process and I hate having the expense and the trouble of it. Your Dad tried so hard to make sure that it was taken care of before he left. We mudjacked the basement and the garage and the floors are all even but now we have to have someone come and re-stretch and lay the carpet.
School is crazy busy and I can't seem to keep up with all of it. I have a team of kids who are going to do Super School News downtown at PBS and broadcast it on PBS. We go down for that this week. Christina and I watched 50+ videos from kids at our school and had to choose two girls for the anchors. The girls blew the boys out of the water and we just couldn't bring ourselves to choose a boy over the girls. Anyway, it will be interesting. We are also celebrating Constitution Day on September 17! We are having the scouts bring the flags again and we got a portrait of George Washington from Mount Vernon awarded to our school. So, we are studying about George all day. It should be fun.
Church was interesting today, Sis Clark gave a great talk about the importance of having children and why it is still a commandment. The Richin's talked about their experience at the last 3 Treks and when they told about the year all the kids went home because of the heat, I thought of you. Primary Music is a work out and I am trying to like it better but it is clearly not my strength. I am good at the management side of it but just can't sing. Wish you were here!
I sent you pictures of our tomato canning adventure for Labor Day - they are very expensive but Rachel couldn't take life without macaroni and tomatoes anymore.
Take Care!
We Love you!
Our fridge went out this week and you can't replace the in the cabinet fridges for less than $7000 so we decided to take it out and put in a stand alone fridge. It has been quite the process and I hate having the expense and the trouble of it. Your Dad tried so hard to make sure that it was taken care of before he left. We mudjacked the basement and the garage and the floors are all even but now we have to have someone come and re-stretch and lay the carpet.
School is crazy busy and I can't seem to keep up with all of it. I have a team of kids who are going to do Super School News downtown at PBS and broadcast it on PBS. We go down for that this week. Christina and I watched 50+ videos from kids at our school and had to choose two girls for the anchors. The girls blew the boys out of the water and we just couldn't bring ourselves to choose a boy over the girls. Anyway, it will be interesting. We are also celebrating Constitution Day on September 17! We are having the scouts bring the flags again and we got a portrait of George Washington from Mount Vernon awarded to our school. So, we are studying about George all day. It should be fun.
Church was interesting today, Sis Clark gave a great talk about the importance of having children and why it is still a commandment. The Richin's talked about their experience at the last 3 Treks and when they told about the year all the kids went home because of the heat, I thought of you. Primary Music is a work out and I am trying to like it better but it is clearly not my strength. I am good at the management side of it but just can't sing. Wish you were here!
I sent you pictures of our tomato canning adventure for Labor Day - they are very expensive but Rachel couldn't take life without macaroni and tomatoes anymore.
Take Care!
We Love you!
School is crazy busy and I can't seem to keep up with all of it. I have a team of kids who are going to do Super School News downtown at PBS and broadcast it on PBS. We go down for that this week. Christina and I watched 50+ videos from kids at our school and had to choose two girls for the anchors. The girls blew the boys out of the water and we just couldn't bring ourselves to choose a boy over the girls. Anyway, it will be interesting. We are also celebrating Constitution Day on September 17! We are having the scouts bring the flags again and we got a portrait of George Washington from Mount Vernon awarded to our school. So, we are studying about George all day. It should be fun.
Church was interesting today, Sis Clark gave a great talk about the importance of having children and why it is still a commandment. The Richin's talked about their experience at the last 3 Treks and when they told about the year all the kids went home because of the heat, I thought of you. Primary Music is a work out and I am trying to like it better but it is clearly not my strength. I am good at the management side of it but just can't sing. Wish you were here!
I sent you pictures of our tomato canning adventure for Labor Day - they are very expensive but Rachel couldn't take life without macaroni and tomatoes anymore.
Take Care!
We Love you!
Church was interesting today, Sis Clark gave a great talk about the importance of having children and why it is still a commandment. The Richin's talked about their experience at the last 3 Treks and when they told about the year all the kids went home because of the heat, I thought of you. Primary Music is a work out and I am trying to like it better but it is clearly not my strength. I am good at the management side of it but just can't sing. Wish you were here!
I sent you pictures of our tomato canning adventure for Labor Day - they are very expensive but Rachel couldn't take life without macaroni and tomatoes anymore.
Take Care!
We Love you!
I sent you pictures of our tomato canning adventure for Labor Day - they are very expensive but Rachel couldn't take life without macaroni and tomatoes anymore.
Take Care!
We Love you!
Take Care!
We Love you!
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