tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19032939792599764272024-03-14T09:19:42.120-07:00Elder & Sister Knight ~ Mission AdventuresShelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16318129003800910639noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1903293979259976427.post-33013820472890021552016-05-28T18:16:00.002-07:002016-06-04T10:19:44.388-07:00<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .5in;">
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .5in;">
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>April Blog</i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .5in;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .5in;">
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Since this was to be our last month in our Mission, it was a very unusual
month for us. We did our usual volunteer work and we enjoyed our District
Meetings and our Zone Training Meeting. However, we put in an extra amount of
effort to visit the members of the Branch and to help out several others before
our departure to Arizona.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .5in;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .5in;">
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Since our Mission was officially over on April 26, the end of the month
was especially hectic. We spent time seeing lots of people and preparing for
our trip home. Then we packed the car and drove to Marc and Kathy Clay’s home
on April 24. The next day, we were thrilled to go to the Priesthood Restoration
site in Harmony, Pennsylvania. Then, on the 26<sup>th</sup>, we joined the
other departing missionaries along with President and Sister Rogers at the
Palmyra Temple. When we finished there, we drove to visit the Kirtland, Ohio
sites on the 27<sup>th</sup>. After that, we had a wonderful time with David
and Gayle Scott in Lebanon, Ohio and concluded the month with a visit to Dave
and Nancy Carlson in Shreveport, Louisiana. It was a great month on all fronts,
even if it was a little frantic at the end.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .5in;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .5in;">
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">What a wonderful experience this Mission has been for us. We have met and
come to love so many new people who are now a permanent part of our lives. In
addition, we have had so many wonderful experiences and seen a part of the
world with which we have been largely unfamiliar. On top of all of that, we
have realized just how blessed we are in our own lives. We will be forever grateful
for this Mission and what it has </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">meant to us personally. Thus, this Blog comes
to an end for this particular Mission. </span><o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .5in;">
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .5in;">
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsdjl2MNJNUAwxkJ9tVega3yrPoXnV8LnEK-8wgRT4SHbL32JZt_KNROEuZQTJInS187h9nSWe84AyAZAuhWY2pFsXYvtX3sRiGUXViFlQouT51OdPoeI_6clpJiCfknAr6clA5rZQCWtF/s1600/DSCN5037.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsdjl2MNJNUAwxkJ9tVega3yrPoXnV8LnEK-8wgRT4SHbL32JZt_KNROEuZQTJInS187h9nSWe84AyAZAuhWY2pFsXYvtX3sRiGUXViFlQouT51OdPoeI_6clpJiCfknAr6clA5rZQCWtF/s400/DSCN5037.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', serif; font-size: small;">Enjoyed a very quick visit with our granddaughter Kyla.</span></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br /></div>
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV-XS1gkww4R6YlfUDUu8MNBQiDzJn2SgMdqIGbKWpbYu0PXQVE2WUXygmk3k3Th3140CBfepDqA3r3o_7V_tAGPm_0SAuZw-MVxC6gZhAu1ZfLlhHtNCKnaP8h17ti5eGdqfIaPKiZLjC/s1600/apr+16+-+1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV-XS1gkww4R6YlfUDUu8MNBQiDzJn2SgMdqIGbKWpbYu0PXQVE2WUXygmk3k3Th3140CBfepDqA3r3o_7V_tAGPm_0SAuZw-MVxC6gZhAu1ZfLlhHtNCKnaP8h17ti5eGdqfIaPKiZLjC/s640/apr+16+-+1.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;">Palmyra temple with all the missionaries headed home.</span></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrkMh-zsLodgU7DoTY7O2pdhxUJ0nMsTunAU2enjl13qUrQZR2BPnTaZtpwQw2sKnIObiBfPYIztT99m4Fmtj6p0wAZNPyh7PGqLxnIkdg80Panu9bNCxmU765GF9J_-n9OJy9t2sE6KFX/s1600/apr+16+-+3.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="420" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrkMh-zsLodgU7DoTY7O2pdhxUJ0nMsTunAU2enjl13qUrQZR2BPnTaZtpwQw2sKnIObiBfPYIztT99m4Fmtj6p0wAZNPyh7PGqLxnIkdg80Panu9bNCxmU765GF9J_-n9OJy9t2sE6KFX/s640/apr+16+-+3.PNG" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;">At dinner with our landlords, the Greene's.</span></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhObbwIyNIldsp2-4iJKxXT_ZO1IgmymhD-SPS8tZSDi6Rz6MJurYOctV0Zg3eGwr08IcJPJORiHT7BHUdV9FMTvjKNXFVZxy8O5c73A-KRpu6fD6z5Hgth9QZGKnTLcxDRMsUvLS-9iZZM/s1600/DSCN5108.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhObbwIyNIldsp2-4iJKxXT_ZO1IgmymhD-SPS8tZSDi6Rz6MJurYOctV0Zg3eGwr08IcJPJORiHT7BHUdV9FMTvjKNXFVZxy8O5c73A-KRpu6fD6z5Hgth9QZGKnTLcxDRMsUvLS-9iZZM/s640/DSCN5108.JPG" width="480" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;">Our district missionaries</span></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .5in;">
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5dbaqj6pwZjS3FT5oseyZhoV1lD44_f4B-bV96SHjMii2pJtoIvhDETjt214MvnNJbwOgYX2CaUnRhrfdeWggjIE4BcvQavZ0BxeEE7HxJPYYUY4x15rS_PUi5DA6ZCtCOfGYWk5KliS9/s1600/DSCN5133.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5dbaqj6pwZjS3FT5oseyZhoV1lD44_f4B-bV96SHjMii2pJtoIvhDETjt214MvnNJbwOgYX2CaUnRhrfdeWggjIE4BcvQavZ0BxeEE7HxJPYYUY4x15rS_PUi5DA6ZCtCOfGYWk5KliS9/s640/DSCN5133.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;">Our district missionaries - one final visit!</span></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .5in;">
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .5in;">
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span></div>
Shelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16318129003800910639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1903293979259976427.post-50000830446930653372016-04-21T20:44:00.000-07:002016-04-21T20:44:33.588-07:00<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i><b>March
Blog</b></i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">We
had another wonderful month of service as missionaries here in the New York
Utica Mission with our assignment being here in Ogdensburg. It most ways, it
was a fairly typical month with visits to our members and investigators on a
daily basis. We love being of service to others and this Mission helps us do
that. In addition, we had a Zone Conference and missionary transfers during the
month. That brought Elder Belnap to us and we said so long to Elders Wendt, Crapo
and Bench. We spend a lot of time with the Elders, so when they are transferred we are sad to see them go but, of course, excited about the new ones coming our
way.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Early
in the month, we said goodbye to Crystal Marsh, who passed away at the age of
33. She was a dear and sweet young woman who was born with Spina Bifida and
other complications as well. We would go to cheer her up but always came away
cheered ourselves because of her wonderful disposition and positive attitude. Jim
was asked to conduct the memorial service and it was a sweet experience. We
know that she is now free from a tormented body and will one day receive it
back in a perfect state.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">During
the early part of the month we were so excited to be visited by three of our
grandchildren, Kyra, Cory, and Toby. While they were here, we had fun visiting,
playing cards and getting their help with our technology issues. Of course,
they flew into and out of Syracuse, which is a solid two hours from Ogdensburg.
<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">During
the middle of the month, we were thrilled to make another trip to the Montreal
Temple and had a wonderful experience there. On our last trip there, we
discovered a wonderful restaurant that Linda loved. So, we made a special point
of eating there once again when we were headed back to Ogdensburg. Another
senior couple, serving just 35 miles from us in Massena, joined us there, which
added to the whole experience.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<br /></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">We
began the month with a small snow storm but the weather was generally nice
throughout the month of March. With spring upon us, we enjoyed seeing the snow
melt away and to notice that the trees started the rebirth process as they
began to come out of their dormant period. Even the grass was beginning to show
more green by the end of the month.</span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div>
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz2sZFFN7oiHmcQ4_wyFBoLrwKddC7_PX2AVY_ndPJZL_2lOx3199JPQiKJ2IXu2wWf31r5GncgPJbOx4YHvxA9hGx8BlH-mf8-CW8VU6rRZ1iDQDDPupL7h5GcAhXHoIS_FAuIZtgdEWb/s1600/249587BF-A641-44D0-91ED-93C39CC3338D.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz2sZFFN7oiHmcQ4_wyFBoLrwKddC7_PX2AVY_ndPJZL_2lOx3199JPQiKJ2IXu2wWf31r5GncgPJbOx4YHvxA9hGx8BlH-mf8-CW8VU6rRZ1iDQDDPupL7h5GcAhXHoIS_FAuIZtgdEWb/s640/249587BF-A641-44D0-91ED-93C39CC3338D.JPG" width="480" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><pre style="text-align: center; white-space: pre-line; word-wrap: break-word !important;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">Elder Belnap, Elder Foster & Elder Crapo from our Branch.</span></pre>
</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXCdhISp3CCqyapPmyV-f-YBlrWrhUWMZWu5_qEMtXj0Caa-smP-tZlK-m8fqh83Kc4T26hhPJZbtsuUDJ8eIsgpzrtZ5cSlVCgklw476-lZLW5ieEPAyK1ti7PPm53T4DELcGFTwOsBgx/s1600/0F97806B-10C4-4744-B570-CA286C046061.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXCdhISp3CCqyapPmyV-f-YBlrWrhUWMZWu5_qEMtXj0Caa-smP-tZlK-m8fqh83Kc4T26hhPJZbtsuUDJ8eIsgpzrtZ5cSlVCgklw476-lZLW5ieEPAyK1ti7PPm53T4DELcGFTwOsBgx/s640/0F97806B-10C4-4744-B570-CA286C046061.JPG" width="480" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><pre style="text-align: center; white-space: pre-line; word-wrap: break-word !important;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">This was a learning activity at one of our District Conferences.</span></pre>
</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
<br />
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijYRgj_7qkD7sQvL99P6djJe0_Dge3dm1jvLyCgsXQ_fEdRNdkREPlmDsR064Invv1OsmhhBlgn6NlOu8KQqv8_Y7ZuBk4Jl1Ba_004FiHanyOcSVBCOIHIc4k9j33MxCjl8vsFNWX7ngB/s1600/FETT.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="422" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijYRgj_7qkD7sQvL99P6djJe0_Dge3dm1jvLyCgsXQ_fEdRNdkREPlmDsR064Invv1OsmhhBlgn6NlOu8KQqv8_Y7ZuBk4Jl1Ba_004FiHanyOcSVBCOIHIc4k9j33MxCjl8vsFNWX7ngB/s640/FETT.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><pre style="text-align: center; white-space: pre-line; word-wrap: break-word !important;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">There is a sister in the Mission boundaries who crochets slippers for every missionary! She asks for the size and favorite color then delivers them to wherever the missionary is serving. She has made nearly 500 over the past few years. Her son goes with her to make all the deliveries.</span><span style="font-size: 13.3333px;"> </span></pre>
</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDo1F_Wgj0SlRF1j08-EsN486M8P3RMyFh9WueYjJu60H9PUH-MrcwXN_GUd9CZuGTNwJyG1IJg-lSyvacsT2QoVT34hMPSaVbauAMPRDRK-pHRSD6C_ufz4QYiNqD9cDgB3pvVlsqJE_n/s1600/FEET.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="296" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDo1F_Wgj0SlRF1j08-EsN486M8P3RMyFh9WueYjJu60H9PUH-MrcwXN_GUd9CZuGTNwJyG1IJg-lSyvacsT2QoVT34hMPSaVbauAMPRDRK-pHRSD6C_ufz4QYiNqD9cDgB3pvVlsqJE_n/s400/FEET.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><pre style="text-align: center; white-space: pre-line; word-wrap: break-word !important;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">Showing off our slippers!</span></pre>
</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvqONqV3jXmzmwDn-z1-nunlhVLZSsiYujTH4KJZkQ_EY1HykhCGBO-M4CWkR8MIv5cTb81oT67vo8OM-ufMNscmYGTo1LgCsB2oBb9C8EeYsXp0UKdl2n1VYdNeshRFzx5KbKDEP4778X/s1600/E8AC6FC7-75FF-4F2D-8A8F-31D2A524FEE0.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvqONqV3jXmzmwDn-z1-nunlhVLZSsiYujTH4KJZkQ_EY1HykhCGBO-M4CWkR8MIv5cTb81oT67vo8OM-ufMNscmYGTo1LgCsB2oBb9C8EeYsXp0UKdl2n1VYdNeshRFzx5KbKDEP4778X/s640/E8AC6FC7-75FF-4F2D-8A8F-31D2A524FEE0.JPG" width="480" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><pre style="text-align: right; white-space: pre-line; word-wrap: break-word !important;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">This is Sister Stevens from the District who crochets all the slippers.</span></pre>
</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvglnkdxHjTW1yPX5nMXLkGcvpY5l_7yTaR1V579NbI_aTgSCZuN41W4QOL1CzWMg4XS8Kd6x7LJX2OHkGQXQc4ErdZnIJW2DO0ZBX6Cjdm2F1M23kSjz8boRrep8vdjo4EU4b5u4nPxpw/s1600/MARCH+2015+POST.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvglnkdxHjTW1yPX5nMXLkGcvpY5l_7yTaR1V579NbI_aTgSCZuN41W4QOL1CzWMg4XS8Kd6x7LJX2OHkGQXQc4ErdZnIJW2DO0ZBX6Cjdm2F1M23kSjz8boRrep8vdjo4EU4b5u4nPxpw/s640/MARCH+2015+POST.jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center; white-space: pre-line; word-wrap: break-word !important;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">Jim at work at the Salvation Army. He knows the first name of nearly every person (about 50) that comes in on food give away day.</span></div>
</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4mi3p22JmNhQQSM81h-mB2oDA6trcQ3anQNCO0oCMuBVi2wImJKwEThkaZ_49Qcq1hE29YXGzzmDR5cDCMMPBipKeNDUdre2wv15_O-7wE8d5FcikJAyazuH8VB6Re8Bv3i-s7tM7qjSG/s1600/MARCH+2016.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4mi3p22JmNhQQSM81h-mB2oDA6trcQ3anQNCO0oCMuBVi2wImJKwEThkaZ_49Qcq1hE29YXGzzmDR5cDCMMPBipKeNDUdre2wv15_O-7wE8d5FcikJAyazuH8VB6Re8Bv3i-s7tM7qjSG/s640/MARCH+2016.png" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center; white-space: pre-line; word-wrap: break-word !important;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">We had a church ice skating party and our granddaughter, Kyra, was here for a visit. She did really good for her first time!</span></div>
</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbAOZ1onJ7DlWGzO73uSDRGXnCGDES4jlzWhBMiYj-s6kQ7oRK4zAvqnaJWlkHpsiomn4CXqQgQaNOITX8u1DmEI0HGA82iWGNhSedldB96BIqKHQE4CSLDO4ZeQy5PnuiyjpoKNMaBoAO/s1600/march+kids.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbAOZ1onJ7DlWGzO73uSDRGXnCGDES4jlzWhBMiYj-s6kQ7oRK4zAvqnaJWlkHpsiomn4CXqQgQaNOITX8u1DmEI0HGA82iWGNhSedldB96BIqKHQE4CSLDO4ZeQy5PnuiyjpoKNMaBoAO/s640/march+kids.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><pre style="text-align: center; white-space: pre-line; word-wrap: break-word !important;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">Enjoyed a few days with the grandkids here. Kyra, Toby & Cory.</span></pre>
</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div>
Shelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16318129003800910639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1903293979259976427.post-57123624550708103962016-03-05T18:54:00.004-08:002016-03-07T10:41:09.033-08:00<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i>February
Blog</i></b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6sUOB8xbXF7nhdVmrSLXh6ZC3fDi9SlCg16_UTQfi0RwaE1fpU9sTOtT3H9DtwPAYp3kttesoRewPb4hT7nfjH1it7jLJZL3uwwGdTs4a5I6v9uC6_1U3letCR09aSSejfr78o3BBm_Lo/s1600/IMG_4653.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6sUOB8xbXF7nhdVmrSLXh6ZC3fDi9SlCg16_UTQfi0RwaE1fpU9sTOtT3H9DtwPAYp3kttesoRewPb4hT7nfjH1it7jLJZL3uwwGdTs4a5I6v9uC6_1U3letCR09aSSejfr78o3BBm_Lo/s400/IMG_4653.PNG" width="225" /></a><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">We
had an amazing February! It began with a Temple Trip to the Palmyra Temple with
the Gaines Family. We have worked with that family for over a year. We love
them and were thrilled when Bro. Gaines was able to get his life in order and to
take his little family to be sealed in the Temple. Fortunately, we were able to
be an integral part in that entire process. This will clearly be one of the
great memories and blessings from our mission here in New York.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">In
the middle of the month, we were able to make another Temple trip; this time to
the Montreal, Quebec, Canada Temple. We are actually quite a bit closer to
Montreal than we are to Palmyra. We love the feelings we experience when we go
to the Temple and so this month was a good time for us to enjoy the Temple
experiences.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Of
course, we have our usual routines, around which we build our other activities.
As we mentioned in the January Blog, we enjoy our volunteering efforts with the
Salvation Army. Nearly every Tuesday evening and every Friday morning, we can
be found there doing our little bit to assist so many others whose needs are
greater than our own. Serving others has become a real part of our lives and we
love doing it. In addition to that work, we spend much of our time simply
visiting people in our little Branch and doing what we can to help them with
their lives.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Perhaps
one of the best things for us is the association we have with the young
missionaries who are serving here in our area. We are so impressed by the quality
of their lives. They are faithful, hard-working, and dedicated servants of the
Lord and we feel privileged just to associate with them.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<br /></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">We
did have some really cold weather in a few spots during the month but for the
most part it was just chilly with an occasional light snow storm. After last
winter, this winter simply seems to pale in comparison. In truth, we won’t miss
the cold weather when we return to Arizona. However, we are not all that
thrilled with the prospect of the really hot weather during the summer months
there and will probably take advantage of friends and family who live in milder
summer climates.</span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgfsQG8Z-45cDaf1p0VfBb9oidBm9svDxw7QsnTBufhnf9k0kjBzm6viFq53Bvb4j4zbCN3sj18MRn42Bk-KP1Hoh0V7cOHaUUdaTUWoz5HpE0F6bOCQwEWAli3Q4FLR_SeiXZK9Rpmk-Z/s1600/Gaines.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="518" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgfsQG8Z-45cDaf1p0VfBb9oidBm9svDxw7QsnTBufhnf9k0kjBzm6viFq53Bvb4j4zbCN3sj18MRn42Bk-KP1Hoh0V7cOHaUUdaTUWoz5HpE0F6bOCQwEWAli3Q4FLR_SeiXZK9Rpmk-Z/s640/Gaines.PNG" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">Gaines Family at </span><span style="font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', serif; font-size: small; text-align: start;">Palmyra Temple</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;"> </span></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span></div>
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1869LmIwph6uqLBEnqYAotA_BFdz3LPll4AOjCuxUtP75U4OCRr3bbII2fDtieMqUDSdDiXKp5VXXWV5yYm94RGbCHnGZMv7CN__oLdjIZFEvx-bnXFwPHrQkjypz6CmFxWOyo7u0u7Nr/s1600/Capture.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="362" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1869LmIwph6uqLBEnqYAotA_BFdz3LPll4AOjCuxUtP75U4OCRr3bbII2fDtieMqUDSdDiXKp5VXXWV5yYm94RGbCHnGZMv7CN__oLdjIZFEvx-bnXFwPHrQkjypz6CmFxWOyo7u0u7Nr/s640/Capture.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><pre style="text-align: center; white-space: pre-line; word-wrap: break-word !important;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;">President & Sister Rogers (seated center) and the Senior Missionaries in the New York Utica Mission at our Zone Training Meeting </span></pre>
</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span></div>
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4q4W073ROCdptYvBzdjVAX_9i76r3omsJWvwYAf6uGBm35Unho_srUiW17PSyDtsoMHSC59u_L1e0KOOHYWFwfAbLxeG7DuU1F7MY5Dx3nYSy86ZlFvHNLCOmoM3rnecOEOtr3rpBDYRc/s1600/IMG_4678.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4q4W073ROCdptYvBzdjVAX_9i76r3omsJWvwYAf6uGBm35Unho_srUiW17PSyDtsoMHSC59u_L1e0KOOHYWFwfAbLxeG7DuU1F7MY5Dx3nYSy86ZlFvHNLCOmoM3rnecOEOtr3rpBDYRc/s640/IMG_4678.PNG" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><pre style="white-space: pre-line; word-wrap: break-word !important;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;">Frederick Remington Art Museum in Ogdensburg - we hosted the Senior Missionaries </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;">from our district (</span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;">New York Utica Mission)</span></pre>
</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnxRIIXEuXylSdJ8wrkVkUcvS5QDqt654t3MQJwCheVr9kuclXKF1FKU5urX9z-UdP04evzcWnZ3EHB_DhvspNGe92_IRsuuVdPSh_yVyZ9vZou562ODf0T5DjIbErHndoRvyD_mt0IMxQ/s1600/095F15BF-F306-4D96-BB15-EC1DB2583A1E.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnxRIIXEuXylSdJ8wrkVkUcvS5QDqt654t3MQJwCheVr9kuclXKF1FKU5urX9z-UdP04evzcWnZ3EHB_DhvspNGe92_IRsuuVdPSh_yVyZ9vZou562ODf0T5DjIbErHndoRvyD_mt0IMxQ/s640/095F15BF-F306-4D96-BB15-EC1DB2583A1E.JPG" width="478" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;">Our Branch President's wife crocheted ties for our elders</span></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
<br />
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9krUZ-M9i55yMIRf6pw7Ad_dgfn6qAtAFq5sleLFjeVNPndH1dpk59O3W4Mhyat4Kj9zGjB-tHmkbCdSvS9nMRQseUqEKJEeeK7C3rvYBUIS4PVDir3crDUV4EZ3qK7IWyezLGEcnRBOA/s1600/IMG_4565.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9krUZ-M9i55yMIRf6pw7Ad_dgfn6qAtAFq5sleLFjeVNPndH1dpk59O3W4Mhyat4Kj9zGjB-tHmkbCdSvS9nMRQseUqEKJEeeK7C3rvYBUIS4PVDir3crDUV4EZ3qK7IWyezLGEcnRBOA/s640/IMG_4565.JPG" width="480" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;">Nipper (on Linda's shoulder)</span></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNkpRWiCugYLrIfRjWPONm5lwicSh8SvbFrp7y9KQoJAAb38TLdQ8i1IVVFt-y8KgctzliA5D6v-EtHMQX0ZpSFtzDbX2lXrb76OLKMvwQzj-dS3u5at4UxJAZLzYewZi6R1Lwtb5m6MUd/s1600/IMG_4604.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNkpRWiCugYLrIfRjWPONm5lwicSh8SvbFrp7y9KQoJAAb38TLdQ8i1IVVFt-y8KgctzliA5D6v-EtHMQX0ZpSFtzDbX2lXrb76OLKMvwQzj-dS3u5at4UxJAZLzYewZi6R1Lwtb5m6MUd/s640/IMG_4604.JPG" width="480" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;">Jim helping the Marsh Family with their genealogy</span></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span></div>
Shelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16318129003800910639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1903293979259976427.post-5228085940597660012016-03-02T18:42:00.001-08:002016-03-02T18:42:13.314-08:00<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i><b>January
Blog</b></i></span></div>
<br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i><b> </b></i></span><br />
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYr15T5tSGBPUa1bQLE17ey-EzHqLLH1Bs2jsOaHUxniZE_MG668dHZDiyBhd8bNzKKJ3aFBIlCVlWsiCXpZfaAOTHljh_TSOHxuIoBBhaeNXn7h8mv-TpGMwuRoyr_5nfAb6brA3ETZN5/s1600/quote.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYr15T5tSGBPUa1bQLE17ey-EzHqLLH1Bs2jsOaHUxniZE_MG668dHZDiyBhd8bNzKKJ3aFBIlCVlWsiCXpZfaAOTHljh_TSOHxuIoBBhaeNXn7h8mv-TpGMwuRoyr_5nfAb6brA3ETZN5/s320/quote.png" width="240" /></a><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Normally,
when we run out of things to say, we talk about the weather. However, that is
how we will begin our Blog for January. The weather has been highly unusual for
January in the North Country. We had a couple small snow storms but by the end
of the month the snow was almost all gone. Wow! We are not complaining and know
that we still have some winter ahead of us but this has just been amazingly
mild.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">During
the month, we continued with all of our usual routines, which included volunteering
at the Soup Kitchen and Food Pantry for the Salvation Army. We have literally
learned the names of nearly all of the people who come to the Salvation Army
