Letters to my Children

Hello my dear! I hope you had a wonderful week. Sorry I didn’t get to talk to you for long last week. It sounds like every week is an adventure, and you are having a great time with your new responsibilities. It sounds kind of fun to be able to travel to different areas of the mission and spend the day with different missionaries. And it’s exciting to see some of your contacts really accept the gospel and make changes in their lives. I love that Felicia is so eager to share the Book of Mormon. I just found out one of my friends has a nephew who came home from Boston (Chinese speaking) last fall. I’ve got to ask her the name, but I’m sure you knew him. I’m glad you got to go see the Boston marathon. I’m sure that was a fun day. This is what we’ve been up to: 1. On Monday and Tuesday I got to go to a conference with Aunt Tiffany. Dad was invited by some contacts of his, but he didn’t want to take the time off work, so he gave me the ticket and I invited Tiff to come along with me and we ...

Hello my dear! I enjoyed reading your recent emails. It’s been a busy few weeks. I’m sorry I missed the last couple of weeks of writing. I find that if we are busy on Sunday it’s a lot harder for me to sit down and write during the week. It sounds like you had a really fantastic easter weekend. I'm so glad! People ask all the time how you are doing and I tell them you are working hard and loving it! It’s really great to watch your service and growth.  This is what we’ve been up to: 1. We had a great spring break. We went down to St. George with the Rawson family and rented a big house that had a swim park in the neighborhood.  I was desperate for some sun and springlike weather, but it was super cold most of the time. That didn’t stop the kids from swimming though. No way I was getting that water. I could barely stand to sit and watch on the side with my parka and blanket! Jimmy and Blake occupied the hot tub at the house for most of the time we stayed there, while the kids en...