Dear Elder Alex,
Well, we shipped one son off and got another one in return. Kirk is all situated in his married student housing in Rexburg, living all alone with only a couple pieces of furniture, a mattress and a folding table. He went to his ward today and said there were a lot of fun people in the ward and met the Bishop, so he said he'll like living there even though he has no roommates (as of yet). He likes his classes a lot. I guess they get a lot more interesting when you're just about to graduate.
Sean came home this week and has now taken over the basement as his domain. He's working at the Blue and Orange store. In fact, his first day was Saturday and it just happened to be the day that Kellen Moore was coming in to sign autographs. So Sean had to go in to work at 6am. People had started lining up two days before. They passed out 400 tickets for the first people in line and the tickets were gone in the first few minutes at 4:30am. So the people who came at five thinking they'd be pretty early were not happy. Sean took the picture of Kellen and Leah (the one I took of them when we ran into him at Best Buy a few months ago) and had him sign it. He signed it personally for her. Sean said it was the only one he signed personally with her name on it. The rest were all just his signature. Sean then took it and had it framed before he brought it home.Leah is very happy with it. Here it is:
Today we went to Ryan McKell's homecoming. His dad spoke first, so it was a really nice meeting. Ryan did a great job and told some stories from his mission and lessons learned. He's here for the summer and will be working with his dad. He told me to tell you hello. I also spoke with Bro. Borup who said he's looking forward to your date and will be planning it.
We had a good Sabbath day today, even though the little girls thought we went to too many church meetings. I hope you had a great day too. Did you have any investigators show up to your Stake Conference-like Drew? Our home teacher came tonight too. Mike Roberts, around the corner with the tennis court, is our home teacher. We all sat out on the back porch on the couches. He said he didn't want to leave because it was so nice out there. I'm loving this spring weather except for the wasps.
Still no word on the fiance visa. According to the government timeline, we should hear something by May 6th. I sure hope we do. It's hard not knowing when things are going to happen for Kirk and Sarah. Keep them in your prayers.
This coming week I'm going to a bridal shower for Melanie Hugentobler. She's getting married on May 11. Then on Thursday, Quinn comes home so dad and I will try to get to the airport. I'm also helping Jodie with an open house for him at their house this Saturday night. We'll go hear him speak on Sunday. It seems like we're going to homecomings and farewells almost every week now. I love it.
Megan Tanner got her mission call last week. She's going to the Richmond Virginia mission and leaving in August.
Kristina is still in the midst of auditions for next years' choirs. She got call-backs to Sonous, Acapella and Premium Blend.
I'm glad to hear that you're having fun with your "roadshow" to all the different stakes. Are there speaking parts with it too, or is it just music? The group picture you sent last week, was that the mission choir group?
In my scripture study this week, I ran across something I had written down a while back and thought I'd share it with you. It's in Alma 19 where it's talking about Abish, who was a lone convert in her area, and I wrote down a quote by Melvin J. Ballard (he was a member of the Quorum of the Twelve) about why there are sometimes one or two people in an entire city who has accepted the gospel. He said, "Why is it that sometimes only one of a city or household receives the gospel? It was made known unto me that it is because the righteous dead who have received the gospel in the spirit world are exercising themselves and in answer to their prayers, elders of the Church are sent to the homes of their posterity that the gospel might be taught to them and through their righteousness they might be privileged to have a descendent in the flesh do the work for their dead kindred." You are obviously working in concert with many on both sides of the veil.
I told my friend Maria that I got her a subscription to the Liahona and she was so excited. I'm hoping that her husband will just happen to pick it up and read it occasionally to start softening his heart. We talked about Family Nights this week. She loves hearing anything to do with keeping the family together.
About our plans for August. Yes!! dad and I are planning on a trip to Nashville. We were just kind of waiting to hear if you have a release date yet. Then based on that, we can start making plans, reservations, etc. I tried to figure it out and by my calculations, you will be released the week of Aug. 6. Is that right or do you know yet? About how many days would you like to tour around your mission after you're released? Once we make plans, then we call Salt Lake and let them know when our flight home is and they either book you on the same flight, or they just reimburse us. That's the way it was with Sean and Kirk anyway. So just let your side know that we will be coming there. We can get into more specifics later, but I'll be watching airfares, etc. Let us know if there's anything else we need to do on our side.
Better send this on its way. I hope you can always feel our prayers for you. There's never a day that goes by that I don't pray, think or speak about you. Have an awesome week!
Love you,
Mom xxoo
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