for those services. In addition, we put our usual 2000+ miles on our car going
to and from members’ and investigators’ homes. Included in that is a lot of
time providing rides for some of the members who don’t have cars. It is a labor
of love!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">On
January 16<sup>th</sup>, we made another trip to Montreal to attend our Temple
there. Then on the 20<sup>th</sup>, we were privileged to participate in a
Worldwide Missionary Conference where we were instructed by three Apostles and
several other General Church Officers. With the technology available, we were
able to be here in New York while the instruction was being done in Utah. It
was a wonderful meeting!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">On
a more personal note, we began the New Year with our dear friends, Elder and
Sister Clay (Marc and Kathy). In addition, we were able to be in touch with
some of our family via Skype and emails during the month. Of course, Linda and
Michelle text each other almost on a daily basis. Also, with the help of Jim’s
siblings and a real estate agent, our little home farm in Colorado was sold. We
actually closed the deal on January 20<sup>th</sup>.</span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDM52tYuncy8ecBDALLKOCh1US1HocirUeECfdH47DSI4myVjUZgnGa7uKFYPDY8q1rrHM9EmHvEMRAmbVKl7fYcSm3ZpN4LG2pwW96OTVyBZw3v8ErLqjk_em_RZ2JnnZNCpc1UhMc64W/s1600/with+Clays.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDM52tYuncy8ecBDALLKOCh1US1HocirUeECfdH47DSI4myVjUZgnGa7uKFYPDY8q1rrHM9EmHvEMRAmbVKl7fYcSm3ZpN4LG2pwW96OTVyBZw3v8ErLqjk_em_RZ2JnnZNCpc1UhMc64W/s640/with+Clays.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">With the Clay's for New Years</span></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrfLhlr7iGvu2URgg2FfmC4dRnTmHMP-D7K_ayMKUjvMfAEnrt7IDuWd2hLz8uN4mTi-5C_W_GJjU31h7s2U2R22GPOb9xdhsEqUw7dh5QomxA3gZW5Ph3KSPPglMQZWE1l4XSPC_nDK1J/s1600/Missionary+luncheon+in+Potsdam.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrfLhlr7iGvu2URgg2FfmC4dRnTmHMP-D7K_ayMKUjvMfAEnrt7IDuWd2hLz8uN4mTi-5C_W_GJjU31h7s2U2R22GPOb9xdhsEqUw7dh5QomxA3gZW5Ph3KSPPglMQZWE1l4XSPC_nDK1J/s640/Missionary+luncheon+in+Potsdam.jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><pre style="text-align: center; white-space: pre-line; word-wrap: break-word !important;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">Missionary luncheon in Potsdam</span></pre>
</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div>
Shelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16318129003800910639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1903293979259976427.post-70789917374655961112016-02-01T21:02:00.001-08:002016-02-02T19:23:03.189-08:00<br />
<div style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;">
</div>
<br />
<div class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1451787927708_7229" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;">
<span class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1451787927708_7231"><i><b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">December Blog</span></b></i></span></div>
<div class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1451787927708_7235" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;">
</div>
<div class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1451787927708_7241" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGyWF-9-0oKt_hCL0T6dwdvV_2htRUlfDx2_qh9IIyiglJTUGvXWhO60HwN5XEqDAIc0XA4vqwJP6wKeM9fOi8WT9S8EhTR7cQdzHt8zbE90bj8ffF0R1YSvX9s_JUjn02ioudsJcE1RfD/s1600/DSCN4826.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGyWF-9-0oKt_hCL0T6dwdvV_2htRUlfDx2_qh9IIyiglJTUGvXWhO60HwN5XEqDAIc0XA4vqwJP6wKeM9fOi8WT9S8EhTR7cQdzHt8zbE90bj8ffF0R1YSvX9s_JUjn02ioudsJcE1RfD/s400/DSCN4826.JPG" width="400" /></a><span class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1451787927708_7243"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">We had a busy December to conclude our work here for 2015. Our usual duties of visiting members and investigators continued. We also had responsibilities in the Branch during the week and on Sundays as well. In addition, we had a weekly meeting with the Elders and Sisters in our District, which generally required us to travel to Potsdam, NY, which is about 35 miles from Ogdensburg.</span></span></div>
<div class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1451787927708_7247" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left;">
</div>
<div class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1451787927708_7253" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left;">
<span class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1451787927708_7255"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">This month we also participated in a Zone Conference at the beginning of the month and we had a wonderful Mission-wide conference in the middle of the month. Then we concluded the month by hosting the Elders and Sisters in our District for Christmas Eve, which included a District Meeting, dinner, and some Christmas Caroling. It was a fun evening. Then on Christmas Day, we had the missionaries at our home for a big breakfast, gift exchange and gift openings. After that, we had a nice lunch and provided our computers so the Elders and Sisters could make their personal calls to their respective families.</span></span></div>
<div class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1451787927708_7259" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left;">
</div>
<div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1451787927708_7221">
</div>
<div class="" dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1451787927708_7265" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left;">
<span class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1451787927708_7267"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">We love the Elders and Sisters and feel blessed to associate with them. They are wonderful young people with deep faith and commitment to the Savior. While they have contact with their families via email and snail mail on a weekly basis, they only have the opportunity to talk to them on the phone or via Skype on Mothers’ Day and Christmas. Our capacity to help them with their calls was a privilege.</span></span></div>
<div class="" dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1451787927708_7265" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left;">
<span class=""><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span></span></div>
<div class="" dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1451787927708_7265" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left;">
<span class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1451787927708_7310"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">We celebrated our 50th wedding anniversary in Montreal. We were able to go to the temple, see a few sites and then have a wonderful dinner downtown. It's only a two hour drive from our place here in Ogdensburg so it seemed like a fun place to celebrate.</span></span></div>
<div class="" dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1451787927708_7265" style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left;">
<span class="" style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br /></span></div>
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUUVtta62I72MGDWYM1P9ZdLA1R66itsrfBS9lUK1n-SD2xMYu3a93Iyju2AYgwQ_R0v8isKb7OcBPIC8felD75Lxcb6HENaICU7hWLG3CPoDu3t2YGkqeF5UhW1m86BSER07vWe3H5_4R/s1600/DSCN4747.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUUVtta62I72MGDWYM1P9ZdLA1R66itsrfBS9lUK1n-SD2xMYu3a93Iyju2AYgwQ_R0v8isKb7OcBPIC8felD75Lxcb6HENaICU7hWLG3CPoDu3t2YGkqeF5UhW1m86BSER07vWe3H5_4R/s640/DSCN4747.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;">Our Charlie Brown tree and the Missionaries</span></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvOvoQQ2h9Xnz_ltOMv-Nbv_QsS_ZFV7Dsk5CLb9KNbr8K4ZscZ48FuXi_5YkOu26LBHluGCB2x2ZY8tSSypJSkFgOUthE9xqSAfN7vHfvqTBUoQrqkgIMwdmaKnMMw_chOKK2ZTgzSGPT/s1600/DSCN4806.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvOvoQQ2h9Xnz_ltOMv-Nbv_QsS_ZFV7Dsk5CLb9KNbr8K4ZscZ48FuXi_5YkOu26LBHluGCB2x2ZY8tSSypJSkFgOUthE9xqSAfN7vHfvqTBUoQrqkgIMwdmaKnMMw_chOKK2ZTgzSGPT/s640/DSCN4806.JPG" width="480" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;">Jim in front of the Montreal Temple</span></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjio7CqZaiYTWcyr-Xoj9Xg1H9XSljLLJGwqtvxqbkNvOexbHZjfS1ScOtiOLsVTBX4V422k6gHDEbTNZN6BMPnu-DzyHrJcV0rIityZuoNikOS6_1QvopIIBceqhHmVIWgtuNMZ1j3xaJE/s1600/DSCN4840.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="396" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjio7CqZaiYTWcyr-Xoj9Xg1H9XSljLLJGwqtvxqbkNvOexbHZjfS1ScOtiOLsVTBX4V422k6gHDEbTNZN6BMPnu-DzyHrJcV0rIityZuoNikOS6_1QvopIIBceqhHmVIWgtuNMZ1j3xaJE/s640/DSCN4840.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;">Group outside on Christmas Eve - not as cold as last Christmas but windy</span></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcRF87HXrAfuyohYxlYdqKlCA1-ER-q8msdIk5nBhRUdW5aX8p-tiLnmx7wNfn5i8OHSP1gEpRKSA5oCwI_yQx-Ow-Mim5O7A-RUC4TaZ9B1aDBmVP3Z3z5P_jamSO6kW1sr1jjj188uQw/s1600/DSCN4895+%25283%2529.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="418" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcRF87HXrAfuyohYxlYdqKlCA1-ER-q8msdIk5nBhRUdW5aX8p-tiLnmx7wNfn5i8OHSP1gEpRKSA5oCwI_yQx-Ow-Mim5O7A-RUC4TaZ9B1aDBmVP3Z3z5P_jamSO6kW1sr1jjj188uQw/s640/DSCN4895+%25283%2529.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;">Our District Missionaries at Christmas</span></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<div class="" dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1451787927708_7265" style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left;">
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwNpWWhbTsc99Ky7FbAskrDlHMsSIXet8H-q8rkKqoiqQiZ8qcc8uz5N5n-mOkkU5uiLZ8csCUodTqr0IBXtRlBGx7iwiWTmRTv0lpWtja97Ax3y7dh6TK7zkPDvY52W150UiC1-9sRbX7/s1600/070.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwNpWWhbTsc99Ky7FbAskrDlHMsSIXet8H-q8rkKqoiqQiZ8qcc8uz5N5n-mOkkU5uiLZ8csCUodTqr0IBXtRlBGx7iwiWTmRTv0lpWtja97Ax3y7dh6TK7zkPDvY52W150UiC1-9sRbX7/s640/070.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;">The shoes lined up from largest to smallest - size 13 to 7</span></span></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUtqv8j0Sm92wVfrw5giaMChLqnj4DvEiqLZzWIzt6_2XtsG_NzKKitgeOgSBkiE_-fVCBKhOc7xL-Z1SMQfyZXdZUzJZg4r9CsWTEAcbANT_Nka-6E8UXYAVHH8E-WQIuTM4ZAxi87W2F/s1600/DSCN4878.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUtqv8j0Sm92wVfrw5giaMChLqnj4DvEiqLZzWIzt6_2XtsG_NzKKitgeOgSBkiE_-fVCBKhOc7xL-Z1SMQfyZXdZUzJZg4r9CsWTEAcbANT_Nka-6E8UXYAVHH8E-WQIuTM4ZAxi87W2F/s640/DSCN4878.JPG" width="550" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;">Missionary Pyramid</span></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-jkUD5ZVgtlsw777Cpk2Klyzd-okqw3zDHCkfwh2iZrfmQE69h4LuKNZt5Jw18w4QTOoUI6uDCKooSbkw12-y0zrPXFmroHc_w_WJVHsLjTBdf-KAYki-sF2YqAvFeILR4zUlq73AUA4D/s1600/065.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-jkUD5ZVgtlsw777Cpk2Klyzd-okqw3zDHCkfwh2iZrfmQE69h4LuKNZt5Jw18w4QTOoUI6uDCKooSbkw12-y0zrPXFmroHc_w_WJVHsLjTBdf-KAYki-sF2YqAvFeILR4zUlq73AUA4D/s640/065.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;">Missionary Pyramid</span></span></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<span class="" style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;"></span><br />
<span class="" style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;"></span></div>
Shelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16318129003800910639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1903293979259976427.post-78675473823475559392016-01-01T17:05:00.002-08:002016-01-01T17:05:50.020-08:00<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<i style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"></i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b></b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZCcjRTi_Inpapw-IfYAe_ombvSBOMXXMQlmzLPszq7MW9f_ej9HBT8S_FWbwT-sTxGqpWszLGWgvPXrmg1gf3wK522uYkbyruZz_kxnIZU9JCINfxVqubA3TLIrHTtISWtpeDsgKF-tEe/s1600/ask.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; display: inline !important; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><br /></a></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b><i>November Blog</i></b></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-bPhrkrB3M0G9LRmWfiTAq_sbSCymIfGTKXYc235On-H3N94I0lbRi8WdTYzaEqHMZiQc84FZLfxBd4hA9rd_5A2yjMHbh_QRlSgbWFUHnHSS5ok7a1iIYMS18BUOHXUpWuZf3wUk8xru/s1600/ask.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="310" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-bPhrkrB3M0G9LRmWfiTAq_sbSCymIfGTKXYc235On-H3N94I0lbRi8WdTYzaEqHMZiQc84FZLfxBd4hA9rd_5A2yjMHbh_QRlSgbWFUHnHSS5ok7a1iIYMS18BUOHXUpWuZf3wUk8xru/s320/ask.JPG" width="320" /></a></span></div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">November
marked the one-year anniversary of our missionary work here in the New York
Utica Mission. It doesn’t seem possible that we have been here that long.
Fortunately, we enjoy the time here and the experiences we are having. We have come
to love the people in this area and are glad to be here and able to provide
some little measure of help and support.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">During
the month of November we continued with our routines. We visited with a number
of people who seem to suffer from the difficulties that life can bring. In
addition, we are both involved with helping our little Branch of the LDS Church
here in Ogdensburg try to fulfill its mission. We were also able to help
members and non-members with their family history research. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Early
in the month we were blessed to have our daughter Michelle and our oldest
grandson Ryan here to spend about a week with us. It was fun to have them here
and Michelle was even able to get her work done while away from her office it
Tucson. Technology can be wonderful!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">One
of the great blessings in our life is the time we are able to spend with the
full-time missionaries in the area. These are wonderful young people who give
eighteen months for young women or two years for young men of their lives teaching
the Gospel of Jesus Christ. We are always amazed by their obedience and
commitment and we even get to assist them on occasion when they are teaching
investigators.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Of
course, on November 4<sup>th</sup>, Jim celebrated the 40<sup>th</sup>
anniversary of his 29<sup>th</sup> birthday. Then later on in the month we
celebrated Thanksgiving by serving a wonderful dinner at the Salvation Army and
then enjoying a great meal with the Gaines family from our Branch. It was a
wonderful time and we are so thankful for so many blessings in our life. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<br /></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">One
unusual but happy note is that we went through the month of November without
any snow, and the temperatures while chilly, were unseasonably warm for this
time of year in the North Country. We suspect that condition won’t hold much
longer but we will enjoy it until winter inevitably sets in. </span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<br /></div>
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqTcWkF0ys-oq0tHzJ0PE6FTSKVNdWvbgdaDDkXBmyoDtVbgiZD8SOH6ORrD4CwDTfcaM4WNb1VISVtNPf2dvTd1snupQhqxToFjiGX0d0b4bo8AhJYbrqm7B8zpxD-KJDhuzRE20O5qWU/s1600/7E9CCB07-18DA-4A2F-9093-ECE34C1F7655.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqTcWkF0ys-oq0tHzJ0PE6FTSKVNdWvbgdaDDkXBmyoDtVbgiZD8SOH6ORrD4CwDTfcaM4WNb1VISVtNPf2dvTd1snupQhqxToFjiGX0d0b4bo8AhJYbrqm7B8zpxD-KJDhuzRE20O5qWU/s640/7E9CCB07-18DA-4A2F-9093-ECE34C1F7655.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><pre style="text-align: center; white-space: pre-line; word-wrap: break-word !important;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">The McKenzies from Gouverneur who spend 4-5 months in their native Jamaica. </span></pre>
<pre style="text-align: center; white-space: pre-line; word-wrap: break-word !important;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;">He is 82 and is always outside working on something in his yard or garden. </span></pre>
<pre style="text-align: center; white-space: pre-line; word-wrap: break-word !important;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;">They both have such a great sense of humor - we just love them!</span></pre>
</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5SivuCAe3AbjK-7-fuYLSSduZrIs-V7rj4h4uPnpLqysOv5BTsOutSNNT-OLlm5T3CzE-OxSvcwyg8HorP3-6nCKRqjSZ1-afgPptrGlC91BwfKq8ooUO_2NC9xeFlqF2QSSVZLkzTsbd/s1600/C5ACE1CB-2FAD-4E71-A6AE-8544256C719B.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5SivuCAe3AbjK-7-fuYLSSduZrIs-V7rj4h4uPnpLqysOv5BTsOutSNNT-OLlm5T3CzE-OxSvcwyg8HorP3-6nCKRqjSZ1-afgPptrGlC91BwfKq8ooUO_2NC9xeFlqF2QSSVZLkzTsbd/s640/C5ACE1CB-2FAD-4E71-A6AE-8544256C719B.JPG" width="480" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><pre style="text-align: center; white-space: pre-line; word-wrap: break-word !important;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">Elizabeth enjoying the music.</span></pre>
</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWyFaa92ZS3MwdG9UX10yVdvbhLqMOLy8HTm2NHrncrg0VfygG8kJX0xYAEHQQO1dT8XbRVOcJzCdelISfjfQKvS6KQKy94HUwwQE9wuAJ3L6hHoSHLyNJOupoi4iYuwxRUiDWc8PALceF/s1600/E58D9FE7-5AB0-447D-A001-E3C91A527932.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWyFaa92ZS3MwdG9UX10yVdvbhLqMOLy8HTm2NHrncrg0VfygG8kJX0xYAEHQQO1dT8XbRVOcJzCdelISfjfQKvS6KQKy94HUwwQE9wuAJ3L6hHoSHLyNJOupoi4iYuwxRUiDWc8PALceF/s640/E58D9FE7-5AB0-447D-A001-E3C91A527932.JPG" width="480" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><pre style="text-align: center; white-space: pre-line; word-wrap: break-word !important;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">Our newest member, Ayden. He is just the sweetest young boy!</span></pre>
</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaoCRCUviV2dGeb-z3k1Fen6t830iHLVlDHkHxZg_9H4hEFFa2wY0JYKg6g50I0yhMmpoI1mLoFkJv9ANqvCMx4GbN20D9Gbtkb3Nb-ScYXHdlog0_o_1iDps7M0cXGIjrxLWv5VpPaW1w/s1600/4DF2936D-C738-42AC-940D-82A504400077.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaoCRCUviV2dGeb-z3k1Fen6t830iHLVlDHkHxZg_9H4hEFFa2wY0JYKg6g50I0yhMmpoI1mLoFkJv9ANqvCMx4GbN20D9Gbtkb3Nb-ScYXHdlog0_o_1iDps7M0cXGIjrxLWv5VpPaW1w/s640/4DF2936D-C738-42AC-940D-82A504400077.JPG" width="480" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><pre style="text-align: center; white-space: pre-line; word-wrap: break-word !important;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">We enjoyed having our daughter Michelle and grandson Ryan here for a few days. </span></pre>
<pre style="text-align: center; white-space: pre-line; word-wrap: break-word !important;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;">We treated them to lunch at Busters. Good times!</span></pre>
</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div>
Shelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16318129003800910639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1903293979259976427.post-32677062775946438952015-11-15T16:40:00.002-08:002015-11-15T19:57:53.582-08:00<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i><b>October
Blog</b></i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left;">
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPclJ-t31qDSdyCSxHkjaJDQDzJ4U2L0hS9inkjI7aQkQbgTtNu7QXohjeAni4dVjx3a1dvUsaDT3Ebhteqj3EsLGpGswKqZYir4r4cfGCKIFa0Gt7SyV-ILBa9KPwjTD7kaBIC7ksToch/s1600/Palmyra+temple+%25281%2529.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPclJ-t31qDSdyCSxHkjaJDQDzJ4U2L0hS9inkjI7aQkQbgTtNu7QXohjeAni4dVjx3a1dvUsaDT3Ebhteqj3EsLGpGswKqZYir4r4cfGCKIFa0Gt7SyV-ILBa9KPwjTD7kaBIC7ksToch/s400/Palmyra+temple+%25281%2529.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;">Palmyra Temple grounds</span></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">We
continued to attend to our normal routines throughout the month, which included
visiting many members of our Branch and working with the missionaries when
teaching some investigators. We also
attended our regular meetings during the week and on Sundays so we stayed
pretty busy with those activities. On
October 23, we took three of our Branch Members to Palmyra to the Temple. It was such a beautiful day and experience
with those good people.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Early
in the month, we were thrilled to watch our General Conference proceedings from
Salt Lake City. It was great. Then we had a mission-wide conference, which
was led by Elder Randall K. Bennett of the Seventy, a General Authority of the
Church. After that, we hosted Elder Marc
Clay, an Area Authority Seventy here in Ogdensburg. We have known Elder Clay and his wife Kathy
for over 30 years. In fact, we once
lived in the same Ward in Columbus, Ohio. They have remained dear friends for all of these years.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Near
the end of the month, we were excited to have one of our granddaughters,
Courtney Seymour and her daughter (our great-granddaughter) McKenzie, come
from Ohio for a short visit. We had a
great time with them. We were so glad
that Courtney was able to make the trip with McKenzie. It was so much fun to have little McKenzie
around and to get to know her a little better. She is two-years old and a total delight!</span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left;">
<br />
<br />
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Fall colors & fun...</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span></div>
</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfvUvjmsZKqOuSAuHfTrgzr-X6IorSLxdEe3n2kGnAcGa7FCfPHeZTkaZ8NjKaYB8afjK5QrKFBbKSpZ5UCC6sa30pUAiDmCo70DND8RstAKTf_OC2yY9Gi4cYblTrlxg_Tnwch5eJw_DP/s1600/Fall+Colors.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfvUvjmsZKqOuSAuHfTrgzr-X6IorSLxdEe3n2kGnAcGa7FCfPHeZTkaZ8NjKaYB8afjK5QrKFBbKSpZ5UCC6sa30pUAiDmCo70DND8RstAKTf_OC2yY9Gi4cYblTrlxg_Tnwch5eJw_DP/s640/Fall+Colors.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEC5sOZlUREJA2oYQVfS6h3GXXPGiVH8sI5CKxTl6-TVIzuyM_DgIh_pUtnha5aC5zaQHTg055y7j9gq5425aLuNXiX-otug055V-pASUm7ERq9AElBwfQeH6LRHJxhdMEt3KUhYA_98Go/s1600/Fall+Colors+%25282%2529.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEC5sOZlUREJA2oYQVfS6h3GXXPGiVH8sI5CKxTl6-TVIzuyM_DgIh_pUtnha5aC5zaQHTg055y7j9gq5425aLuNXiX-otug055V-pASUm7ERq9AElBwfQeH6LRHJxhdMEt3KUhYA_98Go/s640/Fall+Colors+%25282%2529.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left;">
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJKSz7vwXIugDhkfDNOjwnScRKuXSVqHwRhEGbKUCwEh_qFuFnlIkYAzmdPSdGvBN2OkTbqJdWkXKo46WO7s_I-plUJDYQRNJbX-36IdUtaqxIK7pzWh70JbydA8Q5Rb2UYMhJb_Vr0XTx/s1600/Fall+Colors+%25283%2529.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJKSz7vwXIugDhkfDNOjwnScRKuXSVqHwRhEGbKUCwEh_qFuFnlIkYAzmdPSdGvBN2OkTbqJdWkXKo46WO7s_I-plUJDYQRNJbX-36IdUtaqxIK7pzWh70JbydA8Q5Rb2UYMhJb_Vr0XTx/s640/Fall+Colors+%25283%2529.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht5k6C-30AnQ5zedI0iJS9WWgA5eoolMTXzrET-425YXdVl6A3HLXkCgoKTg8QArAKSgBaNEz8dfJlGXGMLOCmGQMYuK2mClTlMAHc7BXQee06hHxmnu3Bn1ZifLHqaPLUC_u-2B4GmM-g/s1600/Fall+Colors+%25284%2529.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht5k6C-30AnQ5zedI0iJS9WWgA5eoolMTXzrET-425YXdVl6A3HLXkCgoKTg8QArAKSgBaNEz8dfJlGXGMLOCmGQMYuK2mClTlMAHc7BXQee06hHxmnu3Bn1ZifLHqaPLUC_u-2B4GmM-g/s640/Fall+Colors+%25284%2529.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqKPOoJGW7XYexVnZBOcCRN8P1e2HgMUdku4xme-uq2ls5a8NOsho2TEIoJhTiMHe4LE_nQWGNzgI8NLTjBFMaC2jkHDLJMeAXULSoM7v2QpHd_xENJRiw9Ed7cxcwqyPIha8ZHidQu76x/s1600/Kenzie.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqKPOoJGW7XYexVnZBOcCRN8P1e2HgMUdku4xme-uq2ls5a8NOsho2TEIoJhTiMHe4LE_nQWGNzgI8NLTjBFMaC2jkHDLJMeAXULSoM7v2QpHd_xENJRiw9Ed7cxcwqyPIha8ZHidQu76x/s640/Kenzie.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;">McKenzie (great-granddaughter)</span></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAms4Bvug3QVeT8Sxs-ZoCfG787ciyJUggk2B01EF3yTtHz0A3jgA_UiUIDxqo-FCpIKRfjnq4O7ZHPrO3MjST2nsxIFtiOMl4ND1GR6AsTTFk3lOekYwgaGMhSRzhBo7oPP5aMXyiuZyG/s1600/DSCN4621.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAms4Bvug3QVeT8Sxs-ZoCfG787ciyJUggk2B01EF3yTtHz0A3jgA_UiUIDxqo-FCpIKRfjnq4O7ZHPrO3MjST2nsxIFtiOMl4ND1GR6AsTTFk3lOekYwgaGMhSRzhBo7oPP5aMXyiuZyG/s640/DSCN4621.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">Courtney & McKenzie at Alexandria Bay</span></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
