Dear Jordan,
Hope you continue to be well. There are several scriptures for this week so I will add them at the end of the email. We haven't had any rain or snow since about Christmas so our temperatures have been somewhat warm in the 40s but we haven't had snow or rain so we have an inversion. The snow has been melting and so I've been able to help Rachel. Rachel got a bow and arrow for her birthday and Christmas and she went out and shot some arrows at a target. She was shooting in the side yard and she lost two of the arrows because she missed the target. Since the snow has been melting I have been able to go out and I found both arrows that she lost. She is very happy that she has her arrows again.
Mom looked on the Internet and it said that you had temperatures in the 20s but clear skies. Hopefully you are doing well with the weather still. Mom also saw that you were able to spend some money from your account. Hopefully it was for your shoes or other warm clothing.
On Monday we had family home evening however mom went to bed early because she was exhausted. On Tuesday we were going to have mutual but the joint activity was canceled because they weren't prepared to go to the family history Library in Riverton. On Wednesday and Thursday the inversion was pretty bad so we did not go out and do anything. I watched some shows with the girls that were awake. Rachel also has been exhausted this week from school.
On Friday Lisa and the girls went to see the movie "The Book of Life." It is an animated movie that they saw in 3-D and they really enjoyed it. I stayed home with Sarah and we watched some shows until mom and the girls got back. On Saturday I went and worked out in the morning and then Sarah and I went with mutual to the Draper Temple to do baptisms for the dead. Sarah did very well. I was able to baptize her and the other youth. There was one youth that was afraid of the water so that was a new experience for me. It was difficult to get him under the water each time. After the temple Sarah wanted french toast from Burger King. I was able to find a Burger King to get it for her. We then went to the distribution center to buy some new white shirts for me. I then dropped off Sarah at home.
I then met Robert and we carpooled down to Alpine. We went to the funeral for Chris Wanlass. That is Dave Wanlass' father. He died this week. Dave Wanlass was one of the speakers during the funeral and did a good job. It was interesting to learn all the things that Chris Wanlass did in his life. His children spoke and did a very good job of presenting the information. They also were very talented with music. After the funeral we came back and I went shopping for food. On Sunday we went to church. It was Ward conference and so we had the stake presidency and the stake leaders there. After church we went to Robert's house for dinner and a movie.
Mom is teaching in the primary as well as in Sunday school. After church she was set apart by the bishop. Afterwords we were talking and the bishop mentioned that Jake returns home in about 4 1/2 months. He can't believe how fast the two years has gone by. I mentioned that you will be home in December. Hopefully you are enjoying your time as much as it seems from your emails. I know it has been a great experience for you.
Dallin has started back at school this week. He came to Robert's house for dinner last Sunday. It was interesting to interact with him since it has been over two years since we really saw him last. He is doing well. I continue to forward on the emails from Jason so that you can get a feel for his mission as well.
The girls are back in school this week and seem to be doing well. Every now and then they seem exhausted and go to bed early but overall I think they are enjoying school. Sarah actually was excited to go back to school this week. She continues to help me do the shopping so that she can also get fruit snacks for her friends at school. Mom is doing well with her work at the elementary school. She will be teaching her adult classes again in the next couple of weeks. They redid the home teaching companionships and the Urtons are no longer our home teachers unfortunately. We really have enjoyed them as our home teachers. The Woods are our home teachers now and said that they will allow us to go to their house to be home taught.
Please continue working hard and doing your best. You are wonderful and we love you very much. You are a wonderful son and we are proud of all that you have been able to accomplish. Keep writing in your journal so that you'll be able to share all the fun experiences that you don't remember to put in your emails. We know that you are enjoying your time. We know that you are learning a lot every day. We know your Heavenly Father loves you and will continue to bless you for all of your efforts. Please let us know if there is anything that we can do for you. We continue to pray for you and you are always in our thoughts.
Love,
Mom, Sarah, Hannah, Rachel, Bekah, dad
1 Corinthians 15:57 But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
Doctrine and Covenants 109:57 That all the ends of the earth may know that we, thy servants, have heard thy voice, and that thou hast sent us;
Doctrine and Covenants 133:57 And for this cause, that men might be made partakers of the glories which were to be revealed, the Lord sent forth the fulness of his gospel, his everlasting covenant, reasoning in plainness and simplicity—
Doctrine and Covenants 45:57 For they that are wise and have received the truth, and have taken the Holy Spirit for their guide, and have not been deceived—verily I say unto you, they shall not be hewn down and cast into the fire, but shall abide the day.
Doctrine and Covenants 138:57 I beheld that the faithful elders of this dispensation, when they depart from mortal life, continue their labors in the preaching of the gospel of repentance and redemption, through the sacrifice of the Only Begotten Son of God, among those who are in darkness and under the bondage of sin in the great world of the spirits of the dead.
Doctrine and Covenants 84:57 And they shall remain under this condemnation until they repent and remember the new covenant, even the Book of Mormon and the former commandments which I have given them, not only to say, but to do according to that which I have written—
Moses 6:57 Wherefore teach it unto your children, that all men, everywhere, must repent, or they can in nowise inherit the kingdom of God, for no unclean thing can dwell there, or dwell in his presence; for, in the language of Adam, Man of Holiness is his name, and the name of his Only Begotten is the Son of Man, even Jesus Christ, a righteous Judge, who shall come in the meridian of time.
Alma 5:57 And now I say unto you, all you that are desirous to follow the voice of the good shepherd, come ye out from the wicked, and be ye separate, and touch not their unclean things; and behold, their names shall be blotted out, that the names of the wicked shall not be numbered among the names of the righteous, that the word of God may be fulfilled, which saith: The names of the wicked shall not be mingled with the names of my people;
