Happy Monday Morning Jared,
We had a good time last week. Your Dad and I were judges for the Days of '47 Parade again this year. It was tough because there were so many fantastic floats this year. After the judging, Taylor dropped the girls off downtown and went back to work, and we found a spot to watch the parade. After a few minutes, the girls decided they'd rather go shopping in the new City Creek Center than watch the parade, so Dad went with them. I ended up at the parade by myself. I really enjoy parades.
On Thursday, we went to the ward Campout. We had a lot of fun. The river seemed to be a little bit higher than it has been for a couple of years in spite of the drought, but we still managed to hit a lot of rocks. I am feeling the pain from it today. I have lots of bruises to prove it, but I'm not able to show them to anyone.
Our baby chicks are due to hatch today. We'll see if they do. A couple of times I've found Fiona sitting on the wrong eggs, so who knows if they'll actually hatch. I hope they do. That would be fun.
Tomorrow we are getting a 17 year old girl from France who will be staying with us for a month. We've never had some one from there, so this will be exciting. Her name is Christi.
Yesterday at church your dad was a one man act. The Bishop is out of town, so is Kris Whitehead. He was the only member of the Bishopric there and Dennis, the High Priest Group leader was gone as well. The brother who was supposed to speak in Sacrament Meeting bailed on Saturday Night and the 5th Sunday speaker also cancelled last minute so he conducted, spoke and taught the RS/Priesthood lesson. As you can imagine, he did a fantastic job at all of them. He gets to play Bishop all week while everyone is gone. I'll bet he'll be happy to see the bishop come back.
We hope you are having success and enjoying your time in Indiana. We are really lucky to have you as our son. You can't even imagine how excited I am to hear from you every week and know that you are learning and growing and having positive experiences. Thank you for being willing to serve.
We sure do love you!
Mom
Hey,
Elder Smith and I are doing well this week. Not a ton of new stuff happened, but we had a good week. We had good lessons with Brother Thompson and the Sibandas. They're doing well.
We were able to get three new investigators this week. Matthew, Jo Ann, and Jordan. We taught them for the first time this week. They just moved here from Virginia and Matthew used to be a member of the church. He's ready to come back and his wife and step son are as well. We had a great lesson with them and committed them all to be baptized when they knew it was true, and they all said yes. They both work crazy schedules so coming to church is a problem sometimes, but I have faith that things will work out.
Love you,
Jared
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