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I became a motherand boy was my brother excited to have another boy in the family! Thank you, Andrew for going first, and being my guinea pig or in this case Alvin the Chipmonk oh my goodness I have chicken legs and for always being happy and smart and responsible and hard working we'll put your name up in lights snow I love being a Mom! "The most beautiful jewels you'll ever have around your

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We had an interesting first half of the week. On Monday we drove six hours south, through very heavy rain, to Brisbane so that we could be there early on Tuesday for a mission tour with one of the Area Presidency. After the meeting we went on splits with the missionaries that we were staying with to cover more ground. The other missionaries ended up getting stuck in the water and we had to go and

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I haven't quite figured out yet what is so fascinating about the chalkboard.  But, so far it is my best offered reward for good behavior.

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Yes I did get the debit card. It came on Tuesday. I didn't realize that you'd sent it to the office so that is why it took so long. They usually don't send mail up to us until they enough to fill a small box. I did get a new companion, but I stayed in Gladstone so I'll be dying [I know this is just a missionary term, but as a mother I don't like it] here. His name is Elder Lao from Sacramento,

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not the one where all kids chew on the front of their shirt... or can be found in strange places... No wonder she devours books...  The poor kid's mother thought the phonebook was entertaining.I love you, Kelly!Sorry about the phonebook.

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1982

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You would love it way too much if you did go to girls camp. Man I can't believe that it's time for the Youth Olympics again already. Time just flies right by. Things are going pretty good and we've set a baptismal date with one of our investigators. When we were going to set the date we were going to try and put at the beginning of Feb. but he was like why not earlier. So we've got it set up for

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I only had 2 kids in Primary today. And the lesson manual said we could play follow-the-leader. Giving each child a turn to be the leader. Lame! With only two kids. So we played over and over and over. And when we ran out of lesson we played again.  Stake Youth Olympics starts this week. I'll be helping with the volleyball scoring again this year. Bro. Nelson pulled me out of Primary to give me a

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1970TOY STEALER!  He's taking that toy away from me and nobody is stopping him!RUDE!Okay, on the back of the picture it says "Johnny's birthday presents."I guess that makes ME the toy stealer. So, um, never mind.  heheAnybody recognize that blue Volkswagon?It comes back to haunt me later.  How many stitches, Mom?

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Me: Do they do anything different in Australia for New Years? No, I think that they do everything pretty much the same as it is back home just 17 hours earlier. But it does make it very hard to wake up at 630 the next morning and start getting ready for church. Things are going pretty good and with the holidays over everybody should be coming back so we should be able to get back in contact with

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The view of the Mogollon Rim from Mom and Dad's back window. Still enough snow in the backyard to make ice balls.If you peg your little sister in the eye is it still called a bulls eye? "Grandma, I help you!" Kelly and Hailey Keri and Heather Cookie Monster Lots of fun kids David and Matthew taking their turn with the xbox kinect Kelly and Hailey Andrew and Jeanette Me, Keri and Heather

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My last International phone call, maybe EVER!It was SO good to hear his voice.He comes home in TWO MONTHS!

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and now they'll be moving up to the next class.  Such cuties!  I'm going to miss them.

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No I haven't gotten it yet but I'm betting that I'll get it Thursday or Friday. Things are going pretty good and we are having a lot of fun. Had interviews this week which will probably be the last time for my mission. That was a little depressing to think about. Talk to you next week, Nathan

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Hey Mom, How was your week? Mine was a pretty good one. The best we'd had in a while in fact. We taught quite a few lessons and had the Branch Christmas party on Saturday. I thought that it was a bit wierd having a Christmas party at a pool but I guess that I'm just used to it being cold this time of year. I don't know exactly when I'll call either since I'll be at church from nine to ten and

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Congratulations to Joey. And you'll have to let me know about the Switzers. Well, I've stayed in Gladstone and so has my companion, making him only the fourth to make it longer than one transfer. Things have been going pretty good and the rain has finally started to come down. Thirty yards is pretty good for just blowing into it [marshmallow guns]. I'm quite impressed. Love ya lots, Nathan

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Now, if only I could get enough boxes out of the livingroom maybe I could think about putting up a tree.