<br />
<pre style="text-align: center; white-space: pre-line; word-wrap: break-word !important;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">PUMPKIN FESTIVAL</span></pre>
<pre style="text-align: center; white-space: pre-line; word-wrap: break-word !important;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Over 6,000 pumpkins were used for this festival in Canada - about 30 minutes away. </span></pre>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieY2ywY1vZs3go0rLVqSSsq4B6gyMnjbHoM_isOaNSFauG5WJKthnZV50ZOFm35Mecu5wZRebola708bHHYwEg0AGTWbFxhMfYOweh4BrWCqhY6Q8X_9i6zsX0wO8PDVJTKknVOb9UyEeh/s1600/Pumpkin+Festival+%25281%2529.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieY2ywY1vZs3go0rLVqSSsq4B6gyMnjbHoM_isOaNSFauG5WJKthnZV50ZOFm35Mecu5wZRebola708bHHYwEg0AGTWbFxhMfYOweh4BrWCqhY6Q8X_9i6zsX0wO8PDVJTKknVOb9UyEeh/s640/Pumpkin+Festival+%25281%2529.JPG" width="480" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2ps8OklpcmLWaRV3cVAdFazzMYdhbn9hJWABoZwxPKakB9c5e8mWo2nZwqx5hgT8bBqtYLzthwg6hjcSycUCKll5mJV7j46smEQohpPELwMXiAzmDg3Ei_J6BAmLbr84UPrs9JYUU-iQu/s1600/Pumpkin+Festival+%25282%2529.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2ps8OklpcmLWaRV3cVAdFazzMYdhbn9hJWABoZwxPKakB9c5e8mWo2nZwqx5hgT8bBqtYLzthwg6hjcSycUCKll5mJV7j46smEQohpPELwMXiAzmDg3Ei_J6BAmLbr84UPrs9JYUU-iQu/s640/Pumpkin+Festival+%25282%2529.JPG" width="480" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQjgTc5Lj64RtCMXjluRK5ezMgx-mz7B_R7Hg9qJ3AW0J7hJBT2XA_YjPAJodHOQwQOzazwXjp73S36SJ8oNRfY5h2X-U9vqa7DiU-inpx424e-vz1fei97G4KNfaS7wOyqqO_iU6QwkF1/s1600/Pumpkin+Festival+%25283%2529.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQjgTc5Lj64RtCMXjluRK5ezMgx-mz7B_R7Hg9qJ3AW0J7hJBT2XA_YjPAJodHOQwQOzazwXjp73S36SJ8oNRfY5h2X-U9vqa7DiU-inpx424e-vz1fei97G4KNfaS7wOyqqO_iU6QwkF1/s640/Pumpkin+Festival+%25283%2529.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrId_H7cN6RyMaIWgvCurC7VMAi38Bij8WDEIQIvxjsACXhnoZp0xRzxTUigAFq2bgRx1cwILunT91NhgB069MFXmO6W0SqWvOauZ5urJDhxRQ_PEXJk2KRgLqbyBz_jOA8eNvpDZBwqZb/s1600/Pumpkin+Festival+%25284%2529.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrId_H7cN6RyMaIWgvCurC7VMAi38Bij8WDEIQIvxjsACXhnoZp0xRzxTUigAFq2bgRx1cwILunT91NhgB069MFXmO6W0SqWvOauZ5urJDhxRQ_PEXJk2KRgLqbyBz_jOA8eNvpDZBwqZb/s640/Pumpkin+Festival+%25284%2529.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span></div>
Shelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16318129003800910639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1903293979259976427.post-42771680850486535022015-10-18T21:18:00.000-07:002015-10-31T13:07:23.638-07:00<br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b><i>September
Blog</i></b></span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<br /></div>
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; text-align: left;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB12PvGLHj_q42XB__ctmvRWGramhsnhO7ays0FNADS7jbDC7f7NjQcVEjwK8kdPF0OwpT53pcfeoVn1QLRX3OZSTZOD8zBzaT80s68gVurLG2XDo9ZsnL7paJaOJ5wOQEq1dtE1CnY7CQ/s1600/Missionaries-3.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB12PvGLHj_q42XB__ctmvRWGramhsnhO7ays0FNADS7jbDC7f7NjQcVEjwK8kdPF0OwpT53pcfeoVn1QLRX3OZSTZOD8zBzaT80s68gVurLG2XDo9ZsnL7paJaOJ5wOQEq1dtE1CnY7CQ/s400/Missionaries-3.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">With our missionaries</span></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">At
the beginning of the month, we enjoyed celebrating Linda’s birthday by taking a
quick trip to Watertown where we had fun seeing a movie and then going out for
a nice dinner at the Texas Roadhouse. Of course, the normal activities of our
mission continued. We love visiting the members and working with the less
active and investigators. Then we attended our routine meetings as well. Those
have been identified in previous posts on this Blog so we won’t repeat them
here. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">By
the end of the month, we could feel the effects of the fall season. Our nights
were cooling down and the leaves were beginning to change colors. We are sure that
October will be spectacular. The days were also cooler but still quite nice,
which we totally enjoyed. It sure makes getting out and traveling to make our
visits easier and more pleasant. Another indicator that winter is just around
the corner is the number of people closing up their “camps,” which are houses
along the St. Lawrence River and pulling their boats out of the water. And of
course, watching the squirrels gather their winter supplies is always a good
indication of things to come.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">There
are other “senior missionaries” in the different Branches of the Church here
and we have been meeting with them once a month to see their area and to
exchange ideas and information about our different areas. This month we visited
Saranac Lake and Lake Placid and had a chance to tour the 1980 Olympic venues
and to see the fall colors in that area.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">At
the very end of the month, we were thrilled to have our daughter Michelle and
her husband Dale come for a visit (pictures below). We filled their time here with some
wonderful sights of upstate New York. We had a great trip and visit to Palmyra,
the birthplace of our Church. While there, we visited the Temple, walked
through the Sacred Grove, and toured the E B Grandin Print shop where the first
5000 copies of the Book of Mormon were printed. Then we also made a quick trip
to Niagara Falls, which we had seen many years ago when we lived in Ohio. We
had forgotten just how massive the Falls are. It’s such an amazing sight!</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Our building was being cleaned one day, so the missionaries had to teach outside.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<br /></div>
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRtBvDWvJLwFd3HYXM9UsQ9Ty4h0t2NoMO2vTJpg-3SvEB5VUPiExyjlD6zlTm7-qsQJOV-9W-FrfHllQQTlKmKAmGVHToHlfuN1wZf_yM2mjzIzGjFnhsdAdwcuyZ3gvOzYsz_04anDBB/s1600/Teaching+%25281%2529.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRtBvDWvJLwFd3HYXM9UsQ9Ty4h0t2NoMO2vTJpg-3SvEB5VUPiExyjlD6zlTm7-qsQJOV-9W-FrfHllQQTlKmKAmGVHToHlfuN1wZf_yM2mjzIzGjFnhsdAdwcuyZ3gvOzYsz_04anDBB/s640/Teaching+%25281%2529.JPG" width="478" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
<div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1eWVIWgJMtlMjsPesQyh8QhabWC_FJsoKVjY6wJglHygMbyj0n1dVQzm5wvvnHIMpF67piB28_9poFQr9VfbV0xfsPwHqweLkSPIZ95Q6me9xvlD7GdknY0tq1umSASKHt8l4E8C4WPVy/s1600/Teaching+%25282%2529.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1eWVIWgJMtlMjsPesQyh8QhabWC_FJsoKVjY6wJglHygMbyj0n1dVQzm5wvvnHIMpF67piB28_9poFQr9VfbV0xfsPwHqweLkSPIZ95Q6me9xvlD7GdknY0tq1umSASKHt8l4E8C4WPVy/s640/Teaching+%25282%2529.JPG" width="478" /></a></div>
<div style="text-align: start;">
</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrlOD2ZwSSLvu4Hq-KFuLB_XTlHTphhgKE85b2YcPsS0A7fzlqeaP2w2w-oUd5URoIjHhifMAT0WZuUk-jOqtzPeoLoUIdrxv0dmB7Mc65b3nv41UZPZ809hyphenhyphenXEM8uZ5kVe2Ue_vpM96ow/s1600/Teaching+%25283%2529.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrlOD2ZwSSLvu4Hq-KFuLB_XTlHTphhgKE85b2YcPsS0A7fzlqeaP2w2w-oUd5URoIjHhifMAT0WZuUk-jOqtzPeoLoUIdrxv0dmB7Mc65b3nv41UZPZ809hyphenhyphenXEM8uZ5kVe2Ue_vpM96ow/s640/Teaching+%25283%2529.JPG" width="478" /></a></div>
<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCGhB1EusL2vwO_DZcMTfZf8YfLHFP_fnm9VEEHfMn_zREdETQ21vOLkXt0SI-J-S14NI-FGCA2Illd1bkqWzDYLIOBLEMKiVE2-C3bj6qC1MACruV2zNGirOqplTHK36Cnu3ShLO_gQLT/s1600/Teaching+%25284%2529.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCGhB1EusL2vwO_DZcMTfZf8YfLHFP_fnm9VEEHfMn_zREdETQ21vOLkXt0SI-J-S14NI-FGCA2Illd1bkqWzDYLIOBLEMKiVE2-C3bj6qC1MACruV2zNGirOqplTHK36Cnu3ShLO_gQLT/s640/Teaching+%25284%2529.JPG" width="478" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbcCo1hzZ9_IYmIwj2i7qz0z899iN-Gs4P5iBY8SvsJOhKOy_5Hu5jK6L7ZxjjexiVPo0zD49qcyxdf0dwjpu6GNgeezGr-YU2LHZAwZXdierkxRUD3x-pBCgPX5eNIt7bulfot7248MEL/s1600/Teaching+%25285%2529.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="478" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbcCo1hzZ9_IYmIwj2i7qz0z899iN-Gs4P5iBY8SvsJOhKOy_5Hu5jK6L7ZxjjexiVPo0zD49qcyxdf0dwjpu6GNgeezGr-YU2LHZAwZXdierkxRUD3x-pBCgPX5eNIt7bulfot7248MEL/s640/Teaching+%25285%2529.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcJzZfnavjnXp_k7VQ9VU0GAC-jCKler4K9B6zdeiLPkcx6a-Tn1V7cthNYoY-jjVWkf9aIlzAHS4A95amYstDSqfOBC_VcP0Sp-HbF4KuzKh8J6ZOt2Cz6E4grJDqPSufjeI5wzlTWzfE/s1600/Amish+stand+goodness.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcJzZfnavjnXp_k7VQ9VU0GAC-jCKler4K9B6zdeiLPkcx6a-Tn1V7cthNYoY-jjVWkf9aIlzAHS4A95amYstDSqfOBC_VcP0Sp-HbF4KuzKh8J6ZOt2Cz6E4grJDqPSufjeI5wzlTWzfE/s640/Amish+stand+goodness.jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">Fresh goodness at a Amish stand</span></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHU36VmXrQ5dQCKQ9kyvLKIdkfWTaa_RGjskRPQ6YzRZpC9xfPEA1S83MKvzYYF3W53t02GX2MznyKNxPImlRwTROOm_z5uvl2ZxM-PPNa0VVMIwGm90LJUl6pb-dHeWAi7PZ46XkM6r2b/s1600/FullSizeRender-01.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHU36VmXrQ5dQCKQ9kyvLKIdkfWTaa_RGjskRPQ6YzRZpC9xfPEA1S83MKvzYYF3W53t02GX2MznyKNxPImlRwTROOm_z5uvl2ZxM-PPNa0VVMIwGm90LJUl6pb-dHeWAi7PZ46XkM6r2b/s640/FullSizeRender-01.jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">Saw this sign across from one of the Amish stands</span></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglSVGcyAirf_P_DOUnXv9_27D6K-XdjN0k5r2Ecd36mhif0frriqQnyRK4woSZEazQm_yaV6Qg3jISqZpFw6T7gEaDYKnrl0r8aPNMOF-bx7oyHQFITnTfp2Fg2yDCK1h7hrvpkSVk85zD/s1600/Missionaries.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglSVGcyAirf_P_DOUnXv9_27D6K-XdjN0k5r2Ecd36mhif0frriqQnyRK4woSZEazQm_yaV6Qg3jISqZpFw6T7gEaDYKnrl0r8aPNMOF-bx7oyHQFITnTfp2Fg2yDCK1h7hrvpkSVk85zD/s640/Missionaries.jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">More missionary fun at our place</span></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbTouzrlvVk3qORYkRy_ZbF2rt7kp38z-PhbpZDgowApXXEeYDCV0KasnGJIEqxnDCRLP_mj_qjFsGYVCU0RtKJgo0Fj0MWqTCy9FcKUMUMttPGvsD37eVGH2mN2ksWeW57FkKD376w8Fk/s1600/Missionaries-2.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbTouzrlvVk3qORYkRy_ZbF2rt7kp38z-PhbpZDgowApXXEeYDCV0KasnGJIEqxnDCRLP_mj_qjFsGYVCU0RtKJgo0Fj0MWqTCy9FcKUMUMttPGvsD37eVGH2mN2ksWeW57FkKD376w8Fk/s640/Missionaries-2.JPG" width="480" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">Missionary fun at our place</span></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNlNA0A0Qs9SfIS4n0PAmnV-ekfWjDsoagwPyhb48xho4jUSwNUKVrSTbbNfPHkCzX27QmDhg_-orHrQw-mQlc7KBXAcJ71JGLT7vrhIvcBC8pm0wLgcjdlN1fTXf187HSrJ6Lgz5fCDOv/s1600/Missionary+on+piano.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNlNA0A0Qs9SfIS4n0PAmnV-ekfWjDsoagwPyhb48xho4jUSwNUKVrSTbbNfPHkCzX27QmDhg_-orHrQw-mQlc7KBXAcJ71JGLT7vrhIvcBC8pm0wLgcjdlN1fTXf187HSrJ6Lgz5fCDOv/s640/Missionary+on+piano.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">There is always someone who can play our piano</span></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1Zxuuo_pkorNRqa0m5oavVyTeHcitV_OWCb1s45zhDhhZf_BmIwJ0AMxNM_tJF7wsNjxkFE7mQopeeyWAenU2Y97R0qLqTPX3XeuXrEbd3mZlf78X8Jn43p_ph340nMbvGM88vPvvqQsT/s1600/They+are+everywhere+%25281%2529.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1Zxuuo_pkorNRqa0m5oavVyTeHcitV_OWCb1s45zhDhhZf_BmIwJ0AMxNM_tJF7wsNjxkFE7mQopeeyWAenU2Y97R0qLqTPX3XeuXrEbd3mZlf78X8Jn43p_ph340nMbvGM88vPvvqQsT/s640/They+are+everywhere+%25281%2529.JPG" width="480" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">They are everywhere!</span></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyTn1jqPQFh1PTIHXy08cnSItu1mZg8TezQR6pqyc1kLhy1hrKDrauujSH5SNx-rN7mcytwduYRRYNfIag6_NcENRRoZu1K_Fp3uBMcipaymXtSFo8KvDtWBuTLUJZAGw7DjbHUogwyWOK/s1600/They+are+everywhere+%25282%2529.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyTn1jqPQFh1PTIHXy08cnSItu1mZg8TezQR6pqyc1kLhy1hrKDrauujSH5SNx-rN7mcytwduYRRYNfIag6_NcENRRoZu1K_Fp3uBMcipaymXtSFo8KvDtWBuTLUJZAGw7DjbHUogwyWOK/s640/They+are+everywhere+%25282%2529.JPG" width="480" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">Seriously... EVERYWHERE!</span></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
On the Ferry - headed out to the castles on the different islands</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhibqCyhTzsjGx5BuLwEm00VTDOi-VcO-EREDKxepsv266-S3lrm42OhgezPkziLn74tG5sFJjE3dP66YQbzkQU4a80_FWhdGKEme33XT3ANQVwnAOlMof8X3EGyJhCEf6lwKWEBh2fjLQM/s1600/Ferry+time+%252827%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhibqCyhTzsjGx5BuLwEm00VTDOi-VcO-EREDKxepsv266-S3lrm42OhgezPkziLn74tG5sFJjE3dP66YQbzkQU4a80_FWhdGKEme33XT3ANQVwnAOlMof8X3EGyJhCEf6lwKWEBh2fjLQM/s640/Ferry+time+%252827%2529.jpg" width="360" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
Boldt Castle (on one of the Thousand Islands)</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeXRSGYqBy_kn37pWAnc8BUJ9pqDWzAzjgrYo76b-4CgYg9IQ-9RcrMC3ikOmYNr5iz_5s0XS_w4vw63kMTxsA_6kbDE2Soz1QuNeojrPWkcLs6bgx60BGIODm-UAF4E659B3vzhS1eIsC/s1600/Boldt+Castle+trip.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeXRSGYqBy_kn37pWAnc8BUJ9pqDWzAzjgrYo76b-4CgYg9IQ-9RcrMC3ikOmYNr5iz_5s0XS_w4vw63kMTxsA_6kbDE2Soz1QuNeojrPWkcLs6bgx60BGIODm-UAF4E659B3vzhS1eIsC/s640/Boldt+Castle+trip.JPG" width="576" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
Singer Castle (again, on one of the Thousand Islands)</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrQZtXLRsq4guad9gty2Y5Rba4z5uMuqH3E7I7ugioKJN013ISd7QJc4im76xUHLHqBRm7Iz0BkXxIKVhS9MKqfUffBLh86PNTEPwzlFoOLVH6flEa3oZlqF6OdDJ0jy1FQkqVlV78as_f/s1600/Singer+Castle+trip+%252815%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrQZtXLRsq4guad9gty2Y5Rba4z5uMuqH3E7I7ugioKJN013ISd7QJc4im76xUHLHqBRm7Iz0BkXxIKVhS9MKqfUffBLh86PNTEPwzlFoOLVH6flEa3oZlqF6OdDJ0jy1FQkqVlV78as_f/s640/Singer+Castle+trip+%252815%2529.jpg" width="360" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLZUJFuI80pEFl8cCLVrMXmXAYWCFEpLB3oBneZnA91HkVpYwZzVVtF-WC4-fAe2VzSgV7Tv6qzjmNiXpJX2t7Hw2Mg1LLr3Us_z9JeRZMlsdl2_BiDG7IE56ygv3WuaMjcSmv4N1WMdZN/s1600/Singer+Castle.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="display: inline !important; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLZUJFuI80pEFl8cCLVrMXmXAYWCFEpLB3oBneZnA91HkVpYwZzVVtF-WC4-fAe2VzSgV7Tv6qzjmNiXpJX2t7Hw2Mg1LLr3Us_z9JeRZMlsdl2_BiDG7IE56ygv3WuaMjcSmv4N1WMdZN/s640/Singer+Castle.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
Niagara Falls</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMuP6FrnqXctnEhgSlsoDwWw654mXkgfDQNinBG-FLZjztmg-19btmIJs9cE1D2-wgMqV5LtgXmJ2WCasfJ8cwOjX6ZqEY9hjL9Dl2AfP0-pBNzCYfUWpgMKsmgMjlok0L1gOhpXFmBStm/s1600/Niagara+Falls+%25282%2529.JPG" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMuP6FrnqXctnEhgSlsoDwWw654mXkgfDQNinBG-FLZjztmg-19btmIJs9cE1D2-wgMqV5LtgXmJ2WCasfJ8cwOjX6ZqEY9hjL9Dl2AfP0-pBNzCYfUWpgMKsmgMjlok0L1gOhpXFmBStm/s640/Niagara+Falls+%25282%2529.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP-QSOecIQqt9d65e9m-kGXzxxkfRtzeuyEBRjADe2ofjOzy9pMK_1cR5FdBUiaFXbWQmKtUwN__RsGmqNqqh95jzOHtktTDaYpOmm0mC6LojZcDiTsOdRvwoDGqEnG0ZBFA48mVU72rip/s1600/Niagara+Falls.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP-QSOecIQqt9d65e9m-kGXzxxkfRtzeuyEBRjADe2ofjOzy9pMK_1cR5FdBUiaFXbWQmKtUwN__RsGmqNqqh95jzOHtktTDaYpOmm0mC6LojZcDiTsOdRvwoDGqEnG0ZBFA48mVU72rip/s640/Niagara+Falls.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoJJhKqsmYKxYB9zUaBmJ3K6EHwac7b8geq2MllANeHC-6Ftqquj9KAi1S3zhoMMPMf_uiF0hfQTHtf78sW6VN57n97_pl99HJW5UazfmDU1E3bWydLCsK4o-eDfKDaN-aNQCdqnvFdQ8J/s1600/DSCN4366.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoJJhKqsmYKxYB9zUaBmJ3K6EHwac7b8geq2MllANeHC-6Ftqquj9KAi1S3zhoMMPMf_uiF0hfQTHtf78sW6VN57n97_pl99HJW5UazfmDU1E3bWydLCsK4o-eDfKDaN-aNQCdqnvFdQ8J/s640/DSCN4366.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">Visit to Joseph Smith's home in Palmyra with Dale & Michelle.</span></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKd0XzKiSK3cqPZP4qL1JNlA_qWCj2pu8a9psLFHp-7tRgp-Os3ZLnPCLi5wbw7Qgc7fLs4UcyGlZv_asLCkG3BQMEBbx5MDfxwTe4UZSCAKgPfwPnrrDFtIVxl4S5dnJ0ksPkvmATFer2/s1600/Niagara+Falls+%25283%2529.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /></a></div>
<br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjEVs1KQAMIkbwmW4fjGD9RoiyLR_7n5WtfuvXDzjRdQGkJSHqxmXSPNCasmMZUw81A-yXKpWn2Dx-Y6dQh0g_CuowpYD4tIMg4xxGekzcMYfoehs_7uDI4oklKccDgZNHQanmYGtVe4LC/s1600/DSCN4288.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjEVs1KQAMIkbwmW4fjGD9RoiyLR_7n5WtfuvXDzjRdQGkJSHqxmXSPNCasmMZUw81A-yXKpWn2Dx-Y6dQh0g_CuowpYD4tIMg4xxGekzcMYfoehs_7uDI4oklKccDgZNHQanmYGtVe4LC/s640/DSCN4288.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">Lunch in Saranac Lake with the senior couples from our Zone.</span></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJIQ0rCirmFd-K6NBJmNSAr6sGD-Qd1Ej2wewP9hs2pxOApAnyHxpu_t8q9MGgHowRG8Xh8xF9jmRv1MpsDXIUpfLdhRsj9RVFWxEDQ0LSOY2LBbN9uHl2TyoDKlVxbwTAzW3Xv6dkNRdP/s1600/DSCN4298.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJIQ0rCirmFd-K6NBJmNSAr6sGD-Qd1Ej2wewP9hs2pxOApAnyHxpu_t8q9MGgHowRG8Xh8xF9jmRv1MpsDXIUpfLdhRsj9RVFWxEDQ0LSOY2LBbN9uHl2TyoDKlVxbwTAzW3Xv6dkNRdP/s640/DSCN4298.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">Lake Placid Olympic Center - 1980 Winter Olympic Site</span></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcFYB-sbRFg5vS9kTzNyTYiZiy7sZRUzAYBwuJcLwmJx3hx1toHnp4ZOZJ2tyh1oEo0C32xFHlZJTrB06pir9j5IYkxJTCcJlqa0wHSYh9MrpW-Z7hDtQkK9CJbup01vbKS_1WeKRg6FxY/s1600/DSCN4302.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcFYB-sbRFg5vS9kTzNyTYiZiy7sZRUzAYBwuJcLwmJx3hx1toHnp4ZOZJ2tyh1oEo0C32xFHlZJTrB06pir9j5IYkxJTCcJlqa0wHSYh9MrpW-Z7hDtQkK9CJbup01vbKS_1WeKRg6FxY/s640/DSCN4302.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEuaMwOrV_KlaU5faZYIJUGEzUvPQy7a4yTR92Nf-xgNYGfMda9OXLt08EJm9RdozGyfTm-hbrSneN7MbTEjTXm573eHITNr9CZBbahbqY0UUjEy8i03IX6-UPh2ZMxJuGZpPKlwlezyhI/s1600/DSCN4307.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEuaMwOrV_KlaU5faZYIJUGEzUvPQy7a4yTR92Nf-xgNYGfMda9OXLt08EJm9RdozGyfTm-hbrSneN7MbTEjTXm573eHITNr9CZBbahbqY0UUjEy8i03IX6-UPh2ZMxJuGZpPKlwlezyhI/s640/DSCN4307.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxHJlygfOdKWjvkA7LvwaA3Cch1gzIFv9cDtJqqiQZL7_YXf5th36wHAXsjoDKp9Lhz45uNSKxeGsN8ZmI-KZZ3I1FzZTFp26I2rLL6RPihE2JNLOwndFTRgY0rfghRfJMI3VUTyoNS8tb/s1600/DSCN4318.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxHJlygfOdKWjvkA7LvwaA3Cch1gzIFv9cDtJqqiQZL7_YXf5th36wHAXsjoDKp9Lhz45uNSKxeGsN8ZmI-KZZ3I1FzZTFp26I2rLL6RPihE2JNLOwndFTRgY0rfghRfJMI3VUTyoNS8tb/s640/DSCN4318.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">Skiing in the summer at the Olympic Park. No snow to cushion a fall.</span></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8c8Tn5-ig2uEPJt_2J52hCZ6HMBfoZhyphenhyphensYsB8bKzDWpnWU79PSGV0XrobkvfeWb8aBD0TTJPnnh_alsw6G6HG_KqQiy6ODp2hXbe95UFWMXTQmaKPgmgPatqZHSWMXp3zb-dcEqrWe_5s/s1600/DSCN4332.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8c8Tn5-ig2uEPJt_2J52hCZ6HMBfoZhyphenhyphensYsB8bKzDWpnWU79PSGV0XrobkvfeWb8aBD0TTJPnnh_alsw6G6HG_KqQiy6ODp2hXbe95UFWMXTQmaKPgmgPatqZHSWMXp3zb-dcEqrWe_5s/s640/DSCN4332.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">Beginning to look like fall in the Adirondacks. </span></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<br />
<br />
<div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
The sunsets on the St. Lawrence are amazing!</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3axzH8FAXmQE1eRc2NKM4r_jhRXNReSnvTsgBr3Kb80eABuVcZpIY5ea1i0hxitpwhlltJ_xuxia1YesprkSpYR4OPVXi8QuFX8N-ay-_gC1EdvthET-XBvkTWBD8iDSTvSngtLvUP8bD/s1600/Sunsets.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3axzH8FAXmQE1eRc2NKM4r_jhRXNReSnvTsgBr3Kb80eABuVcZpIY5ea1i0hxitpwhlltJ_xuxia1YesprkSpYR4OPVXi8QuFX8N-ay-_gC1EdvthET-XBvkTWBD8iDSTvSngtLvUP8bD/s640/Sunsets.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit4QanBj68qFcLKxQvMX4OSjwSEYC9W6r5DMnMejFJntzYfhRvEh3b8cbNidxEwsJ8sIGAfqV7O04ZRZo8kCDOPU8tB0lLZbgkT9HbaXh6Tz_-9gt7edRzICa9JPvd-1Z-pQxcCEhiFNOB/s1600/Sunset.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit4QanBj68qFcLKxQvMX4OSjwSEYC9W6r5DMnMejFJntzYfhRvEh3b8cbNidxEwsJ8sIGAfqV7O04ZRZo8kCDOPU8tB0lLZbgkT9HbaXh6Tz_-9gt7edRzICa9JPvd-1Z-pQxcCEhiFNOB/s640/Sunset.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div>
Shelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16318129003800910639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1903293979259976427.post-91746907835273003112015-09-15T19:48:00.000-07:002015-09-15T19:48:00.357-07:00<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b><i>August
Blog</i></b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div>
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSOpN2TGrXoE2i_J4W6-hW5VqjTbWwyoHq_aJAp9KwVqr7GtL_dQzLRMGoMpSFgOXKyyO_IYf8sw9FgibQ1ZRi4kcxPey_gwVfVH5uO9LvUJcfo4DoHKNkV31oF0rqa_UYAEo9WRmY4Feb/s1600/Lighthouse.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSOpN2TGrXoE2i_J4W6-hW5VqjTbWwyoHq_aJAp9KwVqr7GtL_dQzLRMGoMpSFgOXKyyO_IYf8sw9FgibQ1ZRi4kcxPey_gwVfVH5uO9LvUJcfo4DoHKNkV31oF0rqa_UYAEo9WRmY4Feb/s400/Lighthouse.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">Lighthouse on the Canadian side -<br />we see it illuminated at night from home.</span></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Our
calling as Member and Leader Support (MLS) Missionaries is much like it
sounds. By now, if you have been
following our Blog, you will note that our lives are busy and fall into a
fairly normal routine. In August, we
spent the lion’s share of our time visiting and working with members. Jim serves in the Branch as the First
Counselor to the Branch President so he has a direct link with the leadership
of the Branch. Linda serves as the
Family History Consultant for the Branch and has that additional “hook” to
visit the members, both active and less active. Needless to say, we love our time here as missionaries for the
Church. It is wonderful and at the same time
very challenging. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">During
the month, we enjoyed our usual Zone and District meetings along with all of
the other responsibilities associated with our work here in Ogdensburg. We have two sets of Elders working in the
Branch. One set is here in Ogdensburg
and the other in Gouverneur. Routinely,
we drive down to Gouverneur on Wednesdays to be with the Elders there. Every six weeks, is transfer week when new
Elder and Sister Missionaries arrive in the mission, while others who are
completing their missions return to their homes. Elders serve for two years and sisters serve
for 18 months, so placing the new missionaries and moving others around is a
huge task and the Mission President with his assistants coordinate all of that
work. During the transfer that occurred
on August 19, both of our more experienced Elders became trainers so we brought
back two new missionaries to be trained - one here in Ogdensburg and the other
in Gouverneur. Of course, as a senior
missionary couple, we stay put, thank goodness. For that, we are glad because we love it here in Ogdensburg.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The
summer is beginning to wind down. Our
nights are usually in the 50's and the days are currently in the low 80's with
fairly high humidity. Even so, it is
pretty comfortable most of the time. We
can already tell that the fall is going to spectacular here in this part of the
country. A few trees are starting to
change colors. We think by the end of
September and into early October we should be in full color.</span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><br /></span></div>
