tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29022865884839359422024-02-20T00:27:40.325-07:00Called to Serve Phoenix"And in the barren deserts there shall come forth pools of living water; and the parched ground shall no longer be a thirsty land" D&C 133:29Debra Beckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05824769813563899407noreply@blogger.comBlogger356125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2902286588483935942.post-40543711096157649962012-05-29T12:19:00.001-07:002012-05-29T12:19:58.936-07:00April 2012 Reunion Pictures<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Just thought I would share some of the pictures I took from the reunion. My good camera broke and these were taken from my camera. If anyone has any group pictures please send the to me at debralbeck@gmail.com so I will have them for the next reunion to share with everyone. It was so good to be with all of you and catch up. Unfortunately, there was just not enough time to get all the nitty grit ties from you all. Please remember we love you and love to hear from each of you.</div>
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April 2012 Mission ReunionDebra Beckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05824769813563899407noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2902286588483935942.post-28482788367845206102012-03-08T10:00:00.000-07:002012-03-07T18:02:36.088-07:00It's Time to Gather Again!Hello to all our Arizona Phoenix return missionaries. It seems like it was just yesterday we gathered for our first reunion. We are so excited that our 2nd mission reunion is just around the corner! There are so many of you that have returned since our fall reunion and we are anxious to reunite with you once again and share stories. There will always be a great bond for those of us who have shared time in the #1 mission and we all need to stay in touch and share our "Life after Mission". We hope you will all make time to come. This time we will be keeping it simple so we can spend more time connecting. I'm afraid I got cheated last time because we didn't have enough help to serve the food and I was stuck behind the table and was not able to talk with so many of you. We will be holding the reunion at the same place as last time. <div><br /></div><div>Place: West Building- University of Utah Institute- 1780 E. South Campus Drive 84112</div><div>Time: 6:00 pm- 9:00 pm</div><div>Date: March 30th, 2012</div><div><br /></div><div>If you want to carpool from BYU Idaho, just contact Jared Bell. He is our amazing promoter</div><div>from up north.</div><div><br /></div><div>***Please send me a current picture of you ASAP so I can make an after mission video. </div><div>Send it to debralbeck@gmail.com</div><div><br /></div><div>See you soon</div>Debra Beckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05824769813563899407noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2902286588483935942.post-53657354132390182862012-03-07T11:17:00.003-07:002012-03-07T11:39:51.330-07:00Fall Reunion Pictures<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEili3Ddtr-ILbj1KobZqi1l53A9T4XG6M_ZW8dpm75HrYzdp0SWGLPj7_4aRK0pM9WWSl9LmDyxbyLJalR3jgI42NbOcWp5CKT5Dbd9w7OC1-6tvlEdwjvP01Sj_6zC7nQkinQ9dpw61yQ/s1600/407648_10150594053689343_677154342_10663856_1041270753_n.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 308px; height: 310px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEili3Ddtr-ILbj1KobZqi1l53A9T4XG6M_ZW8dpm75HrYzdp0SWGLPj7_4aRK0pM9WWSl9LmDyxbyLJalR3jgI42NbOcWp5CKT5Dbd9w7OC1-6tvlEdwjvP01Sj_6zC7nQkinQ9dpw61yQ/s400/407648_10150594053689343_677154342_10663856_1041270753_n.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5717226141189630210" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAuat-YXTe3OYs-ATmf0_uZycrvCtbFp_I6MBTKv3qIvjS9mTn8NysdNDLpUFiKnjtRvpRl-9K-Zv7lHVFgxI1fh3RJr6HQ-rMNyLQ-uqovRXrpB0rfhMWI-i5TEAt9uMOqeM6TQyY-bI/s1600/DSC00242.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; 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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHFGnjrhjq0LbZGgiZ9jOZdqZjC8e0rY5mgzvmtfO4Ba0jrV_y4wzzCVq9v-k1Go2a4dVy-LitfiwTZcTGTnPAaUmlg-k2_sKC-NWAWXJ0GGoJ3iSLkB39RlpeA82LgVJ00_4bMaw4Bek/s400/DSC00231.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5717224308771803042" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjitB9HICDj9i3kcNUnFlOWPEAAVHsBqA0t_JoMc67xCfV-52340MX_GXRc9Kb3nW9ac-rVlhxCTazUpBXFmz1sZyUvevxD5wsXvz-wreUk8afPhP1QXG_gZc7jm7fFlnnF4oXVs3_wh5k/s1600/DSC00229.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjitB9HICDj9i3kcNUnFlOWPEAAVHsBqA0t_JoMc67xCfV-52340MX_GXRc9Kb3nW9ac-rVlhxCTazUpBXFmz1sZyUvevxD5wsXvz-wreUk8afPhP1QXG_gZc7jm7fFlnnF4oXVs3_wh5k/s400/DSC00229.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5717224304875617106" /></a>Debra Beckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05824769813563899407noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2902286588483935942.post-59242881046986158872011-07-29T20:01:00.001-07:002011-09-05T20:35:49.792-07:00Are you coming to the Reunion?<a style="word-wrap: break-word; white-space: -moz-pre-wrap; white-space: pre-wrap;" href="https://spreadsheets.google.com/spreadsheet/embeddedform?formkey=dDF1T3RKS1lURkVYYWxBMkpZdk5jT0E6MQ">https://spreadsheets.google.com/spreadsheet/embeddedform?formkey=dDF1T3RKS1lURkVYYWxBMkpZdk5jT0E6MQ</a>Debra Beckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05824769813563899407noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2902286588483935942.post-78943183090338050342011-07-01T20:09:00.000-07:002011-07-08T20:15:53.458-07:00Lance Ringhand's Baptism<div style="text-align: center;">Beside being able to be reunited with our family, one of the things</div><div style="text-align: center;">we were looking forward to was Lance's baptism. Paul was able</div><div style="text-align: center;">to baptize and confirm Lance within 24 hours of our arrival. It</div><div style="text-align: center;">was such a wonderful feeling to still be linked to those great</div><div style="text-align: center;">experiences of seeing someone close to you enter into the waters</div><div style="text-align: center;">of baptism. This was a long awaited baptism by many. We love </div><div><div style="text-align: center;">Lance and his family and so proud of the decision he made.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Congratulations Lance!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjQZpz4GQpFimc6QTS4TD2Nvq7-70xsKRp0oL0tM1gS3xrzCeeIShDp2A7-1HAEd86K4-fxmG2Qk102vXYZxg0iRgYC4mPIFfs5sulaRFmuUg0YD_a_Riqlk9lHEAwDorSXPKe3weXXLs/s1600/DSC00256.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjQZpz4GQpFimc6QTS4TD2Nvq7-70xsKRp0oL0tM1gS3xrzCeeIShDp2A7-1HAEd86K4-fxmG2Qk102vXYZxg0iRgYC4mPIFfs5sulaRFmuUg0YD_a_Riqlk9lHEAwDorSXPKe3weXXLs/s400/DSC00256.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5627184784472356626" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4GZb_V7gyr3mpiv1FWUwHtrd5qA5y00x0oBQYfgEAwsBz73pql5q0S_gzT5KOLZzWtqchJ887E3nwglM1eKRk_OLZhHHnKTORiGsUqJBMsbgBFpQMZSaHUGGiWIKRQPREQMe7sziKzu4/s1600/DSC00261.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4GZb_V7gyr3mpiv1FWUwHtrd5qA5y00x0oBQYfgEAwsBz73pql5q0S_gzT5KOLZzWtqchJ887E3nwglM1eKRk_OLZhHHnKTORiGsUqJBMsbgBFpQMZSaHUGGiWIKRQPREQMe7sziKzu4/s400/DSC00261.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5627184776609153234" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Lances' family and his mother</div></div>Debra Beckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05824769813563899407noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2902286588483935942.post-57852597446065240262011-06-29T14:13:00.004-07:002011-07-08T20:19:54.313-07:00Our Welcome Home!<div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj27lNMwY3zW6ooxNaiKca5CpNjcinopb3gDxsV6pgOvYt_E8i_QORlELoUaEQLlLqXmKZyiZtie3UItGlhID7TaVWtx3Lw5tlsY6nwu6sNTzMwqVPXKxo3_J9kjJNriuE5k4h7VlmumjA/s1600/DSC00243.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj27lNMwY3zW6ooxNaiKca5CpNjcinopb3gDxsV6pgOvYt_E8i_QORlELoUaEQLlLqXmKZyiZtie3UItGlhID7TaVWtx3Lw5tlsY6nwu6sNTzMwqVPXKxo3_J9kjJNriuE5k4h7VlmumjA/s400/DSC00243.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5627165485801003746" /></a><br /><div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;font-size:medium;"><i>Our final decent into the Ohio Valley. It was quite different scenery</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;font-size:medium;"><i>than we were use to</i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><i> during </i></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;font-size:medium;"><i>the past three years.</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;font-size:medium;"><i>In fact, it was a real contrast between </i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><i>greens and browns;</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><i>and both were beautiful. We had about 3 1/2 hours of</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><i>reflecting </i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><i>on what had just occurred that day, and our </i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; "><i>mission </i></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; "><i>experience. </i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><i>Emotions were on the surface and it </i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><i>didn't take much</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><i>for the tears to start flowing. But, we knew the Lord had</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><i>accepted </i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><i>our offering of serving in the Arizona Phoenix Mission</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><i>and that our family was awaiting our arrival.