September 20, 2011

Life is Great.  Family History continues on.  It is our "P" day today so I was able to contact a cemetery of one of my collateral lines.  This family, "Stoney", was said to have had eleven children, but I could only find seven.  I assumed that the others had died in infancy.  They lived in Beaver, UT.  So, I looked up the cemetery and looked under Stoney.  There were at least 12 "Stoney" babies that had died, but it didn't show the parent's names.  I wrote a letter to the cemetery but it was returned because they didn't have a mailbox.  So, today I called the Beaver County Recorder and she was able to tell me the names of the parents of those babies.  I am able to claim three of the babies that were buried there.  This is sooooooooo exciting.  I am feeling a sorrow that my great great grandparents must feel that their posterity has fallen away, but I also marvel at the gospel in that it allows us to put the families together and they can choose in heaven which way they want to go.  I feel privileged to do this work.  I was talking with a member patron the other day and he indicated that on his mission he baptised three and since he has been doing family history he has been able to baptise thousands - interesting.  This is really a mission in baptising people and giving them the opportunity accept the gospel!!!

This has been a fun September.  Katie and her family have been planning to come to Disneyland for about two years now and the date for them to come was September 12, 2011.  Guess what, we live really close to Disneyland and our mission president gave us permission to go with them on our "P" day.  So, they spent Saturday night in the apartments. Sunday we got to go to church at our ward with them.  After lunch we went to the Visitor's Center and then walked around the temple.  It was a really wonderful Sunday.  Then we got in the car and drove to Disneyland.  Monday was just a plain fun day.  It was interesting to me to see all the reactions to our badges.  Comments:  "Wow, what a "P" Day"; "Is your mission at Disneyland?"; "Phyllis, Hi" (this was a gal I used to work with at BYU).  A couple with their children stopped by just to talk because they knew we were LDS and Katie comes up to them and starts talking with the woman as if she knew her - she did - they were neighbors.  Small world!!!  Many people would just smile and recognize the tag and say HI.  I am really getting a testimony of wearing this tag.  It brings the gospel to people's minds.

Well, I have written all I can think of right now.  I am going to post this let Warren take over and add pictures when he wants to.


Issac and Rachel on the Missionary bed in our apartment

Melissa and her Dad at their apartment, #114

At the Vistor Center

We told them "No," but....

I tried three time to get this  picture but Sam just wouldn't stop praying.  Or being stubborn.  I don't recall which...oh now I remember

8034  Katie finds a moment of humor in it all.  By the way, we watched the 'Opening Soon' building built from ground up.

8029  Julie thinks she's a bee in the midst of all the flowers, fly here, fly there, fly, fly, fly.



Rachel, frustrated

Jason gets the pic of the present

Emma has been here before and show how to walk on air....

8050  Issac and Melissa demonstrate the "proposal" position

The Tree and her children



And that download only took a hour.

And Now!  Disneyland - Day 1:

We did have fun with Jason and his family.  Thanks for including us,

Warren