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi60Gnc8qh24l6rDdLXHUhp5GTvAOpuQ7Fr_BfbBN1m5lRNw83JevEh8iiYxesGOPky2V4_M2lApSTDGb7h7j8K_08KiXSGFD8z7SJPO1ADi6m4E1yjRvZkDsCLOFwhf3PpypJIYWga3qC9/s1600/fence+painters.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="402" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi60Gnc8qh24l6rDdLXHUhp5GTvAOpuQ7Fr_BfbBN1m5lRNw83JevEh8iiYxesGOPky2V4_M2lApSTDGb7h7j8K_08KiXSGFD8z7SJPO1ADi6m4E1yjRvZkDsCLOFwhf3PpypJIYWga3qC9/s640/fence+painters.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">Our District missionaries helped paint the fence around the St Lawrence Historical Society in Canton as a service project. </span></span></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><br /></span></div>
Shelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16318129003800910639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1903293979259976427.post-22492974711164054902015-08-30T15:38:00.001-07:002015-09-01T19:38:42.771-07:00<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><i><b>July Blog</b></i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><i><br /></i></span></div>
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj650l-Mdj9h5ybKrwbTAjn7rgGG1MVPabhO29dUgif0Q4I98bLHIAmskAlPUHZl-w-2qcawZAeTfGvWQJr5J6QYwZZWpHLjO8HrV8DAiIdBpqN-Py9MOwy5oUjx8QMxUVl0Y3esWoElcOo/s1600/fireworks.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj650l-Mdj9h5ybKrwbTAjn7rgGG1MVPabhO29dUgif0Q4I98bLHIAmskAlPUHZl-w-2qcawZAeTfGvWQJr5J6QYwZZWpHLjO8HrV8DAiIdBpqN-Py9MOwy5oUjx8QMxUVl0Y3esWoElcOo/s400/fireworks.JPG" width="300" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Enjoyed the fireworks over the St. Lawrence River</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">We have enjoyed another wonderful month in the “North Country” as missionaries. Of course, we have continued with our usual activities that take us into the homes of our members and investigators. We now have a new Mission President and just like our past president, he is terrific. In addition, we continue to volunteer at the Salvation Army’s soup kitchen and food pantry. Both activities provide a lot of assistance to people who are struggling in one fashion or another. </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">During the month, we were privileged to take a family from our little Branch to see the Pageant in Palmyra. That event is amazing and literally draws thousands of people from all over the country and even a number of countries outside of the U.S. It was an amazing production and we really enjoyed it.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">On a more personal note, we had a visit from Linda’s brother and his wife from Aurora, Colorado. We were able to show them some of the sites in this area. It was fun and we really enjoyed having them here with us. Then, late in the month we were visited by our long-time friends, Tom and Pat Baca from College Station, Texas. We made another trip to Palmyra with them to see and attend the Temple there. We also visited the Frederic Remington Art Museum, which is right here in Ogdensburg. In addition, we took a day trip to Sharon, Vermont to see the birthplace of Joseph Smith. There is a wonderful Visitor’s Center there and it was great to see it. </span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">We learned that Tom has an ancestor who was from Kingston, Canada so we made a trip there with them to seek out some genealogy information.</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">It’s a quaint little town and not too far from us.</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">On our way home, we went to Alexandria Bay where we went to see the famous “Boldt Castle.”</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">It is an amazing place with a great story and just 30 minutes from our house.</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">There is much to see in this area and our guest room is just waiting for visitors!</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<br /></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">We are really enjoying the weather as it has been in the low 80’s with some wonderful thunderstorms. It cools off into the high 50’s to mid 60’s at night. We are looking forward to the beauty of the fall in Upstate New York and a drive through the Adirondacks when the leaves are at the peak of change.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br /></span></div>
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlO15Q-u5284Gf5QdT6KElyXAEGRPGUJHl8mueovhae6j66wLBdB8hrZ_nj9zhP-7gKivBC2I8tBqd2CwZiu-XLlkg8nBSwj9wyLvsANmYhyR5EpXCiZG5RE4JHS2UGorF3md0lQ0BmIpt/s1600/ny+utica+mission.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlO15Q-u5284Gf5QdT6KElyXAEGRPGUJHl8mueovhae6j66wLBdB8hrZ_nj9zhP-7gKivBC2I8tBqd2CwZiu-XLlkg8nBSwj9wyLvsANmYhyR5EpXCiZG5RE4JHS2UGorF3md0lQ0BmIpt/s640/ny+utica+mission.JPG" width="480" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Mission office in Utica</span></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4Ldj9-VCPE67v5v7gMbbDmmkWbq8Ov4I0-obdy5X_D4YCQAq8Ok4QxHrautfvegYr2dVueYm7V6sV4uJlykCxtcEX924Y8s2x3x-RT8TFTtElk8Gz2m_motf6z7U49X-QXxSmjQqnw-jR/s1600/ausable+canyon.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4Ldj9-VCPE67v5v7gMbbDmmkWbq8Ov4I0-obdy5X_D4YCQAq8Ok4QxHrautfvegYr2dVueYm7V6sV4uJlykCxtcEX924Y8s2x3x-RT8TFTtElk8Gz2m_motf6z7U49X-QXxSmjQqnw-jR/s640/ausable+canyon.JPG" width="480" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Ausable Chasm in Keeseville, NY - they call it the Grand Canyon of the east.</span></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw-0F-L6MWopNAZLYorx14U4KfvKXsG5zgONd7BNsUaS-5QVq3NunBoo3llarEA0bW9SdKZIkWAKsri2OT0ptzw7U2hJECbv_IHYU2eFU7zsue3HalNHnX-BtYbD2F5JUqxWJcl78mS6g-/s1600/bridge+water.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw-0F-L6MWopNAZLYorx14U4KfvKXsG5zgONd7BNsUaS-5QVq3NunBoo3llarEA0bW9SdKZIkWAKsri2OT0ptzw7U2hJECbv_IHYU2eFU7zsue3HalNHnX-BtYbD2F5JUqxWJcl78mS6g-/s640/bridge+water.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixAVHvgWh3N2bqs-QwDIaXCJlB0PWbz8zs-r7IBW39bVXa3CfcrM0dJO4xAUgLm68aB10uMywF7KhDR5wRe5T4fr4ILokGetYSBtgO3xem9qLVn5rE_4FkTwUkKoUO5fcyZsqrxtczckd7/s1600/canyon+water.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="font-size: 12pt; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixAVHvgWh3N2bqs-QwDIaXCJlB0PWbz8zs-r7IBW39bVXa3CfcrM0dJO4xAUgLm68aB10uMywF7KhDR5wRe5T4fr4ILokGetYSBtgO3xem9qLVn5rE_4FkTwUkKoUO5fcyZsqrxtczckd7/s640/canyon+water.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSbdZ6djcU7G4OJbN3py_w7lDCwXvGOXKS1K-7SNxkRDhD3ghq10pBVWrryN0tGgy20DHs9hCrVqMs2nNtYw_isg0qpuhJC6b-JzfP3BNMJtD0Eaj1GesflrFBjwvT7z5Keq8KvDBlTGtm/s1600/canyon.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="font-size: 12pt; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSbdZ6djcU7G4OJbN3py_w7lDCwXvGOXKS1K-7SNxkRDhD3ghq10pBVWrryN0tGgy20DHs9hCrVqMs2nNtYw_isg0qpuhJC6b-JzfP3BNMJtD0Eaj1GesflrFBjwvT7z5Keq8KvDBlTGtm/s640/canyon.JPG" width="480" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Nope! Didn't even try that.</span></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiggmPEJ3roeimKaBk8r3qacDt6QAn3KP7BEYxIm3E8VrP1NUuEFI5k_pQzDOSirS762urKQpxUMEtoCCQoBtt1b3a-p-TsFwndfhvt_IDvAGSITJz5lSmeZopEcqLMv8_a4wd_3pfnrJcI/s1600/stairs+on+cliff.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiggmPEJ3roeimKaBk8r3qacDt6QAn3KP7BEYxIm3E8VrP1NUuEFI5k_pQzDOSirS762urKQpxUMEtoCCQoBtt1b3a-p-TsFwndfhvt_IDvAGSITJz5lSmeZopEcqLMv8_a4wd_3pfnrJcI/s640/stairs+on+cliff.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Didn't try that either. We were on the wrong side of the river, thank goodness.</span></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBeCwnoaHDGB2-8-fspiA6k8RG_k7wyY3LhYGCu3HbN0E95PEp_2RImWfgvfAfc8WZC4f8nzCOWcRXYGJVIcW-CgmZnTqo8cf6uvoLDGkhg3ajTze9nXqFjFvaakSn_HSWCEu3boCGplIe/s1600/waterfall.JPG" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBeCwnoaHDGB2-8-fspiA6k8RG_k7wyY3LhYGCu3HbN0E95PEp_2RImWfgvfAfc8WZC4f8nzCOWcRXYGJVIcW-CgmZnTqo8cf6uvoLDGkhg3ajTze9nXqFjFvaakSn_HSWCEu3boCGplIe/s640/waterfall.JPG" width="480" /></a></div>
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVRm_HayzD0O0ncoO4XCww4qmQtd3rUWSwl8Uqdv-c9yDWR0MkQIH_h-YFj1JPtMBAqBYbj4QQZyVhwe6AMyn-xuckFXJ3dd8RilnTsk61y7qLt2IffNTlLxYWmJ267hipflWnwmyuPF59/s1600/grove.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVRm_HayzD0O0ncoO4XCww4qmQtd3rUWSwl8Uqdv-c9yDWR0MkQIH_h-YFj1JPtMBAqBYbj4QQZyVhwe6AMyn-xuckFXJ3dd8RilnTsk61y7qLt2IffNTlLxYWmJ267hipflWnwmyuPF59/s640/grove.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Sacred Grove</span></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6GZoRKzzKd_7SHIfivPzsPyaFgAfeyPQEijsBgXsQXwZQzT2O6EXhvsnfkDmF6QuwISXRvIQuoBQyzQGiQDvr4IUrqkdScBeULRQGhZoD_nh3WNXhFpc7I670qCcwrU01QChr7rZWYjct/s1600/grove+2.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6GZoRKzzKd_7SHIfivPzsPyaFgAfeyPQEijsBgXsQXwZQzT2O6EXhvsnfkDmF6QuwISXRvIQuoBQyzQGiQDvr4IUrqkdScBeULRQGhZoD_nh3WNXhFpc7I670qCcwrU01QChr7rZWYjct/s640/grove+2.JPG" width="480" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Sacred Grove</span></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4dCDC0TPEorUydn3QHZ_GAFCiBYq1JMTflu19iA5NwlJs8sEFsjN91kciO-fRDpO1-OJqZROcwWK6-ngpvFmIu9X2ghM29aZ6EyUPugQvjfjizLSvSR7H-wiZffsztN5_jZ4TTGzQ4CQT/s1600/statue.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4dCDC0TPEorUydn3QHZ_GAFCiBYq1JMTflu19iA5NwlJs8sEFsjN91kciO-fRDpO1-OJqZROcwWK6-ngpvFmIu9X2ghM29aZ6EyUPugQvjfjizLSvSR7H-wiZffsztN5_jZ4TTGzQ4CQT/s640/statue.JPG" width="480" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">Birthplace of Joseph Smith - Sharon, VT. </span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">The monument is composed of polished granite cut from a nearby quarry. </span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">Sitting atop a series of bases, an inscription stone, and a molded cap, the obelisk stone</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">rises 38½ feet, one foot for every year of the Prophet’s life.</span></span></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj91slknk7dMp-TlpN-XMaqWTDcxFgbZXGGaNq2T3s5T3Ti9uTq7Qa3ctLqZn5yRlXB6qNHHkHzibCfZM8iY4cnuvVTXeq61iGClXNYHG6uakmUQNyBu1j2SekcjJnGUmlxYzaUo96mSAob/s1600/BoM+print+shop.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="596" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj91slknk7dMp-TlpN-XMaqWTDcxFgbZXGGaNq2T3s5T3Ti9uTq7Qa3ctLqZn5yRlXB6qNHHkHzibCfZM8iY4cnuvVTXeq61iGClXNYHG6uakmUQNyBu1j2SekcjJnGUmlxYzaUo96mSAob/s640/BoM+print+shop.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvo1wcQtgzZiEvG3sFV-ghy-P6f9sTbtMknlNlyM15MbzsAIuiEcY8xko7MdSzFxHSrtL8AeezD9LkJEvnIWHpievAPgbQP2ayOk4epyc_V0GLxKlmEGalgpBwqM1fkdQi8BIA7ZwW7Kth/s1600/pageant.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvo1wcQtgzZiEvG3sFV-ghy-P6f9sTbtMknlNlyM15MbzsAIuiEcY8xko7MdSzFxHSrtL8AeezD9LkJEvnIWHpievAPgbQP2ayOk4epyc_V0GLxKlmEGalgpBwqM1fkdQi8BIA7ZwW7Kth/s640/pageant.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Palmyra - Hill Cumorah Pageant</span></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhl-bdyCY85FYxwedBbIfqS5uXVRkMflX2-m2TQxhZ2nzZ6e04iCMz4EkSgYev7WovidJWJCpRBuGfCF3emT1R97JtbgdoKNdZOv74cqcGGOSlRE-xZXZRQB8Q_78MimSlSQ5OHGGupTVF9/s1600/Pat-Tom+museum.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhl-bdyCY85FYxwedBbIfqS5uXVRkMflX2-m2TQxhZ2nzZ6e04iCMz4EkSgYev7WovidJWJCpRBuGfCF3emT1R97JtbgdoKNdZOv74cqcGGOSlRE-xZXZRQB8Q_78MimSlSQ5OHGGupTVF9/s640/Pat-Tom+museum.JPG" width="480" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Remington Art Museum w/Tom & Pat Baca</span></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD2kak6yF3yAlz3i2ZAydyI10phjcY6a1xqftjXoqoiFa9iR2xAKshljkLb19b8AihCQQO2DILL5RXQJYI541FhAKdS-Iuw3gYHVlbrcZtx_D1ay6UpJIY1ULOnzsaNl8SNKzqRlJ_JURh/s1600/museum.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD2kak6yF3yAlz3i2ZAydyI10phjcY6a1xqftjXoqoiFa9iR2xAKshljkLb19b8AihCQQO2DILL5RXQJYI541FhAKdS-Iuw3gYHVlbrcZtx_D1ay6UpJIY1ULOnzsaNl8SNKzqRlJ_JURh/s640/museum.JPG" width="480" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Underground Railroad Museum - fascinating history of slaves headed to Canada.</span></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwkDX5-j_tql-jz7CvZfnoCjc9JqUejSQlT0v5dCakN9osgm7CX_9qgDDL0P5W-yertB5Q7gn2rwrf-0OSvEZmXZzJ1n76X5CcrY9kahastq4u1mCUrlqHOAWtOyrK_0GHGrFeBcTRvZ6O/s1600/with+sister+missionary.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwkDX5-j_tql-jz7CvZfnoCjc9JqUejSQlT0v5dCakN9osgm7CX_9qgDDL0P5W-yertB5Q7gn2rwrf-0OSvEZmXZzJ1n76X5CcrY9kahastq4u1mCUrlqHOAWtOyrK_0GHGrFeBcTRvZ6O/s640/with+sister+missionary.jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Finally met Sister McCormies from Arizona!</span></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT25Ah3Nqr1ncjle2jOdekAL5fnPxBFyMyKVhHHivwOvEZhShLk7NcJ0xR1sH9pslWqYMKdwms8VFp1J7xahlerbHZ5rO1io9M49OH6ME4VqmsTStQh2rlwEZu_hlMfhREleK79yOJs2De/s1600/volunteer.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT25Ah3Nqr1ncjle2jOdekAL5fnPxBFyMyKVhHHivwOvEZhShLk7NcJ0xR1sH9pslWqYMKdwms8VFp1J7xahlerbHZ5rO1io9M49OH6ME4VqmsTStQh2rlwEZu_hlMfhREleK79yOJs2De/s640/volunteer.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><pre style="font-size: 13.3333330154419px; text-align: center; white-space: pre-line; word-wrap: break-word !important;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">There are many locals who rely on the food bank and meals provided by the Salvation Army. </span></pre>
<pre style="font-size: 13.3333330154419px; text-align: center; white-space: pre-line; word-wrap: break-word !important;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">We are grateful to be able to volunteer with our missionaries a couple of times a week.</span></pre>
</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaEdOszKVSNhJAuZ8mxa_Lilmhc3qRHn_QBareEJK3nD790dIBLQXq1T3L3DlupKWifzOL5dIGNkTlAAXUoj8tJ4aop5g_fODYj_hRUjy03KsNeHtfklS1Nttc1juPjgS-qogJr_3HiaXO/s1600/beach.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="358" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaEdOszKVSNhJAuZ8mxa_Lilmhc3qRHn_QBareEJK3nD790dIBLQXq1T3L3DlupKWifzOL5dIGNkTlAAXUoj8tJ4aop5g_fODYj_hRUjy03KsNeHtfklS1Nttc1juPjgS-qogJr_3HiaXO/s640/beach.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Missionaries playing on the beach</span></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifVj-D1EtJEf1xRzCVGvQwzmuNJ6yorOQ22OShr43Ak01-CdneGwPFEj3RTZ891w2cKXLPCZFNqsjqYvC-K9lFaBuyUrmxKWyzwG3BdiKFFZ1ODsm8GRVXMWf16Qmcm7YGxNU39j4H9NVP/s1600/flowers.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifVj-D1EtJEf1xRzCVGvQwzmuNJ6yorOQ22OShr43Ak01-CdneGwPFEj3RTZ891w2cKXLPCZFNqsjqYvC-K9lFaBuyUrmxKWyzwG3BdiKFFZ1ODsm8GRVXMWf16Qmcm7YGxNU39j4H9NVP/s400/flowers.jpg" width="300" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNsDUOpeYpuujzB9koe1eic65SBMBFDVzjzSvr6fHH8OVmyJ3HpuFi9Zcmn7KAu41vksmPPoXaOPT2Skz2h_9eZ6IhgGI58teoCmFPJ15MZDbTbKV_8LLkG9DyCCG3yIYN3ahE8_nWMrbW/s1600/more+flowers.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNsDUOpeYpuujzB9koe1eic65SBMBFDVzjzSvr6fHH8OVmyJ3HpuFi9Zcmn7KAu41vksmPPoXaOPT2Skz2h_9eZ6IhgGI58teoCmFPJ15MZDbTbKV_8LLkG9DyCCG3yIYN3ahE8_nWMrbW/s400/more+flowers.JPG" width="300" /></a></div>
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQDF_xcAQSksAg5rwqisHpgCnzVjfGbQM9Uq0a7FqE5u-0USJmZH8TnjxI36m4vLv6iW_lIsMLVrZgsFBdUuZIsME7SrH5hLhuyB7P4nVa3WI3uv3KhagpBinsp21xLvNJpPzN5v9w6oy9/s1600/sunset.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQDF_xcAQSksAg5rwqisHpgCnzVjfGbQM9Uq0a7FqE5u-0USJmZH8TnjxI36m4vLv6iW_lIsMLVrZgsFBdUuZIsME7SrH5hLhuyB7P4nVa3WI3uv3KhagpBinsp21xLvNJpPzN5v9w6oy9/s640/sunset.PNG" width="360" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-small;">Alexandria Bay at sunset</span></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
Shelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16318129003800910639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1903293979259976427.post-81644668329097965732015-07-07T21:49:00.001-07:002015-07-09T11:14:11.862-07:00<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>June
Blog</i><o:p></o:p></span><br />
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsCnTogI0kc3slD4KhPOyuM_WIROXgWh3kWHNKvhyphenhyphenAFmKCkK2rTsqAGZbIv09_SJLA5EMVUGK5eVBidzWeH1h_d8q2PFVC4biTM4Frqk7sNiKdBHQxz5CdpBRUlOs0QsoQvjr_qEr7Lbsz/s1600/79954919-CDB3-4753-B9D4-E9A533D947D7.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsCnTogI0kc3slD4KhPOyuM_WIROXgWh3kWHNKvhyphenhyphenAFmKCkK2rTsqAGZbIv09_SJLA5EMVUGK5eVBidzWeH1h_d8q2PFVC4biTM4Frqk7sNiKdBHQxz5CdpBRUlOs0QsoQvjr_qEr7Lbsz/s400/79954919-CDB3-4753-B9D4-E9A533D947D7.JPG" width="296" /></a><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">We
had another wonderful month in the New York Utica Mission. As usual now, our month </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">was filled with
active work with the less active members in the area and assisting the young
missionaries with teaching some investigators.
We continued to serve as volunteers for the Salvation Army’s Soup
Kitchen on Tuesday afternoons and their food pantry on Friday mornings. All of those activities have kept us busy. We feel so blessed to be having wonderful
experiences as missionaries and have come to love the people here in our area. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span></div>
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEherXz-mG-khAG3EcXefPk16fO4AwwUWU6Co4_w2rLBkLubN-D6UC5j8E48wthI5njjhdnn2B3P7lTyDYDagJdMIXafefXXTnQTLuKE-bYUiQZVyoe56LejWn1qRa2K0K9030RFlAJjMWLe/s1600/11659396_10152835742052167_6993183259115821192_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEherXz-mG-khAG3EcXefPk16fO4AwwUWU6Co4_w2rLBkLubN-D6UC5j8E48wthI5njjhdnn2B3P7lTyDYDagJdMIXafefXXTnQTLuKE-bYUiQZVyoe56LejWn1qRa2K0K9030RFlAJjMWLe/s400/11659396_10152835742052167_6993183259115821192_n.jpg" width="311" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;"><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; text-align: start;">Salvation Army Captains Angela & Tim Shaffer.<br /></span><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; text-align: start;">They were just transferred last week to CT. </span></span></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<br />
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsQ6B08e2LZ9vgIU_kvfmJsqb-4eod5-MU6LgTu_OxD907WWO5OVigrAm_Edr7yD554efGPMixJj9-MareykgCVSIVr8y8p0iBPzzsR7_iej2YyafrHAzp3ct_pAkQi8thS21JQSjaMcg-/s1600/IMG_3622.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsQ6B08e2LZ9vgIU_kvfmJsqb-4eod5-MU6LgTu_OxD907WWO5OVigrAm_Edr7yD554efGPMixJj9-MareykgCVSIVr8y8p0iBPzzsR7_iej2YyafrHAzp3ct_pAkQi8thS21JQSjaMcg-/s640/IMG_3622.JPG" width="486" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">Our building</span></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbS6-UXLGBrhBU3uvflo76BHTHtha2ph0dZ1bpnxCuIkW_6ubHc6212EIgrG3QLjt8iQMtpOfiEBgseJ9bnOX0-ArBDQ_Bj_fgC-w44uH1vjXvjPK4dptVsZqJgmjTlS16qvbO1ACy7o2E/s1600/Flapjack+rules.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: center;"><br /></a>
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">We
occasionally have a break in the action with the missionaries. We have hosted an activity day on a Monday,
which is P-Day. You will see a picture
or two of just such events. Then, one
morning before our District Missionary Meeting, we all went to breakfast at a
restaurant that has a “Flapjack Challenge,” which five of the Elders tried to
do. They had 45 minutes to eat one
pancake. The catch was that the one
pancake was enormous. None of our big,
strong, Elders could do it. Again note
the accompanying photos for proof of that event. Apparently only one Elder in this Zone has
actually completed the challenge and earned a t-shirt acknowledging his
accomplishment. It was really fun
watching their smiles and enthusiasm at the beginning and then the looks of
defeat at the end. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbS6-UXLGBrhBU3uvflo76BHTHtha2ph0dZ1bpnxCuIkW_6ubHc6212EIgrG3QLjt8iQMtpOfiEBgseJ9bnOX0-ArBDQ_Bj_fgC-w44uH1vjXvjPK4dptVsZqJgmjTlS16qvbO1ACy7o2E/s1600/Flapjack+rules.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbS6-UXLGBrhBU3uvflo76BHTHtha2ph0dZ1bpnxCuIkW_6ubHc6212EIgrG3QLjt8iQMtpOfiEBgseJ9bnOX0-ArBDQ_Bj_fgC-w44uH1vjXvjPK4dptVsZqJgmjTlS16qvbO1ACy7o2E/s320/Flapjack+rules.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-CFm86ytoth0tUXvrgNQY70xfu0aTUQ4_LlBoMYwC_7darZqsqCnunnBpKgW-QgvDYQMfO9Of9Jpb7lKP4T1ExzQAmjqGVMRDzGVsJOae8OX4gU5O8e-5E5Wrmf3LmbgLcyeM2tDABfd7/s1600/DSCN1304.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-CFm86ytoth0tUXvrgNQY70xfu0aTUQ4_LlBoMYwC_7darZqsqCnunnBpKgW-QgvDYQMfO9Of9Jpb7lKP4T1ExzQAmjqGVMRDzGVsJOae8OX4gU5O8e-5E5Wrmf3LmbgLcyeM2tDABfd7/s640/DSCN1304.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>
</div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwH6i4hGWM1nNmxWZClS9XXFxQ6TIq4odLUtWOPh-kd8q5-prmq1mpEXgWyJYUGPW5Zn3fh6DBI-gDI2ufIZR_Wvj76TcpUmy_nR08j9kLjQW2ED8DBannAMYgcSD-wAVomtTUaObZRci8/s1600/Flapjack+Challenge+%25281%2529.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; display: inline !important; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwH6i4hGWM1nNmxWZClS9XXFxQ6TIq4odLUtWOPh-kd8q5-prmq1mpEXgWyJYUGPW5Zn3fh6DBI-gDI2ufIZR_Wvj76TcpUmy_nR08j9kLjQW2ED8DBannAMYgcSD-wAVomtTUaObZRci8/s400/Flapjack+Challenge+%25281%2529.JPG" width="300" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6WNMKrPnLA0S8_D9Zi7xNG-6WJV1YPzgP6Op5zruXQPaUiXvBSwQd1MI4w9W-48_R7wDNSE3SaNnzm1MaMDTOLUQIA72wwgGPWYcXuTU-b8x7MVplIFuTj4WV4aN7TqRP6hZtzXSAuw14/s1600/Flapjack+Challenge+%25283%2529.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6WNMKrPnLA0S8_D9Zi7xNG-6WJV1YPzgP6Op5zruXQPaUiXvBSwQd1MI4w9W-48_R7wDNSE3SaNnzm1MaMDTOLUQIA72wwgGPWYcXuTU-b8x7MVplIFuTj4WV4aN7TqRP6hZtzXSAuw14/s400/Flapjack+Challenge+%25283%2529.JPG" width="300" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwH6i4hGWM1nNmxWZClS9XXFxQ6TIq4odLUtWOPh-kd8q5-prmq1mpEXgWyJYUGPW5Zn3fh6DBI-gDI2ufIZR_Wvj76TcpUmy_nR08j9kLjQW2ED8DBannAMYgcSD-wAVomtTUaObZRci8/s1600/Flapjack+Challenge+%25281%2529.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; display: inline !important; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: center;"></a><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA4XQFgq6QPfcHiAo-K_M0qA44kHwsABY8Jr49s0E64aah2QpsCafi7Q5W1gCdfJ0Yy_gWoCvHQjRlaOLYcqeb_IaHYlSqiUk2znhGPpo3IAlQvr_lZ1wwIvqc2KcRSgM0vZRRuHIiD5S0/s1600/Flapjack+Challenge+%25282%2529.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA4XQFgq6QPfcHiAo-K_M0qA44kHwsABY8Jr49s0E64aah2QpsCafi7Q5W1gCdfJ0Yy_gWoCvHQjRlaOLYcqeb_IaHYlSqiUk2znhGPpo3IAlQvr_lZ1wwIvqc2KcRSgM0vZRRuHIiD5S0/s640/Flapjack+Challenge+%25282%2529.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2ahBPvqf0k8GqUPkNc5301VWYl_wZ_wNFGB3W3XoVR9NpDnz9K2jQcdUC8akpKvRQ6rhHJt6gdmW1MoWObQ-d130hSZJoWK6Mo7CsbISAFfHjyeSabhx-BMrjPefy_xHtALIimIEbfJo9/s1600/Missionaries+%25281%2529.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2ahBPvqf0k8GqUPkNc5301VWYl_wZ_wNFGB3W3XoVR9NpDnz9K2jQcdUC8akpKvRQ6rhHJt6gdmW1MoWObQ-d130hSZJoWK6Mo7CsbISAFfHjyeSabhx-BMrjPefy_xHtALIimIEbfJo9/s640/Missionaries+%25281%2529.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">Sister Johnson, Sister Munoz, Elder Peckham, Elder Geminert, Elder Wing & Elder Winkel</span></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRSiqcugXPV2plZ1rw4vWd5cvTWHeg_SB4s5E2zORkNCga_3SiZXYjlVSCTVu41Jed652SQgdLkQyDhvoXKj9KswaQ_yAyJZbBn3PVcbO8mboAyTyRLInlxA2Wd4sNsLPbn3QVg93XCe9u/s1600/IMG_3621.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRSiqcugXPV2plZ1rw4vWd5cvTWHeg_SB4s5E2zORkNCga_3SiZXYjlVSCTVu41Jed652SQgdLkQyDhvoXKj9KswaQ_yAyJZbBn3PVcbO8mboAyTyRLInlxA2Wd4sNsLPbn3QVg93XCe9u/s640/IMG_3621.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">Elder Geminert - he's heading home on 7/8/2015</span></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">We
had several brief excursions away from our area in Ogdensburg. At the very beginning of the month, we
enjoyed a brief visit to Utah where we witnessed the graduation of Victoria (Toria)
Knight, our granddaughter, from High School. </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_WWxCvm8ViS_mEeKi_5sgIUva10CEz1QjAyKtUrtGN3EpilRFkJhk9PbMWB4ChsMKZ0GqNZ7x3aRFD14U7yqEDBQmI2lr1hOktH-1KoA4BNy1RsT4H5eZ4CyGioM-0bmhMhBTWp8K0uQG/s1600/Victoria+graduation.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_WWxCvm8ViS_mEeKi_5sgIUva10CEz1QjAyKtUrtGN3EpilRFkJhk9PbMWB4ChsMKZ0GqNZ7x3aRFD14U7yqEDBQmI2lr1hOktH-1KoA4BNy1RsT4H5eZ4CyGioM-0bmhMhBTWp8K0uQG/s640/Victoria+graduation.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Next we had an activity with the
five other senior couples in our Zone and President & Sister Wirthlin at
the Eisenhower Lock on the St. Lawrence River.
