Blessings!

The blessings of serving a mission have already started. The same day that we received our call, our daughter-in-law also received some wonderful news. She was having a conversation with her ex-huxband - the first conversation in over a year - when she got brave enough to ask him again if he would give permission for their daughter, Jayden (12), to be sealed to her and my son. It was about a month ago that she had a very strong feeling that she needed to press this issue. To her surprise there was no argument about it this time. He simply said that if it was that important to Jayden - and it's what she wants more than anything - that he wouldn't stand in her way. We all feel like this is a blessing from our Heavenly Father because of Jayden's worthiness as a valiant daughter of His and because we know that when someone in a family serves a mission, the whole family receives blessings. Angee's hoping to get the paperwork and interviews all over with in time for the sealing to take place on Sept. 27th which is the day before we will speak in church prior to entering the MTC on Oct. 6th.

We will also get the privilege of attending two of our granddaughter's baptisms before we leave in October. Abby Barfuss (Julie) and Navy Nelson (Chris) will both be baptized on Sept. 6th in separate stake baptisms. Abby's will be at 10:00 am that day and Navy's will be at 5:00 pm.

Elder Leishman and I will be spending the day getting all the documents that we need to take with us to the West Indies. So I guess I'd better go get ready for the next adventure of our life.