</i></span></div></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBZVBPsAs9uOxY6Y8RbGUvSJRRiU6YiJHY4SXXbPS122dPU3l69kvq1lR-uQ6_eQFe3_PJDgJdgMdpfP65ha6dNtepj7P8nrDSGE3w5ATuLpQeKF7CLzf63MNYbpR9ns7eaJdPYIuha9k/s400/DSC00313.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5627164721526205074" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;">As we came down the long corridor, in anticipation of seeing 23 members</div><div style="text-align: center;">of our family awaiting our arrival, I realized how much we had really given</div><div style="text-align: center;">up over the past three years. Off in the distance, behind glass doors were</div><div style="text-align: center;">13 grandkids jumping up and down. Some were dressed in white shirts and</div><div style="text-align: center;">ties and dresses but all with big smiles on their faces as they ran up to us</div><div style="text-align: center;">to give us big hugs. We were now just "Nana" and "Papa", and we were ready</div><div style="text-align: center;">to begin a new chapter in our lives with our family.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><u><br /></u></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; font-family:arial;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; "><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6lWDarIdhTEYRomAJth-jf1LRnPkgkSCtBMRzRk3Dh4gXDTfVawfe0SWsy0ANQ2PLttpw5kro59XNhmaNlwEAkGB3LGSetMG8W2SlTYn6WWw-EItTaES0KNQRu9a4hN6NPcfYknV7rTs/s1600/DSC00246.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6lWDarIdhTEYRomAJth-jf1LRnPkgkSCtBMRzRk3Dh4gXDTfVawfe0SWsy0ANQ2PLttpw5kro59XNhmaNlwEAkGB3LGSetMG8W2SlTYn6WWw-EItTaES0KNQRu9a4hN6NPcfYknV7rTs/s400/DSC00246.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5627164695692424898" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></a></span></span></i></span></u></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i><u>Papa was the Prize!</u></i></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i><u><br /></u></i></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; color: rgb(0, 0, 238); "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhu0rww4-YZNEEHOWkYC_s_bJm6T-9vtvu3NqCHysctk3k8ykcyXJ4AV8pKS4fXXUxeb-9fFtU2Q21qu019Ky8zzrwUAFSy5o3YNEdRbClXahaDX7XD60r0UAJjxLwoHkOFv-Yzxj_OtYM/s400/DSC00248.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5627171784674143938" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px; " /></span></u></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; font-family:arial;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; "><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZfoOtjzRgJnYfzBjQlK9aR4yfOaNksYTquO_OFrsQ-n17yug-xOq-msz_UvQO6iOhmJY9Gt-O6axslQuOU9bwzT7MTf6Byf5snREXdj6AYN9DrTg1VcIQR4LsZyABcxmYvhSPtfOXiPQ/s1600/DSC00247.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZfoOtjzRgJnYfzBjQlK9aR4yfOaNksYTquO_OFrsQ-n17yug-xOq-msz_UvQO6iOhmJY9Gt-O6axslQuOU9bwzT7MTf6Byf5snREXdj6AYN9DrTg1VcIQR4LsZyABcxmYvhSPtfOXiPQ/s400/DSC00247.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5627164694273814626" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></a></span></span></i></span></u></span></div><div style="text-align: center;">Lots of helpers to carry our luggage.</div><div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:arial;font-size:medium;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, serif;"><br /></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyNmJeadk4mBFXVLoNnIzWKnslM03yk3lu6XLNQmetCzs0FBm7m_DOZKh7ooscewMPsAacilCLrkuahOKYfFlGylw9bbGTkj5Y72JB-BuSA1OEkCAecw_J07Yale92Ogtd8lzW1ob1pwI/s1600/DSC00243.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsJMIn36_C1Z4uD2Tqg65Z8nMrgqDMKAjfx2oibbUo3nJJi4qyOVkoYIPyWLLlOlslxxz1MEzraqftoDUMNMyeRIAIrBQlsuHavPVyUS6Q80R2057PTP50bwPKyq2GuUkR0XqNm9dFdeA/s400/DSC00251.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5627164798295636034" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; ">Home Sweet Home!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJTIXZH5PJCyvyJjO0CD80vmfnROdNbVl40vbPRMgEk6f4nYcHCFgUdGh7QyvXNwpzULMK1SsAEazs2yc-XUvVv8zAUBIdQ0isu2chnjSl-D-77KiC1AWdVQJRkciU_epVKsyMB6jyMCY/s400/DSC00253.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5627171788991180002" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span></span></div></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; ">This was the last link of the countdown chain that Izzy & Katelyn used</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; ">the last couple of weeks of the mission. We both took it down from the</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; ">mantel in celebration of our arrival home!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyF6LcEPSXQKFFQK3L5afBEbRNAhqle8gE3MXkFqzwloPbheduZaw-Zf5bUJRvPGZP7QqDeKBnlaJg7EDoRgMDIdwNos7i4f8lGw8hEQyTtnn-qi-9kDkRN-rPdp4-Sjgd83_ZAXjhyWk/s400/DSC00252.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5627173034218695522" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; ">Our good friend Carl McDonald was awaiting our arrival at home. It was</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; ">so good to see him as we arrived. Celeste and Rick (Ryan's parents) served</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; ">as surrogate grandparents while we were gone and took good care of</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; ">all the grandkids. They had pizza and salad awaiting for all of us when we</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; ">got home from the airport and the celebration began.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></span></div>Debra Beckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05824769813563899407noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2902286588483935942.post-41122524386195347422011-06-29T13:16:00.001-07:002011-07-08T14:13:14.378-07:00It is Finished-Bitter Sweet Endings<div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7cXk5ijz2Jsb7KR9elRawIsjBWPls53x98HBOedTwQlqysJq4XNxFmG9q4cfk_gVmhcfs-mpJmx49oyWKHUIZvDZRu1RX1QPJ3-UevDjjW-E9Z0EXLYkht-pjh2fHvy6BW-SdxECDsV4/s1600/DSC00227.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwv0ztXS67xpVvEGInWkqbu7zA-V1hW5spU76dX5D0kraQ33V89KaBsUTUyu3VPpQPrPTHedl03ngbhhxmsmno8xc821E_dVdm4R5x8ncJJee8pSNnspALl0amtCkA19drvK1YsbkYiM8/s1600/DSC00230.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQJlaKlIy_lj07svvm0vFlhEwGjIiG9RLMxO-7Fn_AvF51-Nkfx0aRVnJHYO2LjKLakTCkTI9hhN_ylXQyglz-DYinMChHm_0OFYmaj2913EcBlYkR-IWPJRjVJNAYxqjiEylg6dv1QDg/s1600/DSC00225.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQJlaKlIy_lj07svvm0vFlhEwGjIiG9RLMxO-7Fn_AvF51-Nkfx0aRVnJHYO2LjKLakTCkTI9hhN_ylXQyglz-DYinMChHm_0OFYmaj2913EcBlYkR-IWPJRjVJNAYxqjiEylg6dv1QDg/s400/DSC00225.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5627085011334378562" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><i>President & Sister Taylor and their son Braydon arrived as the </i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>New Mission Family on June 29th. As we greeted them, </i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>President Beck & I took off our mission badges and told them </i></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>their was only room for one President of the Arizona Phoenix Mission.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7cXk5ijz2Jsb7KR9elRawIsjBWPls53x98HBOedTwQlqysJq4XNxFmG9q4cfk_gVmhcfs-mpJmx49oyWKHUIZvDZRu1RX1QPJ3-UevDjjW-E9Z0EXLYkht-pjh2fHvy6BW-SdxECDsV4/s400/DSC00227.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5627088832617114082" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px; " /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><b><i><br /></i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>We traveled to the mission office to introduce them to the </i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Office Staff and show them around and we said good-bye to </i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>all our wonderful office couples who had been so instrumental </i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>in helping us during our mission term. Then it was off to the mission</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>home for a quick lunch and tour of the house as we tried to give them </i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>all the in's and out's in a brief time. Before we knew it, it was time to </i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>depart. Jany Matsen came over with a dinner for them. It was to</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>give them a burst of quick energy before they began their journey.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>As we walked out the door and turned to say good-bye to them one</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>last time, we saw a look in their eyes of uncertainty and heavy</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>responsibility upon their shoulders. It was now their mission to lead, </i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>but they would have the Lord by their side to lead them in this </i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>glorious calling.