We were able to watch a cargo ship make its way through the lock. It is really an impressive work of
engineering and is only about a half hour drive from our home. You may have heard in the news about the
small cruise ship out of Montreal that hit the edge of the lock as it was
entering – well that happened at this location. </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixPNGyiTW0vix5g2X2dq12cc3oYx_l9JxcDmp_tlqDj2vhISiCcEo-VlEixKUsIe-gLeZO5vcPUu4EnQrBvtIQnMPc_mte0rWRJOHU14eLL8J7A9kOSRKQhu-1PBFp2_5ikxJnOc6o7y9B/s1600/Eisenhower+Lock+%25283%2529.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixPNGyiTW0vix5g2X2dq12cc3oYx_l9JxcDmp_tlqDj2vhISiCcEo-VlEixKUsIe-gLeZO5vcPUu4EnQrBvtIQnMPc_mte0rWRJOHU14eLL8J7A9kOSRKQhu-1PBFp2_5ikxJnOc6o7y9B/s640/Eisenhower+Lock+%25283%2529.JPG" width="480" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3TvOPYW-OukEAlsR7OnPbvJYB9FJpJJX2tPFk4hs6lR4ItipOQjUGSsrGEWlWG14zw8V6HDu5oOYPU-Fo9dxgboFNeM2_vlM7cRQlSuucd2dwNXKdjelx7oAPC3VcUGO6sWQwnMgDTmvY/s1600/Eisenhower+Lock+%25281%2529.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3TvOPYW-OukEAlsR7OnPbvJYB9FJpJJX2tPFk4hs6lR4ItipOQjUGSsrGEWlWG14zw8V6HDu5oOYPU-Fo9dxgboFNeM2_vlM7cRQlSuucd2dwNXKdjelx7oAPC3VcUGO6sWQwnMgDTmvY/s1600/Eisenhower+Lock+%25281%2529.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3TvOPYW-OukEAlsR7OnPbvJYB9FJpJJX2tPFk4hs6lR4ItipOQjUGSsrGEWlWG14zw8V6HDu5oOYPU-Fo9dxgboFNeM2_vlM7cRQlSuucd2dwNXKdjelx7oAPC3VcUGO6sWQwnMgDTmvY/s1600/Eisenhower+Lock+%25281%2529.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3TvOPYW-OukEAlsR7OnPbvJYB9FJpJJX2tPFk4hs6lR4ItipOQjUGSsrGEWlWG14zw8V6HDu5oOYPU-Fo9dxgboFNeM2_vlM7cRQlSuucd2dwNXKdjelx7oAPC3VcUGO6sWQwnMgDTmvY/s1600/Eisenhower+Lock+%25281%2529.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3TvOPYW-OukEAlsR7OnPbvJYB9FJpJJX2tPFk4hs6lR4ItipOQjUGSsrGEWlWG14zw8V6HDu5oOYPU-Fo9dxgboFNeM2_vlM7cRQlSuucd2dwNXKdjelx7oAPC3VcUGO6sWQwnMgDTmvY/s1600/Eisenhower+Lock+%25281%2529.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg31sZfgRmFnzAXQYO13bGp8nA3JzkAoSVuglmFPIKv4zqYqpAHbKjodLrFcZfXemhpD4x5OdrwYFJEneH0qjEASNMGRdrbLpSn0OdOkhoGcQuno1xZnNn8NqRo9uvNvdHw5QQ2Tpn7wQEt/s1600/Eisenhower+Lock+%25282%2529.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg31sZfgRmFnzAXQYO13bGp8nA3JzkAoSVuglmFPIKv4zqYqpAHbKjodLrFcZfXemhpD4x5OdrwYFJEneH0qjEASNMGRdrbLpSn0OdOkhoGcQuno1xZnNn8NqRo9uvNvdHw5QQ2Tpn7wQEt/s640/Eisenhower+Lock+%25282%2529.JPG" width="480" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3TvOPYW-OukEAlsR7OnPbvJYB9FJpJJX2tPFk4hs6lR4ItipOQjUGSsrGEWlWG14zw8V6HDu5oOYPU-Fo9dxgboFNeM2_vlM7cRQlSuucd2dwNXKdjelx7oAPC3VcUGO6sWQwnMgDTmvY/s1600/Eisenhower+Lock+%25281%2529.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3TvOPYW-OukEAlsR7OnPbvJYB9FJpJJX2tPFk4hs6lR4ItipOQjUGSsrGEWlWG14zw8V6HDu5oOYPU-Fo9dxgboFNeM2_vlM7cRQlSuucd2dwNXKdjelx7oAPC3VcUGO6sWQwnMgDTmvY/s640/Eisenhower+Lock+%25281%2529.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span>
<br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Then at the very end of the month, we made a quick trip to Saratoga
Springs, NY to attend a fabulous concert presented by the Mormon Tabernacle
Choir.</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Along the way, we were able to
spend a little time traveling across Lake Champlain in a ferry and then driving
through the northern area of Vermont and New York on our way back to
Ogdensburg.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhi56_-VZTwvz8mAJgoUf7qPu_FhZ6FD898TUjoloA8fvtCGqoUw_XTYMtoBL7EOxiIdZfzXwt8luc3V2sulhErpI1ZZClm1XPIQYoTTstkoI9olkAYuMGcRi2kfTZb463xGF8hoXGdMJxw/s1600/Mormon+Tabernacle+Choir.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhi56_-VZTwvz8mAJgoUf7qPu_FhZ6FD898TUjoloA8fvtCGqoUw_XTYMtoBL7EOxiIdZfzXwt8luc3V2sulhErpI1ZZClm1XPIQYoTTstkoI9olkAYuMGcRi2kfTZb463xGF8hoXGdMJxw/s400/Mormon+Tabernacle+Choir.JPG" width="300" /></a></div>
<br />
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Most
of you probably heard about the prison escape in Upstate NY. That took place about 2 hours east of us and
so we were very interested in the daily updates. We were in the town of Malone (where much of
the drama took place) the day after one was shot and killed and the day before
the other was captured within a few miles of the town. What a blessing it was that no one else was
hurt during that 3 week ordeal. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<br /></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The
spring and summer months here are spectacular!
It is so green and beautiful it helps to make up for the significant
winter months. As we’ve mentioned
previously, we live right on the bank of the St. Lawrence River, which is
absolutely beautiful. The St. Lawrence
Seaway connects the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean and we love being so
close to such an important corridor of commerce.</span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXiJciqKFwus6gem3ehWipGrnunFn3ftvcvxBxXO2Tw5dn-klJIxyjoKgJppNWfLIZnRrtTMaFmbIGSTgHQy7rW9KOr16BbsINIEE8Gne1Ju3e8lXtvsxJSVl6kBC8PNk1NlecMsZU89Wt/s1600/Sunset.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXiJciqKFwus6gem3ehWipGrnunFn3ftvcvxBxXO2Tw5dn-klJIxyjoKgJppNWfLIZnRrtTMaFmbIGSTgHQy7rW9KOr16BbsINIEE8Gne1Ju3e8lXtvsxJSVl6kBC8PNk1NlecMsZU89Wt/s640/Sunset.JPG" width="478" /></a></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div>
Shelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16318129003800910639noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1903293979259976427.post-86904089579904022752015-06-10T19:48:00.001-07:002015-06-10T19:48:57.013-07:00<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>May 2015</i></span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">May was nothing short of wonderful. Of course, we continued with the basic activities described in the March entry to this Blog. We stay very busy but it is just such a positive and joyful work that we are simply enjoying the ride.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">With the weather now solidly in the “nice” zone, we totally love seeing all of the green wherever we go. In fact, we have decided that we prefer the green to the white. It is interesting that places we go throughout the area look so different that on occasion we have actually missed a turn because we no longer recognized the area. That is a good problem to have.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">We have met so many wonderful people and we are just having a fabulous time getting to know them and helping to fill the gaps for the Church where needed. One of the highlights of the month came when Jim took Elder Geminert and Elder Hamilton to Cooperstown, New York where they went to the National Baseball Hall of Fame. Of course, Jim loved the trip as much or maybe even more than the Elders since he has been a baseball fan since he was a little boy. It was a great experience. Elder Geminert, who is from CA, was a high school baseball player before coming on his mission so President Wirthlin gave him permission to go see it before his mission ends in July. How cool is that?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwdC5BaFaPord03IyMCGomSnWtWY83pl7zIxg907qZKsY4V249gJZ6FQunIIXHOp1Z5nmsx6BMygIPrfV1Ljy4Bxbb_1jUG7SK4Q-C79SRmBzULsREEwXJC3Bbgla8ir1ixmWLTOfAIIlQ/s1600/FullSizeRender-01.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwdC5BaFaPord03IyMCGomSnWtWY83pl7zIxg907qZKsY4V249gJZ6FQunIIXHOp1Z5nmsx6BMygIPrfV1Ljy4Bxbb_1jUG7SK4Q-C79SRmBzULsREEwXJC3Bbgla8ir1ixmWLTOfAIIlQ/s640/FullSizeRender-01.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;">
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikfHOsj0tV4dNT55W_3gJ8rD6HC3vvn_4A9DM1wh1K-GIZTJHEzg4Ov_kf72UrjTzEQeD-ACV-I5GKTjxkYSXpVJvW1ouQNeah3jqXLrqhCsXEb3_eiZHsLXCxbgA9GF7h08_mFR1Uy6D7/s1600/FullSizeRender-03.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikfHOsj0tV4dNT55W_3gJ8rD6HC3vvn_4A9DM1wh1K-GIZTJHEzg4Ov_kf72UrjTzEQeD-ACV-I5GKTjxkYSXpVJvW1ouQNeah3jqXLrqhCsXEb3_eiZHsLXCxbgA9GF7h08_mFR1Uy6D7/s640/FullSizeRender-03.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;">
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD4UpnaMzQsL4jIYYLG4cv8TazwtCiK5ABNdJ_A_YsPzSQfCx1Bm3O_4J-RDey-Ta4xtWuBsqREIxdjGiMyGXzM0TMGzewUHblYBRwfBkOVEwFBCXu7jb1qmxsrC-6lL_6IU7pMa4w8UfC/s1600/FullSizeRender-02.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD4UpnaMzQsL4jIYYLG4cv8TazwtCiK5ABNdJ_A_YsPzSQfCx1Bm3O_4J-RDey-Ta4xtWuBsqREIxdjGiMyGXzM0TMGzewUHblYBRwfBkOVEwFBCXu7jb1qmxsrC-6lL_6IU7pMa4w8UfC/s640/FullSizeRender-02.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;">
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">One of our favorite members (don’t tell the others) is Crystal. She is 32 years old and lives in a full time care facility about 20 minutes from here. She undergoes kidney dialysis every Monday, Wednesday and Friday but never complains. She has spent many days and nights over the years in our local hospital for a variety of health issues. She lifts OUR spirits every time we visit her and never fails to make us laugh. The smile on her face when we walk in to see her is imbedded in our hearts forever. The missionaries see her every week to share a Gospel message with her and play a game of dominoes. We were blessed to show up the other day just as they were beginning so we got in on the action. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdtCPo4Blco0bp23gaMUOaemxAiUimShQwGXZsqG7TJuHxoYuL25qyTvgP5clV7PosYmzrP4NfbkO4t6QT1jD_66AubDstdikXf9OuxsiSsGhC9knHKOq5u0Ht9T-V650ZJP3dmKc3sgS-/s1600/1E296599-5E22-4214-8525-166C5F7FD37E.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdtCPo4Blco0bp23gaMUOaemxAiUimShQwGXZsqG7TJuHxoYuL25qyTvgP5clV7PosYmzrP4NfbkO4t6QT1jD_66AubDstdikXf9OuxsiSsGhC9knHKOq5u0Ht9T-V650ZJP3dmKc3sgS-/s640/1E296599-5E22-4214-8525-166C5F7FD37E.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;">
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div>
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv_EMPSleg-BqyxZKOMQJYoqOU2W0fbfq_tVGT_1lnqg1vwPndu3_tcMT47KgZ1EnWWqqBSMg8GBTKZFVGFGlquQskDYRlOq-o6KhBMz68AuBHi0W28OzVfwVhMJdxgT1rFtxG7o5ZJIm1/s1600/FullSizeRender+%25281%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv_EMPSleg-BqyxZKOMQJYoqOU2W0fbfq_tVGT_1lnqg1vwPndu3_tcMT47KgZ1EnWWqqBSMg8GBTKZFVGFGlquQskDYRlOq-o6KhBMz68AuBHi0W28OzVfwVhMJdxgT1rFtxG7o5ZJIm1/s640/FullSizeRender+%25281%2529.jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">Missionaries playing lawn darts!</span></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div>
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifmM3jWU4nGKPt0c8BySH9a1qHBliRADp_0Vp5Xyv881dS0KiyXufCd4_lIHiRxQEW3X_bbyUxJQhV_ptonzRmLKenaHDGHC_Tl509KZ9_husM_leNotvZc1I1v1WAF3aKQH5E5JYd0p1o/s1600/FullSizeRender.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifmM3jWU4nGKPt0c8BySH9a1qHBliRADp_0Vp5Xyv881dS0KiyXufCd4_lIHiRxQEW3X_bbyUxJQhV_ptonzRmLKenaHDGHC_Tl509KZ9_husM_leNotvZc1I1v1WAF3aKQH5E5JYd0p1o/s640/FullSizeRender.jpg" width="408" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">Participating in "Red Nose" day for a good cause!</span></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">With the grass comes mowing. Jim loves the riding mower! I’m sure he mowed one day last week before he needed to but that’s beside the point, apparently. The other mower is a different story and I’ll be taking over that task since it really hurts his back (all that snow shoveling sure didn’t help but will be turned over to the young missionaries next winter). </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQDif_7aRWZHL6ipL_xnfBjYUbxNhlTATI3i71HjPsgx5y635CmgZ2P4hdcD_CQ1_f4dnUeKy-lCphitqnzdoSL1t4y9fmJibRZUBoi4c2RKgByhCU8zNmVMTp9pOQ84309luD-1Grwlpk/s1600/160811CE-16DB-4E24-8540-871102DECA3B.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQDif_7aRWZHL6ipL_xnfBjYUbxNhlTATI3i71HjPsgx5y635CmgZ2P4hdcD_CQ1_f4dnUeKy-lCphitqnzdoSL1t4y9fmJibRZUBoi4c2RKgByhCU8zNmVMTp9pOQ84309luD-1Grwlpk/s640/160811CE-16DB-4E24-8540-871102DECA3B.JPG" width="480" /></span></a></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;">
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQyefNjdJDDbICmT7QBqMn0IFpuD08EnSrgWKAqObyyKnnZceyv-nJqPyukRSxpS65SD_VtG6x13JcuNgDSV5ZbKOCSwfw-smH5dSTdjIKct-g7EkB6rg8c0_lGDKOCRSu5ui-La9n9yck/s1600/03C5FDDB-BBBA-4924-9115-42400EF9E758.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQyefNjdJDDbICmT7QBqMn0IFpuD08EnSrgWKAqObyyKnnZceyv-nJqPyukRSxpS65SD_VtG6x13JcuNgDSV5ZbKOCSwfw-smH5dSTdjIKct-g7EkB6rg8c0_lGDKOCRSu5ui-La9n9yck/s640/03C5FDDB-BBBA-4924-9115-42400EF9E758.JPG" width="480" /></span></a></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;">
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI1yOpXh5oDxoShRvo5zxQdFrsgofQyLjDPy64A1tHZe14FVDcgSfytBBO06qFFLvdhSQbzNgk58Sf0Bxl1Hss5mC7mfdYEl6LZBrF22c4Yfr__7VDMjLXpfVtkeWSANNHie9INC42XtEt/s1600/CA9670E7-4134-4255-ADED-1156C19072A4.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI1yOpXh5oDxoShRvo5zxQdFrsgofQyLjDPy64A1tHZe14FVDcgSfytBBO06qFFLvdhSQbzNgk58Sf0Bxl1Hss5mC7mfdYEl6LZBrF22c4Yfr__7VDMjLXpfVtkeWSANNHie9INC42XtEt/s640/CA9670E7-4134-4255-ADED-1156C19072A4.JPG" width="480" /></a></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8lMSMk0QKU3Q8pVVbm3EKOpnKbbjBPddjFMxqcu9GLBvuAIqNzuu3IkIuTw3yXDffbQiWAtlSYBb59iBvQPwLChllRZJLdRg_gT70lpLQ7dT9DahJGh6NXT5lHNAhyphenhyphenEErWO3_IeSDR0_k/s640/DSCN1153.JPG" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="640" /></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">Sunset - New York style</span></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<span style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></span>
<span style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></span>Shelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16318129003800910639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1903293979259976427.post-19872272121687743842015-06-10T19:47:00.002-07:002015-06-10T19:47:57.156-07:00<i style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; text-align: justify;">April
2015</i><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">We
had another wonderful month in the mission.
With the improved weather, we are enjoying our work as missionaries even
more. It was nice to see the country
without snow completely covering it – green has replaced it! Our work routines continued to be the same
but we did have a break to make a quick trip to Colorado where Jim was
recognized by the Department of Agricultural Resource Economics as an inductee
into their Hall of Fame. Jim was totally
surprised by the fact that both Brian and Michelle came with their children to
be a part of the festivities (along with a few other family members). When that
was over, it was back to New York and the mission responsibilities, which we
have come to love. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxvLqyOa_xsznKbBQojbs5DFaB_6IpLa237fOKaAajqWQ1IuaoepdYJ10QVoUMIBzChIAtF3YP42P77s0rAX872XNBIVXRsocareSEMBQhwipr9N9dkkLI4iI2VtARhVbMwnEJqY7yyt8a/s1600/DSCN0966.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><img border="0" height="392" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxvLqyOa_xsznKbBQojbs5DFaB_6IpLa237fOKaAajqWQ1IuaoepdYJ10QVoUMIBzChIAtF3YP42P77s0rAX872XNBIVXRsocareSEMBQhwipr9N9dkkLI4iI2VtARhVbMwnEJqY7yyt8a/s640/DSCN0966.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;">
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6-rUg3S8S1BX7FP9n27jQZTKjAlEjgzhLa6XWJ3ZtXW-qOZ7Ui_RKhwMNvUUSq2BlLf9bbGqm_4Ufb5aVnOnHQnLE4_FVmLuluwwBZLZecIFPTzw55Daqtc7Bs34V9Q3fNKr7eh5-i-ri/s1600/DSCN0976.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><img border="0" height="352" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6-rUg3S8S1BX7FP9n27jQZTKjAlEjgzhLa6XWJ3ZtXW-qOZ7Ui_RKhwMNvUUSq2BlLf9bbGqm_4Ufb5aVnOnHQnLE4_FVmLuluwwBZLZecIFPTzw55Daqtc7Bs34V9Q3fNKr7eh5-i-ri/s640/DSCN0976.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;">
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Right
after our return to New York we learned that the University of Arizona Alumni
Association had also selected Jim to receive the Swede Johnson award for his
work with students. Therefore, we made
another quick trip, this time to Arizona to receive the recognition. Then it was back to New York for much more
important work.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh79J9nXWrs_xJF9YY1CXx8Wzmq_AOeHusr82nNY4hVa9ukqrivJD2tthwz2B8jiDqLY_YxtxJ7-w_B32mnNtKY30esBluGYJrooZ52avg84Eq9R5YiIIZmFYGPdS4cW6Tax7vBHrnDIZ27/s1600/DSCN1072.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh79J9nXWrs_xJF9YY1CXx8Wzmq_AOeHusr82nNY4hVa9ukqrivJD2tthwz2B8jiDqLY_YxtxJ7-w_B32mnNtKY30esBluGYJrooZ52avg84Eq9R5YiIIZmFYGPdS4cW6Tax7vBHrnDIZ27/s640/DSCN1072.JPG" width="608" /></span></a></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;">
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">During
the month, we traveled to Hermon, a little town about 25 miles from Ogdensburg
where we have a number of members. We
try to get there about once or twice a month.
We also found ourselves going to Gouverneur several times where we are
involved with members and investigators (people who are interested in learning
more about the church) as well. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">It
was a great month and as the month “screamed” by, the weather got better and we
just continued to develop a love for the people we serve. We have especially enjoyed the work with the
full-time missionaries, who are terrific.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;">
<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Shel's Note: Mom sends lots of pictures of her "critters" - I'm thinking she misses her dog, Sugie. (see below)</span></i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span></div>
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZd-VQfWMRyrbM6OUtoC-zW_0r8guPKMeNYh2l5gwh9sGF3-yqEx7R1oZHsY5FL8D59fZqdWaJqYB7KDXuW4KeOAY85s6AISeOl8cGTEYRh-fVYRacmwVhrln5HxLftUrB4YryIEc8SiTc/s640/406E1BD4-EBAD-4733-A68D-DF2828A5A456.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="640" /></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">HAWKS! Sugie would be running for cover if she'd gone with them!</span></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhICm4sTVWK3parsLu31EoOJDGYvh9HPavQf1JLxppMw1A0A3wC7t_Z3krA6zxLQzg8cQoTsVKwf6OXDaL1Cc7KnPrUvBWCPQIwOTX90DmSVdd7Pxh-no4cfrxUK_HJLA-4tZEgitRNn3yg/s1600/DSCN1129.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhICm4sTVWK3parsLu31EoOJDGYvh9HPavQf1JLxppMw1A0A3wC7t_Z3krA6zxLQzg8cQoTsVKwf6OXDaL1Cc7KnPrUvBWCPQIwOTX90DmSVdd7Pxh-no4cfrxUK_HJLA-4tZEgitRNn3yg/s640/DSCN1129.JPG" width="640" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcfCfiDz-cyJwguim0W1iohYYgI13V-R2TYdWzLozvck9ahYbvlJFslzqLt7xVOUE8Uz2Vp11IDUG-21dObb7p8GP8CUdS9U1fimmDNPNlfZaovAJSXsSJXjcMxxRY46m7ZelO5jBAp-e9/s1600/DSCN1061.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcfCfiDz-cyJwguim0W1iohYYgI13V-R2TYdWzLozvck9ahYbvlJFslzqLt7xVOUE8Uz2Vp11IDUG-21dObb7p8GP8CUdS9U1fimmDNPNlfZaovAJSXsSJXjcMxxRY46m7ZelO5jBAp-e9/s640/DSCN1061.JPG" width="502" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></span></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="628" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMUwOe5Cg1ub4s9HXn9ZANxzDDV9Xvst3auif9QGxufAM-vP-OeC83-Gt_mTCz0IfLuyX5oKRg1eRj3mU4JwiXHfSjJrMId0axSu_1GjUdLZKldOjj_bzPZ4UF0bMsfAPDU6vYiJ26ELCp/s640/DSCN1115.JPG" width="640" /></span></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTbzy-bxJh5EzWQNCJJn-QvsidciUyKa4Jkc7yCeeW6KJW5G_1ZJzGqO0hyphenhypheny_GJafNTdy8hlSu6MEzqmJlsEYX1f-aL_NhMgyMJN90Rb_F1fDSTo2gCUL3UgbMKe2zV54KcF_r867SMWMz/s640/DSCN1125.JPG" width="618" /></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiUMMgt99evgTluANfI36gFOSP_0v1vTVK9XIndZxxHQxsSGWd4Ikq5AMzTYcnLcV8R9gVBNdxvkYW8hawwlSGUkpm1doqpQ-AQEiqix0a63Yo2_6yPoa4nYPId2LMPiNiQDlsXCtqg-J4/s1600/DSCN1027.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: start;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiUMMgt99evgTluANfI36gFOSP_0v1vTVK9XIndZxxHQxsSGWd4Ikq5AMzTYcnLcV8R9gVBNdxvkYW8hawwlSGUkpm1doqpQ-AQEiqix0a63Yo2_6yPoa4nYPId2LMPiNiQDlsXCtqg-J4/s640/DSCN1027.JPG" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; text-align: center;" width="554" /></a></span></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></span></div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;">
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
Shelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16318129003800910639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1903293979259976427.post-22251966569411326822015-04-21T17:24:00.002-07:002015-04-21T17:24:47.161-07:00<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>March 2015</i><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">March turned out to be a bit of a transition month. The weather was still cold and snowy even as
the month began but as we neared the end of the month, the brutal cold
temperatures began to abate. It is
interesting to note that we began to celebrate temperatures in the 40 degree
range, which is a major miracle for a couple of “desert rats” like us. By the end of the month, much of the snow had
melted but we were still having an occasional snow flurry. In fact, that has continued on even into
early April.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">We are probably no longer considered to be “greenies” but it
still feels like we are learning how to be missionaries all of the time. In fact, we generally have a weekly meeting
with the young Elders and Sisters in our District on Thursday mornings just to
focus on our learning and our roles as missionaries. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Our schedule has now settled into a bit of a routine. On Sundays we had been going to our regular
Church meetings in Ogdensburg and then traveling to Gouverneur for the meetings
there later on in the day. However, that
ended on March 8 because the little group in Gouverneur simply didn’t have
enough “horse power” to keep it moving.
