7/21/19 - Family Letter to Emma

hi Emma, 4 WEEKS OF SUMMER LEFT!!!!

SO SAD:(

i MISS YOU SOOOO MUCH!!!!!!

a new girl moved in to our ward her name is Elisabeth!!!

she is super nice !!!

 my other friend has bunnies one of there bunnies had baby's 5  but they were dead . sooooo sad.

 any way that was my week

love you lots

Fuzzy Head

Yo yo Homie!!
I have a new song from Mara Lee

It's called When Words Fail.

It's from Shrek, and it's hilarious!!

I  can't wait for you to get back!

Love you

Hyrum

M,

Mom has been keeping me up to date on your efforts with your essays.  It sounds like we have a few ladies in the neighborhood who are pitching in.  We hope this is not too distracting to your work.  We know it needs to be done but we hope you can give both your full effort.

A few updates from the week.  Hyrum has started his Eagle Project.  He is gathering basic clothes and cash for refugees.  We are hoping to have his Eagle Project completed and paperwork submitted before his birthday.  He is doing a great job in showing leadership.  We went on a hike for FHE with the Chandlers.  We hiked Donut Falls and explored a bit.  Afterwards the Chandlers gave us all donuts.  It was a fun and short FHE.  Went to the cabin the weekend and got a flat tire on the way up.  We were delayed 2 hours as we changed the tire and got it replaced.  It was more of an experience than we wanted but it all worked out.

They have finally posted for a job at work that could provide a way to have less stress.  It will also come with a lot less compensation but I think this is what we have been praying for.  I hope to find out more about it this week.  We will et you know if it looks like I will be interviewing. 

I'm excited for you to give your all the next few weeks.  Every missionary gets to have a final push towards their last few months.  It is where I found out how hard I could really work.  I'm sure you will have a similar experience.  This is when you are at your most benefit to the Lord.  You have the most experience you will have as a missionary.  You have all that is needed to be exactly what you are suppose to be as a missionary.  If you a tired, you are supposed to be.  It is OK.  You can sleep when it is over.

Love ya kid

Dad

D&C 80:3-5

Sweet Emma,

I enjoyed working with you on your BYU application this week.  You did a really good job on your essays.  I'll let you know what Andrea Sligting says with her edits.  Since you have access to your application, do you need me to do anything else with it, or will you finish it and submit it when the recommendations/endorsements come in?  Let me know if you need me to do anything else with it.  I think you would be a great BYU student.  I know you are a hard worker and love to learn.

Tonight is the TREK fireside.  The video turned out well.  It's been so nice to hear about different youth and leader's experiences with Trek.  Each individual seemed to have a personalized experience, something each needed to learn or understand.  That's the miracle! I am a bit sad that it's all over with.  I have really enjoyed the process.  You probably know already, but the Church announced that all youth 14+ get to participate in "FSY" aka For Strength of Youth every other year with their Stake Combined with other Stakes.  It takes the place of EFY and is available to everyone, not just those who can afford it.  Like EFY, it will be run by YSA leaders.  Stake and Ward Adults won't participate with their youth.  I am really excited for this program.  If you would like to be a counselor,  you would be great! 

Another Family Search miracle:  I woke up today and felt the need to go on Family Search.  I felt drawn to check on the progress of the Motorcross Accident victims (remember the story about Great Uncle Odin Johnson, Motorcycle Racer who killed 7 people when his motorcycle crashed and exploded in a race?) One of the accident victims, Louisa Kincart's name has been in the temple system and was slowly getting her work done but today I felt very definitely that she wanted me, personally, to finish her work.  Even though she's not a relative, I pushed her name through and  will go to the temple for her this week.  Her husband will also have his work done by Hyrum and Dad.  After I printed her cards I thought I was done.  Not so, I felt like I needed to check on the other victims.  Searching more records I discovered another victim that wasn't on the original list.  I also found more details about some of the other victims (birth dates, parents, children, siblings).  I called Marci Wahlquist to help me know how to add them to the FamilySearch system without attaching them to our tree.  She is helping me do this for the accident victims.  Miracle #2:  as she was helping me research, she discovered that one of the victims (Ethel, age 20) had a mother who was killed in the same accident but not reported with the first victims. Ethel's little brother lived to adulthood but never had children. Ethel's dad eventually remarried but no known children.  This means that their family line ended.  There is no one who would even know to look for them...or to do their Temple work.  Marci says I can get special permission to do their work!  She reconfirmed what I already knew,  this work is REAL.  It was no accident that I felt the need to find this family.  Nothing happens by chance.  I am so excited to go to the temple to help this family!  Miracle #3  It's been 105 years this week (July 31-Aug 2) since the accident.  This date must mean something to these accident victims because it was one year ago (July 31-Aug2) that I was working on this very thing.  I haven't really thought of it since then.  Today was meant to be.  Gathering Israel on BOTH sides of the veil!

I can't wait to hear about your week and the trainings you've been doing.  I'm really proud of you!

I love you!