What in the World!!!


At 2:14 (Idaho Time) and 8:14 (Azore Time) this morning, 
we became Great Grandparents!!!  What in The World!!!  
How fast life goes and how much it all means.  
 We are so excited for this new adventure in our lives!!!
Our first great grandbaby!  A Boy! 7lbs.11 ounces. 21 inches long.
We are excited for our District Conference this coming Sunday.  We printed 90 invitations.  As we were finding addresses last evening and giving out invitations in Ribeira Grande, we met a kind lady (she is a Portugese and English Teacher); she loved speaking English with us and as we gave her an invitation, her eyes smiled.  We asked her if she knew about our church.  She said that she thinks one of the people she works with at her school is a member. Now we are excited to talk to Celia (music teacher) about meeting her colege.   

Our new friend offered to have us back for 'tea'. We asked if we could come back to share something that we know she will love and told her briefly about the Gospel Restored.  She gave me a big hug and when we got home last night, she had already 'friended me'  and put a 'heart' on my facebook post about our Savior.  It is easy to invite people to hear about the Gospel. 

                            

                                 
Mariah gave a great lesson before our last youth activity.  She is loving the gospel and hopes to go on a mission one day.  She was praying for a missionary experience and the very next day, a girl at her school asked what her favorite scripture was. (Sometimes we forget the faith to ask for the next steps...)

 There are many who will politely refuse the invitation, some who get upset about an invitation...but everyone deserves to be invited to learn how much they are loved and how valuable their lives are and some even give hugs after an invitation!   


                           

You are almost to summer already!  Happy Graduations and Celebrations!  We love you so much!

We miss you all like crazy.  Through the night all your texts back and forth to each other about the new baby and Jason becoming a grandpa made us laugh, cry, and sigh.  Oh how we love our Family!!!  
 

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