As it has worked out, it is a much better situation for all
concerned. On Mondays we have our P-Day,
which typically involves the Elders coming to our home to do their laundry and
to spend time communicating with their families via email using our
computers. It is a delight to have them
in our home and we feel blessed to be of some service to them. On Tuesdays we volunteer at the Salvation
Army Soup Kitchen and then in the evening Jim attends the Branch Presidency
meeting. Wednesdays we go to Gouverneur
where we work with the members in that area and usually spend time with the
Sister Missionaries who are based there.
On Thursdays we have our District meeting and on Fridays we volunteer
with the Salvation Army’s food giveaway.
In between these basic activities, we visit members and assist the Elders
with some of their appointments. We also
help several families in the Branch get to doctor appointments, work, and other
events. With all of that going on, we
still found a little time to go to the Boston Temple during the early part of
March, which was a real treat. We are
staying very busy!</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">On a couple of Monday’s we had all eight of the District missionaries
come to our home for an activity.</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">We taught
them all how to play “French Bridge” and “3 -13” (card games that are quick and
fun).</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">One new tradition that has been
established is that the loser of the game has to go pick up our mail at the
mailbox, which is at the end of our long driveway.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></span></div>
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrYSJqmA5I_vse9hCJUeCWaKZ-AgkCe3lTOlolfNbheF3r9z8ohxY2-75iKSPRp1U3i3WguaAjwwmPy8HBylIgHstjGaCvNYLQ40Ew7y22ou9rYMWbLO5qPKt3b4DxAikeo37UwjqTRP9W/s1600/DSCN0887.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrYSJqmA5I_vse9hCJUeCWaKZ-AgkCe3lTOlolfNbheF3r9z8ohxY2-75iKSPRp1U3i3WguaAjwwmPy8HBylIgHstjGaCvNYLQ40Ew7y22ou9rYMWbLO5qPKt3b4DxAikeo37UwjqTRP9W/s1600/DSCN0887.JPG" height="451" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">Elder Geminert getting the mail after losing a game. The temperature was -8 degrees... hence the reason he is running!</span></span></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></span></div>
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7IDvpdeYyRDJq1feILZ6VmIoYuAoxh1fRLRHnSZL02eYJvVElLCoChTXfxHs9B-Ax0u5mx8aSBRp2P8m6HmYu2819ImrrKGw-ah2kTZ_w4EENVwWLt9GUw36VQTrNE_Yx2mudC-pLxIaK/s1600/84F6E3A3-D2A3-4AD7-9163-6CDF6B5780E1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7IDvpdeYyRDJq1feILZ6VmIoYuAoxh1fRLRHnSZL02eYJvVElLCoChTXfxHs9B-Ax0u5mx8aSBRp2P8m6HmYu2819ImrrKGw-ah2kTZ_w4EENVwWLt9GUw36VQTrNE_Yx2mudC-pLxIaK/s1600/84F6E3A3-D2A3-4AD7-9163-6CDF6B5780E1.JPG" height="640" width="478" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">Sister Stephenson, Sister Hale, Elder Smith, Elder Geminert, Elder Moore & Elder Hayes<br />(all of which have transferred or gone home except for Elder Geminert)</span></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxskkcvmyj4qlEp0vEcx_zT74UXHTp6BDAlGWFPMlKPZ7ZWj_Svm_fvv5ixEaVsxEtMfgADfS_YUER6sLTVocp2aM0j9jDacJIunMi7f01JUOoISIH9adByTkDxoVOaigcT-hIfzHf9fXO/s1600/DSCN0907.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxskkcvmyj4qlEp0vEcx_zT74UXHTp6BDAlGWFPMlKPZ7ZWj_Svm_fvv5ixEaVsxEtMfgADfS_YUER6sLTVocp2aM0j9jDacJIunMi7f01JUOoISIH9adByTkDxoVOaigcT-hIfzHf9fXO/s1600/DSCN0907.JPG" height="480" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">Boston Temple</span></span></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlQOOBNwVjOOdxZaBNcOVijW0J4t3LQ03A-aFahuA9z0Rq5ymgHPWS-gZJBKhBKA3ZlpwxAGZKA0ZpUNmzjWkc6Vpqs0fu_zmNhstUqGPJOcQikCLt31xggkRNtZ3RkO96LeerIhUeswUp/s1600/AFB74E3B-8304-4018-B178-401BBCC77828.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlQOOBNwVjOOdxZaBNcOVijW0J4t3LQ03A-aFahuA9z0Rq5ymgHPWS-gZJBKhBKA3ZlpwxAGZKA0ZpUNmzjWkc6Vpqs0fu_zmNhstUqGPJOcQikCLt31xggkRNtZ3RkO96LeerIhUeswUp/s1600/AFB74E3B-8304-4018-B178-401BBCC77828.JPG" height="478" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">Sunset over the Saint Lawrence - in our back yard! So beautiful!</span></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZhmVdbrPrlUuyXo6wIB11g1zr6em1Zn3tJg5Ls0DgL-WE-QUGNYXGXjs_i3ZnCCLvaRkSLmFqwp_rhgnX1UtyCmNGdTZD89kXxVnVvsvbi23usNpWJfGdbJpAkkI7aBAGfjh0j6xfynlv/s1600/DSCN0890.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZhmVdbrPrlUuyXo6wIB11g1zr6em1Zn3tJg5Ls0DgL-WE-QUGNYXGXjs_i3ZnCCLvaRkSLmFqwp_rhgnX1UtyCmNGdTZD89kXxVnVvsvbi23usNpWJfGdbJpAkkI7aBAGfjh0j6xfynlv/s1600/DSCN0890.JPG" height="640" width="626" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">Just can't keep the food away from that squirrel!</span></span></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb4rC2UFRGFIU5LRJ2793R7Z3ITfarjqzm5NB4sFJs7MF9pjkgPU8wJ4EpGS-y918sJBmnxKuLmm2O2mggUn1EA55cInTZjn1iwnZ-QUkSPAzF9Pojn50ht4F-mYz0ahTFujl1XbPlh2KX/s1600/IMG_2842.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb4rC2UFRGFIU5LRJ2793R7Z3ITfarjqzm5NB4sFJs7MF9pjkgPU8wJ4EpGS-y918sJBmnxKuLmm2O2mggUn1EA55cInTZjn1iwnZ-QUkSPAzF9Pojn50ht4F-mYz0ahTFujl1XbPlh2KX/s1600/IMG_2842.JPG" height="640" width="480" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">This is how the dogs do "fetch" up here!</span></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXn6ZPbPqmez7_lOInHtn-qWUHSrciY4nwhL43BgsrN9wOXvouLmmOIWTYryZgoAJpWj-87Kp-rYzgC1b3RE6pWNO0NHiN_4TSz_uEDTK9C3UM-SLY43AGVgVgQMvvY9-3a5tU1WvGEQzR/s1600/Lake+Placid+(1).JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXn6ZPbPqmez7_lOInHtn-qWUHSrciY4nwhL43BgsrN9wOXvouLmmOIWTYryZgoAJpWj-87Kp-rYzgC1b3RE6pWNO0NHiN_4TSz_uEDTK9C3UM-SLY43AGVgVgQMvvY9-3a5tU1WvGEQzR/s1600/Lake+Placid+(1).JPG" height="480" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">Traveling to Lake Placid through the Adirondacks</span></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglK0JdTD8JW2K6RRLSzDpV_mVpmGlaiXyL7Ux2iOyey3J07r_aT9aiYGLp6vDuPdBj8fPSqS3EyuOdcEE98JmfUt3yTQQ30pwWAKGr38iMtp3HA8iI80s4cf09_SOwsRfM_0-Yt4lvROT3/s1600/Lake+Placid+(4).JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglK0JdTD8JW2K6RRLSzDpV_mVpmGlaiXyL7Ux2iOyey3J07r_aT9aiYGLp6vDuPdBj8fPSqS3EyuOdcEE98JmfUt3yTQQ30pwWAKGr38iMtp3HA8iI80s4cf09_SOwsRfM_0-Yt4lvROT3/s1600/Lake+Placid+(4).JPG" height="640" width="478" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">Lake Placid</span></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></span></div>
Shelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16318129003800910639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1903293979259976427.post-63729297547957021982015-02-15T16:09:00.000-08:002015-02-15T16:09:15.641-08:00<div style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>February 2015</i></span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">In the month of January, we spent a lot of time visiting members in Ogdensburg and in Gouverneur, a town about 45 minutes away. Our routine takes us to visit lots of members and the investigators of the Church. On Mondays, we have what is called P-Day (Personal Day) and most of the time the Elders here in Ogdensburg come to our home where they can do their laundry and they cook a big breakfast for us complete with bacon & pancakes or waffles. We just love having our own personal chefs! Then on Thursday mornings, we attend what is called a District meeting where we join with other missionaries from the area for training. Those meetings are so spiritual & wonderful and we have come to enjoy the great work being done by these wonderful young people who seek only to serve Jesus Christ. They are spectacular!</span></div>
<span class=""><div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span></div>
</span><span class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1422883430013_156908"><div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">One Wednesday in the middle of the month, we took a couple to Watertown, which is a little over an hour away from Ogdensburg. We went to dinner and a movie and had a great time. It is probably fortunate that we are in an area where there is no theater or we would be going too often.</span></div>
</span><span class=""><div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span></div>
</span><span class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1422883430013_156892"><div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">At the end of the month, we were thrilled to take a little time to visit our good friends south of Syracuse, the Clays, and to go to the Palmyra Temple. Jim even had a chance to go snowmobiling with Marc. He said it was a hoot and that he had a great time. Who knew that he could enjoy the cold and snow of New York! Fun stuff! </span></div>
</span><br />
<div style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span></div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><div style="text-align: left;">
<span class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1422883430013_156904">While we have had light snow storms off and on during the month, the real weather issue was the amount of cold weather we had during the month. Of course, the temperatures can be cold during the day and we have had numerous days when it didn't</span> get out of single digits and then some pretty brutal cold has occurred during the night dipping to -20 degrees. Even so, we haven’t been the recipient of the intense weather that has been reported so often in the national news. Feeling blessed!</div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><div style="text-align: left;">
So far for the month of February, it's gotten even more cold. The temperature has been consistently below freezing, with several days below zero. Adding in the wind chill to those negative temperatures and it's just freezing. We can't really complain though, we know an elder in Boston from Red Rock. Poor Boston is really setting the records on the snow!</div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
</span><span class=""><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /><div style="text-align: center;">
Steam coming off the river... it looks like the Arizona dust storms, but there's no wind!</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjencsofljJyjo6KsW-qVjqegXMlPPyH2vimju1ql361LjexHyeTA6mHWi6h_kdxUEcvPtOm0e9pXGo81FuRc0Eg1IA6f30GoggZfall6WHOwbAQq4axtliyCRPW1xF1TRsDjlJ6h2GVA68/s1600/River.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjencsofljJyjo6KsW-qVjqegXMlPPyH2vimju1ql361LjexHyeTA6mHWi6h_kdxUEcvPtOm0e9pXGo81FuRc0Eg1IA6f30GoggZfall6WHOwbAQq4axtliyCRPW1xF1TRsDjlJ6h2GVA68/s1600/River.JPG" height="480" width="640" /></a></div>
</span></span><br />
<div style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Our squirrel figured out in seconds how to get to the new bird feeder. He would shake the house and the seeds would fall on the ground. Then he would climb down the tree and eat the seems off the ground. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">We bought a metal pole to put it on, but the ground is frozen solid... guess he'll stay fat until spring.</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjnbST5HQzzu-kYDNTgLtXpj5_pQ6YBmAJqGAQpH858kBCnGkbYSZqTFb9kq5D5ng0V22YA6EtPmtQgdn0UxUIB_kHPtEEREF-x-MgJxzxk8lA7F4NsKmYaisaDMIO88v3U5xDVFpicLGy/s1600/Squirrel.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjnbST5HQzzu-kYDNTgLtXpj5_pQ6YBmAJqGAQpH858kBCnGkbYSZqTFb9kq5D5ng0V22YA6EtPmtQgdn0UxUIB_kHPtEEREF-x-MgJxzxk8lA7F4NsKmYaisaDMIO88v3U5xDVFpicLGy/s1600/Squirrel.JPG" height="640" width="614" /></a></span></div>
<div style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Crazy squirrel is a glutton!</span></div>
<div style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcXHKgPUJ0uNbCcamrMNFEAiZZ6w3a6yHq_pd3_pRJSnGrE2-LKwgdQH-0kSSc-_YWpzm46GimOjbYtcTliVpnuUUC7JFdY46sstDB9bokORsPG8ZrBGLXFaTefhRCZ4kczPhzZlRQGvZW/s1600/Squirrel+(2).JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcXHKgPUJ0uNbCcamrMNFEAiZZ6w3a6yHq_pd3_pRJSnGrE2-LKwgdQH-0kSSc-_YWpzm46GimOjbYtcTliVpnuUUC7JFdY46sstDB9bokORsPG8ZrBGLXFaTefhRCZ4kczPhzZlRQGvZW/s1600/Squirrel+(2).JPG" height="640" width="552" /></a></span></div>
<div style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> Playing French Bridge on P-Day & they're hooked!</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqQn7dNskqd5AoywKyKcgDlCcoPH0fYVKFeJRW5CaRaoeXwYTcizXHd53PstXdr7cXpiTZ4wBCtmt5rTUaQkqynW7qsGWlA770hLEz_dYmkIV3GldTrIWQ6ad4rzT4iI_jsvsPk-lLN91j/s1600/PDay.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqQn7dNskqd5AoywKyKcgDlCcoPH0fYVKFeJRW5CaRaoeXwYTcizXHd53PstXdr7cXpiTZ4wBCtmt5rTUaQkqynW7qsGWlA770hLEz_dYmkIV3GldTrIWQ6ad4rzT4iI_jsvsPk-lLN91j/s1600/PDay.JPG" height="480" width="640" /></a></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Changes on the river.</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9KsvMmXcrp0aW_UtiGh19BUcpVQEn6absMrNmkl3hAsv1LNQTncgIDNbxe2Mny9Ey_fN0eLobzUs8K3E-QY_96KNbslMSSVTxkMEVApqDteEcTOB4brRWquAgkEyyAe78gL0RFG243Mia/s1600/River+2.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9KsvMmXcrp0aW_UtiGh19BUcpVQEn6absMrNmkl3hAsv1LNQTncgIDNbxe2Mny9Ey_fN0eLobzUs8K3E-QY_96KNbslMSSVTxkMEVApqDteEcTOB4brRWquAgkEyyAe78gL0RFG243Mia/s1600/River+2.JPG" height="640" width="480" /></span></a><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Lights at a local park by the river.</span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_f1-RIrgLV3UxDUXzq-j2rt47h6oqI9ac6ZNM3v_QB_JvOzLlAhWJk9QniO4b-XMwZkLdur8EemhBkXMHw7yfjVKmBGO1x08txc2Zmdup_X4nhJFAsvAFvOOxGIzZIag73ViTkIV77FJP/s1600/River+lights.JPG" height="480" width="640" /></span></div>
<div style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<div style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span class=""><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></span></div>
<div style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span class=""><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> </span></span><span class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1422883430013_156897"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The children are drawn to Jim. He’s not complaining at all – a good substitute for our grand & great grandchildren.</span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjf-tG02sII3zrxGl64LobM4j8izJmP215HLNirFmEaNT7SR1pzAAk4Vycf0f5WkiC37sjBJP020A8u92CIY0Ttligb3k_eV1q8NlrjMjnWeC3FAnZq_NJMzyusECQAGHxl4KLsDnIvRsH8/s1600/Dad+baby.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjf-tG02sII3zrxGl64LobM4j8izJmP215HLNirFmEaNT7SR1pzAAk4Vycf0f5WkiC37sjBJP020A8u92CIY0Ttligb3k_eV1q8NlrjMjnWeC3FAnZq_NJMzyusECQAGHxl4KLsDnIvRsH8/s1600/Dad+baby.JPG" height="640" width="480" /></a></span></div>
<div style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh6bNPcV5bmIF5gOUkOlDNRMuXStuQ7yneHAGHfoazyac4o8WTRZxw98dPP3kE8aOmVI3lj4UnyPG9RBQ4c2HDgWyy8ygW5DsfkwKIis6ZJRvOEa1Lcgu2R1vjI_iJK9nv8Zw55x8wZMa3/s1600/Dad+reading.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh6bNPcV5bmIF5gOUkOlDNRMuXStuQ7yneHAGHfoazyac4o8WTRZxw98dPP3kE8aOmVI3lj4UnyPG9RBQ4c2HDgWyy8ygW5DsfkwKIis6ZJRvOEa1Lcgu2R1vjI_iJK9nv8Zw55x8wZMa3/s1600/Dad+reading.JPG" height="640" width="480" /></a></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">"Playing" the organ on Sunday (pushing buttons only!) with Jim leading the music.</span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiudsjnT3bmShJ7ZIOszBqLBafovGX0RGX5LEYpbR2SNEWVQ3Hu8-yaO2KqTFUo1Ho8PQSJl7MANPEZv3kadKF8jv1_r2WRWf79aKqA_gd59d83GEHwf2-I6y8j1hOTdlwVVG87PWp9LDN4/s1600/Playing+the+Organ.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiudsjnT3bmShJ7ZIOszBqLBafovGX0RGX5LEYpbR2SNEWVQ3Hu8-yaO2KqTFUo1Ho8PQSJl7MANPEZv3kadKF8jv1_r2WRWf79aKqA_gd59d83GEHwf2-I6y8j1hOTdlwVVG87PWp9LDN4/s1600/Playing+the+Organ.JPG" height="444" width="640" /></span></a></div>
<div style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk3bS1DamRmjiaNLbax2ldlQ7-Bk9apSrE0MHfgpq0n7HVGa8dLHyTGw8BdVjL_fl95NEANd7PC32lWB3RuyTlHyWKMy95oNJMKuvSdgQbaK6q5lRnUOc_9IqAvrwOVErvrJJa1upOYgDa/s1600/Leading.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk3bS1DamRmjiaNLbax2ldlQ7-Bk9apSrE0MHfgpq0n7HVGa8dLHyTGw8BdVjL_fl95NEANd7PC32lWB3RuyTlHyWKMy95oNJMKuvSdgQbaK6q5lRnUOc_9IqAvrwOVErvrJJa1upOYgDa/s1600/Leading.JPG" height="480" width="640" /></a></div>
<div style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">While eating at the Chili's in Syracuse, we noticed the mode of transportation for many in the area.</span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKYY3mpULCPpxcxKN52k00QS0errub5Kvy_R6Fln5TP8ZkDCvew9-5muknX2VLUBWx4n5u2-6_sZdUbEvfspubAJEuPSgSGe85ux9idR5_3FRCzd-tG-ZaXOlpX0qENpIKNZzQqHxVXAQ9/s1600/BBC282FA-5C6B-4A24-844F-6DE86C7CE185.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKYY3mpULCPpxcxKN52k00QS0errub5Kvy_R6Fln5TP8ZkDCvew9-5muknX2VLUBWx4n5u2-6_sZdUbEvfspubAJEuPSgSGe85ux9idR5_3FRCzd-tG-ZaXOlpX0qENpIKNZzQqHxVXAQ9/s1600/BBC282FA-5C6B-4A24-844F-6DE86C7CE185.JPG" height="640" width="640" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Jim getting suited up... to ride the snowmobile! </span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEja7vKr3Rig0izT2gf87B2mBiGqn0XVrSdQicnMKMlCVAPSmjaxTWKXSUm5FUCwHOu0SvdcEf8Tc4XWRJhsaUhmk0sco7nj7qQFyAuzprL0Mq2abT2Pjxtt7UZ1ANTOIi7VxbhqNPYlB3Rx/s1600/Dad+suited+up.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEja7vKr3Rig0izT2gf87B2mBiGqn0XVrSdQicnMKMlCVAPSmjaxTWKXSUm5FUCwHOu0SvdcEf8Tc4XWRJhsaUhmk0sco7nj7qQFyAuzprL0Mq2abT2Pjxtt7UZ1ANTOIi7VxbhqNPYlB3Rx/s1600/Dad+suited+up.png" height="640" width="360" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxLo1DGCJOsThKNDgjg7-_TiiZo03PhFtJi-l4Muq90tiXiRtEIynedzFRQTGPaMy3rGuK9uiDPRAFYgJblJPFhCQEtFOInaftUNgdUtHpBmx-eAbfO77eDHQ4d5usOtD7AQLTZHGo3dOT/s1600/Snowmobile.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxLo1DGCJOsThKNDgjg7-_TiiZo03PhFtJi-l4Muq90tiXiRtEIynedzFRQTGPaMy3rGuK9uiDPRAFYgJblJPFhCQEtFOInaftUNgdUtHpBmx-eAbfO77eDHQ4d5usOtD7AQLTZHGo3dOT/s1600/Snowmobile.jpg" height="640" width="480" /></a></div>
<div style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1422883430013_156800">
</div>
<div>
</div>
<div style="height: 0px;">
x</div>
Shelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16318129003800910639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1903293979259976427.post-76501994546339034472015-01-10T23:00:00.001-08:002015-01-11T09:55:12.101-08:00<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilPvoKRFdZrSDsCDhuYp1g26B4oGAZhQ4Uva63GbEMPXpkuLBXXHs0_U7Yxt2CLTKDucBvKYDW0acreNJtwzPJl7LzrvT_ZPGh78F0bnMyYrlGeXdxLta_dCl6i_A8Sl9I40PTEF8hL3SS/s1600/IMG_2439.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></a>
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLpxc7cz-T9s9004dFngr79j52MBovm0D2-BnQ9HwM_edNVLRevTsD2IPIbVivP5K53fbGSg_HbXpUVJRiGG97u6bcJSnqmKqFVjv1zYGHbPTw1oHR9gIXVAFT9foa4WE-hH21Ah-LT4UG/s1600/DSCN0755.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLpxc7cz-T9s9004dFngr79j52MBovm0D2-BnQ9HwM_edNVLRevTsD2IPIbVivP5K53fbGSg_HbXpUVJRiGG97u6bcJSnqmKqFVjv1zYGHbPTw1oHR9gIXVAFT9foa4WE-hH21Ah-LT4UG/s1600/DSCN0755.JPG" height="300" width="400" /></span></a><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">January 2015<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Here we are in a new
year and woke to an ice storm on January 4<sup>th</sup>. Everything was
covered in a sheet of ice, so our church meetings were cancelled for the
day. This was on top of about 6-8 inches of snow, which made travel in
the area a bit precarious. </span></div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">We worked on some Family History and
just enjoyed the quiet time to consider our mission responsibilities. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Jim was asked by an
elderly member of the branch to conduct and give the eulogy at the funeral of
his wife on the 7<sup>th</sup>. It was a truly a wonderful experience and
the family seemed pleased with all that was said. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The community here is
depressed economically, which puts most of our members at risk. They are
wonderful, but most are just “living on the edge.” It is hard to know how
to help them sometimes, but we know that the Gospel is the way to lighten their
loads. The difficulty is that many simply haven’t recognized that even in
bad times, good things can be a part of their lives. Thus, that is the
“good news” we try to help them see and understand.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">We’ve put about 4200
miles on our car since we arrived! We drive several members to and from
work on a regular basis and with all the visits and meetings it has added up
quick. We had snow tires put on the front after the first snow and that
has sure been a necessary addition. Looks like we’ll wear them out during
the two winters we’ll be here. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">We are fortunate to be
associated with two wonderful young missionaries on a daily basis. They
are such an inspiration to us as we watch how hard they work, how obedient they
are, and how committed they are to serving for two years. We had them and
four other missionaries from the general area here for Christmas and had a
wonderful time just being with them. We are simpl<o:p></o:p>y having a great time
being missionaries. </span></div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Christmas Day in our
back yard with all the missionaries in our District. No white Christmas
for us.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div>
</div>
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBlLt3WIHaqE5idSUGmzrFbvOrgAZSqzpoX-B7UDN7zVr3EkNgZdxU8RQuS-tDTEDEJOukGLYUT3pDmw03jZgbprnjJZr5QJR64lt-AeKUaICVpf0dayrUD82U89a3yQcKA9Bt1jFMLSUc/s1600/DSCN3250+(1).JPG&container=blogger&gadget=a&rewriteMime=image%2F*" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBlLt3WIHaqE5idSUGmzrFbvOrgAZSqzpoX-B7UDN7zVr3EkNgZdxU8RQuS-tDTEDEJOukGLYUT3pDmw03jZgbprnjJZr5QJR64lt-AeKUaICVpf0dayrUD82U89a3yQcKA9Bt1jFMLSUc/s1600/DSCN3250+(1).JPG" height="370" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">Elder Knight, Sister Knight, Elder Hong, Elder Ounesavath, Elder Moore, Elder Hayes, Sister Hale, Sister Gelinas</span></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div>
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBpDY797UUiFkhEOA23pPMYwpLMzktACxONnNe0_ySx9NrQkxVBXIhkpOwGGH6zVdRq8mx8jgoWSJIBMeAZ4AIn_dpl9sSwR8m3mT-Y7eeTdBHQKTewRLk5RG1d1gV5Ye_2SSeJjB-VBiQ/s1600/DSCN0716.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBpDY797UUiFkhEOA23pPMYwpLMzktACxONnNe0_ySx9NrQkxVBXIhkpOwGGH6zVdRq8mx8jgoWSJIBMeAZ4AIn_dpl9sSwR8m3mT-Y7eeTdBHQKTewRLk5RG1d1gV5Ye_2SSeJjB-VBiQ/s1600/DSCN0716.JPG" height="640" width="531" /></span></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small; text-align: start;">Elder Ounesavath cooking made-to-order pancakes with pecans, blueberries, strawberries & chocolate chips.</span></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlrMxTynipuawDjcxfA53iGCYNED2_yE0MJQDaY1bKrO4tR3TJCebAjiQj9vMEaNF2TInaJ5jtTB9d50XtgPRjGM2ymwsOU73flbBQcyODBk59JZRJpaW9u6OgC0rZHVzBv4ksoiZm28W4/s1600/DSCN0736.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"></a></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div>
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp3AnBQZeOXYeSguI9UVXfvbqeZLZ2lv857YrfTjYweEeBIQcICqIOy7OOHp8PLCMAXOKaNcrYisXxSWkd2dAdL8agDRPb8F57dqpKBvcIEh9hInBJGBHhdGMe6o78DrUkNkz-JvWj1fpl/s1600/DSCN0718.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp3AnBQZeOXYeSguI9UVXfvbqeZLZ2lv857YrfTjYweEeBIQcICqIOy7OOHp8PLCMAXOKaNcrYisXxSWkd2dAdL8agDRPb8F57dqpKBvcIEh9hInBJGBHhdGMe6o78DrUkNkz-JvWj1fpl/s1600/DSCN0718.JPG" height="640" width="560" /></span></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small; text-align: start;">Elder Hong is our official bacon fryer with his stylish apron.</span></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span>
