Sunday, December 7, 2014

Week 50 - 1 Nephi 17:50 And I said unto them: If God had commanded me to do all things I could do them. If he should command me that I should say unto this water, be thou earth, it should be earth; and if I should say it, it would be done.

Dear Jordan,
 
 We have snow on the ground now. Not too much but it is still staying. The temperatures have been in the 30s and 40s for most of the week. We hope you are doing well. Any snow on the ground for you yet? Mom was surprised when she found out that you have been writing to other people (friends, etc). She was a little sad that you hadn't written to her last week. 
 
 As you can see by the week number, you are coming up on a year. To me it has been going by very fast. I hope you have enjoyed it. Now that you are no longer a teenager, do you feel any different? I didn't think so. Did you have a great birthday?
 
 On Monday we had Family Home Evening and Mom taught the lesson. It was on our bodies as temples and keeping them clean. On Tuesday the girls had Young Women in Excellence. Mom attended. The Young Men had their court of honor so I was busy with that. After I was done I was to the YW program. You may not have heard but Rachel finished her requirements and earned her Young Women's medallion. Hannah is still working on it and Bekah is just beginning. On Wednesday Hannah and Rachel had their interviews to receive their patriarchal blessings. On Thursday I ran some errands. On Friday I had the day off to prepare for the scout camp out. We went to Ken Wood's cabin. Everything worked out very well. It was a little cold but we didn't have to drive through any snow to get there. We ate dinner and then had a scouter's minute. The boys and most leaders them played games for a while. On Saturday we ate breakfast, packed our gear, and cleaned the cabin. We then spent some time planning for next year. Just as we finished, the snow started falling so it worked out very well. We came home and dropped off everyone. Rachel then went to How the Grinch stole Christmas with Robert. I went shopping for food. 
 
Will Stamps then came to our house. He will be staying until next Sunday. He let us know that Reilly Stamps decided to come home from his mission in Chile. We don't have much more information because he arrived back in NC a couple of hours after Will had left to fly out here to Utah. On Sunday Will went to church with us. After church we went to Robert's house for dinner.
 
 I finished reading The Book of Mormon again as part of my daily reading. I love the book and I am so grateful to have it in my life. I know it is true and I am grateful to have the teachings of it available in my life. I am grateful that you are able to tell the people of Korea about it so that they can know that God loves them and wants them to have the blessings of the gospel in their lives.
 
 We are grateful to have you as our son. You are great. We appreciate the choices you have made in you life to become the person you are. We love you.
 
 Please keep up the wonderful work you are doing. We continue to pray for you and your safety and success for what Heavenly Father wants you to do. I will now let you get to all of those other emails you have. Love you again.
 
Love,
dad, Mom, Sarah, Hannah, Rachel, Bekah

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