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Happy Thanksgiving to you to, That does sound like fun, how did you shoot the marshmellows? Did you just have to blow on it really hard? My thanksgiving was pretty good. There are a couple of Americans in the branch so we got together with the senior couple and had a good time. Things are going pretty good here and I really doubt that I'll get transfered [before Christmas]. I've only been here

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Homework on the holidays?  Get it done before the fun begins! Hey! Whose homework is that anyway? fruit salad devilled eggs Thomas and the "puppy" Goliath Daddy, puppy get me! "You touch it you eat it."  "Thank you Grandpa!" Jennifer, did you get my missing teeth?Stay tuned.  More to come.

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So Grandpa bought pvc pipe and we made marshmallow guns!Good shot Grandma they got to design and build their own, with a little help What do you mean this is Grandma's gun!? Look out Thomas, that's the working end. hehe, how long til we go to the park? pfft, move over scarecrows I want a marshmallow gun "Mom, why do we always have to line up for a picture?" "Cause it's tradition.  Just smile."

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"Andrew, I want to share." "Mom, Andrew won't share!" bunny ears

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Jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12145824879208142909noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3998648308397438523.post-21156958454808651322011-11-27T14:13:00.001-07:002011-11-27T14:17:23.192-07:00

the pictures are dark, but... love the look on Matthew's face all covered up with one of Granny's denim quilts.

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clay pot scarecrows

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I would've thought that it was to cold in the winter in Gisela for scorpions, interesting. Does that mean that there won't be any kickbrawl this year. Had another busy week this week and did a lot of service which is always fun. Love ya lots, Nathan Happy Late BIRTHDAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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[I'm really late posting this, Sorry! and I have a new calling in Primary! jlm] Man singing time was the best. I think that they should have that in the adult classes as well. The Branch had their Primary Presentation this week and it was pretty good. The best part was when they did the singing one of the four year olds was belting out every word. She never even had to look at the little charts

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the new oven is in and working, I'm craving banana bread and you'll be home right before my birthday.just sayinlove Mom

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Church was really good for us as well. The branch is really close and we are having a lot of fun. After church was over, most of the members stayed after for a good hour just talking to each other. We also got a referral from one of the members on Saturday and are going over on Tuesday to meet with him. Love ya lots, Nathan

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having the girls home for the weekend!

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2001

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My new companion is Elder West from New Zealand. And the area is doing really well. We have a baptism for next month and some other investgators that are really close. The branch is really small, only about 30 came to church on Sunday but they are all really close. There is a senior couple in the branch as well and they are awesome. They are like grandparents to us, which is really cool. The

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Thanksgiving 2010lining up for the annual kickball game in the pasturegood times

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Well I've been transfered again after just six weeks. They closed down Mackay cause we are short of missionaries and I'm now in Gladstone which is about six hours south of Mackay. So this last week was pretty much just getting everything all set up to close it down and then driving two hours north to get some other missionaries and bring them down with us. A long driving day. And the worst part

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The next Gallagher Girls book comes out March 2012!Just sayin... can't wait ---This is what I'll be reading next:My girls have already read it (don't spoil the ending)I thoroughly enjoyed two other books by Sarah M. EdenThe Kiss of a Stranger andCourting Miss Lancaster.So, tonight, it's just me and my Kindle.Don't bother to call or text, I'll be busy.

Jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12145824879208142909noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3998648308397438523.post-23177564736513002072011-10-19T16:11:00.000-07:002011-10-19T16:11:19.506-07:00

Jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12145824879208142909noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3998648308397438523.post-77118138721793696622011-10-17T08:31:00.000-07:002011-10-17T08:31:02.576-07:00

Keri and Heather are going to try there hand at blogging.  Here are their links for those who know and love them as much as I do.  Well, almost as much as I do! Keri: http://dancinsinginintherain.blogspot.com/ Heather: http://mendenhall-heather.blogspot.com/

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Yeah my talk was a pretty trunky one. It was on missionary experiences and I thought man this is going to be easy until my companion was like, "Hey that is basically the talk you'll be giving when you get home." And was like, "Man, what a dirtbag trying to make me feel homesick and all." But it was a pretty good talk and probably the easiest I've done, didn't even look at my notes for the most

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"GDay Jennifer!  Your son gave a REALLY good talk in Sacrament meeting today.  Even the ones who usually nod off were listening and a less active girl borrowed a pen to write down a scripture ref from his talk. He is a really good example to the youth here too and his talk was 'real' as opposed to those yadda yadda type talks if you get my meaning.  Anyway, thought you'd like to know that." 

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1969

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G'Day Sister Mendenhall, Elder Mendenhall is not sure how you'll take this, but I asked if you had a sense of humour and he said yes, but not sure if it's 'that' good ... so, anyway, I can't resist sending photos without explanation, just captioned "What Elder Mendenhall Got Up To In Australia" :) I call him Elder Fix-the-corridor because I have short term memory loss and am hopeless at

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Man I can't believe that Conference is this weekend. Up here in the Northern parts we get it even later than down in the city. We've got to wait until the 22 and 23 to watch it. Sadly when they do show it most of the members would have already watched it on the internet so it will only be a few of us that will be there. Yes I remember Aunt Edna. She had a big back yard that was like a maze and

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I'll probably stick around for a little while, through the summerish, there are some things that I want to do first. But I've never been to very fond of the heat or the amount of people in Phoenix anyways. I haven't set any plans and I won't really start to think about until the flight home. I'll have thirteen some odd hours then to figure it all out. Things are going pretty good here in Mackay.

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so we celebrated by going out to dinnerfor Mexican food (duh)Grandma and Grandpa came and the twins were there me and the babywho is now 19!!!holy cow! and a little sibling funminus Nathan, who only has 6 months leftnot that I am counting or anything I have no idea why the dates on the camera are wrong.  I should probably figure out how to change that... later

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Man I don't think I know any of those people, sounds like the ward has changed a lot in a year and a half.  Still drawing a blank for the package, oh well. Speaking of which I've been transfered up to the north part of the mission. I'm about half way up Queensland in a place called Mackay (some how pronounced Ma kie). It is really just me and my companion up here with the closest missionaries

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Well, for the life of me I can't think of anything that I miss at the moment. There were a few things but I just can't remember them now. Man, I wish I could've seen the looks on the faces of all of the older ladies in the Ward when the visitor started pounding. That would've been hilarious to see. So Andrew and Joey are learning to be criminal huh. What a funny thing to learn about in college.

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It's about time he started looking. He's been home for a year now. I was in the Sunshine Coast stake but Hervey Bay is like a five or six hours north of where I was so I have no idea who anybody up there is. Things are going pretty good but we are a bit short on investigators at the moment. Ah well that's what happens when you baptize so it is well worth it. Love ya lots, Nathan

Jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12145824879208142909noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3998648308397438523.post-38476050339953618492011-08-28T13:50:00.009-07:002011-09-27T20:12:54.512-07:00

The twins left for NAU. Heather's still in Cottonwood. My room feels really empty without the girls here but the floor is CLEAN! Haha. Andrew's back from visiting in Utah, where two of his missionary buddies got married.  A friend from church wants to set Andrew up on a date. [name withheld] posted a note on the Missionary Mom website. He's a counselor in the bishopric in the Hervey Bay Ward,

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Today Nathan reaches his 18 month mark.  Holy Cow!

