July 23, 2012
This week Hallie and I taught a card making class at the Rec Center for a dozen little kids. It was pretty fun, but it's nice to have it behind me. It's a lot of work.
Our traditional parade attendance was put to a test this week as we were a family divided. Some man here in our area had a dream of trying to put together a parade entry with 2000 strippling warriors. When I first heard about the idea, I thought it sounded so great. I was excited for Taylor to be a part of this monumental accomplishment. Here's where the division part comes into play. Dad was violently opposed to the idea. He said that no son of his would take part in such an activity that was ostentatious and would hinder the missionary work here in the valley. He refused to go to the parade, so the kids and I went without him. I think that is the first time he hasn't gone with us. The crowds at the parade were bigger than ever and it was difficult to even find a place where we could get close enough to see. The parade was nice, about like usual, but then came thousands of young men dressed in ancient tunics, each carrying a walking stick. It was quite an overwhelming sight. They went on as far as the eye could see. They stopped in front of us, pounded their sticks on the ground faster and faster, then they all shouted, "WE DID NOT DOUBT!"
Wow", I got chills, and instantly got tears in my eyes. I thought it was a neat experience and was worth it. I'm anxious to see if it makes it into the Guinness Book of World Records for the larges parade entry.
After the parade, it was off to the fireworks. Bountiful did a good show this year. We enjoyed them a lot.
Well, Taylor is already off to work, and we are off the the girls dentist. It's going to be one of those days.
Hope you're surviving the heat. We love you!
Mom
Hey,
We had a week full of miracles again. First was on Tuesday. Elder Tobler and I got a referral from Mormon.org about a month ago. We called her to set up an appointment but she told us she was busy for the next three weeks. Well, we finally got an appointment with her. Her name's Karen, and she's great. She has a lot of buisiness associates from Salt Lake City, and the owner of the buisiness is a member. She told us she loves how the company operates and the good people that work there. She wanted to know what made them the way they were. So, she got on Mormon.org and requested a missionary visit. We met her outside of a cafe in downtown Carmel. Karen ordered some breakfast before we sat down to talk. When the waitress brought her food out she immedietly recognized us as missionaries. She stopped and talked to us for a minute and told us one of her high school boyfriends was a member and went on a mission. It was a pretty nice surprise. She went back inside and we taught Karen about the Restoration. She told us she might want to come to church sometime and she had a few questions. The waitress came back out right on time to hear us talking about church. She chimed in and said she went to her first Easter service last year with her Mormon friend. She said she was a little scared to go because she thought she would be judged and looked down upon, but the opposite was true. She pretty much bore her testimony to Karen about how great church was. It was sweet. It reminded me about the scripture, "in the mouth of two or three witnesses shall every word be established".
We also had another miracle on Sunday. The whole stake was fasting for rain so we joined in and also decided to fast for the Sibandas. When we were in Elders Quorum and there were a few new people in the ward introducing themselves. One of them got up and told us that he was in charge of housekeeping at one of the nearby hospitals, and they are in constant need of housekeepers. This is a perfect job for Sister Sibanda. She works as a housekeeper at JW Marriott right now and can't get work off on Sundays. We talked to the member after church and he told us this job will pay better and they're really flexible with Sundays. Once she gets an application in we'll call him and he'll pull it out and review it. Fasting works!
We also got Brother Thompson to church and Madeline is back at her dad's house so we can start teaching her again.
What a week!
Love you,
Jared
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