August 18, 2019

KADEN'S HOMECOMING WAS TODAY! HE IS COMING OVER HERE AT 4:30 TO SEE IF HE CAN TALK TO YOU! CAN YOU TALK TODAY? He killed it! It was a pure, beautiful testimony of the Savior and his power and love, of God's love, of the transforming power of faith in the Savior! It was beautiful! I saw Savannah afterward and she has your days counted! CAN YOU TALK TODAY? Joseph's flight got changed and HE FLIES TO SAMOA TOMORROW! Do you have his email? Do you want to send him a quick goodbye? joseph.r.christensen@missionary.org. McKay left for China on Wednesday night right after Kaden got home! Kaden looks absolutely fabulous! He was just glowing and he has grown taller, taller in every way! It's been an interesting week because Mckay was supposed to go to Hong Kong that got a letter from the government asking him not to go last Sunday. The riots are really bad in Hong Kong millions of people are rioting. They feel like the mainland China government is trying to take over the government of Hong Kong and they're not standing for it. Anyway he made some last-minute changes and gets to spend three day running around his mission! (With a girl, which is super awkward, so they are telling everyone that she is his cousin.) Another girl he has been dating named Lydia who is super awesome came up and auditioned for Little Women with Bluffdale Arts yesterday and GOT THE MAIN PART! We are rejoicing to over Coy first paycheck. Before taxes it was $1,400 for only a week and a half of work. It makes me cry to even write that because we are just so grateful. We need to do something crazy awesome to thank the Hunts and our Heavenly Father. All the young man came over and did a service project at our house on Tuesday night and weeded our garden. Grandpa Jello spent another three hours out there, and then Jeremy Larson came back the next day by himself and helped to weed the garden. It was so sweet. All by himself. Now I have some kind of sad news. Our little tiny Gerald Perry who couldn't get his teeth to stay in passed away. His funeral is this week and your Dad will be singing. This week Annie has missed you so much. We took her over to Riverton high school and her cute friends walked her around and found all of her classes. We met with the counselors three times till she got classes with her friends and got driver's ed in the right quarter which she didn't have and got everything sorted out. SHE STARTS HIGHSCHOOL TOMORROW! Tomorrow you can say that your Mom goes to college and it will be true! AAAHHHH!! Today was Sariah Sorensen's farewell! She was amazing. She talked about getting and keeping her testimony, how she felt like she was losing it and when she picked up the word of God and started praying again, the light came back. She was so AWESOME! We also ran to the end of Dylan Drury's homecoming! He was incredible! He worked so hard and loved his mission so much!! Today I knelt down with a clean white page representing my future life and asked my Heavenly Father what He would like me to do. I only want to do His will. I have received some beautiful inspiration so far. First, he told me to start everything with gratitude, my prayers, my days, my relationships. The next inspiration I felt was to never let the joy of salvation be diminished. He told me not to put my list over the top of the baby in the manger, but to put my love there instead. I just felt to never lose the joy of His rescue in the desire to do all we can to be good. We love love love you! This is your last transfer! I know you will give everything you have and sprint spiritually to the finish. You have taught me so much and I love you. You do it all with so much joy. CAN YOU TALK TO US TODAY?