Dear Family & Friends,

   Happy Birthday Rob! Are the darling little girls still with you? I'm sure that is the best present you could ever receive. Hope you all had fun- it's hard to see them go when it is time to leave!

    Last week was a banner week. Rosie got her apt. and we are helping her move today. Karl talked Pres. Burno into giving her some financial aid, despite the fact they got into a big battle at church last week, and we didn't think he would help her, but He did, plus a food order from the Bishop's Storehouse in New Jersey. She  has gone with Elder Armstrong to take the check from the Church so she can move in, but when they tried to get her electricity changed over, her SS number was wrong so now we have to go downtown to the office with two forms of ID and her SS card to prove she is who she says she is. That will be another full day to get that done. She has no furniture to take, no beds etc. and on the way out she said that the few boxes she had packed was all that she had to her name. 

   I am here tending Enoch. He said his eye hurt so his mom dumped him off for us to tend all day, plus the time she needs to go to the gym. Her orders are that he can't eat any sweets and can only have water, so he pesters us and goes through everything to see what he can find that is good. He is suppose to have a bad eye. I'm not sure even which eye it is (wouldn't he be better off in school?)  It is 9:00 and he already wants to eat his lunch, except there isn't anything in it that he likes. I bought him a few things at the store to do, but he is already tired of them. Now we are trying Sesame Street, it will be a long time till 5:00, especially, since he can only eat the things his Mom sent with him, (we cheat though and don't tell his mom). She doesn't realize how hard she makes it on us with the no TV and no Eating rules! We are also suppose to tend him the rest of the week until His dad, (who is remarried and lives in Calif.) comes for him next week for a visit. He is a darling little boy though.

   Wed. we went to the temple in Manhattan with 8 Sr. Missionary couples. We took the Mega bus up, caught a taxi to the temple, and arrived about noon. It was so lovely and so good to be back inside a temple. There was one endowment room, it held about 30 people, we got to see a film that we hadn't seen before, and the workers were so helpful and lovely. The man at the desk and his wife were back there on a mission. They were almost through and were from Arizona. The gospel surely binds all of us together! It was funny when a Sister Missionary came up to us and said that Karl had given her a patriarchal blessing a few years ago. It is a very small world, and so good to see someone from home! We also learned that one of the couples that came with us used to be a neighbor of Joyce's when she grew up in Moroni. They had a good laugh when neither of them recognized each other until they asked "do you know anyone from Moroni, that's where I grew up". 

   Afterwords we went on the double decker bus for a tour of New York.  It was nice but not quite the same as the tour we went on with the Davis'. It made me so grateful that I live in Utah, that I have some space and can drive wherever I need to go.  We had to take Taxis four different times, the tour took much longer than we had planned so we almost didn't make it back to our bus on  time, but it was quite an experience and we were so glad we got to go. We will probably never be in New York again for that opportunity!

   We had almost 50 people out to Sacrament Meeting yesterday. Wow a record. The missionaries had a few investigators and some inactives came as well. Believe it or not we had 10 children to primary, I had six in my class, they all behaved very well. It was a wonderful day at church.    

   The Missionaries get their transfer notices this Fri. We are thinking two of our four could go, especially Elder Milene (he has been here the longest). He had me make over a suit that was too big on him, which was almost as much work as starting from scratch. It took forever and I almost wished I had never started it. It is a pin-stripe suit and the lines can get going pretty crazy, and since he is so fussy I sure hope it works!

   Another thing on our bucket list may take place. A couple may be coming out here in Aug., called as extraction missionaries, but Pres. Anderson may change that and put them in Frankford to live in our house. That could solve soooo many problems for this branch when we leave. They may could be in the bishopric, Primary, etc, and pick up where we leave off. That would surely make us feel better about leaving. We will keep our fingers crossed, and keep even more prayers going. Heavenly Father knows all circumstances. He  knows how bad these people need help, and we are starting to feel so much better about leaving!  All things are in God's hands, He will work this one out too!

   Karl is here with the boxes, guess we will start the move, this is what we have been praying for so long, Heavenly Father helped these wonderful people here once again!  We are so thankful!!!!!!

   Enjoy your week. May we look back next Mon. and see where we've all been given help in our lives!    HEAVENLY FATHER SURE TAKES CARE OF HIS CHILDREN!

                                       Love to all of you,  Mom & Dad

                                                                     Grandma & Grandpa

                                                                     Elder & Sister Armstrong

                                                                     Kart & Joyce