</i></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:-webkit-xxx-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:16px;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;font-size:11px;"><div style="padding-bottom: 3px; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size:11px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-weight: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; font-family:Georgia, serif;font-size:16px;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwv0ztXS67xpVvEGInWkqbu7zA-V1hW5spU76dX5D0kraQ33V89KaBsUTUyu3VPpQPrPTHedl03ngbhhxmsmno8xc821E_dVdm4R5x8ncJJee8pSNnspALl0amtCkA19drvK1YsbkYiM8/s400/DSC00230.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5627088038505633858" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 384px; height: 400px; " /></span><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Georgia, serif;font-size:16px;"></span></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">We said good-bye to our dear friends the Matsen's and</span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">drove to the temple for one last temple session. It was a </span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">way of telling the Lord that </span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">we had given our all to the </span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Arizona Phoenix Mission and to thank him for the countless</span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">blessings we had received. The sacrifice of leaving our home, </span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">family and our friends </span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">for three years really wasn't a sacrifice </span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">as the blessings we received were far greater.</span></span></span></span></div><p></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Departing Letter of our Service in the Arizona Phoenix Mission</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br /></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">It is hard to summarize the experiences we have had over the past three years in a short letter. I would have liked to share with you play by play the tender mercies of the Lord during this time, but I had to choose from the good, better and best way to spend my time. There is urgency in the work of sharing the restored gospel of Jesus Christ to all of Heavenly Fathers children. Each day is important as we invite others to come unto Christ be baptized as he was, by someone holding that same priesthood authority that was on the earth so many years ago. </span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br /></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">We have had only a brief window of time to serve here in the Arizona Phoenix mission, but it has been a life changing experience. Just like the scriptures say, “When ye are in the service of your fellow men, ye are only in the service of your God. “ As we have served, we have felt joy in our hearts as we have seen lives change. We have been very humbled by the overwhelming responsibility of watching over the Lord’s young servants. We have had over 640 missionaries pass through our doors, and it has been our deepest desire to touch each one of them so that when they leave the mission they will have a deeper personal relationship with their Lord and Savior Jesus Christ and know of our love for them. It is an amazing experience to see young men, nineteen years old, and young women, twenty one years old, come into the mission as the weak things of the world, and watch them grow into the spiritual giants. </span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br /></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">There are stories that have made us laugh, others that have made us cry. Some of our missionaries have lost parents while serving, but have had the faith to endure to the end of their mission. We have seen those whom have entered the waters of baptism and come up with hands over head, saying “I am finally baptized”. We have seen miraculous healing of missionaries, investigators and within our own family. We witnessed those who have only been members for a short time dedicate two years to serving the Lord only to find great blessings come to their families at home. We have seen difficult trials in the lives of our missionaries where they have overcome great adversity only to have their weaknesses turn into strengths. </span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br /></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">The number one thing we learned while serving here was that God is in charge of his work and nothing will stop it from progressing. When we are in tune with the spirit, then we know those things we must do to further the work. As our prophet, President Thomas S. Monson said, “We are participating in a great rescue of our brothers and sisters so that they may have the opportunity to return to his presence.” After all, that is why we are here on earth; to receive a body and learn and apply the gospel which will help us return back to Him. We also learned that the success of the mission was because of M&M’s. Not the candy M&M’s, but I’m referring to Members and Missionaries. They cannot be separated and have it mean the same. They go hand in hand. When our members share their friends and family with the missionaries and invite them into their home, the miracle of conversion occurs. </span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br /></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">We have grown to love the people in Arizona, this is truly Zion! We have made many friends that have helped us along this journey and we are grateful for each one of them . One of the greatest blessings has been serving side by side with my eternal mate, and my best friend, as we have lifted each other and share sacred experiences together in the Arizona Phoenix Mission. There is nothing better than to feast upon the words of Christ together and strive to apply those principles to our lives.</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br /></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">We knew our mission was going to come to an end sooner or later, but we have been sprinting to the end. It will be hard to leave our 192 mission sons and daughters that we have grown to love as we have served together. Our hearts have been woven in purpose and meaning. I won’t lie, we are tired and have truly worn out our lives these past three years. We have given our all. Now, are days are numbered as we turn the baton to another chosen man and woman of God to build on what we have tried so diligently to do.</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br /></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">As we turn the page to a new chapter in our lives, we are anxious to see our children and almost 14 grandchildren once again. They have been an enormous strength to us and have made us proud as they truly carried on in our absence.</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br /></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">I would like to close with my testimony of this work. I know that we are all spirit children of a Heavenly Father who loves us and that He is anxious to have us return back to his presence. I know Jesus Christ is his Son and he atoned for our sins. I know that Joseph Smith is a prophet of God and he was instrumental in the restoration of the same church that was on the earth at the time of Christ. I have grown to love the sacred records of the ancient people of the Americas that are found in the Book of Mormon. It is another testament of Christ and as we abide by its precepts it will change our lives. I know that God has called a prophet today, President Thomas S. Monson to lead this church, just as he called ancient prophets to lead his people. I am grateful for the experience we have of “sharing the living water to a thirsty land.</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br /></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">So we say good-bye to Arizona for this season of our lives and hello to our family and friends awaiting our return.</span></span></p></div></span></div></div>Debra Beckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05824769813563899407noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2902286588483935942.post-9610016596353657712011-06-29T07:19:00.000-07:002011-07-17T07:20:32.536-07:00More Homecoming Pictures<div><br /></div><div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD5BTVfnpSWGxbbwL_S_hvDsiYXSzHEVS4PV_J7FpMZ_wN3zCCy3GIYnKno-9Qm47H15oA6nmEC-QaSajHBENoQgjbhLGDphOFihctV8eil0T-HCEyL7kr7nWcgUxuh7JnnWAQ6i_ql3s/s400/DSC_0573.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5629564694690306610" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 268px; " /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></div><div><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje2CaGuXnkb7ojLpcnilTTSLBAR8ZWlC7ZUkBNiQD6Ag4_RpxJ7ltdNyaGZbSaZMmVIvwvLVqU8L0BlI6pllSU5muT2IvFMdSIjYc29brsVn4iZEVhKT9O9Lav3jPrcxt_Jp3CGJR_CIE/s1600/DSC_0531.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje2CaGuXnkb7ojLpcnilTTSLBAR8ZWlC7ZUkBNiQD6Ag4_RpxJ7ltdNyaGZbSaZMmVIvwvLVqU8L0BlI6pllSU5muT2IvFMdSIjYc29brsVn4iZEVhKT9O9Lav3jPrcxt_Jp3CGJR_CIE/s400/DSC_0531.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5629564701315566386" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 268px; height: 400px; " /></a><br /><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQXExOEcuS0RqlS58_Bf9HdLQDZZBnR_AU6MXdeyRQ3VBCbQxbfIQuDEmylbDpwcNifMMZ8WqGaccZvoz0JfTx2TZlCBNENZGePXbgi-mjjFVI5xnmqZDV-q5KN2SMaTw5mdmaYLGn55Q/s1600/DSC_0539.