Dear Family and Friends,
First, we hope you had a wonderful July 4th and took time to ponder on the great blessings of freedom we enjoy in this land and also recognize the sacrifices of those who have and do fight to preserve these freedoms and also recognize those who gave their lives to secure and maintain the freedoms we have. We are so grateful for the founding fathers of this nation and republic and gratefully acknowledge the hand of God in sending these great patriots to live on the earth at the right time to establish this land of liberty. We also gratefully recognize that the Lord inspired the writing of the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution and the laws that enabled the restoration of the gospel to take place. Through the Lord’s hand and influence we are blessed to have the fullness of the gospel available to us which makes it possible to have faith, repent as needed, be baptized, and have the gift of the Holy Ghost to help us do what is required to return to the presence of Heavenly Father and the Savior. We are also grateful for our faithful ancestors who accepted the gospel and moved to Utah so we could have the privilege of being born and raised there by faithful and good parents. We express our love to all of our families and friends; we consider ourselves very blessed to have associations with each of you.
We had the chance Last Sunday evening to go with Elder Morrison and Elder Swaner to visit an investigator by the name of Jack. The Elders had previously met with him and taught him the first lesson and gave him a Book of Mormon and invited him to read it and attend church. Jack’s wife died a year ago and he is thinking about what happens after death. He has a background in science and wants to see physical proof of life after death. We mostly listened to what the Elders taught; but we did share some thoughts and our testimony of Heavenly Father’s eternal plan and having faith in Christ. At the end of our meeting with Jack, Elder Morrison invited him to pray, which he did, and the Spirit was there; I think Jack felt it. The Elders have been teaching a young man named Zach; and a young lady, Monica, in the ward has also been teaching him and answering some of his questions. Zach accepted the invitation from the Elders to be baptized in a week or two; I do not know the date that was set. When members help with the teaching it is a great help.
We have spent some of our study time this week reading and studying the Grandin Building Historic Site Manual to learn what we need to know to serve at the site this next week. We have learned a lot about the Grandin Building and the events that took place there and the history of the publishing and binding of the Book of Mormon. We hope to have the help of the Spirit to answer questions visitors will ask us. Most of the rest of this past week we spent helping with the needs of the missionary apartments.
We just learned from President Christianson today that next Sunday evening Elder Claudio R. M. Costa of the Presidency of the 70 will be here to see the Pageant and has requested the mission President to invite all the missionaries to a fireside this coming Sunday evening, including senior missionaries. We look forward to hearing from him and being taught.
We were very pleased to learn of the birth of another great granddaughter on Tuesday. Mckinzi gave birth to Kamri, she weighed 7 lbs. 15 oz. and was 20 inches; both mother and child are doing well. She is a very pretty young lady. In visiting with Todd we learned Chandler, who graduated from High School in May, has moved in to an apartment with a friend in Elko NV, while he attends a diesel mechanic school for which he has a scholarship to pay for expenses. The scholarship is given by one of the gold mines in Nevada and they promise him a job when he graduates. We are sure he will do well and learn a lot while living away from home. Chris and Brandon have both been away from home fighting forest fires. Chris has been to two fires; one on the Arizona and New Mexico border; and the second one is in New Mexico, where is today. Brandon is on a fire in North Carolina, and may be home this week. We hope and pray they are kept safe and return home safely. We continue to pray for Kendra and her sister Rhonda. We hope Rhonda will be blessed and comforted and able to endure the radiation and chemotherapy. We also hope Kendra continues to be alright and not need major care. We also hope Bryce’s broken finger can be pinned back together straight and not have any future problems with it. We are glad Bailey recovered from her health problems. We hope Travis will continue to heal and recover fully from his surgery without problems. We look forward to hearing a report on the wedding of Austin and Josie on the 15th. We pray for all of you and hope everything goes well for everyone.
We love you all and gratefully appreciate your prayers for us and all the other things you do for us.
Love,
Mom & Dad, Grandma & Grandpa, Maxine & Richard
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