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; letter-spacing: normal; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; orphans: auto; padding: 6px; text-align: center; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;"><tbody>
<tr><td><div style="margin: 0px;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzluNbFpHwq2uD6_8Img1jrBdqugmovtw7ne7_6g4roXL4U643gQKin5N3fX8kAWpNKRqGSRPt-e-pHND0V9jGMXWvr4wzHJka2ViNC0t1aGKLNYjGnUi7hmIkDZtq-GX642nJTKNRhe_v/s1600/DSCN0723.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzluNbFpHwq2uD6_8Img1jrBdqugmovtw7ne7_6g4roXL4U643gQKin5N3fX8kAWpNKRqGSRPt-e-pHND0V9jGMXWvr4wzHJka2ViNC0t1aGKLNYjGnUi7hmIkDZtq-GX642nJTKNRhe_v/s1600/DSCN0723.JPG" height="480" style="cursor: move;" width="640" /></span></a></div>
</td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="padding-top: 4px;"><div style="margin: 0px;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">Elder Knight is opening his ‘white elephant’ Christmas gift.<br />We had such a great time with all 6 missionaries here for Christmas Eve and Day.</span></div>
</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div>
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding: 6px; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlrMxTynipuawDjcxfA53iGCYNED2_yE0MJQDaY1bKrO4tR3TJCebAjiQj9vMEaNF2TInaJ5jtTB9d50XtgPRjGM2ymwsOU73flbBQcyODBk59JZRJpaW9u6OgC0rZHVzBv4ksoiZm28W4/s1600/DSCN0736.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlrMxTynipuawDjcxfA53iGCYNED2_yE0MJQDaY1bKrO4tR3TJCebAjiQj9vMEaNF2TInaJ5jtTB9d50XtgPRjGM2ymwsOU73flbBQcyODBk59JZRJpaW9u6OgC0rZHVzBv4ksoiZm28W4/s1600/DSCN0736.JPG" height="640" width="480" /></span></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="padding-top: 4px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: xx-small; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">Elder Ounesavath cooking our Christmas dinner!</span></span></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div>
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9u1lJ4-N9u6RpRvObzH-daIdd8m80uLM7EUMiAuYRqjLSkJuPOWwAMK9xSJh2eiAZlXtxbqsmbLlAn78xmxBWkopi49_onI-jzpZDGk53iPizXcMv3JZdt5QMrclMpaEopQyKyzpp5OHF/s1600/DSCN0689.JPG" height="466" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="640" /></span></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">Thank goodness this isn't our car!</span></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div>
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6lC8felYk2BUeMb2z5XKj8rQlvhKPnWE0LMUi-HZcYMbu8yooMdInTgSwgg9lT5b9UyeY20RUcvpZLvss30XXyK7goWFp1IL0YwzKTFr09UrUUq9jZeQbtfhSh9hV5cQO4NAKiKVkTVdJ/s1600/IMG_2436.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6lC8felYk2BUeMb2z5XKj8rQlvhKPnWE0LMUi-HZcYMbu8yooMdInTgSwgg9lT5b9UyeY20RUcvpZLvss30XXyK7goWFp1IL0YwzKTFr09UrUUq9jZeQbtfhSh9hV5cQO4NAKiKVkTVdJ/s1600/IMG_2436.jpg" height="640" width="480" /></span></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">The river has begun to freeze again with the sub-zero temps we've had for a few nights.</span></span></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div>
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNmudR2u9vsHo7NNVmqqvx29xPHRMxRKo0kXBgD5sHLXpluRBklUXbkAMaNkzR2y4KHEU9suOppiSfzyR0tOQ2L6t8ZyeyX4nWrU75BIPuv5h2soG98U46ZTdsqgs06R6Ew2tfxNqxn2v5/s1600/DSCN0753.JPG" height="478" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="640" /></span></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRo5J_ucHeB1D12pczm2cDLovVeh7BOZrOihvxWvVRC_d5E195oVmdkDvXUVBxOpOd0jet79HR4lT7nknl8pcC45JUXz8h4suuYJ0zYHKItq_EY12NxoUNq8TZedo-nJ6Qom-3dmekKUB5/s1600/DSCN0754.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="display: inline !important; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRo5J_ucHeB1D12pczm2cDLovVeh7BOZrOihvxWvVRC_d5E195oVmdkDvXUVBxOpOd0jet79HR4lT7nknl8pcC45JUXz8h4suuYJ0zYHKItq_EY12NxoUNq8TZedo-nJ6Qom-3dmekKUB5/s1600/DSCN0754.JPG" height="476" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">Squirrel in the backyard preparing for winter and watching me watching him. So cute!</span></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div>
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh12zPUgnvRUS7u-f6qgq11DQSBO_TFPDz_qPdc86VOS3_bfEJZreJmY1Ove_NYvoEKQkqgxeDRIrQaDg4HveYYBWXX4X6ife5wlVRX44CKIDybtpLKB6fe_fsUtF9VK0JUYW9EcLFb4Aqs/s1600/DSCN0757.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></a>
<br />
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIxHxBsEnJCFvKAwmpZ2P6_pYNz-j0ZehfSgnn_daUReJRh4eYg2UO2GHAPtdf72vSCykdZs2yhuiwSfh7ykC6DFzKRK5a1QsFSrOktL5BRJy4Io5TeuyXGxXxrmBzmHuZ_3Jk43vHzXtJ/s1600/IMG_2447.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIxHxBsEnJCFvKAwmpZ2P6_pYNz-j0ZehfSgnn_daUReJRh4eYg2UO2GHAPtdf72vSCykdZs2yhuiwSfh7ykC6DFzKRK5a1QsFSrOktL5BRJy4Io5TeuyXGxXxrmBzmHuZ_3Jk43vHzXtJ/s1600/IMG_2447.jpg" height="640" width="480" /></span></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">This is becoming a common occurrence. <br />We are fortunate to have a member of the church whose husband plows our driveway<br />by 6:30 am when it's needed - out of the goodness of his heart.</span></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div>
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSFc_-pflF96q-bjdYOoxGNNpW6x7p5VF0_treDiv8yfJOc1d15vALIXa4lgmAzYLG2aBiZmH4x1M77ZOoKilvn9HPUugMMl4YRzsAdNZO0js_6ikS3n4CU3-ygfzjQWCLecrt02n9AEW8/s1600/DSCN0763.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSFc_-pflF96q-bjdYOoxGNNpW6x7p5VF0_treDiv8yfJOc1d15vALIXa4lgmAzYLG2aBiZmH4x1M77ZOoKilvn9HPUugMMl4YRzsAdNZO0js_6ikS3n4CU3-ygfzjQWCLecrt02n9AEW8/s1600/DSCN0763.JPG" height="480" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">Ice on branches</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;"><br />
<br />
<img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGNt56gqktc-VfjJzarD1a3AMnFO-vax6fi0yBHevqN8gC1qy1tpclvAlhKDhLC2hjMJOykNeDjuDnJKDjRDb-alybtwBsMUHAKTrOt75Qe3rnJbUMOfvvyRmRKAhMJiarLqETOof69ePP/s1600/DSCN0756.JPG" height="480" width="640" /></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;"><br /></span></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<div style="text-align: center;">
</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2RwhEPvLSOYM32mj5m3xMSLD1sbJ79RnMltMcL6VMTNC4hJiri5fupoX3pWYZYYa5zRKkpDNLNyuksLxT8q2AHeJP1KpIdAvELAt-FXZcLLGTOLZJupbsnMry_lWFeaLOXFh5twxlDXWQ/s1600/IMG_2294.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2RwhEPvLSOYM32mj5m3xMSLD1sbJ79RnMltMcL6VMTNC4hJiri5fupoX3pWYZYYa5zRKkpDNLNyuksLxT8q2AHeJP1KpIdAvELAt-FXZcLLGTOLZJupbsnMry_lWFeaLOXFh5twxlDXWQ/s1600/IMG_2294.JPG" height="640" width="480" /></span></a></div>
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6VmbBe5ALVrGEszezYTedsfe-rpleQhAudCIUvQNKHC_YvCx_xUTIP8AP4638Ad-h4M7B-kCX39JfMS7MMCJqEAS9J4zCZmI9N2goAt7_rapu81jeuwhKi-bfkNt-et4bjnNWVCv_oU0U/s1600/IMG_2296.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6VmbBe5ALVrGEszezYTedsfe-rpleQhAudCIUvQNKHC_YvCx_xUTIP8AP4638Ad-h4M7B-kCX39JfMS7MMCJqEAS9J4zCZmI9N2goAt7_rapu81jeuwhKi-bfkNt-et4bjnNWVCv_oU0U/s1600/IMG_2296.JPG" height="480" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small; text-align: start;">Amish Buggy Parking at Walmart!</span></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div>
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpGmQ2WZuY_m4AsKnDhRSvu4ugICOHF0rdQ3BzGq50fqUKV-1jjNPYpiZTLWdrf8UbxnwtTsi96wy-7s8IUvSxKeGUOW59TLCtdVb8KxgeeQTFMVxAtMn20QbkgPzGOoFQWcGPfW1EVY0n/s1600/IMG_2411.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpGmQ2WZuY_m4AsKnDhRSvu4ugICOHF0rdQ3BzGq50fqUKV-1jjNPYpiZTLWdrf8UbxnwtTsi96wy-7s8IUvSxKeGUOW59TLCtdVb8KxgeeQTFMVxAtMn20QbkgPzGOoFQWcGPfW1EVY0n/s1600/IMG_2411.jpg" height="480" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small; text-align: start;">We met this Amish man, Brother Miller, and his son Sam who were selling baskets on the side of the road not far from Ogdensburg. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">We bought several items as gifts for family back home. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">(Shel's note: they are beautiful!)</span></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div>
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRr4SSYPjZE8GKor8illHNFGvSWPoxfPJTxM5Tz6NO6rL_r7jXUIggt7SVJ2mucsfTtplYL4uqlyeFfVGR2HtjLDFoViQPGqAnd3V2DBiP3onVRzu7DyFCVP-FW73Ou8uXpMkPyxo5x7_L/s1600/IMG952425.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRr4SSYPjZE8GKor8illHNFGvSWPoxfPJTxM5Tz6NO6rL_r7jXUIggt7SVJ2mucsfTtplYL4uqlyeFfVGR2HtjLDFoViQPGqAnd3V2DBiP3onVRzu7DyFCVP-FW73Ou8uXpMkPyxo5x7_L/s1600/IMG952425.jpg" height="640" width="480" /></span></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small; text-align: start;">Someone turning around in the driveway left behind this unintentional message.</span></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div>
</div>
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilPvoKRFdZrSDsCDhuYp1g26B4oGAZhQ4Uva63GbEMPXpkuLBXXHs0_U7Yxt2CLTKDucBvKYDW0acreNJtwzPJl7LzrvT_ZPGh78F0bnMyYrlGeXdxLta_dCl6i_A8Sl9I40PTEF8hL3SS/s1600/IMG_2439.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilPvoKRFdZrSDsCDhuYp1g26B4oGAZhQ4Uva63GbEMPXpkuLBXXHs0_U7Yxt2CLTKDucBvKYDW0acreNJtwzPJl7LzrvT_ZPGh78F0bnMyYrlGeXdxLta_dCl6i_A8Sl9I40PTEF8hL3SS/s1600/IMG_2439.jpg" height="640" width="480" /></span></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small; text-align: start;">No words needed.</span></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEkTyklf5VbIJpMUYFknj4LV_0YKeyRffDTjFmnfTLZYqAlECnLmvwx2mSBEBKsGu1LR0c8CCNK_mpiuZNBQIlFafxnJPP5-OviXZTNy4Mj7lefIr2KVc6qDyd7DN6h0ikfATezO76-Orl/s1600/IMG_2442+(2).png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEkTyklf5VbIJpMUYFknj4LV_0YKeyRffDTjFmnfTLZYqAlECnLmvwx2mSBEBKsGu1LR0c8CCNK_mpiuZNBQIlFafxnJPP5-OviXZTNy4Mj7lefIr2KVc6qDyd7DN6h0ikfATezO76-Orl/s1600/IMG_2442+(2).png" height="640" width="360" /></span></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">So, this happened...</span></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
</div>
</div>
<!-- Blogger automated replacement: "https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlrMxTynipuawDjcxfA53iGCYNED2_yE0MJQDaY1bKrO4tR3TJCebAjiQj9vMEaNF2TInaJ5jtTB9d50XtgPRjGM2ymwsOU73flbBQcyODBk59JZRJpaW9u6OgC0rZHVzBv4ksoiZm28W4/s1600/DSCN0736.JPG" with "https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlrMxTynipuawDjcxfA53iGCYNED2_yE0MJQDaY1bKrO4tR3TJCebAjiQj9vMEaNF2TInaJ5jtTB9d50XtgPRjGM2ymwsOU73flbBQcyODBk59JZRJpaW9u6OgC0rZHVzBv4ksoiZm28W4/s1600/DSCN0736.JPG" --><!-- Blogger automated replacement: "https://images-blogger-opensocial.googleusercontent.com/gadgets/proxy?url=http%3A%2F%2F2.bp.blogspot.com%2F-pbexlFaZAVA%2FVLINJVRcmII%2FAAAAAAAAAFQ%2FZWLyXn1yNBs%2Fs1600%2FDSCN0716.JPG&container=blogger&gadget=a&rewriteMime=image%2F*" with "https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBpDY797UUiFkhEOA23pPMYwpLMzktACxONnNe0_ySx9NrQkxVBXIhkpOwGGH6zVdRq8mx8jgoWSJIBMeAZ4AIn_dpl9sSwR8m3mT-Y7eeTdBHQKTewRLk5RG1d1gV5Ye_2SSeJjB-VBiQ/s1600/DSCN0716.JPG" --><!-- Blogger automated replacement: "https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBpDY797UUiFkhEOA23pPMYwpLMzktACxONnNe0_ySx9NrQkxVBXIhkpOwGGH6zVdRq8mx8jgoWSJIBMeAZ4AIn_dpl9sSwR8m3mT-Y7eeTdBHQKTewRLk5RG1d1gV5Ye_2SSeJjB-VBiQ/s1600/DSCN0716.JPG" with "https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBpDY797UUiFkhEOA23pPMYwpLMzktACxONnNe0_ySx9NrQkxVBXIhkpOwGGH6zVdRq8mx8jgoWSJIBMeAZ4AIn_dpl9sSwR8m3mT-Y7eeTdBHQKTewRLk5RG1d1gV5Ye_2SSeJjB-VBiQ/s1600/DSCN0716.JPG" --><!-- Blogger automated replacement: "https://images-blogger-opensocial.googleusercontent.com/gadgets/proxy?url=http%3A%2F%2F4.bp.blogspot.com%2F-wmC-3DQO1k4%2FVLINkz1b8nI%2FAAAAAAAAAGA%2F2zpaA2HkRwY%2Fs1600%2FDSCN0736.JPG&container=blogger&gadget=a&rewriteMime=image%2F*" with "https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlrMxTynipuawDjcxfA53iGCYNED2_yE0MJQDaY1bKrO4tR3TJCebAjiQj9vMEaNF2TInaJ5jtTB9d50XtgPRjGM2ymwsOU73flbBQcyODBk59JZRJpaW9u6OgC0rZHVzBv4ksoiZm28W4/s1600/DSCN0736.JPG" --><!-- Blogger automated replacement: "https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBlLt3WIHaqE5idSUGmzrFbvOrgAZSqzpoX-B7UDN7zVr3EkNgZdxU8RQuS-tDTEDEJOukGLYUT3pDmw03jZgbprnjJZr5QJR64lt-AeKUaICVpf0dayrUD82U89a3yQcKA9Bt1jFMLSUc/s1600/DSCN3250+" with "https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBlLt3WIHaqE5idSUGmzrFbvOrgAZSqzpoX-B7UDN7zVr3EkNgZdxU8RQuS-tDTEDEJOukGLYUT3pDmw03jZgbprnjJZr5QJR64lt-AeKUaICVpf0dayrUD82U89a3yQcKA9Bt1jFMLSUc/s1600/DSCN3250+" --><!-- Blogger automated replacement: "https://images-blogger-opensocial.googleusercontent.com/gadgets/proxy?url=http%3A%2F%2F1.bp.blogspot.com%2F-y4PethobIrQ%2FVLIOg1HcAMI%2FAAAAAAAAAHU%2Fb_JptZMhoF4%2Fs1600%2FDSCN3250%252B" with "https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBlLt3WIHaqE5idSUGmzrFbvOrgAZSqzpoX-B7UDN7zVr3EkNgZdxU8RQuS-tDTEDEJOukGLYUT3pDmw03jZgbprnjJZr5QJR64lt-AeKUaICVpf0dayrUD82U89a3yQcKA9Bt1jFMLSUc/s1600/DSCN3250+" -->Shelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16318129003800910639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1903293979259976427.post-69939050742349805652014-12-14T16:30:00.001-08:002014-12-14T17:31:58.982-08:00<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">During the past couple
of weeks, we have been able to meet many members and investigators of the
Church here in Ogdensburg and Gouverneur. Our Sundays are very busy as we
attend our three hour block meetings here in Ogdensburg and where Elder Knight
is the First Counselor to the Branch President. After those meetings, we
travel to Gouverneur, which is about 45 minutes away where we participate in
their meetings as well for two hours. They have what is called a
Dependent Branch there. Both have small groups and it is easy to like
them. They are humble and kind people and we are enjoying them.</span><span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">During the week, we have
a “P-Day” (personal day) on Mondays. The young missionaries come to our
house to do their laundry in the morning on those days. </span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 16px;">Linda and I have been able to get to Watertown to do some shopping and have date night. It is about an hour and ten minutes from here. </span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">During the rest of the
week, we are out and about visiting members and helping the Elders teach
investigators and giving service where needed. For example, last Friday a
young family in the Branch needed to go to Syracuse and Watertown for personal
and doctor appointments so Linda babysat their two little girls during the
day. I took the three little boys to and from school so that the husband
and his wife could make the trip more easily. Syracuse is slightly over
two hours away. </span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">We were active in
assisting the Branch, which included the Gouverneur group with a Thanksgiving
Dinner and then with an early Christmas Dinner as well. Linda knows how
to pitch in with organizing and running such activities and I’m a good
dishwasher. It has been fun and we have already seen some nice things
happen for us and the Branch here. We actually feel blessed to be here
and to be serving.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">As for the weather, </span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">we've</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"> had very little snow – just what you see in the earlier pictures.
But it has been very cold for this Arizona couple. It’s mostly been in
the teens and when the wind blows it’s just, well, wretched. We layer and
bundle and stay inside as much as possible. I told Jim when we bought the
car we would be happy to have the heated seats! The people around here
have said it’s going to get much worse! Oh my goodness. I won’t be
able to walk if I layer any more.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">~</span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Elder & Sister Busby from Tucson are serving in Brockville, Canada just 20 minutes from us (Jim met him years ago in Tucson). We've known his brother & sister-in-law from Tucson since we moved there in 1988. I ran into them in a local grocery store where they shop weekly.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">It's such a small world in the church. </span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7bLe7Ow-zCmPsO6Js6n17y41tDmXVjkue-GUUT4zqwvLUd53fnZ4exbgBZ0mMoPXMUNGhaoKAwJU-MPCsxiZ7rXG3EYQxnW27K2z8LiOy-tWzTua3fueigvMDfBmr8pTJy8VDZ0IOuycw/s1600/DSCN0681+(2).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7bLe7Ow-zCmPsO6Js6n17y41tDmXVjkue-GUUT4zqwvLUd53fnZ4exbgBZ0mMoPXMUNGhaoKAwJU-MPCsxiZ7rXG3EYQxnW27K2z8LiOy-tWzTua3fueigvMDfBmr8pTJy8VDZ0IOuycw/s1600/DSCN0681+(2).jpg" height="480" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
<br />
<div style="text-align: center;">
Our elders - Elder Ounesavath & Elder Hong </div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0a0k_JC3hFII20dvPivIO_WTOmuYmvTvbo5HDVPPXL9LaY_Gj8uJbyGgJaCt8ut-dyehI7G7F4SqM9Vk_pdhFMOdfpdb3g-kKQgcSWobcy_EK1u3IyK0THiSIPiGICrkR1ApV2T6M0tql/s1600/IMG_2365+(3).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0a0k_JC3hFII20dvPivIO_WTOmuYmvTvbo5HDVPPXL9LaY_Gj8uJbyGgJaCt8ut-dyehI7G7F4SqM9Vk_pdhFMOdfpdb3g-kKQgcSWobcy_EK1u3IyK0THiSIPiGICrkR1ApV2T6M0tql/s1600/IMG_2365+(3).jpg" height="640" width="480" /></a></div>
<br />
<br />
<div style="text-align: center;">
Elder Ferris (middle) is from the Tucson North Stake! </div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
Again, small world.</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijSkNhLZihiNxUxeZ5CG6yrrie2hRVIcxN1S_Dy7o-bS5oW5GjoeoN_ecegjF0CsqhpO3e94Wuc8N7iT4f95ua4u8JtyAD2Ql_jY5SuIfuIw7FDuxakxHCImoagvGIN0FaeYERaleaFdiP/s1600/IMG_2328+(2).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijSkNhLZihiNxUxeZ5CG6yrrie2hRVIcxN1S_Dy7o-bS5oW5GjoeoN_ecegjF0CsqhpO3e94Wuc8N7iT4f95ua4u8JtyAD2Ql_jY5SuIfuIw7FDuxakxHCImoagvGIN0FaeYERaleaFdiP/s1600/IMG_2328+(2).jpg" height="480" width="640" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
Members from both our Branch and Twig!</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhi7azv6NI3Lm9oAspjV9hQ7kyuBDEx1I1m8K0A3zYQlNNMyNr4szigRHnSIOxqFahzE7qMG-dtdJ4eufy2RN1KxzwdGneNBxxI_Cxjo8wczzzxAFF7alt8upE7_sM5F7QEXXxBocP73Oh5/s1600/DSCN0674+(2).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhi7azv6NI3Lm9oAspjV9hQ7kyuBDEx1I1m8K0A3zYQlNNMyNr4szigRHnSIOxqFahzE7qMG-dtdJ4eufy2RN1KxzwdGneNBxxI_Cxjo8wczzzxAFF7alt8upE7_sM5F7QEXXxBocP73Oh5/s1600/DSCN0674+(2).jpg" height="457" width="640" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">The ice is beginning to develop along the banks of the river as you can see by the dock. </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">The river will freeze over soon.</span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjt-mIey0RXUznJA1_XbW0rH56DY8_JVHMAbZccPEqiIcAPrxVVKhBkLWkmzliuTtVBP_9PV_m9u8u2GVLSBaCiyDty9qUeIEYAlvfs1ep64psTiefrFcpdNLCJ7HVRv9pQhgoWc36JHvGu/s1600/DSCN0684+(2).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjt-mIey0RXUznJA1_XbW0rH56DY8_JVHMAbZccPEqiIcAPrxVVKhBkLWkmzliuTtVBP_9PV_m9u8u2GVLSBaCiyDty9qUeIEYAlvfs1ep64psTiefrFcpdNLCJ7HVRv9pQhgoWc36JHvGu/s1600/DSCN0684+(2).jpg" height="640" width="480" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGoZ1ZLXh9-qS3yeQ8L9agyKbGsBdSn35sRp50T7JtjH_n6z9lxKDZAmsCxw0ZKXj6V9h95fGKGTEPfKkbSUvTLYGHbVLMuyGwPVMm0_Rl5VlCqNrgP3x1a9NyzG61cFmh9x5SmKk5ks8x/s1600/IMG_2360+(2).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGoZ1ZLXh9-qS3yeQ8L9agyKbGsBdSn35sRp50T7JtjH_n6z9lxKDZAmsCxw0ZKXj6V9h95fGKGTEPfKkbSUvTLYGHbVLMuyGwPVMm0_Rl5VlCqNrgP3x1a9NyzG61cFmh9x5SmKk5ks8x/s1600/IMG_2360+(2).jpg" height="480" width="640" /></a></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Sister Gelinas & Sister Gochner serve in the Gouveneur area.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtWOLlyi9unHeAyq_pq9Bgl1VzYn2gO9qtiZUIb11Efq7-5eTqSwgmJNRzcnZuE6JF-lKNitjEftr8DuG0t5057qlaqhe9_uxpyeBtzHVL_cShczbifGIm6Tif4BWmdi0yxJ8imkwSg0Nm/s1600/DSCN0676+(2).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="display: inline !important; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtWOLlyi9unHeAyq_pq9Bgl1VzYn2gO9qtiZUIb11Efq7-5eTqSwgmJNRzcnZuE6JF-lKNitjEftr8DuG0t5057qlaqhe9_uxpyeBtzHVL_cShczbifGIm6Tif4BWmdi0yxJ8imkwSg0Nm/s1600/DSCN0676+(2).jpg" height="375" width="400" /></a></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: 12pt;">Elders serving the Christmas dinner to the members.</span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD8mBfyDuv3uZ1mrQi1O83BYoqh_BEtcM08sqy3Jd-5hY8e3o9OvnXk1dmRgeE-8B7wpkyYYr8zNBYNsOrsJNlxvixJhR8buEk5uN9soazvu3BqbaYMDFEA3FHXdyewUw9VCyczU9zbeNH/s1600/DSCN0669+(2).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD8mBfyDuv3uZ1mrQi1O83BYoqh_BEtcM08sqy3Jd-5hY8e3o9OvnXk1dmRgeE-8B7wpkyYYr8zNBYNsOrsJNlxvixJhR8buEk5uN9soazvu3BqbaYMDFEA3FHXdyewUw9VCyczU9zbeNH/s1600/DSCN0669+(2).jpg" height="480" width="640" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghtytfN-MxtXmevcooW491vXHnb81LSzB_jvWsfqraPFiu1bTTfbnQjd8htFUjW3D6zZUR0Z7q0i3Sqf266Cn8MS1GThg8lFnx8kC5zr5mVPQJeT1MOuMSmH8Xo2US7bN4uaPbgX3QL4bp/s1600/IMG_2343+(2).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="display: inline !important; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghtytfN-MxtXmevcooW491vXHnb81LSzB_jvWsfqraPFiu1bTTfbnQjd8htFUjW3D6zZUR0Z7q0i3Sqf266Cn8MS1GThg8lFnx8kC5zr5mVPQJeT1MOuMSmH8Xo2US7bN4uaPbgX3QL4bp/s1600/IMG_2343+(2).jpg" height="640" width="480" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br /></span></div>
Shelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16318129003800910639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1903293979259976427.post-50379845226185944192014-11-24T21:24:00.002-08:002014-11-24T21:27:48.183-08:00Week One...<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-style: italic;">Shel's note: Received updates today from Mom & Dad. Their internet was finally hooked up, so we're doing some catching up!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Our first week of our mission has been wonderful - filled with great experiences and strange weather!</span><br />
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Saturday, Nov. 15</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">We noticed a wall in the
living room of our rental home with pictures of the last five senior couples
who have served here in the Ogdensburg area and lived in this home. The couple
that served here from 2010-2011, Brent & Pauline Esplin, lived in
Westerville, Ohio at the same time we did in the early 80’s. Amazing!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Sunday, Nov. 16<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Today we went to our
first Branch meeting in Ogdensburg from 10am-1pm. They meet in a small but
beautiful LDS building. We were there early enough to meet some of the members
as they came in. They were all so welcoming and seemed genuinely happy to have
us there. There were only 29 there for the meetings. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">We were sitting on the
stand since we were the speakers for the day (the youth speaker didn’t come)
and five minutes before the meeting began, Jim & Elder Hong asked me to
‘run’ the organ! I’ve never even sat at one so panic set in. The Elder gave me
a quick lesson on finding the song and then how to keep pressing a key to keep
it on beat. Thank goodness the chorister heard him and said we could set it
automatically to keep the beat, which can be selected from the controls for
each song. At the end of each verse I had to tap a button to start the next
verse. During the song she leaned over and said we needed more volume and of
course I was clueless. She said to push the pedal so I did and we had very loud
music for a few seconds. It was just crazy. I’m pretty sure the congregation
was thinking how they were glad it was me instead of them. No judging at all! I’ve
already been asked to do it again next Sunday, so I guess no one else thought
