WE MET ON A BLIND DATE AND HAVE BEEN MARRIED SINCE 1980. WE HAVE 2 GROWN DAUGHTERS AND ALSO CLAIM THEIR HALF-BROTHER. ALL OF THEM ARE MARRIED. OUR DAUGHTERS HAVE GIVEN US 9 GRANDKIDS. BOTH RICK & I GREW UP IN MAGIC VALLEY. DIANE GREW UP ON A FARM IN HANSEN, IDAHO. RICK GREW UP IN THE TOWN OF BUHL, IDAHO. WE LIVE ABOUT 2 MILES OUT OF TOWN IN THE ORIGINAL FARM HOUSE OF THE AREA. (Many thanks given to my nephew's wife-Lyndsay-for preparing the background. She's very talented and apprecieated.)

I TRY TO PATTERN MY LIFE AFTER THIS.

13 th ARTICLE OF FAITH: We believe in being honest, true, chaste, benevolent, virtuous, and in doing good to all men; indeed we may say that we folllow the admonition of Paul---We believe all things, we hope all things, we have endured many things, and hope to be able to do endure all things. If there is anything viruous, lovely, or of good report or praiseworthy, we seek after these things.



Sunday, February 15, 2009

THE MOVING OF STEPHANIE BACK TO TWIN FALLS.


I mentioned earlier that we moved Stephanie and family back to Twin falls. Here's the story of that-basically.

Just before Christmas, Mike broke his leg again. I'm not sure of the situations, but his job came to an end. (They had just moved into another apartment before Thanksgiving.) When this happened, Mike decided that it was time to come back home. He was here for a few weeks looking for a job while Stephanie and the girls stayed in Boise. That wasn't working out for them. Stephanie was needing to be with family and felt all alone there. She had the car and Mike was walking back and forth to his temporary job in Twin.
Rick's parents offered to loan the money to Stephanie and Mike to help them get into their own place. I'M VERY GRATEFUL TO THEM FOR MAKING THIS OFFERING.
A few days before they were supposed to move, Stephanie was praying for help to move. Who knocks on her door? The representatives from their Elders Quorum from their first ward in Boise. They hadn't heard from them since the quit going to church sometime back. They asked if there was anything they could do for her. OF COURSE, THIS WAS AN ANSWER TO HER PRAYERS AND MINEalso. HEAVENLY FATHER SENT THEM TO HER HOUSE TO HELP. They made arrangements to have several guys there on moving day. (There were 4 or 5 guys that showed up.) Rick & I went up and also helped. However, the Elders did the most help. Rick drove the moving van home. Stephanie drove her car home. I drove our car home. The Elders from Twin also helped them unload their moving van in Twin. There were only 2 that helped, but they were great help! They were a little late. We had already started with some of the boxes and bags when they got there. They were only there for 1/2 hour and all of the furniture was out of the truck. Mike & Stephanie's new landlord just happened to be there at this time-part of it- and he also helped. It was basically the elders that did the most help.
THANKS! HEAVENLY FATHER FOR ALWAYS LISTENING TO OUR PRAYERS AND HELPING!

2 comments:

jeff and alli said...

Oh, I love to hear examples of God's love for us. And good to hear that some Elders were listening to the Spirit. Happy to hear things worked out.

To answer your question, Rees will turn two in May.

tash said...

I hope things turn out wonderful for Stephanie and her family in Twin.