How are you? It was so nice to get your letter after a bit of a dry spell. I really like reading about the people you are teaching, and I hope that they will fill the Spirit, become truly converted to the gospel of Jesus Christ, and be baptized. Thank you, also, for sharing with us some of the things that President Velez taught you. I can tell that he is an inspired man. Was this last week as difficult and awesome as you hoped it would be? I hope so. I hope you have some time to tell us about it. Before I forget, I deposited $100 spending money into your bank account. Sorry it took me so long to remember to do it.
We have had a very nice week this week. Sunday night we tried cheese fondue again and it didn't work out so well again, but we ate it, and I know what to change about it, so we will try it again sometime in the distant future. On Monday I took Thomas to the doctor. He has a sprained sternum and can't do push ups or bench presses for awhile. When we got home, we had my sister Elizabeth, Daniel, and her kids over for dinner and family home evening. We ate curry, which most of her kids ended up really liking, although I'm not so sure the two youngest were very impressed. We also had a nice lesson given by Moroni, and we had root beer floats for dessert. It was a very fun visit, and they only left for home a half hour later than they wanted to which isn't too bad, really.
Wednesday after school and work, we said goodbye to Dad who left for a two-day teacher's conference. After that, Katrina and I dropped Thomas off at gymnastics and then went to give blood. Turns out that I am still anemic, so Katrina gave blood all by herself. I am really proud of her for doing it with such a positive attitude. It was very fun to spend time with her. When I got home, there were enough leftovers, etc, that I was able to take a break from dinner making which was really nice. That night, Thomas went swimming with the young men, and Miriam and Katrina and I had a fun girl's night watching a movie and eating ice cream.
On Thursday, Katrina and I made chicken roll-ups for dinner. We took some to a family in the ward whose mom was not feeling well, and we ate the rest. It was a good dinner, and it was good to eat it with the kids. When they brought our dishes back, the family asked for the recipe. That always makes me feel like my meal is appreciated. After that, Thomas went swimming with his friends, and Katrina and I went to see a play at the university. It was wonderfully done, and we really enjoyed ourselves even though we got home much later than we both would have liked. Dad had called me earlier and asked me to come up to the conference and go out to eat with him, but I couldn't because of bringing dinner in and because of the play.
Friday at work I was busy helping the students get caught up in their classes for the mid-term. I think everyone is fairly caught up. I am teaching one of the students earth science, but yesterday first period, I learned that he still doesn't know how many days in a week, month, year, etc even though they spent all last year trying to get him to remember these facts, and he knew them for awhile. Anyway, I spent the rest of the day brainstorming a way for him to make a poster that models these facts. I don't know if it will help him remember it or not, but last week he made a model of how the earth rotates around the sun and the moon rotates around the earth, and it helped him remember facts about that stuff, so maybe a visual will help him remember these other facts, too. We'll see.
When I got home from work, Dad was home from his conference! Yay! We went out pretty early. We ate early because we had both had small lunches. After we ate, we went to a running store and bought me two pairs of shoes, so I don't have to wear shoes with holes in them to work anymore. My old shoes cost $100 and lasted two months before they got holes, which I was very unhappy about, so I wore them around for about five months with holes in protest, ha ah. After that, we went on a good long walk together, and I think the shoes I bought are going to work out fine which is a relief. It was such a pleasant walk, and we had so much fun being together. I missed Dad while he was gone, and I am very glad that the conference ended up being a good one for him.
Saturday was fun because Dad and Thomas went on an adventure together, and the girls and I went out for lunch and shopping. After Dad and Thomas got home, Dad, Katrina, Thomas, and I all went to the Saturday session of stake conference. I said the opening prayer, and the conference was on...missionary work! It was very inspiring, Matt, and we are going to try harder to reach out to other people. It sure is a hard thing to do! After that, it was 8:00 at night and we were all starving, so we went out to eat as a family. It was wonderful to do those things together!
Today was stake conference again, and the talks were very good. I also had a meeting with the stake youth planning committee. I had the 14-15 year olds. I helped them brainstorm and plan an activity for their age group to help them prepare to date when they turn 16. I think they chose some fun and informative activities for the youth to do. Later, we went for a drive as a family which included stopping at Renee's to drop something off. We talked about temples and read scriptures on the ride. Back at home, I made dinner, Dad wrote to you, Thomas indexed, and Katrina read some of Great Grandma's life history. Dinner was cabbage with cheese sauce, muffins, and salad. Now Katrina is driving Thomas around so that he can ask people to sign up to help with his eagle scout project on Wednesday. He was just going to send around a sign-up sheet in church, but it was stake conference, so he couldn't do it there. He needs to get 5 people to bring sewing machines and lots of people to donate other stuff. The teacher's quorum is going to help him do the project.
I love you, Matt. We are praying for you to stay well and have the Spirit with you. I am studying 1 Nephi chapter 8, and I know that it is important, once we partake of the fruit of the tree of life, to love others enough to share that fruit with them. I'm sorry our efforts are so small and slow. I hope that I (and we) can do better.
I love you, Matt.
Love,
Mom
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