Update

Sorry we have not written, I could not get a connection. Our iPad got stuck on power on our trip and we just went to the AT&T store and got a new chip put in and it is working good now.

We got hear at 6:30 Tuesday night and could not find our street so we stoped at a chicken place and got dinner and talked to them and the gave us some idea where to go. We found our apartment and I was so disappointed. It is old and dirty. The walls in the kitchen and bathrooms the worst.

Second day of travel

Well we are on the road again it is 7:05 am. We are done with breakfast and back in the car. We got to sleep last night and Dad's cell phone rang it was a recording saying that our debit card was on hold so to dial 1 and they would fix the problem. I just hung up. Then a few hours later my cell phone rang and I let it ring and then checked to see if I knew the number their was no number so I went back to bed. We will have to call the bank this morning and see if their is a problem.

Dad says tonight he is asking to see the room before he takes it.  The bed was so soft and worn out that when you sat down on the edge you just slid off. We were up at about 5:30 and got ready and they had a breakfast bar with waffles and juice or cereal. It was ok and so we are on the road looking forward to another day in the car. The weather is good, sun shining and blue sky's.

The land is pretty flat, no mountains a few rolling hills driving into the sun rise. The roads don't have signs saying how many miles to the next town. You just have to figure it out. The next large place we are going through is Santa Rosa. We were thinking of going to their last night but we were done by the time we got to Albuquerque.

We are on our way

It is 6:52 Monday morning and we are on the road. Our car is packed to the top. Phil got everything in last night but we had to take one box out this morning to get the last of our things in. We will call tonight to let you know we are stopped and ok.

Done at the MTC

We have just finished our day at the MTC. It has been a wonderful few days. We have meet many wonderful people and had great teachers. We are glad that we do not go forgin and wonder if we will have a bathroom or have to sleep with nets over us so we don't get eaten alive.

We will spend tomorrow washing and getting our furniture taken downstairs. Then we will pack our things and see how much we can get in our car and what we need to mail. Our mission president called today and he is ready for us. He would like for us to be their this weekend they are having district meetings. It will take 3 days to get their so we will leave Monday morning. We have our route marked and are excited to get started.

We love you, Mom & Dad

Our third day at the MTC

We had a wonderful day to day. We had a nice meeting all together with the other senior missionaries. There are 77 of us this week. We are devided into districts. We have 8 of us in our district. So after our big meeting we meet with just our district. We did our lesson to our investigator and that went well. Then back to have our teacher tell us what we could improve on and what we did well at. It was not as bad as I thought it would be. We do another one tomorrow. 


After we finished with our dinner tonight we went to the Temple. Dad and I were ask to be the witness couple. It was a wonderful night. Also a wonderful day.

We are headed home to read our assignment and to make a lesson plan for tomorrow. What a wonderful time. We hope all is going well with all of you.


 Love, Mom & Dad

Farewell Dinner

On Sunday we had our farewell dinner.  All of our kids came down and we had a big dinner.  Two of Von's brothers also came down to be a part of the celebration.  President Olson had the boys stand in the circle with him while we were each set apart as missionaries.

Me and Von with all of our children.... Back (l-r) Sheri, Phillip, John, Hollie

Front (l-r) Ray, Von, Janiel, and Steven

Our last 2 day at the MTC

Yesterday was a very exciting. We had a fun program and got all oriented. Got our shots recorded. We had fun checking out the cafeteria. Their are a lot of lines of food and you get to choose what you want and everything if you want to and some of the elders do.

We got done early and got home about 4:30. Dad mowed the lawn and I fixed dinner and did the ironing.

Today was a different story. We have been going from class to class and tomorrow we have to teach a lesson to some investors. I am felling very overwhelmed.

We had a neat fireside to night the speaker was M. Russell Ballard. It was a very wonderful evening. Well we better sign off for tonight.

Love, Mom & Dad

Getting ready for mission

We had a busy day today. I started with hair appointment then we had dental appointments. Good news; we have good teeth. We had to stop at the bank. Make a stop at the D.I. and dropped off a trunk full of stuff. Make a stop for bread and milk. We ended our day with a nice visit with our Stake President. It has been a good day. We fell like we are almost getting there.

Yesterday we went to Salt Lake and I got my shopping done. Sheri, Abbie and I had a good day. Elder Pearson from our mission contacted us they have us an apartment for us. They are getting it furnished and ready for us. It is getting to seem more real. We can't wait to get on our way.

 Janiel