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQXExOEcuS0RqlS58_Bf9HdLQDZZBnR_AU6MXdeyRQ3VBCbQxbfIQuDEmylbDpwcNifMMZ8WqGaccZvoz0JfTx2TZlCBNENZGePXbgi-mjjFVI5xnmqZDV-q5KN2SMaTw5mdmaYLGn55Q/s400/DSC_0539.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5629564692260478770" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 268px; height: 400px; " /></a><div><br /></div><div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxtEqNvsTErfbyciQhjDte2iTTmElpnnlpQ_5-1cvWJC-jWcS8iOpNFXH185M_X_KuJhAc_Q9rQV0w84YfFJeX0u7HWDb9FuyHYupHpFz38AhmrQ1r7PlyvBP20ngV-mbunrj9zvVYf98/s1600/DSC_0576.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxtEqNvsTErfbyciQhjDte2iTTmElpnnlpQ_5-1cvWJC-jWcS8iOpNFXH185M_X_KuJhAc_Q9rQV0w84YfFJeX0u7HWDb9FuyHYupHpFz38AhmrQ1r7PlyvBP20ngV-mbunrj9zvVYf98/s400/DSC_0576.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5629564684789127490" style="display: block; 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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiS8bZJ1ZTRcC3dyNDcaWI9vXmKo0jn01-6i_65p-X6HFgA2MqKYsu3GASU3qN5pdEfgUHauRyDV9rj10_41tQtl7mIKVGM7C8ljeFjdOh7jfOQot0oEz7VbHxwQMa1_YuOumS-5BqoG_o/s400/DSC00248.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5622659991248938898" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Friday was our last gathering of the mission. We had a wonderful day of</div><div style="text-align: center;">learning about inspired questions and how critical they were in knowing</div><div style="text-align: center;">the needs of our investigators. Those questions were ones that </div><div style="text-align: center;">they needed to come from heaven.</div><div style="text-align: center;">To close the meeting we bore testimony and expressed our gratitude for</div><div style="text-align: center;">the many lessons we had learned as we had served in the mission. </div><div style="text-align: center;">President authorized a hug to each one of our missionary sons and daughters.</div><div style="text-align: center;"> It was a very emotional week for me.</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglN1DLxQIEE9xaZiqgi2XkWwizNeH2szGQ2RQJ-OWJ5nDLdz4wdtOfqYgHxAOtMzEpiCPeOjB2XqnAhusLQQQ2UPTBD9T5Lyog-Hm_V7IwOrGfS7Q9vK7cqxJ-I1dLVfR-JEoMzEWIUus/s1600/DSC00224.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglN1DLxQIEE9xaZiqgi2XkWwizNeH2szGQ2RQJ-OWJ5nDLdz4wdtOfqYgHxAOtMzEpiCPeOjB2XqnAhusLQQQ2UPTBD9T5Lyog-Hm_V7IwOrGfS7Q9vK7cqxJ-I1dLVfR-JEoMzEWIUus/s400/DSC00224.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5622659986292178338" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaGnRWvDDdjPJC_VaJaoW2PRlnrEY_uzoQ_cboOw7qT7ReKu9DcbG0wOqiFDim7DJZdzATc_r-kz6BWJ9M4q7KwRwrzhF3rxwl7CMbRpX6LkEPQzRDY31AptOxaC_D5TDGUkSOIGIMr6E/s1600/DSC00241.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaGnRWvDDdjPJC_VaJaoW2PRlnrEY_uzoQ_cboOw7qT7ReKu9DcbG0wOqiFDim7DJZdzATc_r-kz6BWJ9M4q7KwRwrzhF3rxwl7CMbRpX6LkEPQzRDY31AptOxaC_D5TDGUkSOIGIMr6E/s400/DSC00241.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5622654874798274274" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">In President Beck's closing remarks about change and transition he </div><div style="text-align: center;">presented a bowl of ice cream containing one scoop of chocolate and </div><div style="text-align: center;">one scoop of vanilla. He then told our missionaries that working with </div><div style="text-align: center;">President Beck had been like eating plain vanilla and now they were going </div><div style="text-align: center;">to enjoy the deep rich chocolate flavor of President Taylor. For those</div><div style="text-align: center;">missionaries who only experience one mission president, they will </div><div style="text-align: center;">never know the richness and benefit of being led by two chosen leaders. </div><div style="text-align: center;"> He then proceeded to say that the had been working with the second </div><div style="text-align: center;">string and that the first string was about ready to join them.</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibCDJSop3kIERpPeAI_lnt3yascUL74mBaLwxpJXXiY4MviW_dEskFMo4BtIZTz19ov0r7D6edX5sVNDpjPmiEhRb3H5LNi2O-oQxEAifVBQibXHr8c0Ak49bg1CaBFJFWX4pszw-tIYs/s1600/DSC00242.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibCDJSop3kIERpPeAI_lnt3yascUL74mBaLwxpJXXiY4MviW_dEskFMo4BtIZTz19ov0r7D6edX5sVNDpjPmiEhRb3H5LNi2O-oQxEAifVBQibXHr8c0Ak49bg1CaBFJFWX4pszw-tIYs/s400/DSC00242.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5622653787204445778" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center; ">Enjoying both flavors of ice cream.</div></div><div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjroIW_6D71_PYCoqSIuKvSY0OLmBgAO85SLp8DowH54pW8t0msaLHo_kJELGn8FZYQKe4-Smnfsf8ojTyW0iHrA0u-d2CbW3HMcQRdamW7KDwv6sweRSOwAf0yXs5I-LowwuveBr4_PHU/s1600/DSC00240.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjroIW_6D71_PYCoqSIuKvSY0OLmBgAO85SLp8DowH54pW8t0msaLHo_kJELGn8FZYQKe4-Smnfsf8ojTyW0iHrA0u-d2CbW3HMcQRdamW7KDwv6sweRSOwAf0yXs5I-LowwuveBr4_PHU/s400/DSC00240.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5622654869292915106" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Whose got the best watch tan?</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgReqlpjVFpqIYCs7CvSJCU_me1vEqXT34HZNSJE7YyPdxEHkR-FNqkI4vpySP8QharOWsvVcQC6xQT7I_itrHnGRKdJCzzi8UePaM5chxs63UEiO9EVCWjfKrnquWCs03D0Ze-uLogYDQ/s1600/DSC00243.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgReqlpjVFpqIYCs7CvSJCU_me1vEqXT34HZNSJE7YyPdxEHkR-FNqkI4vpySP8QharOWsvVcQC6xQT7I_itrHnGRKdJCzzi8UePaM5chxs63UEiO9EVCWjfKrnquWCs03D0Ze-uLogYDQ/s400/DSC00243.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5622654862268943378" /></a><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjayUaeBBjYpyfR4ZEGDVtJUdUbDWS6Jaxgx5ms_b63zN1gT8wQ6X1zH2-jT9heJp-PFeIRoTbs0bwlaMG6F9i6FUILf_aHBvTkCGAxiwaTGEXv8BHUw4mAKKSRMFNHYtdJp1lLPFl1O9k/s400/DSC00226.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5622685015760036434" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span></div><div>Elder Peck wrote the last verse of the mission fight song and the assistants</div><div>sang it for everyone. I'll post the song later.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Our President is awesome</div><div style="text-align: center;">He owes it to his Wife</div><div style="text-align: center;">They teach us by example</div><div style="text-align: center;">How to navigate through life.</div><div style="text-align: center;">They'll leave the mission stronger</div><div style="text-align: center;">Than they found it when they came,</div><div style="text-align: center;">If we don't succeed.</div><div style="text-align: center;">they're not the ones to blame.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Arizona, thirsty land</div><div style="text-align: center;">We'll serve the Living Water while we can.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHoAiM4G-gEVDAuyhj1rOUfg4MBALzym3XWuV_KHmDvHpt4o41Gqd-E-0ZpqiCJqY3DDp5LKELKp40mCeyVLy3W28t8MVmOJdLaof9jWtH53wWf3NIyeE6_PRAvHoZkkfXFQSrPYnVmgs/s1600/DSC00214.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHoAiM4G-gEVDAuyhj1rOUfg4MBALzym3XWuV_KHmDvHpt4o41Gqd-E-0ZpqiCJqY3DDp5LKELKp40mCeyVLy3W28t8MVmOJdLaof9jWtH53wWf3NIyeE6_PRAvHoZkkfXFQSrPYnVmgs/s400/DSC00214.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5622653792704608578" /></a><br /><div style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><u><br /></u></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIY7O7A1G0x6vTU9L99e1zXfnKBqj-fL35oIkbCBiewb236daXF_lcysx8dzVx2sQ1Vj9DJccTbG9iJOuV4v-zH0Zib6PGBGk7abWEILtKOjIpLO_oVDXgbsi-xrweKZQFoWeoZYGXLYk/s1600/DSC00244.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIY7O7A1G0x6vTU9L99e1zXfnKBqj-fL35oIkbCBiewb236daXF_lcysx8dzVx2sQ1Vj9DJccTbG9iJOuV4v-zH0Zib6PGBGk7abWEILtKOjIpLO_oVDXgbsi-xrweKZQFoWeoZYGXLYk/s400/DSC00244.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5622653764298429202" /></a><br /></div></div>Debra Beckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05824769813563899407noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2902286588483935942.post-88812403930577366192011-06-24T14:54:00.000-07:002011-06-26T15:05:05.197-07:00Master Gospel Scholar<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8EyJRRUeQpWmaG8HEr6EajgkPk7GxySotSTIAR2sgsh86qIwuNKWlUGM8vVYy085I3Tb1psW5_1Jy9Y0V69cNZbvnXtYHjT9g8g97jxgJ_KJfctkammoC-XUgzN9s5sOuTy9tKrkvkgs/s1600/DSC00228.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8EyJRRUeQpWmaG8HEr6EajgkPk7GxySotSTIAR2sgsh86qIwuNKWlUGM8vVYy085I3Tb1psW5_1Jy9Y0V69cNZbvnXtYHjT9g8g97jxgJ_KJfctkammoC-XUgzN9s5sOuTy9tKrkvkgs/s400/DSC00228.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5622650719887465538" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Many thanks to Jany & Trey Matsen for their continuous service to the</div><div style="text-align: center;">Arizona Phoenix Missionaries. Trey and Jany served in the office for the</div><div style="text-align: center;">first 18 months of our mission and they became dear friends. After, Trey</div><div style="text-align: center;">continued to be a part of the Level Six Study at his house using his library. </div><div style="text-align: center;">He is truly the Master Gospel Scholar. Jany and I would fix the breakfast</div><div><div style="text-align: center;">before the study. It was a labor of love for both of them. Thanks Matsen's!