Adam is WOTH it!!!

Now I am in Como! So my companion and I are the zone leaders of the Milano Ovest Zone. We have half of Milano, Varese, Busto Arsizio, Como, and Lugano (Switzerland). We are one of the smallest zones in size, but the second biggest in amount of missionaries. 

Como is great. It is beautiful and the people are wonderful. We are having a baptism soon! An Italian GANS (YSA) is getting baptized on the 18th. We are hoping to start working with his family soon. We have a lot of cool new converts that we visit with as well. One had a miracle recently. He had work frequently on sundays as a cook. He decided to talk to his boss and tell him he would have to quite. Instead of letting him off the boss gave him a new contract (he hadn't been working with one before) with a raise and no work sunday morning. Yay!!

I love you all! The gospel is always true whether you are sharing it with someone on the street, in a train, on a bus, or at their door! and we do it all. Especially on buses :) I love it all.

James David...Si, Senhor!

Everyone in the world gathered to watch James David open his missionary call on April 8, 2014.
It was a noisy, happy, bunch.
He read his call with great emotion and joy.
He is going to the North Carolina, Raleigh Mission.  He will go to the Mexico MTC to learn Spanish and preach the gospel in the Spanish language.

His Aunt Sara, who lives in the Raleigh, NC mission texted me back and said, "Seriously"?  They are very excited as well.

James will do a wonderful job hastening the work!  I apologize for not being able to make the video work.  So here is a photo! : ).  He leaves for his mission on July 30.  He told me that care boxes are easy to mail in the U.S.

Called to Serve

Daisy is Sweet Sixteen

There was a lovely aunt and cousin luncheon to celebrate Daisy's 16th birthday in March.

Everyone had fun memories of Daisy and a few mementos for her too.

She received a large boy swatter and some lip moisturizer in case the boy swatter didn't work. Her mom made a video of Daisy's life that was wonderful.  Cousin's are AWESOME!!!

Daisy, Sunny, Darci, Bright, Clara 

Someone new joins Teen Talk

Guess who is the latest member of Teen Talk?

Three Months Old

Most people can't recognize Lily in her baby pictures because she had so much dark hair and a super chubby face.  She was born near Easter in 2002 and we had the hardest time naming her.  The nurses kept hounding us and said we had to pick a name before we left the hospital.  Kelly and Lily stayed at the hospital for 5 days so Kelly could recover from her c-section and Lily could recover from an infection.  The other kids came to the hospital for an Easter picnic on the hospital room floor and someone brought a beautiful Easter lily flower for Kelly.  The more we thought about it, the more we liked the name Lily Gwenyth.

A neighbor recently said, "Lily is the best connected 12 year old I have ever met."  From an early age she has always loved being around people, visiting and making friends.  From about age 2 she would make her "rounds" before church started.  She would visit everyone and routinely sit with a different family or even sit on the stand with the bishop occasionally.  At first we tried to stop her but soon realized that it was a strength we didn't want to limit too much.  She still makes her "rounds" today, but doesn't sit on the stand anymore.  She has now networked her way into multiple steady babysitting jobs and recently used her babysitting money to buy a 3 day pass to Disneyland and buy souvenirs for the whole family.

Lily will try just about anything, as long as there is someone to do it with.  She loves to be outside, play golf, ride her bike, build a snowman, etc.  Lily has recently been reading The Hunger Games trilogy, The Egypt Game, and has enjoyed some of Shannon Hale's books and the Harry Potter series.  Now that she is 12, she is looking forward to doing baptism work in the temple.  For spring break this year Lily is driving to Portland with her great aunt Barbara.  Barbara wanted some company and Lily will be helping babysit Barbara's grand kids.  Lily might even go back up over the summer to babysit some more, if she can fit it in between golf lessons, girl's camp, and youth conference.

Lily is a joy to her family!

Lily is a joy to her grandparents as well!

Lily Gwenyth - 12