HAPPY APRIL
FOOLS DAY!
Dear Family
and Friends,
The weather really played a joke on us
today. It is so beautiful outside, the air is pretty nippy but it is actually
starting to show signs of Spring. I
don’t know about the majority of you, but I’m really liking the looks that
maybe we are through with the cold, dreary winter.
We are back in Philly. We drove to Illinois last
weekend (16 hours each way), mostly rain all the way there. We went to our son’s house, they baptized
their 2nd little girl (Brie).
It was so wonderful being with their family. The children had all grown.
They had just finished their basement and it looked so lovely. Very modern
looking, the coloring, the lights, the floor, etc. It looked so much like
Jen. We drove all day Fri., and the baptism and confirmation were Saturday.
Dad and I got a big laugh out of the fact that Brie had asked Grandpa A
to baptize her, so our own Grandchild was our only baptism that Grandpa got to
participate in on our whole mission.
Pretty neat though!
We have been involved with teaching and
preparing investigators for baptism, but the YOUNG ELDERS do all the
baptizing. We remind ourselves daily
that we are back here to support, support and support!
16 more hours for the drive home. We were so
glad to get here! We both had bad colds and fevers so it was a long ride
home. We took yesterday to pull
ourselves back together.
One of our biggest priorities before we
leave here is to get Rosina in some livable housing. Yesterday they called and said she has been
approved for government help. Now we have 10 days to find her a house, and
get her settled. We have all been
working so hard on this project. Right now she lives in a very scary
neighborhood, her home is the hang out for everyone in Frankford. We go there
to teach and the house is so full of people, cigarettes, pot etc. It is hard
to teach above the screaming TV. She
wants so bad to get out of her environment.
This is really a priority on our bucket list.
We are all watching conference at the
church. We get it two hours later back
here. We always have a pot luck in-between the two sessions. I know we will have a lot of rice and beans
come in so I’m trying to think of something different. They are always all hungry, mainly just something that will fill
them up and have plenty of it, what ever IT is.
We are excited this Sun. Alisa, Curt and
their family are coming back for Spring Break.
We will be so glad to see them.
We have been so blessed while back here, we have had all of our family
(except our son John), two sets of friends, our next door neighbors and my
Sister and brother-in-law. We have
appreciated all the love and support, the cards, letters and
encouragement. There is nothing in the
world like true friends and family to keep us all trying and determined to keep
going and doing our best! You are all
so wonderful! Thank you from the bottom of our hearts for your love and
encouragement.
Enjoy your conference weekend. What a great
opportunity to all recommit and take the advice of our living prophet and His
wonderful disciples. We are so blessed.
I pray I won’t take it just for granted! Love and miss all of you. Stay
healthy, happy and keep doing all the good that you are doing.
You are all the best!!!
Grandpa & Grandma
Mom & Dad
Elder & Sister Armstrong
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