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsx70PBViPavpiFuPTsLwtew84wWMV3nXVHTaoNOKZpZpM4u2vKt5P2fau8wsffT634Kaa-e0mO61ASs3lKl_8PCjeVTcJdVIJJVXk25RVsoanMT8f_-Oe1fjyR9MZiUA53bB5D-fmGt4/s1600/DSC00229.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsx70PBViPavpiFuPTsLwtew84wWMV3nXVHTaoNOKZpZpM4u2vKt5P2fau8wsffT634Kaa-e0mO61ASs3lKl_8PCjeVTcJdVIJJVXk25RVsoanMT8f_-Oe1fjyR9MZiUA53bB5D-fmGt4/s400/DSC00229.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5622650717527075426" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Elders Garin, Posado, Sieverts, McBride, & Wren </div></div><div style="text-align: center;">received their Gospel Scholar Awards</div>Debra Beckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05824769813563899407noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2902286588483935942.post-70024386451730786122011-06-20T20:10:00.002-07:002011-06-22T06:55:08.987-07:00Your'e Fired President!<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-TkRxVc0qNiQ/TgFdb3iIQXI/AAAAAAAACuo/XlgYSvtirGg/s1600/DSC00185.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-TkRxVc0qNiQ/TgFdb3iIQXI/AAAAAAAACuo/XlgYSvtirGg/s400/DSC00185.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5620876543280038258" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">I guess this means we have to go home. It was one of those events that</div><div style="text-align: center;">made me realize that it was really going to happen. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-paLWGdJVDCw/TgFdbedEkGI/AAAAAAAACug/a64zpKlC8l8/s1600/DSC00186.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-paLWGdJVDCw/TgFdbedEkGI/AAAAAAAACug/a64zpKlC8l8/s400/DSC00186.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5620876536547938402" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Moving day was sandwiched in between transfers and Zone Conferences </div><div style="text-align: center;">and not much time to prepare for the separation of where things were </div><div style="text-align: center;">going to go. We had a small load going to Salt Lake, one to Cincinnati. </div><div style="text-align: center;">We also had to leave some things to carry us over for two weeks. There </div><div style="text-align: center;">was one day before the transfer that we had to do the separation. I told </div><div style="text-align: center;">President that he had to reserve that day to help me, but he got lost and </div><div style="text-align: center;">it wasn't until late that afternoon he appeared to help. We scattered to put </div><div style="text-align: center;">things in the right piles and hoped we had remembered all that we would </div><div style="text-align: center;">need, especially given the fact that we had a Zone Conference, ZL Council </div><div style="text-align: center;">and a Stake Conference still to speak at. The next morning came along with</div><div style="text-align: center;">the movers and things moved fast. President was in his office doing his</div><div style="text-align: center;">weekly emails while I directed traffic. Mid afternoon I had to leave for a</div><div style="text-align: center;">doctor appointment and put him in charge. Bad choice!!! When I returned</div><div style="text-align: center;">they had gone, he had signed the papers and I found that not only did they</div><div style="text-align: center;">not finish packing some things, but that they had packed all of the clothes</div><div style="text-align: center;">that were to stay with us for the remainder of the time.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-UQkSBQj5FQ0/TgFda3XCHgI/AAAAAAAACuY/xbYB5o_OZxE/s1600/DSC00184.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-UQkSBQj5FQ0/TgFda3XCHgI/AAAAAAAACuY/xbYB5o_OZxE/s400/DSC00184.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5620876526053629442" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Late that night we had to undo about 11 boxes to find what we needed.</div></div><div style="text-align: center;">The next morning the movers came and found that the packing </div><div style="text-align: center;">still wasn't complete and they had no boxes in the truck. The</div><div style="text-align: center;">were not very happy campers! Way to go President!</div>Debra Beckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05824769813563899407noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2902286588483935942.post-40191743664609418512011-06-18T19:19:00.001-07:002011-06-21T19:49:14.229-07:00More Good-byes<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVRAh64Be3-CE2tXGOhCMTothGi9vTLZXgKEH2uV825hz9ysboeW7_A97cLEc7r4zPm8TU88jpfhtGp8L4q7UneiL6VdgKYS62fJN9bE-szpzR6pz-sQzg1v-94GSVjcm-GX348uEmYY0/s1600/DSC00203.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVRAh64Be3-CE2tXGOhCMTothGi9vTLZXgKEH2uV825hz9ysboeW7_A97cLEc7r4zPm8TU88jpfhtGp8L4q7UneiL6VdgKYS62fJN9bE-szpzR6pz-sQzg1v-94GSVjcm-GX348uEmYY0/s400/DSC00203.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5620864019421126450" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">The office staff wanted to get everyone together for a good-bye dinner before</div><div style="text-align: center;">we left. One problem....President isn't big on that kind of stuff. So, they</div><div style="text-align: center;">did it anyway. They had all the senior couples we had worked with in the </div><div style="text-align: center;">mission meet at the Olive Garden. It was a tender moment for us as we looked </div><div style="text-align: center;">at each couple and the contribution they made in the Arizona Phoenix Mission.</div><div style="text-align: center;"> The Loftgreens, Pecks, Lopez & Matsens were the only ones missing. A lot of</div><div style="text-align: center;">kind words were said and they presented us with an Arizona Mission Logo, </div><div style="text-align: center;">framed with all the signitures of our dear friends. It will be a real treasure. </div><div style="text-align: center;">They also gave us an original print out of the temple ground breaking that </div><div style="text-align: center;">was on the front of the Church News. We will never forget such dear</div><div style="text-align: center;">friends that we served the Lord with.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirdl7iQ-CO6oljKsSi3UZfKH6ZxnEY6tBkd9hSd7Rq2Nc4yJaR5cQjeXc1BFuyM1zrduz6KlJdG-_w4lU9Y2twoMiodXviNPlWvBu52oIv7w9iPomxXiYv3nW-NyMJKKWu1_T8q9JCUCU/s1600/DSC00199.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirdl7iQ-CO6oljKsSi3UZfKH6ZxnEY6tBkd9hSd7Rq2Nc4yJaR5cQjeXc1BFuyM1zrduz6KlJdG-_w4lU9Y2twoMiodXviNPlWvBu52oIv7w9iPomxXiYv3nW-NyMJKKWu1_T8q9JCUCU/s400/DSC00199.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5620864010251567682" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Millers, Skonnards, Morris, Terry's, Eagers, Zyas, Cherry's, </div></div><div style="text-align: center;">Lyons, Clarks, Ely's and Williams</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj26a-8SKsR6-BVKydZalA8iMFygFHGx72hmLfn9x9jCThux6WggtlTsn579MBxN4CMmF8gaTVVzRE8_WyLwxkBDrtw-YvkidpGXHBEQFTCouHwqqqWJKXWZFmAzgp7hYVBf6N13oGK7LY/s1600/DSC00201.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj26a-8SKsR6-BVKydZalA8iMFygFHGx72hmLfn9x9jCThux6WggtlTsn579MBxN4CMmF8gaTVVzRE8_WyLwxkBDrtw-YvkidpGXHBEQFTCouHwqqqWJKXWZFmAzgp7hYVBf6N13oGK7LY/s400/DSC00201.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5620864007189518242" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhko33GhiJmIj98Fp1BjjyyIH3S_h7lW7BoURfHcn1I_75OFc6l5_qjQU9jMEH421WCMCR6Rsx1yBauefJ1KBpCmQt6Jgz3ikMsPxGtT8sdQk9_FxcwEpoMU4wMvMe-3ZA6aQ5FXnC41O4/s1600/DSC00141.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhko33GhiJmIj98Fp1BjjyyIH3S_h7lW7BoURfHcn1I_75OFc6l5_qjQU9jMEH421WCMCR6Rsx1yBauefJ1KBpCmQt6Jgz3ikMsPxGtT8sdQk9_FxcwEpoMU4wMvMe-3ZA6aQ5FXnC41O4/s400/DSC00141.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5620863995980906354" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Dr. Hawks and his wife Kathy were not only our doctors, but they were our</div></div><div style="text-align: center;">therapists who gave us comic relief, and also our dear friends.</div><div style="text-align: center;">I found early in the mission that a nursing degree should have been one of the</div><div style="text-align: center;">requirements as a mission mom which I didn't have. I have learned a lot about </div><div style="text-align: center;">medical problems missionaries have since then, but I admit, sometimes, I just had to fake it, </div><div style="text-align: center;">or call our trusty Dr. Hawks. He truly is "The Great One"! We love and appreciate</div><div style="text-align: center;">all he has done for the mission . We will miss you Jack & Kathy!</div><div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiVQ1VR-YDvSE2033ful_DtPzdj-1oAz1MvxPWm-FBiGd8Gm12BKoj87OGeS3MBHTLYuWPA-RJk4NCGN1YbCTRvoWKvDh81l7mIJdvvxaht6LuNYwM9E6p5fq_Qr93io5wm6KY4MMDIZ0/s1600/DSC00187.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiVQ1VR-YDvSE2033ful_DtPzdj-1oAz1MvxPWm-FBiGd8Gm12BKoj87OGeS3MBHTLYuWPA-RJk4NCGN1YbCTRvoWKvDh81l7mIJdvvxaht6LuNYwM9E6p5fq_Qr93io5wm6KY4MMDIZ0/s400/DSC00187.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5620863992707404066" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">These are my dear friends from the West Wing Ward. Each of them touched </div></div></div><div style="text-align: center;">my heart and kept me connected since I didn't attend a lot of meetings in the</div><div style="text-align: center;">ward with our speaking assignments. Becky & Vicki were my wonderful, loving,</div><div style="text-align: center;">caring, visiting teachers. JoAnn was a FHE friend and shared our last name.