they could do it better but that sure wouldn't have taken much. I’ll be an
expert soon. The good news is I didn't stress about my talk since I was so busy
with the music.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The next meeting
was in Gouverneur about 30 miles away where about the same number of members
meet in a large room of a retirement home. There is one member who lives there
and he was able to get permission for us to use their large dining room every
week. Some of the members who live in the area are older or without
transportation so this is done so they can come and participate. This meeting
is from 3-5pm. I am guessing we will be giving a lot of Sacrament talks in the
next 18 months.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Monday, Nov. 17<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDsCI0rdCTa2g1BW-ydFhQ4vK67WGqEdE_4JwbbPTMKH2OATvhcST5OsLluhtG1OJCCND2x-wopqNYiWkv8jbPqZ_7T9MgcjkFhZbbEJMsdbDwux_0H1gnFHT51mzvSPunIzM2hSfbXauL/s1600/Accident+story.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDsCI0rdCTa2g1BW-ydFhQ4vK67WGqEdE_4JwbbPTMKH2OATvhcST5OsLluhtG1OJCCND2x-wopqNYiWkv8jbPqZ_7T9MgcjkFhZbbEJMsdbDwux_0H1gnFHT51mzvSPunIzM2hSfbXauL/s1600/Accident+story.JPG" height="400" width="300" /></span></a></div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Our first opportunities
for service came today. We were headed to Heuvelton to visit a family from our
Branch. The roads were wet and it was lightly snowing. There was an Amish
couple in their buggy heading towards us with a car approaching them from
behind. The driver must have been worried about the timing of us approaching
and she hit her brakes and spun clockwise. The back left side of her car hit
the back left buggy wheel & jolted the buggy but hardly moved it. She then
went off the road, nearly hitting an electric pole. We turned around and went
to see what we could do. The Amish couple was just fine, as was the horse and
they were very nice about the whole incident. They smiled and said everything
was fine. They took off and the Elders and Jim proceeded to push the car until
she got it back on the road. Jim was splattered, literally, from head to toe in
mud. I failed to get a picture of him – it was snowing & he just needed to
get wiped up as much as possible. We had to go back home so he could clean up
and change clothes.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Just as we were ready to
head back to Heuvelton we received a call from a member working at a local
grocery store saying there was an older woman who was distraught about needing
help moving some items from her porch to their upstairs rental home. Of course
a large sofa was involved. So, we met her at the grocery store and followed her
to her home. Her husband has serious health issues and was unable to help. When
we took the cushions off the sofa I found a measuring tape (I took that as a
sign) and suggested the men measure to make sure it would fit since there was a
bend in the stairs and then what looked like too small of an opening at the top
of the stairs, in my humble opinion. I was assured it would fit. Well, after 20
minutes of balancing and maneuvering this 3 cushion, very heavy old sofa on the
stairway they gave up and brought it back down and out on the porch. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">(Update –
today is the 24<sup>th</sup> and Jim’s back is giving
him fits and we all know why. He has been counseled by our Mission President to
not move any more furniture and to leave it to the young missionaries. We’ll
see if he can follow that counsel. I've ordered him an inversion table as an early Christmas present.)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Wednesday, Nov. 19</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">We were supposed to drive to Watertown, just one hour southwest of here to get our car 'winterized' but the service department called to let us know they were having a blizzard and the roads were closed. Thank goodness they called because it was sunny here & we had just started to drive that way. So, we decided to drive to Ottawa which is only one hour away. It was a beautiful sunny day when we left. We found a shopping mall and did a little browsing. We headed home after about an hour and just as we were approaching the bridge back to the US we found ourselves in the middle of a snowstorm. Thank goodness we live one minute from the bridge! </span><br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRB51HCrsWbdeqdUSLHpDxwsK2Tyw4TCVYsG70IFAHMDsIb54cAk3AqPnT4VSU7bXz8MHRE_fq72Zi4HgTWJ-G2qtoy64LD8x5XFihCagLHXqI7arozrWGkbT81xoIzI5A2NwcCMho9xqV/s1600/Bridge+to+Canada.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRB51HCrsWbdeqdUSLHpDxwsK2Tyw4TCVYsG70IFAHMDsIb54cAk3AqPnT4VSU7bXz8MHRE_fq72Zi4HgTWJ-G2qtoy64LD8x5XFihCagLHXqI7arozrWGkbT81xoIzI5A2NwcCMho9xqV/s1600/Bridge+to+Canada.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRB51HCrsWbdeqdUSLHpDxwsK2Tyw4TCVYsG70IFAHMDsIb54cAk3AqPnT4VSU7bXz8MHRE_fq72Zi4HgTWJ-G2qtoy64LD8x5XFihCagLHXqI7arozrWGkbT81xoIzI5A2NwcCMho9xqV/s1600/Bridge+to+Canada.JPG" height="400" width="300" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWpN7COpaX7ilIZevl0QuCjt9LOvhWDKYR8F7T6Kbivn4dxsn4K7R_81sgrFdUuwUK6BcjXoF2WEAYh4X6iINmrPUG6Hscw9V1hWukWzuX9ZRdM4s4tAZF415nqQcXAWY_MYHKNh45prLB/s1600/Canada.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWpN7COpaX7ilIZevl0QuCjt9LOvhWDKYR8F7T6Kbivn4dxsn4K7R_81sgrFdUuwUK6BcjXoF2WEAYh4X6iINmrPUG6Hscw9V1hWukWzuX9ZRdM4s4tAZF415nqQcXAWY_MYHKNh45prLB/s1600/Canada.JPG" height="400" width="300" /></a></span></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAKqQML0UbKAN3nqEhZCpAfXzd5DCwJokAzHQsp16E_wggSMaclwNYfVID7QxDMc5bGiX-eu7lqJVYMvLM9-3RlsLuAAGr5b_1875CO-o6YvHR1seWqtYwE9iwLhXcfU-G57rF2tOJzdYI/s1600/Ontario+Mall.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAKqQML0UbKAN3nqEhZCpAfXzd5DCwJokAzHQsp16E_wggSMaclwNYfVID7QxDMc5bGiX-eu7lqJVYMvLM9-3RlsLuAAGr5b_1875CO-o6YvHR1seWqtYwE9iwLhXcfU-G57rF2tOJzdYI/s1600/Ontario+Mall.JPG" height="640" width="520" /></a></div>
<div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Mall in Ottawa</span></div>
<div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTWTeKAFUs6L_4n9RA799PZ4f6L3DMlPklxTrJ9kp7bcf_D9sCgqUp3GBIadCT4M9PDfEH60xIX6Aop17rHYxnaDP_rCT-sL4OYWZChBOlSxotoFrIkr_u15dNoSlSlSv-s2UYLFH3A_G8/s1600/Bridge+back+to+NY.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTWTeKAFUs6L_4n9RA799PZ4f6L3DMlPklxTrJ9kp7bcf_D9sCgqUp3GBIadCT4M9PDfEH60xIX6Aop17rHYxnaDP_rCT-sL4OYWZChBOlSxotoFrIkr_u15dNoSlSlSv-s2UYLFH3A_G8/s1600/Bridge+back+to+NY.JPG" height="640" width="480" /></a></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> Snowing on the bridge crossing back to New York</span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3HcQGB51jVxhfg2KiLy7syc3BLzpHtSYCMrPSmaUgrGLyN_I1zi41IQFSm-YbE4ICdeInC6xZ16jLLRzk9owHDwvNIVFEACHHzVcrFBKs9FcpdCVQvx0YqIo6ajgQasbefjmGaQWLWIqD/s1600/More+snow.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3HcQGB51jVxhfg2KiLy7syc3BLzpHtSYCMrPSmaUgrGLyN_I1zi41IQFSm-YbE4ICdeInC6xZ16jLLRzk9owHDwvNIVFEACHHzVcrFBKs9FcpdCVQvx0YqIo6ajgQasbefjmGaQWLWIqD/s1600/More+snow.JPG" height="476" width="640" /></a></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Snow & the St. Lawrence River </span></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGDGDeokhJ74fGjLHRqZt1YmwRjMa4kWYdKqFAiY9OrnwMYQLE4ouV72aSkXg0T0SS2ncihgqvMEgkVIxmrkcOMRtFLPf7EwzHjIdjtqKMh8eQT96I3m6ifqfxAeZw8nRMFPJuoFj4YJtY/s1600/Snow.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGDGDeokhJ74fGjLHRqZt1YmwRjMa4kWYdKqFAiY9OrnwMYQLE4ouV72aSkXg0T0SS2ncihgqvMEgkVIxmrkcOMRtFLPf7EwzHjIdjtqKMh8eQT96I3m6ifqfxAeZw8nRMFPJuoFj4YJtY/s1600/Snow.JPG" height="640" width="480" /></a></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">St. Lawrence River </span></div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-zBtIpyO-T7FDq5zSgu3j6fxOCR5YbF3W6Jq5Ui8oZg9bbeo6CyY6U7qZOAMqUUczEh2uTLZhtQlTDTl2gLByjEzmQy02FfKG3kZqKK_EFQ0TtxSD8nlEECZ0wXjB3qpudHy75Y0QrwPI/s1600/St.+Lawrence+from+livingroom.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-zBtIpyO-T7FDq5zSgu3j6fxOCR5YbF3W6Jq5Ui8oZg9bbeo6CyY6U7qZOAMqUUczEh2uTLZhtQlTDTl2gLByjEzmQy02FfKG3kZqKK_EFQ0TtxSD8nlEECZ0wXjB3qpudHy75Y0QrwPI/s1600/St.+Lawrence+from+livingroom.JPG" height="476" width="640" /></span></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">View of the St. Lawrence from our living room window</span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBb1FPQXhEH7pvgqEUKslw5VTHfb36Nlyhtky9Um6gWBzP6AdYA1lP2z2yft0osl28CkqsQPB7HnB8f4VN9PE-ax49m1egKb0GQK7aRwx-BrbayXudui0RMDYIUXx3-HpAaNaJUAkwFJ_8/s1600/Old+church+in+Malone.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBb1FPQXhEH7pvgqEUKslw5VTHfb36Nlyhtky9Um6gWBzP6AdYA1lP2z2yft0osl28CkqsQPB7HnB8f4VN9PE-ax49m1egKb0GQK7aRwx-BrbayXudui0RMDYIUXx3-HpAaNaJUAkwFJ_8/s1600/Old+church+in+Malone.JPG" height="640" width="497" /></span></a></div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"></span><br />
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Beautiful old church in Malone</span></div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">
</span></div>
<!-- Blogger automated replacement: "https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRB51HCrsWbdeqdUSLHpDxwsK2Tyw4TCVYsG70IFAHMDsIb54cAk3AqPnT4VSU7bXz8MHRE_fq72Zi4HgTWJ-G2qtoy64LD8x5XFihCagLHXqI7arozrWGkbT81xoIzI5A2NwcCMho9xqV/s1600/Bridge+to+Canada.JPG" with "https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRB51HCrsWbdeqdUSLHpDxwsK2Tyw4TCVYsG70IFAHMDsIb54cAk3AqPnT4VSU7bXz8MHRE_fq72Zi4HgTWJ-G2qtoy64LD8x5XFihCagLHXqI7arozrWGkbT81xoIzI5A2NwcCMho9xqV/s1600/Bridge+to+Canada.JPG" --><!-- Blogger automated replacement: "https://images-blogger-opensocial.googleusercontent.com/gadgets/proxy?url=http%3A%2F%2F1.bp.blogspot.com%2F-eRX9pzSW6Z0%2FVHQNKPSBjZI%2FAAAAAAAAACk%2FvDPl1pKK73g%2Fs1600%2FBridge%252Bto%252BCanada.JPG&container=blogger&gadget=a&rewriteMime=image%2F*" with "https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRB51HCrsWbdeqdUSLHpDxwsK2Tyw4TCVYsG70IFAHMDsIb54cAk3AqPnT4VSU7bXz8MHRE_fq72Zi4HgTWJ-G2qtoy64LD8x5XFihCagLHXqI7arozrWGkbT81xoIzI5A2NwcCMho9xqV/s1600/Bridge+to+Canada.JPG" -->Shelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16318129003800910639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1903293979259976427.post-42730525470769133822014-11-15T18:25:00.000-08:002014-11-16T20:04:00.119-08:00To begin...<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">As mom and dad are heading out on their
mission, I've put together a Blog to capture their time away for those
interested in following their journey. I will occasionally throw in tidbits which will be
identified as: <i>Shel's notes</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">For the most part, these posts will be the letters and photos sent. We will start with a few text messages and photos from their journey, which begins...</span><br />
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b><u><br /></u></b></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b><u><br /></u></b></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b><u>Monday, November 3</u></b></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">First day at the MTC... clearly not in Arizona any longer. Cold and snowy in the mountains!</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqQU-Qzyu3cpNXugkzPeWB0CODRSY6hYP-rvz-gPGAheku_A3VBM5qpobvFu_a8htIJJTVBeqYMNwMb37zDSChpxCl4ZpEYiV5DcijGXURLJwgkNB2wDDyG8U8dfDTIvZLFGhOnlM_Ky6J/s1600/COLD.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqQU-Qzyu3cpNXugkzPeWB0CODRSY6hYP-rvz-gPGAheku_A3VBM5qpobvFu_a8htIJJTVBeqYMNwMb37zDSChpxCl4ZpEYiV5DcijGXURLJwgkNB2wDDyG8U8dfDTIvZLFGhOnlM_Ky6J/s1600/COLD.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqQU-Qzyu3cpNXugkzPeWB0CODRSY6hYP-rvz-gPGAheku_A3VBM5qpobvFu_a8htIJJTVBeqYMNwMb37zDSChpxCl4ZpEYiV5DcijGXURLJwgkNB2wDDyG8U8dfDTIvZLFGhOnlM_Ky6J/s1600/COLD.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqQU-Qzyu3cpNXugkzPeWB0CODRSY6hYP-rvz-gPGAheku_A3VBM5qpobvFu_a8htIJJTVBeqYMNwMb37zDSChpxCl4ZpEYiV5DcijGXURLJwgkNB2wDDyG8U8dfDTIvZLFGhOnlM_Ky6J/s1600/COLD.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqQU-Qzyu3cpNXugkzPeWB0CODRSY6hYP-rvz-gPGAheku_A3VBM5qpobvFu_a8htIJJTVBeqYMNwMb37zDSChpxCl4ZpEYiV5DcijGXURLJwgkNB2wDDyG8U8dfDTIvZLFGhOnlM_Ky6J/s1600/COLD.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqQU-Qzyu3cpNXugkzPeWB0CODRSY6hYP-rvz-gPGAheku_A3VBM5qpobvFu_a8htIJJTVBeqYMNwMb37zDSChpxCl4ZpEYiV5DcijGXURLJwgkNB2wDDyG8U8dfDTIvZLFGhOnlM_Ky6J/s1600/COLD.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqQU-Qzyu3cpNXugkzPeWB0CODRSY6hYP-rvz-gPGAheku_A3VBM5qpobvFu_a8htIJJTVBeqYMNwMb37zDSChpxCl4ZpEYiV5DcijGXURLJwgkNB2wDDyG8U8dfDTIvZLFGhOnlM_Ky6J/s1600/COLD.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqQU-Qzyu3cpNXugkzPeWB0CODRSY6hYP-rvz-gPGAheku_A3VBM5qpobvFu_a8htIJJTVBeqYMNwMb37zDSChpxCl4ZpEYiV5DcijGXURLJwgkNB2wDDyG8U8dfDTIvZLFGhOnlM_Ky6J/s1600/COLD.JPG" height="640" width="480" /></span></a></div>
<br />
<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> Found Lindsey Paris in the cafeteria.</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Shel's note: Lindsey is the daughter of friends here in Tucson, she also just left on her mission.</i></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2lrrG8bvCinJHtV6k5vRFPgSTy6W4DnP_FZIcuP4FaZF9K4V8tDkdsxiM2ZxJitfpIrW7tQl4bNBTWKnpxM9jwRfHdwEt_4DV6p_iV_sA2Mkwtl4JMJjlS5BCH-FIkwrThvvj7_lobQlw/s1600/Lindsey+Paris.jpg" height="326" width="400" /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2lrrG8bvCinJHtV6k5vRFPgSTy6W4DnP_FZIcuP4FaZF9K4V8tDkdsxiM2ZxJitfpIrW7tQl4bNBTWKnpxM9jwRfHdwEt_4DV6p_iV_sA2Mkwtl4JMJjlS5BCH-FIkwrThvvj7_lobQlw/s1600/Lindsey+Paris.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"></span></a></div>
<br />
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The view from our room. </span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUTlNUY47E7-u2Hrht_xH6ocwkK_rWY1pvYrb3G1cozcQILJ2xsWfwfIjZi_gCQW_CXRDPsyXAGNMoAIJxw_tBQgSPToaPCsl2Z9lAVrY_RrqllhvnMVzwViSqOWm0EgNiw_EV8G6BZ2Wo/s1600/View.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUTlNUY47E7-u2Hrht_xH6ocwkK_rWY1pvYrb3G1cozcQILJ2xsWfwfIjZi_gCQW_CXRDPsyXAGNMoAIJxw_tBQgSPToaPCsl2Z9lAVrY_RrqllhvnMVzwViSqOWm0EgNiw_EV8G6BZ2Wo/s1600/View.JPG" height="640" width="480" /></span></a></div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span>
<br />
<div style="text-align: right;">
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">It's been a wonderful day - orientation and meeting many senior couples who are going all over the world. We met four couples going to Australia and several to Africa. Of course many headed various other places: Fiji, Russia, India, Adriatic, Scotland, Ireland and several others to the Family History Center in Salt Lake City.</span></div>
</div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span>
<br />
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b><u>Tuesday, November 4</u></b> </span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Shel's note: It's Dad's birthday - so we had sent a birthday card along with mom and then everyone in the family (there are a lot of us) began texting "Happy Birthday" at the same time to flood his cell phone with wishes.</i></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Gave him the birthday cards before class today & everyone sang to him. So fun! He's enjoying all the texts right now. We are headed to a devotional in a minute. There will be a General Authority speaking - should be inspiring.</span></div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span>
<br />
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b><u>Wednesday, November 5</u></b></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">We are heading to dinner and then off to the Provo Temple. We were sealed there as a family & haven't been back. </span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<i style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></i>
<i style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Shel's note: I'm looking for the photo that was taken the day we were sealed and will add it.</i></div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span>
<br />
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b><u>Friday, November 7</u></b></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Shel's note: Mom and Dad returned to Tucson to spend one last weekend with us before driving to New York.</i></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b><u>Monday, November 10</u></b></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> Made it to El Paso for dinner at a wonderful restaurant recommended by our friends, the Baca's. Then headed for our stay at the Eldorado Hotel and Spa, courtesy of our dear friends the Libby's. We are spoiled! It's all in who you know. Good friends indeed.</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b><u>Tuesday, November 11 </u></b></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Staying outside of Oklahoma City. </span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">It's cold - been in the 30's all day. Just a taste of what is to come!</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b><u>Wednesday, November 12</u></b></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Crossed into Missouri - it's 28 degrees. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Later...</i></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">t's up to 34 now... heat wave. Soon the sweater will be coming off!</span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX9uh1Ef063LERLG93ShbDPGo93VH6H76hmLEbtqLeNkMhSJfTeVp5Ud7pl30W51FB1dccI-pTBmzeuK-GoHPCgoNpftdIc-LX4OxOivdXtvbBH5V8lLTzdx-OQye3WqgPQb6R7dO9hfhJ/s1600/Missouri.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX9uh1Ef063LERLG93ShbDPGo93VH6H76hmLEbtqLeNkMhSJfTeVp5Ud7pl30W51FB1dccI-pTBmzeuK-GoHPCgoNpftdIc-LX4OxOivdXtvbBH5V8lLTzdx-OQye3WqgPQb6R7dO9hfhJ/s1600/Missouri.JPG" height="640" width="480" /></span></a></div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span>
<br />
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b><u>Thursday, November 13</u></b></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">- OHIO -</span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTqIR0vOLvtwRMZtpsVJp0kipuRm26RVd-Wx-gagy4uYKAs0krkgMWPk7SbYahNHyikYhDNlZqSh3M9LQzB173VMgWW4jL7YPpurmggQcGReTP5D5iLeWdc4aOCrreSIBtYsXlllIrSjeK/s1600/Ohio.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTqIR0vOLvtwRMZtpsVJp0kipuRm26RVd-Wx-gagy4uYKAs0krkgMWPk7SbYahNHyikYhDNlZqSh3M9LQzB173VMgWW4jL7YPpurmggQcGReTP5D5iLeWdc4aOCrreSIBtYsXlllIrSjeK/s1600/Ohio.JPG" height="640" width="480" /></span></a></div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span>
<br />
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b><u>Friday, November 14</u></b></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> Snowing this morning in Cleveland... 16" up by the lake so we couldn't go to Kirtland. Thank goodness I'd changed our hotel a couple of days ago or we would have been right in that. We didn't hit any of it, but the snow is headed east, so I'm hoping we stay ahead of it.</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b><i>Oh, dang. </i></b></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkFimEwNn0Rdq4DQ52dnHT_1zUwHPdWQWgZ4bmsFDnT8UvTfj4dk27Pu2rtUX3s29BFF54coDiN2fCSJaRie7_lPbMGr6iszWeDBQMZo1gqMQBOOFXY_G1xk__eRJY154UsBT6oJ7VOQCg/s1600/SNOW.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkFimEwNn0Rdq4DQ52dnHT_1zUwHPdWQWgZ4bmsFDnT8UvTfj4dk27Pu2rtUX3s29BFF54coDiN2fCSJaRie7_lPbMGr6iszWeDBQMZo1gqMQBOOFXY_G1xk__eRJY154UsBT6oJ7VOQCg/s1600/SNOW.JPG" height="480" width="640" /></span></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><b>Final Destination</b></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXGDf6PV1q-1mLIilwIAc76N3GFenlpdR43h1f_Ot7fhwVFQnt7l3pDXKcxvju-2FVlsgyl70RgQoArVpybP_i3zJFc9CPl_pMd6VhyXQP6OU2XjKVWkxvui8t4XgLxlQILA5zCvwAflUP/s1600/New+York.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXGDf6PV1q-1mLIilwIAc76N3GFenlpdR43h1f_Ot7fhwVFQnt7l3pDXKcxvju-2FVlsgyl70RgQoArVpybP_i3zJFc9CPl_pMd6VhyXQP6OU2XjKVWkxvui8t4XgLxlQILA5zCvwAflUP/s1600/New+York.JPG" height="640" width="490" /></span></a></div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span>
<br />
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">On our way to Syracuse for dinner with the Wirthlins and Clays.</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"></span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPxDg4_G3KAwunj9WHG1zGaaUC_-4cZYMtVEooVspI8CosW_QjeZ5mXSMpeRl4g39Zfpbc323wsr6CuwujHmOg1Sfy1TfUbskY_KC6klI5LSSCTTXB2KzerBBLqf9Pz6I7-4c-_ObLleK3/s1600/Syracuse.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: black;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPxDg4_G3KAwunj9WHG1zGaaUC_-4cZYMtVEooVspI8CosW_QjeZ5mXSMpeRl4g39Zfpbc323wsr6CuwujHmOg1Sfy1TfUbskY_KC6klI5LSSCTTXB2KzerBBLqf9Pz6I7-4c-_ObLleK3/s1600/Syracuse.JPG" height="480" width="640" /></span></a></div>
</div>
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJdeUlwL7_lqHkqcbmgi8zmMZd5Wn0FDvJCsGbX82pTBYaHDBTD_0TAH3OGe659fgyy_tY-9tWfglJiJfVnRdPIw3R2AVBqg8sPGYSnuliZ8EeWFMF-pFamv7SSrJIt1VOc91CxaXMJE1f/s1600/Wirthlin.JPG" height="300" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="400" /></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">With President & Sister Wirthlin</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></span></div>
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjydKL422GvfRdV4G0A1e801u1ZarFNIpS3QY-yFLU4Jk0SLITzPG9Nd36EiUvOoTGAmlXul3NwNA6ypCOOssGyUkbV06ScTLWGX1tO4ryRnwzGcXJH0DOZOhWLPzc8O6aL1JuXCqFIRm-3/s1600/Clay.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="color: black;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjydKL422GvfRdV4G0A1e801u1ZarFNIpS3QY-yFLU4Jk0SLITzPG9Nd36EiUvOoTGAmlXul3NwNA6ypCOOssGyUkbV06ScTLWGX1tO4ryRnwzGcXJH0DOZOhWLPzc8O6aL1JuXCqFIRm-3/s1600/Clay.JPG" height="300" width="400" /></span></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">With Marc & Kathy Clay</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></span></div>
<div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>Shel's note:</i><i> We've known the Clay family since our time living in Ohio. It turns out that they live within the mission area and were able to join mom and dad for dinner their first evening with the Wirthlins.</i></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><u>Saturday, November 15</u></b></span></div>
<div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Our house on the right (owner stays in the red cottage in the summer). It is truly lovely. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Exhaustion has set in and we are both speaking in both branch Sacrament meetings tomorrow! </span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJjrnHPBad8AAh7ennyz_-zA4DzwoIN4LAyXXa5jXbKG04VT7hqEROUb1KsLdArgcTJ2OA3P80KYObVgLCfuAXK8-oswpJmqmGt4CT8_IHLnQK4ds_MaT6ubK4aDDRf2DLGUSha7Ako1Oq/s1600/Home.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: black;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJjrnHPBad8AAh7ennyz_-zA4DzwoIN4LAyXXa5jXbKG04VT7hqEROUb1KsLdArgcTJ2OA3P80KYObVgLCfuAXK8-oswpJmqmGt4CT8_IHLnQK4ds_MaT6ubK4aDDRf2DLGUSha7Ako1Oq/s1600/Home.JPG" height="480" width="640" /></span></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">This was in Ogdensburg - Amish all around.</span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaI-Gt6m7Vs4jdBz6F7g3FExCfbNZlS7ugjZpP5ZWWDP65txbHbml5tslCodB0GDGZYPqlWj8h1BYhxFANLp0kl5_levr6NxoIkUjqTWBchOfJ0iodt3_h3d7vVHuNlcL2mECVUy88XZ7W/s1600/Amish.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaI-Gt6m7Vs4jdBz6F7g3FExCfbNZlS7ugjZpP5ZWWDP65txbHbml5tslCodB0GDGZYPqlWj8h1BYhxFANLp0kl5_levr6NxoIkUjqTWBchOfJ0iodt3_h3d7vVHuNlcL2mECVUy88XZ7W/s1600/Amish.JPG" height="640" width="480" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<br />
<div>
<br /></div>
</div>
Shelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16318129003800910639noreply@blogger.com0