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Looks kinda like the weather we had over the weekend. The one [baptism] on the Sunday was Noah. He's nine and how we found him was just going through people on the Ward list that we didn't know. We go to see the family and find out that they have been less active for fifteen years or so and the children hadn't been baptized. With the one [baptism] this Saturday, Ioane, finding him was pretty

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Hey Mom, The baptism on Sunday was a success and the one on Saturday is looking really good. Having a pretty good time too. The Chinaman actually understands quite a bit it is just his talking. His translation from english to chinese is pretty good but chinese to english is a bit of a struggle for him. Love ya lots, Nathan

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from July 2006

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Hey Mom, Dad tells me that I got a jury summons. Interesting thing to get on a mission. Could you email or fax him my call letter please so that it can get cleared up. This week was pretty interesting being with someone who doesn't quite understand English. It's kinda funny sometimes when he'll stop us in the middle of a conversation and ask what we said. Then we have to try and remember what had

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Most of my week this week has been spent moving flats. The one we were in the owner wanted it empty for renovations so we cleaned and packed and moved and then cleaned some more. All of that while still trying to do missionary work. It made for a pretty hectic week. Transfers this week, and I'm still in Springwood but my new companion is Elder Shi (pronounced sure). He is from mainland China and

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Man, so much has changed. And all of it for the better. Good job Jared!!! We had a pretty good week this week. We taught a few lessons and we will be setting a baptismal date this week hopefully. This is the last week of the transfer so there is a possibility that I might get transfered which would bite but aw well. Love ya lots, Nathan

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Hey Mom, Man he should've just not said anything that way there wouldn't have been any speculating going on. [We're getting a new bishop next Sunday and they asked us not to speculate on who it is.]  Ah well I guess it makes it more exciting that way. We are now allowed to email to siblings now so if the girls want to email I'll respond. Things are going really well and we are teaching quite a

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Things are going pretty good. We are teaching a few people now and making some pretty good progress with them and some of the less actives in the ward. We had a really good testimony meeting on Sunday. Some of the Priest in the ward went on mini missions and they really loved it. It made for a very good meeting even though it went 30 minutes longer than it was supposed to. Love ya lots, Nathan

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Hey Mom, Things are going pretty good. We had the best week we've had in a while. We have been working a lot with the less-actives and we are teaching a few of their friends. On Saturday when we went tracting a non member pulled up and told us to come to his house when we were done with the street and get something to eat. He gave us horse and I must say that it was really good. Love ya lots,

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Me: Kelly, let's go to the bank. Kelly: Right now? Me: Well, I need to brush my teeth, put on make-up and my shoes. Kelly: You're right, let's go Monday.

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Hey Mom, Didn't realize that it was Father's Day. I guess that I should probably tell Dad Happy late Father's Day. I sure do miss those big family get togethers. With all the adults upstairs and all of us kids downstairs making a lot of noise. Things are going pretty good. Transfers was today but I've stayed in Springwood with Elder Taufa so we're both pretty happy about that. I can't believe

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Man I didn't even know that you were going to have that worked on. Glad it all worked out okay. Was your heart always, well not always but you know what I mean, racing because of the Wolf Parkinson White or was that something else? Sounds like the young men would of had a lot of fun on Sunday. So why I'm emailing on Tuesday is a bit silly. Yesterday they were celebrating the Queen's birthday,

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Hey Mom, How did things go this week? This week was a pretty good one for us. We spent a lot of time tracting trying to fing new people to teach. Things are going pretty good and a few of the less actives that we've been working with came to church on Sunday. Love ya lots, Nathan

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Hey Mom, Looks like there was a lot of fun over the weekend. What did Tanner have to say to Grandpa about his black eye? Things are going pretty good. Went to the Temple this morning so that's why it's Wednesday. Got a pretty good week ahead of us. Love ya lots, Nathan

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This is what our missionary looked like when he turned 12.

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Hey Mom, How was your week? We had a pretty good one ourselves. We got a couple of referrals from some members in other wards for some of their friends that live in our area. I don't think I told you last week, but my companion is Tongan but he lived most of his life in Sydney. We have been having a lot of fun. Anything fun and exciting planned for the summer? Love you lots, Nathan

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Hey Mom, I can't believe that school is done already over there. I'm emailing on Tuesday this week because yesterday Elder Evans of the Seventy came and we had a mission conference. It was really good. We learned a lot of things of how to do missionary work better and more productive. I'm really excited about the rest of my mission. Things are going really well. Love you lots, Nathan

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I am now in Springwood ward and my new companion is Elder Taufa. He is an islander of some sort and since he is a couple computers away I won't ask him where he is from. It will be just the two of us in the flat and the only ones in the ward. Apparently it is a really good ward, one that a lot of missionaries want to go to so it should be really good. Naulu sounds really familiar but I'm not

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Is it wrong to admit    that the part I enjoyed most was listening to Andrew and Nathan compare mission stories?