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Ellen will be my eternal friend. Our paths have crossed here in Arizona for a</div><div style="text-align: center;">second time. She was my shopping buddy and took good care of me. Thanks</div><div style="text-align: center;">to all these special friends in my life.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>Debra Beckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05824769813563899407noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2902286588483935942.post-15396008356975562042011-06-17T19:49:00.000-07:002011-06-21T20:09:43.145-07:00Return Missionary Surprise<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0FXl6-HqzPVSiqwfdMV4HZ8AlXCNZ865597aFe0LM7PLMLooERH55xwI5VCCoNyNY1lrz-1TWSul7wxtbO-Mg0HxAWf-jbWBYkI7aVgcuq_BZRARLBPVrro89LCNQUbYNS-B-pxu7m1g/s1600/DSC00190.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0FXl6-HqzPVSiqwfdMV4HZ8AlXCNZ865597aFe0LM7PLMLooERH55xwI5VCCoNyNY1lrz-1TWSul7wxtbO-Mg0HxAWf-jbWBYkI7aVgcuq_BZRARLBPVrro89LCNQUbYNS-B-pxu7m1g/s400/DSC00190.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5620871597936275762" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">What a fun surprise for us when we walked into Applebee's. We were expecting </div><div><div style="text-align: center;">to have lunch with 3 missionaries who were down for a visit, only to find </div><div><div style="text-align: center;">eleven of our returned missionaries there. It was so fun to have</div><div style="text-align: center;">lunch together and catch up on each of their lives. It was suppose to</div><div style="text-align: center;">be a lunch with E. Grayson, Jenny Matthews, & E.Bullock but Elders</div><div style="text-align: center;">Noyce, Price, Reading, Bratt, Sweeny & his girlfriend, Sisters Corless</div><div style="text-align: center;">and Sepulveda surprised us also. (Sorry, I haven't quite broken away from</div><div style="text-align: center;">the Elder & Sister part yet) </div><div><div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe4j2ZXsHneSUa12J7iyx_vhYPr2F43DykGAizhTjwYbtP9fNIAhT6whM9Bj8k90YbH4Rl2Hzjte25yHWP1BfmpwprZZvzuMDaoi9Kjc_8GB_vEhyphenhyphenmT3rJTylZMFVA__7fkplE76hArjU/s1600/DSC00194.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe4j2ZXsHneSUa12J7iyx_vhYPr2F43DykGAizhTjwYbtP9fNIAhT6whM9Bj8k90YbH4Rl2Hzjte25yHWP1BfmpwprZZvzuMDaoi9Kjc_8GB_vEhyphenhyphenmT3rJTylZMFVA__7fkplE76hArjU/s400/DSC00194.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5620871297386297746" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><div style="text-align: center; ">As we departed, Aaron Bratt gave us a</div><div style="text-align: center; ">CD with testimonies of many of our missionaries. It was truly a labor</div><div style="text-align: center; ">of love for him to do that. As we got into the car and waved good-bye they</div><div style="text-align: center; ">all began to sing in spanish, "Hasta Vez" or "God be with your till we meet again". </div><div style="text-align: center; ">Once again the tears began to flow with feelings of gratitude for being able to </div><div><div style="text-align: center; ">serve with so many of the Lord's missionaries.</div></div><div style="text-align: center; "><br /></div></span><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_hj9ARaX4zH4mD7OrMy_mvp6j6Fx6hRfCb4MKiWB8hxDMlz5rCh9eIOWPPqbnYyUQhNDYs7LU4VGo23aN51WqmNiKH-XDHFEDch2v3tfzD9gdgA2d6-OJ8GiHXNqF-jy0g9iL91znvX4/s400/DSC00195.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5620871306418599138" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe4j2ZXsHneSUa12J7iyx_vhYPr2F43DykGAizhTjwYbtP9fNIAhT6whM9Bj8k90YbH4Rl2Hzjte25yHWP1BfmpwprZZvzuMDaoi9Kjc_8GB_vEhyphenhyphenmT3rJTylZMFVA__7fkplE76hArjU/s1600/DSC00194.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"></a></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe4j2ZXsHneSUa12J7iyx_vhYPr2F43DykGAizhTjwYbtP9fNIAhT6whM9Bj8k90YbH4Rl2Hzjte25yHWP1BfmpwprZZvzuMDaoi9Kjc_8GB_vEhyphenhyphenmT3rJTylZMFVA__7fkplE76hArjU/s1600/DSC00194.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe4j2ZXsHneSUa12J7iyx_vhYPr2F43DykGAizhTjwYbtP9fNIAhT6whM9Bj8k90YbH4Rl2Hzjte25yHWP1BfmpwprZZvzuMDaoi9Kjc_8GB_vEhyphenhyphenmT3rJTylZMFVA__7fkplE76hArjU/s1600/DSC00194.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"></a></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></span></span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPo8vqemx5TewQOc_1SAMtfigDRiB5aNBroT4qppE6CtIml8wlEuOA1uck2e2QI8arE2KxKs_74fePVoPrkennNC_gpCGtxUAEJHHH-abcFVrxLbkrhGvv503TwXrklVfKmAQuxV6rnhY/s1600/DSC00190.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"></a></div></div></div></div>Debra Beckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05824769813563899407noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2902286588483935942.post-42498347863626185762011-06-15T15:20:00.002-07:002011-06-21T06:10:04.537-07:00Transfer Day<div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjE7-Slv2oUBJaRhGqcxxC6M6X9dfOSNzfU4MRvvZMnfC3j5NckROY1j7g9A8D82s6C7bqSSaMcSJTm0OYsCmkz0dDjFiUFFy-J4F5gjp-4AQUJ0CVqLv_jVdQP5n5mY6zi9UT30rjeGHQ/s1600/DSC_0060.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsesg3VhE6d_7BuWWN3vRaR709N7NgAuv7XxnAG9xEAGyIO9Shp-tt4E9n-wCvxuW3nGb_G7_KSZQhXL8CIULwkSHlvtBsyLqUyXx5KIFri4nSfn2Qugr7OKZCoRBVaPEGNaYZnrnR7PA/s1600/DSC_0057.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 268px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsesg3VhE6d_7BuWWN3vRaR709N7NgAuv7XxnAG9xEAGyIO9Shp-tt4E9n-wCvxuW3nGb_G7_KSZQhXL8CIULwkSHlvtBsyLqUyXx5KIFri4nSfn2Qugr7OKZCoRBVaPEGNaYZnrnR7PA/s400/DSC_0057.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5620067374404360178" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">I love this one! Elder Rivas </div><div style="text-align: center;">(dynamite comes in small packages)</div><div style="text-align: center;">and Elder Condie. </div><div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixod-3J0yOgJ4l251cdAyuRWTYEFmY9AfEy6uoRYDfICGOwpsaif7Vzc7B0HiqjqYEIfTp_7EX32t-xPF8v8y84-uD2KGF2g6dVjZo5ZWLuVcKEqo1DAFNGbfFb4uljJl3zZJsZS1ylH8/s1600/DSC_0052.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixod-3J0yOgJ4l251cdAyuRWTYEFmY9AfEy6uoRYDfICGOwpsaif7Vzc7B0HiqjqYEIfTp_7EX32t-xPF8v8y84-uD2KGF2g6dVjZo5ZWLuVcKEqo1DAFNGbfFb4uljJl3zZJsZS1ylH8/s400/DSC_0052.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5620066512812261458" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Off to their new areas.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuIc-AAQ5TuNQC_uaySgi07h654aO4HM3J6VHAFvGkMBNgLCYNdRO-gzQlOiBGQ-FlnbwHmakr6jds8r2xbU2zNqCzlrIrdmhcE0Hdcw6ns_XL0ZQwWGsTiAv6GBtVqn5573mmbmLtTuA/s1600/DSC_0054.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; 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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6ywO1JNtnZ31ldxFQCJSkCJ-6UslVo82ZoC-fHivQ2X0MTnetxyYOfskAgdGoabSOL9M-OcbmFXbXm5PeOq9Gxo_GAsCKZ8xaVOxP58so3JOuf2_kwyOMfmvcb6KwBCufjb2Ja2a188w/s400/DSC00154.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5620060079312728402" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Our wonderful assistants Elders Perkins and Brase as they circle the </div></div><div style="text-align: center;">airport (6 miles worth) waiting for the arrival of our new missionaries. </div><div style="text-align: center;"> It is quite the system them have as they drop off each missionary at </div><div style="text-align: center;">their different terminals, gather their expense cards</div><div style="text-align: center;">and then rush in to greet the incoming missionaries.</div><div style="text-align: center;">By the time the transfer is over, they are ready for a long.......nap</div><div style="text-align: center;">which they never get.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); 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height: 268px; " /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></span></span></div>Debra Beckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05824769813563899407noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2902286588483935942.post-79030814107093146092011-06-14T11:11:00.001-07:002011-06-19T15:18:46.332-07:00Our Last Missionary Group<div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhirhA4lfiBCb7ki3rbyu64gqF2dzR9w3KpUWSHbKAIoXy8dWvNKClGuVYMd_0aSGwzfLPlxJU0F6OnHadO8jab8PjhpCjL25CgpDw-rAuQHmg8NwQqYs0z4n6SnfBq44eldds-2ilJV0o/s1600/DSC_0015.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhirhA4lfiBCb7ki3rbyu64gqF2dzR9w3KpUWSHbKAIoXy8dWvNKClGuVYMd_0aSGwzfLPlxJU0F6OnHadO8jab8PjhpCjL25CgpDw-rAuQHmg8NwQqYs0z4n6SnfBq44eldds-2ilJV0o/s400/DSC_0015.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5619629198850811058" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 268px; " /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Welcome Elders!</div><div style="text-align: center;">Elders Hilton, Hall, Jensen, Hastings, Pollmeier, Griffin, Harline</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4zdlgEcI3d_aBJwrgnxbRXArwl69_w_W55-ogzj41MHhU_Ekmy3IJcGo-w08VvI6H5XQe2M32eIJz4nkvBX7bffv8pe9TSZnERmzBkDUCuDW3XnydShvLZx_VcWaIeCQobyt6VI3lZeU/s1600/DSC00181.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrIy-6MAXBSDuLIuJuWkOWKBtOqZ_qsB1qWIlkk6NSp_Kx9r7Cf3wuWiSJqyIUckGeC6PQbzFvykP8Lf-f8UQQn0qRxGeLxsq0BwImSRWXaFE0c7dmFaSWveF1JGLTi7Apv_Ml3tU6_M0/s400/DSC00149.