June 9, 2013

Dearest Family,

Happy Birthday to Kaitlyn & Allen!!

    It is great to start a new month & get back into the swing of things!  May is so busy for everyone, so it has also been slower for us.  Thanks also to the Grants for the FHE they did at our home, mowing & washing walls & ceiling in the kitchen. Now we are on to greater & greater things.

    We've helped MJ clean up some errors in her Family Tree in FS, DW prepare an accurate fan chart, & several sister's do indexing. Dad had two Primary girls quizzing him about FH at the Public library.  They had walked to town 2 miles together to get some more books. The eleven year old, said she needed to start working on it again, so she would have some names ready when she soon turned twelve. She had been a part of a Girls Activity Day which we had done.  Her almost 8 year old sister wasn't sure she was into that yet! He also had a young man college age have a lengthy discussion about FH and wanting to find his family. He will be back next Monday. Walk-ins are so awesome since you have to rely on the Spirit even more to help them!

    Tuesday evening was busy again! PD, after working for several hours & having success, was about to finish up for the evening when she noticed the red asterick by the word, TEMPLE in Family Search.   What is that?, she asked.  There is an "opportunity list" now which checks several generations for names which need temple ordinances done.  She clicked on it - to find 5 names. Last week she had done the temple work for a great-aunt, only to find the name of her husband showing up on this list!  It was a sweet moment!

    JC, a young man Allen's age, shared a memory today of helping his aunt read films when he was young. She had gathered a group of the cousins in the family, I'm guessing they were abt 8-10 yrs old & had them at the FHC, each at a film reader.  They were to look for the surname, "Collins"  & let her know if they found one.  He remembers finding one!!!! Now he is feeling that great desire again! (I wish I would have thought of that years ago when I was reading films.)

    It was great to have some of the Fike Family here on Friday A.M.  They all fished, we had lunch together. Symphony, it was great to help you with your family history!  She wanted help connecting her family tree, sometimes connecting the living to the deceased can be tricky! Incidently, that was our lesson at the Wednesday nite FH Consultant training meeting.  Not only did she do that, but she is already looking for names she can do next year when she turns 12 & can go to the temple.The Grant Family is also planning a temple excursion when Talon turns 12 in July!

    We did the rest of our pDay on Thursday morning at HSBend in the boat for 3hrs fishing and relaxing. We had a nice time together. We saw only 2 other boats and lots of birds.

    Ken had his scouts at our place on Friday for an overnighter, camping, cooking food, making a big raft and fishing. Three of the fathers came to help, it was a fun time for all!!! A few rain drops and lots of lighting in the night added to the adventure!

    Saturday was so nice!  We spent part of it with the Howard Sessions Family, He is Grandma Croft's brother.  Six of his children & their families were in Byron for the burial of the ashes of Velma, Howards wife & Susan, his oldest daughter who died only days apart.  There was a memorial service at the Byron Ward building, Dad dedicated the grave, & then we had a dinner together at the church!  They had come from SLC & Lewiston, Idaho. Attended a wedding reception for two local youth just married in the BM Temple today. They have been great examples of goodness to our area.

 

We Love you all, CTR as always

    Mom and Dad, Gdpa Bob & Gdma Rena, Bro & Sister Croft

 

Velma and Susan burial of their ashes