Monday, September 29, 2008

Success!

David had his first baptism last week--well first three actually. Valdson, Digeo and Diego's sister, Lorena, were all baptized last Saturday!

Here is David and his companion with Valdson--the investigator that David baptized. We are so excited for him!

SHRIMP BOIL!


 A couple of weeks ago we decided to do a shrimp boil!




We covered our table with butcher paper and colored all over it with crayons and then dumped a whole pot full of boiled potatoes, shrimp and corn out onto it!




Here is a more detailed picture of our art work.


Amelia enjoyed watching the shrimp boiling away outside in her cute new sweater the girls got her... We sent a picture to David and he said she looked ridiculous.

Thursday, September 18, 2008

Missionary Update

Here is a little excerpt from David's last e-mail. As you can tell he is way into mission life.

"Things are definitely happening here in Capanema! My word, yesterday was the best day of my mission so far. I don't have a ton of time on the mission, so that's not saying a whole lat, but it was awesome. : ) We had 11 investigators in the chapel! It was crazy. Our goal was 6, so we were totally surprised. Diego is still on track to be baptized this Saturday, and Elder Esplin an dI are really happy for him. There's been this trickle-down effect because of him, too. His sister's agreed to be baptized along with two of his friends, and the sisters of one of his friends. Then Diego's sister, Lorena, took us to talk to one of her friends, Jacqueline, and yesterday at church Jacqueline said "I really liked it here, I'm excited for my baptism on the 27th!" I'm trying not to count my chickens before they hatch,but these eggs look really awesome. We also had a man named George who brought along his son named Diego, and the parents of one of the members here, who are about 75 years old. Its crazy awesome. I'm not exactly sure what we did, except for fast, pray and work, but things are going well."

Thursday, September 11, 2008

The Big 1-8

We have another adult in our home now. Sarah turned 18 last week and I don't know who is more dismayed me or Sarah. We can't quite figure out how the last 18 years passed so quickly.



For her birthday Sarah wanted a print of a picture by J. Kirk Richards. It's kind of modern but we like it. It is being framed right now and then I am sure it will hang on her wall for years to come.



We all went to the Utah State Fair on Saturday night. What an adventure that was. We get so used to life in our own little world that it was quite the cultural awareness experience.



We saw the PRCA rodeo. YEE HAW.