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5619627559746397106" style="display: block; 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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYxPAMfiH4EdtqJMI9n7vyfAO3rAxElJh3itkjnlMXbetpRj50oyQc4kbypJCOIuU7u3QcAe60rG7UtgO0cy-JSF-kt7vnJODcPLP1hWlYpnjGTj1a6xlYhlEjCJrxyxwNWW1xFXS79U4/s400/DSC00151.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5619629196792418626" /> </a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAOlw8K6Pt37Cu9CpkX2V8_Ow7HM2aTtqUm01X3Ab5vibMKETr0enJcyxjps0ZBHPBCIwYOYZkOkr-L8z-htOuBc57IipC1ctguqHgQCbnx_o5TpYjdypVOAQssfWpgy3RHKYTpSxzOek/s1600/DSC00153.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAOlw8K6Pt37Cu9CpkX2V8_Ow7HM2aTtqUm01X3Ab5vibMKETr0enJcyxjps0ZBHPBCIwYOYZkOkr-L8z-htOuBc57IipC1ctguqHgQCbnx_o5TpYjdypVOAQssfWpgy3RHKYTpSxzOek/s400/DSC00153.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5619627570354432098" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">A group of happy elders on the way to the mission home for lunch!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheTQaKOK7dh8YYthBualQd4cms6B8WU9xFr1SuzYG4EDRMlQAy99v5WP2rjX6OqfcfZe8fcPCVOr_g_zfch8MiTJ7rn3l5wrllYqZv2pKnruVcTIED2VU5K6h8Ez7QZBFY2tyAYMTWoic/s1600/DSC00183.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheTQaKOK7dh8YYthBualQd4cms6B8WU9xFr1SuzYG4EDRMlQAy99v5WP2rjX6OqfcfZe8fcPCVOr_g_zfch8MiTJ7rn3l5wrllYqZv2pKnruVcTIED2VU5K6h8Ez7QZBFY2tyAYMTWoic/s400/DSC00183.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5619627535515836306" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">President giving his introduction and welcome to the #1 mission in the</div><div style="text-align: center;">world. "The hour of your mission has come" D&C 31:3 & 5. A reminder that</div><div style="text-align: center;">the white handbook are the "rules" of conversion, </div><div style="text-align: center;">Preach My Gospel is the "how" we convert and the Scriptures are</div><div style="text-align: center;"> the "what" we convert with. Also a brief reminder that deportment and </div><div style="text-align: center;">demeanor are an important element of being an ambassador of the </div><div style="text-align: center;">Lord Jesus Christ.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4zdlgEcI3d_aBJwrgnxbRXArwl69_w_W55-ogzj41MHhU_Ekmy3IJcGo-w08VvI6H5XQe2M32eIJz4nkvBX7bffv8pe9TSZnERmzBkDUCuDW3XnydShvLZx_VcWaIeCQobyt6VI3lZeU/s1600/DSC00181.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4zdlgEcI3d_aBJwrgnxbRXArwl69_w_W55-ogzj41MHhU_Ekmy3IJcGo-w08VvI6H5XQe2M32eIJz4nkvBX7bffv8pe9TSZnERmzBkDUCuDW3XnydShvLZx_VcWaIeCQobyt6VI3lZeU/s400/DSC00181.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5619629641102925554" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBjdV_hFZouYGQcIFpG8q2HyBgO3TyoueEyvuXC_BGSCcQkMNOTU_NnOqjTiWvEalv0ML5AZd3JQRQx8koLF2QyXZnE1lKPUibJ2xP1wipuiIrfUdPlgi_gRtxuSMq8Y7LXRwjf5S9XQI/s400/DSC00174.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5619628728998249154" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;">A small portion of our office couples that came</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; ">for the orientation. They are the best! </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhirhA4lfiBCb7ki3rbyu64gqF2dzR9w3KpUWSHbKAIoXy8dWvNKClGuVYMd_0aSGwzfLPlxJU0F6OnHadO8jab8PjhpCjL25CgpDw-rAuQHmg8NwQqYs0z4n6SnfBq44eldds-2ilJV0o/s1600/DSC_0015.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><br /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhM-VHTSw7vj-uy591f_QFvx5ouFyOTj8r3s_KWKV7c0Wz5QMb6Dw6F7lFV5S_9pkUFUgMXC8vjBs3xzT4HaTvk3PBDloPpMFAelY6mncUTKvjb3of_M-cbzNvaxGuk4EbfkuGrAubqYkQ/s1600/DSC00181.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"></a></div>Debra Beckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05824769813563899407noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2902286588483935942.post-57418648670174332842011-06-13T15:04:00.000-07:002011-06-19T15:19:12.733-07:00Our Final Returning MissionariesOur "lasts" just keep on coming whether we want them to or not. This was a great group that went home this transfer and we grew to personally love each one of them. I can look back over their individual missions and see how they have grown and overcome many challenges. They are truly our mission sons and daughters whom we hope to keep in touch with over the years.<div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKSfcIOZil84D_3OtmSZYKltarOFXEtkImByfQI6sSzi5mQK-k3rFQUW_NZ8SJCn-Po5F1EvNaiXZfylWklANaHZl1Rstge-jqY-PjQpILYY4TZTEofr7mq_x2mT8Z5je8pfElqTaEb8M/s1600/DSC_0002.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKSfcIOZil84D_3OtmSZYKltarOFXEtkImByfQI6sSzi5mQK-k3rFQUW_NZ8SJCn-Po5F1EvNaiXZfylWklANaHZl1Rstge-jqY-PjQpILYY4TZTEofr7mq_x2mT8Z5je8pfElqTaEb8M/s400/DSC_0002.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5619634840860270994" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 268px; " /></a><div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><div><br />Elder King, Wright, Alling, Taylor, Hall, Kennington & Angelos</div><div>Elder Manning, Sisters Fleener, Sister Aydelotte & Elder Hair</div><div>You have all served with honor!</div></span></u></span></span></div><div><div style="text-align: center; "><br /></div><div style="text-align: center; "><br /></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBG0nwSjBnCr_5K1pGH_3Odm7CR7zcrZ814rzc2cWYJeuznEa1ismHWgz4VaKA5A3UbU9tyeE3DjAT0MGHAoetg7UW3MNrAZKamCKbejfKrbV9ekmC6B55eyazUWOBfnDT8x1XgVhmoy4/s400/DSC00046.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5619634029408459186" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center; ">Presidente Lopez, now known as Obispo Lopez, came to transfers one</div><div style="text-align: center; ">last time to serve his carne asada dinner. It truly was the last supper!</div><div style="text-align: center; ">He and Sister Lopez have given much time to the preparation of so many</div><div style="text-align: center; ">departing dinners for the missionaries. He loves missionaries and missionary</div><div style="text-align: center; ">work. There is not a better missionary in all the world than Presidente Lopez.</div><div style="text-align: center; ">He converts with the spirit but also his love penetrates anyone</div><div style="text-align: center; ">he shares the gospel with. Many thanks to the two of them for their sacrifice.</div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEb9yAjx_98xGVhSF9jUSLRagS3bWVdrhyphenhypheneTmZ_K1faqkORpdQWSwPclxwFT6eEn1xawgS0nMrLZPa-87_tFx1iINPWg9N6KKLrpNo6cWtRfgJYOTstv3QFsNj2ilcA0QwOE79BKho6yQ/s400/DSC00052.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5619634825552422082" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px; " /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><div style="text-align: center; ">Each Missionary that comes into the mission home brings a tie to share with</div></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; ">Sister Beck. Some of them are pretty ugly I must admit, but it is the name of</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; ">the missionary on the back of the tie that is important. A dear friend and </span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; ">former </span></span></span>missionary in the office, Sister Miller, so graciously </div><div style="text-align: center; ">put together a tie skirt for me to wear the last days of Zone Conference. </div><div style="text-align: center; "> It was a labor of love <span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; ">and will be a special treasure for </span></span></span>me. </div><div style="text-align: center; "> I wish I could have used all the ties that were given to me over the years, </div><div style="text-align: center; ">but that would make a really big skirt.</div><div style="text-align: center; "><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"></span><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH0GX0NcsxA1cXSetISx3Lo2h6NV84yag8BNKGBloDfeTrXAfA95TEwI_QcfCGONdnQPv2poAmsyI8unW1fyRqzSQHyLft3mAcNjtj8c-JH5Wbcrfuqc7h0tp-6Yn7B5EmYi5kL4qZav8/s400/DSC00043.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5619634041231112866" style="text-align: left; display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span><div style="text-align: center; ">This is a treasured gift for our departing missionaries. It is a book that</div></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span">contains all the missionaries, baptisms, and companions during their </span></span></span></div><div><div style="text-align: center; ">missions. They are always excited to receive them.</div><div style="text-align: center; "><br /></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6QB50bRwCiJeFaW6Vrs9nfTHJxjCOye3sM2Iodl28lgxF6lyd2CKDt4tdTOfCpyGl0AOgt1vFrWGxCZNdzVqBBv1oloCnb7O3f7fW2nxnTbHdUmH6YXFkHeuoejwQIoyYAici64r8ri8/s1600/DSC_0005.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6QB50bRwCiJeFaW6Vrs9nfTHJxjCOye3sM2Iodl28lgxF6lyd2CKDt4tdTOfCpyGl0AOgt1vFrWGxCZNdzVqBBv1oloCnb7O3f7fW2nxnTbHdUmH6YXFkHeuoejwQIoyYAici64r8ri8/s400/DSC_0005.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5619634840114649026" style="text-align: left; display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 268px; " /></a></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; ">Preparing for a bedtime story!</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixACssnPeLBdLbGsVJ6ALciHJQUmik8y-1lYxeDrwL4C_8OB_jpDh0jNKGuuKKpmBb049N2GAPhAmSl4TAAErVOqqTAjQPc_HAkK5BljpK0t-xd8oy2Y7Ft6T3fe37BD4j03cjtW2xypc/s400/DSC_0011.