OUR SUMMER

Somehow August seemed to pass by without me noticing! It's been a month of reunions, family, and friendships. On this its last day, we pushed the button to electronically send our information to our bishop. He will review everything, add his own thoughts, and send it on to the Stake president who will do the same. They will both interview us for our worthiness to serve a mission and President Leavitt will forward everything to Salt Lake. Then, we're informed, we'll receive our call in due time. We'll keep you posted as things proceed. We believe it will be a few months before this all happens.
Some have wondered why we are going on this mission and to some we could never fully explain, but we're anxious to give our time and talents to serve the Lord. Truthfully we'd like to go on a genealogy mission, but we've agreed to go where we're called whether it's Potsdam or Portland. We've planned this mission since we first met and we're grateful that the Lord has given us this opportunity. We want you all to know that we will miss each of you terribly and realize that some (the babies) will not know us when we return, but we'll be only an e-mail or phone call away. I'll keep my blog and, hopefully, update it as often as I can. We hope our mission will serve as an example to our grandchildren to help them know the importance of serving the Lord.
Our plan of right now is to leave our house empty. All the kids have agreed to help care for it. Jaime has agreed to be the caregiver of the cat! We are so appreciative of our wonderful family and hope everyone remembers to write to us!
Until we leave, we're planning to carry on as usual. We'll appreciate your visits and kind wishes. We're grateful for each other. It's been a wonderful summer for us. I didn't even miss school one bit when it started. Keep in touch.