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Yeah I remembered after we got back to the flat that it was this upcoming Sunday. But I figured that you'd know that so I didn't worry too much. How come Andrew is taking Spanish? Was four years of French not enough? Tuesday is p-day this week because Monday was the Queens Birthday. Nothing was open they decided to change it, again. Next week will be transfers so p-day will be on Tuesday again.

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Anzac Day is to remember the Australian and New Zealand troops that died in WWI. And it really messes up our schedule. We have to move pday and wait one more day to do our shopping. It wouldnt be to bad if they would give us more warning than Sunday afternoon so we could get something small but oh well. I have no idea why it is called Burpengary and everybody I've asked dosen't know either.

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Yeah I got a pair of slip-ons because I was tired of having to untie and retie my shoes everytime I went in a house. Yes I got my package on Saturday and loved the thin mints. They have something a little similar to that here. They are called mint slices and they are still really good when frozen. The tortillas were excellant and the pants fit. Thanks. Things have been going pretty well. We have

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I can't believe that it snowed this late in the year, and there was snow in Salt Lake City as well. I don't know if I have a favorite talk there were so many of them were really good. I did really enjoy the Priesthood session though. It was really good as always. I was a bit surprised though that Elder Hales didn't talk. Then when they did the sustainings he had a brace on his leg and some tubes

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I got this from the Missionary Mom group that I am a member of, which is amazing! Below is a link to a letter from the Japan Sendai Mission President and it has been forwarded through email land, but in case some of you have not read it, here it is. It is worth reading: http://www.mission.net/japan/sendai/page.php?pg_id=5268

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Remember the Emergency Broadcast System? I made this image for myself.  I'm going to put it as my phone background so I'll see it A LOT.  It's a reminder for me of one of the General Conference talks that I liked - Saturday afternoon session, Pres. Boyd K. Packer.  Go here if you'd like to watch, hear or read it, scroll down until you find his name.  Anyway, the purpose of the "reminder" is so

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No I haven't been watching conference. I was asleep for most of the sessions. We will be watching them this weekend and I can't wait. I'm still in Burpengary but the ward had been split between two companionships. We are a little short on missionaries right now so they got rid of the other set and is now being covered by my companion (from London) and I. I didn't realize that Kaiden was out for

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Blog Challenge:  Actually, my favorite kind of vacation is to stay home and do nothing.  BUT, I have always wanted to go and see some really cool Architecture. This is the Pantheon.  See that hole in the roof.  That's called an Oculus.  It means "eye to the sky."  Pretty cool, huh? And who doesn't want to see the Pyramids in Gizah? Did you know they do Sound of Music tours?  Wouldn't that be fun

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I didn't realize that there were that many youth in the ward. Was there some move-ins or something? It has been a very long time since it was all Aaronic Priesthood passing the sacrament. Things are going pretty good. My new companion is Elder Farnell from England and we are new covering an area that was previously covered by the other guys in the flat as well. We didn't have as many

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Things have been going really good and we have a lot of people we are teaching right now. I can't believe the Zone Leader would Hulk our door. (no sound) Elder Bonteman The picture is of Godzilla vs. Mothra. I think Mothra lost. Love ya lots,Nathan

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Well I looked for some pants last week but they don't have the good durable kind. So I think that I'd like you to send me some. I will be buying some shoes though. I thought that they were still in pretty good shape but I was just looking at the tops. A few days ago one of them was laying on its side and I saw the sole and was like whoa that's pretty bad. Other than that I'm doing pretty good.

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Andrew is spending part of his Spring Break in New Jersey.  Saturday night he called me from the Empire State Building.

