Monday, April 7, 2014

Week 17 - "You are 17 going on 18..." From Korea's Alive With The Sound Of Teaching

Dear Jordan,

I just got home from teaching Hannah and Rachel how to drive. We are all alive and breathing a little easier. Both did very well. The van's battery had run down so that we needed to have a jump. Fortunately Jerone Richards was driving by and helped. Since I needed the car to run for a while I asked Hannah and Rachel if they wanted to go driving. Both said yes. Both may have their licenses by the time you come home.

Mom is teaching her classes again and it looks like it will be both Wednesday and Thursday. Bekah is taking swimming lessons on Tuesday/Thursday so we will have to figure something out on how to get mom to her classes and Bekah to hers.

Sarah has the week off from school due to spring break. The other girls will have spring break in two weeks. Next Monday through Wednesday mom and I will be at a conference in St. George. Grandma said she will drive the girls to and from school.

We had snow on the ground on Sunday and have been receiving rain and snow during the week. Fortunately it hasn't stayed on the ground and there is snow in the mountains.

From the news we keep hearing about North Korea firing into South Korea's space but no casualties. There was a town that was evacuated for a while. We hope that you are safe. We also hope that the people will use these situations to turn to the Lord.

The missionaries are still teaching Kelton in our ward. He is nine and his mom is a member. We have been trying to get them to attend our ward so that he can be baptized. They were supposed to come on Sunday but it fell through. We we have to wait until after General Conference. I thought it was interesting that you will have to wait for the Korean translation of Conference before you can hear it.

Any word on Mother's Day yet or do we need to wait for you to have another zone conference to talk with someone who would know? We will come up with a list of questions from the family so you won't have to repeat too many times.

Your last email sounded so positive and upbeat. It was wonderful! We are so glad that you are able to use your Chinese and Korean. Do you sometimes mix them up or because they are so different you really can't? When I started speaking Spanish with the Galena Branch, it was like grinding gears to get my mind back into the Spanish mode. It is much easier now. I noticed that you have started having some spelling errors but I bet it is due to having to type so fast.

I got to look at your picture in the stake office on Tuesday. We still don't have your picture up in our ward yet. That is probably good because it would remind us more of how we miss you.

Please keep up the great work you are doing. It is true. We love you. Your Heavenly Father loves you. Jesus loves you. Even when the work is hard and the day is long, please remember that those who are for you outnumber those against you.

We pray for you and your success in doing the will of the Lord. We care about you and look forward to seeing you again soon. You have completed 4 months already. The time is going by quickly.

We love you. Big hugs to you.

Hannah, Rachel, Bekah, dad, Mom, Sarah

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