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That is just too funny. That should be something for "Overheard in the ward."   I can't believe that Mitchell is getting back already. I didn't realize that he left a year before I did. Way too fast. I do need some more pants. Had a few of them finally give up the ghost this last week. One of them ripped in an embarassing place, but thankfully it was when we had gotten back to the flat for the

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While we were at Jeanette's house John Roadruck was telling us about their Stake Conference. I only caught part of the story and it might just be a joke and not a real story.  Anyway, an apostle, Elder Ballard came to speak in their Stake for Stake Conference.  A little boy says, "Grandpa we got to hear an old fossil speak" haha. Get it? Instead of apostle he thought everyone was saying old

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Yes I do remember the Bowlers. They are the ones that taught my temple prep class. That is certainly an interesting way to go. Yes, two of the baptisms were the twins; Nuku and Waha. Then there was Kate who was really fun to teach. She and my former companion were racing to see who could finish the Book of Mormon first and she destroyed him. It was kinda funny. This last week has been pretty

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Did you know Sis. Dovetta Bowler? She passed away last night. They had taken Bro. Bowler to the hospital because he wasn't feeling well and while they were running tests on Bro. Bowler they said to Sis. Bowler, "you don't look so good." She had a heart attack and died. They dedicated the practice song to her in Relief Society today. I got all choked up and had to leave the room. I think they

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Sorry it took so long for me to email you. Transfers was on Tuesday so it should have been then. But due to some unforeseeable events it is now Thursday. My new companion is Elder Howard, from Burlington Wyoming. He is pretty cool. It was a good week for a new missionary to come into the area. We've got a few baptisms this weekend and a massive Samoan dinner on Saturday. How far apart are

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Some of the cuties in my life... Keri and Thomas Jeanette and Thomas David, Hailey and Keri Birthday boy #1, Matthew        Birthday boy #2, Andrew Somehow, I didn't manage to capture a picture of Heather feeding Thomas ice cream, or Kelly rescuing toys from The Claw.  But, they are definitely included among my cuties.Hope you had a Happy Valentine.

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Two of them (his upcoming baptisms) are twins; Nuku and Waha (which mean navigator and mouth in mouri). Then there is a friend of one of the members and a kid that was tracted into. We didn't get anything from the cyclone, kind of a bummer. I was looking forward to being able to say that I experienced a cyclone on my mission. Things have been going pretty good though and we are having a lot of

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You know the one Nathan mentioned in his last email?  It's called Cyclone Yasi.  Here's a satelite picture of it. and a quote (both picture and quote from msnbc.com) "This storm is huge and it is life-threatening," Queensland Premier Anna Bligh said. "I know many of us will feel that Queensland has already borne about as much as we can bear when it comes to disasters and storms, but more is

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  I hated babysitting when I was younger, hated it.  But, I LOVE being a mom.  Ironic isn't it.  Maybe because when the kids are mine - I get to make the rules.  I don't know.  But, I'm not counting babysitting as my first paying job, because, well, I hated it, and most of the time I didn't get paid, so, it doesn't count.  See, this is my blog, so, I get to make the rules.    Then, my sister, Jo

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Well I'm serving with Elder Schwendiman from Idaho Falls, then there's Elder Bonteman from the Kiribati Islands (pronounced Kiribus), and then Elder Tuta'i from New Zealand. Things are going pretty good, we've set two baptismal dates and are doing really well with the others. President Langeland is awesome. He has the best sense of humor but he is also really good at getting us to do the work.

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Sorry for not saying very much last week we were kinda rushed for time. The area where I'm at was probably the least hit area. But there were still a few areas that were under water. We have been doing a lot of service with the clean-up and one of the cool ones was at a place that has horses for disabled people to ride. Most of their stuff was soaked and dirty so we helped to clean them out and

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As most of you know I love happy endings.  So, I love almost ALL fairy tales.  But, Sleeping Beauty has always been my favorite.  I love the background paintings, they are so gorgeous!  The architecture of the castles, the furnishings, the costumes, the gorgeous forest scenes.  Even if there was no story I think I would still love this movie for the paintings.  But, the music is beautiful, too.  

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