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5619634830137246594" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 268px; " /></span></span></span></span></div></div></div></div><div><div style="text-align: center;">Elder Wright had an early breakfast so he could</div><div style="text-align: center;">catch a flight to Canada to reunite with family.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjttFRANHu-XhRcKzHoOKga09PfKFetYUVx0e8ljovGgwmdkro0S1hfInJv2LIW3gYdhQ2Wzv0alR8NjAWIYY2BsibORIBXgT4ACoDbSvmdFMLuyGDDC6_toMyhck1OK1NSJoIOcMGFjCU/s400/DSC00053.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5619634045542178722" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px; " /></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtR4oywG6LImMg2TVETd3ryyVO6s5i354ARykHujm0Rlbf_TovWrgtf4NvMwtj-j1fJE7sKkG73iNTsK0sT8x9gY-JFB3o-Xm9zSQoLRTDyu6pxby0Llf98-loW3lLjzYgUzM4ix-qKpM/s400/DSC_0006.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5619634051886903234" style="display: block; 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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 299px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieKq1QX1MT27j8UyyTpaSDoFV2FNgCSGqpVO4pHj8hgLas5sak-soCCGn7XTGvtfgQwT9ZL2LR2L6wh3WWz8oDY1hyphenhyphenL977iEUMXwX_XhPuibmN3MwHNvGhDreaUtwMG67C3aLedGGPQRM/s400/IMG_0308.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5616245723126231074" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">It was Monday, a P-day and also Memorial Day. We have forgotten</div><div style="text-align: center;">the meaning of celebrating holidays. In the mission there is no such thing </div><div style="text-align: center;">as a holiday. There is too much work to be done, no time for slacking off. </div><div style="text-align: center;">But, today was an exception as we joined the Surprise Zone for a softball </div><div style="text-align: center;">game. It was too hard to sit back and just watch, after all I played softball </div><div style="text-align: center;">growing up and the juices were flowing. So, I joined in the fun. I must </div><div style="text-align: center;">admit I have lost a lot of my skills and wasn't very happy with myself, </div><div><div style="text-align: center;">but we had sooo much fun. The Zone Leaders brought some watermelon</div><div><div style="text-align: center;">to eat. Elder Cava, from Tonga, had never played before and learned the</div><div style="text-align: center;">game fast as he knocked them out there. It was a great day!</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhILFbiG11ZGMZgyx7P-F-hSmfMHSvi8TxTBGMrMuaWFm1khxYlV0CCQO45KYkqmpZ-XewE3MAbLh8W2koL7JAU_9Y8HQol6hD0CoKbYddtwjt8yWNp-6WmmvF08-Oy3LfBPAUoXmZSnvc/s1600/IMG_0302.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 299px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhILFbiG11ZGMZgyx7P-F-hSmfMHSvi8TxTBGMrMuaWFm1khxYlV0CCQO45KYkqmpZ-XewE3MAbLh8W2koL7JAU_9Y8HQol6hD0CoKbYddtwjt8yWNp-6WmmvF08-Oy3LfBPAUoXmZSnvc/s400/IMG_0302.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5616245715450145570" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">It is a rare occassion for President Beck to be seen without his suit</div></div></div></div><div style="text-align: center;">and tie on. One year when our children were here for Christmas, he </div><div style="text-align: center;">came in on Christmas morning with his suit and tie on.</div><div style="text-align: center;">We immediately sent him back to change. This is the T-shirt that </div><div style="text-align: center;">his children gave him so that he felt appropriately dressed </div><div style="text-align: center;"> It even had his personalized name badge on</div>Debra Beckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05824769813563899407noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2902286588483935942.post-82603732153031362542011-06-07T07:41:00.002-07:002011-06-07T07:46:23.593-07:00They just keep Coming - Level Six Recipients<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5HoLeuKjmc6XmKEeX09RiR-qGkLzoL4EDY9oNKiuUkjOjzZlfGCV2X11qRbukC1ZtH1l0kY66g01UrC1FmtdZH9fbEh9xj2SfgtBBHhbzzp_PSN233VDuPwrmRavxF4JAMMcbaN-2BlQ/s1600/DSC00101.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5HoLeuKjmc6XmKEeX09RiR-qGkLzoL4EDY9oNKiuUkjOjzZlfGCV2X11qRbukC1ZtH1l0kY66g01UrC1FmtdZH9fbEh9xj2SfgtBBHhbzzp_PSN233VDuPwrmRavxF4JAMMcbaN-2BlQ/s400/DSC00101.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5615488219552044610" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Elder Chandler, Egan, Sister Fleener, Harker, Gibby, Northrup, Zollweg</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijXdy_93h5fXaYHdPEd4VB3mREjOfLsqeojRL2EM-jMkEobl4Z4Z-iA4LnLvSs2J2dBUnzCDEVoNxANGjpvGTua-aR5dDK4NMRrLtlmDQff2gFY9L4CDmReiTglavaEMdw0aWku145dAQ/s1600/DSC_0004.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijXdy_93h5fXaYHdPEd4VB3mREjOfLsqeojRL2EM-jMkEobl4Z4Z-iA4LnLvSs2J2dBUnzCDEVoNxANGjpvGTua-aR5dDK4NMRrLtlmDQff2gFY9L4CDmReiTglavaEMdw0aWku145dAQ/s400/DSC_0004.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5615488211419044770" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Elder Sieber, Sister Kunz, Sister Aydelotte, Kunz, Urias, </div><div style="text-align: center;">Elder Grady, Ray & Manning</div>Debra Beckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05824769813563899407noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2902286588483935942.post-18341916462221322592011-06-04T07:46:00.002-07:002011-06-12T18:49:09.291-07:00A Day to Remember<div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQnbaB_9W44j980C7p15iXAdoI_c83u5b53EKM-Eq5RvZaH2HBA_8OKmUQLsJJjHRKfFA1GdbPrdRge00JWse_AGk-bxnh1Oc8Y2Ha8OzgWcvoIjnOvfqpQYbHNuyrwy_KE_zqfFv5kY8/s1600/DSCN1013.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"></a><div style="text-align: center;">On June 4th 2011, at 9:00 a.m. we were privileged to be able to attend the </div><div style="text-align: center;">ground breaking ceremony for the new Phoenix Arizona Temple. </div><div style="text-align: center;">Elder Ronald A. Rasband, of the presidency of the seventy, presided </div><div style="text-align: center;">and was joined by the executive director of the temple department</div><div style="text-align: center;">William R. Walker and our area seventy, Michael Pickerd. </div><div style="text-align: center;">To members of the church, temples are the "House of the Lord", </div><div style="text-align: center;">the most sacred places on earth. Temple services bind families together </div><div style="text-align: center;">forever and teach the purpose of life and explain</div><div style="text-align: center;">God's plan of Salvation. We felt it a great privilege to be present.</div><div><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDWBIxa5oRiXbdOOCaetD3SxESZ6w5daOh0JyPMgLD91u0bK1p-LdSbvQUWNdAXHZyYJUcIVBaBtlZkQ8xR5XQNFraefuZNGYP-G_LDimeLsNHmrxO1jHV-Os_xiU9gJVTzn9rOw_oBPo/s1600/DSC00112.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"></a><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMlg-FTKovSO3u8xdvER9w6OGiGAeJbiv46eE_E-bMCHsOeWtgMufBnRSxiWyktz17k98NZ6KbOnnmMF9mYGU9OuS-ZOAEnbWJ3nMAEBw9M9SApPopVbKK_wP_-aYsaf-mxJrnqvaAGnI/s400/DSC00134.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5615491114872302082" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; 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margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span><div style="text-align: center;">The Golden Shovels</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4N-O9KbBqa7Xmwld0ueShOgAfymHlGM2wFm5w2i7TWVtLkKwhm0fWMqezuqUBVDncugeY1K4qfyqUqdRtVVxInCDKGWGtiXeRx3sTTBFT5CNMlVyTR-I0R729kBTH2vEbF5_fAAbf1DE/s1600/DSC00116.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4N-O9KbBqa7Xmwld0ueShOgAfymHlGM2wFm5w2i7TWVtLkKwhm0fWMqezuqUBVDncugeY1K4qfyqUqdRtVVxInCDKGWGtiXeRx3sTTBFT5CNMlVyTR-I0R729kBTH2vEbF5_fAAbf1DE/s400/DSC00116.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5615491102640918850" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Stake President's turning the dirt</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgehhWEx2mxRJ5S8ljg_z5ZHV8Dq0nRNuCehHzhmoghyphenhyphenJIpC0TM_FcCXCdtoBJLiXeDDWcmlNppBhC_ToSQxv9KXu6VOKoHUrfafjC1tvSknsoURPdYDvIja4gXvr675aHML6AuZ2sfFxU/s1600/DSC00104.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhi3zR64-gVv-Je5CJiOJV-3IDfNDykwyNGnJqmgQoLxxMSb781k95BHx1yeNPun7tiiIrX3bbcAjDfRjJ07DF7mWjdeQIWC79YXL_dXSzwyHrb6kk_7hL46in0Mzb-EFgiDPufiatNkbA/s1600/DSC00107.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhi3zR64-gVv-Je5CJiOJV-3IDfNDykwyNGnJqmgQoLxxMSb781k95BHx1yeNPun7tiiIrX3bbcAjDfRjJ07DF7mWjdeQIWC79YXL_dXSzwyHrb6kk_7hL46in0Mzb-EFgiDPufiatNkbA/s400/DSC00107.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5615490064065906050" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Members supporting the temple ground breaking!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgj9hhDe-8fiEmJjEQGh-F-BrYa4bzmQwtUhhjvAnDWZNxUPfUCfW9Sm0e4HMNyZFIp1BvaD-Zsy2gMq2oMKWqJPCQ-ICAUsjiNUXzmZR4vXHwAY3aJ1VDzwx9xJk_y03VSI2zAySUDdgU/s1600/DSC00128.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgj9hhDe-8fiEmJjEQGh-F-BrYa4bzmQwtUhhjvAnDWZNxUPfUCfW9Sm0e4HMNyZFIp1BvaD-Zsy2gMq2oMKWqJPCQ-ICAUsjiNUXzmZR4vXHwAY3aJ1VDzwx9xJk_y03VSI2zAySUDdgU/s400/DSC00128.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5615490059460891426" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Elder Michael Pickerd, our Area Seventy with President Beck who is</div></div><div style="text-align: center;">displaying the Phoenix Arizona donation of $182.00 which</div><div><div style="text-align: center;">came from missionaries who collected coins found in the </div><div style="text-align: center;">street while. They called this their sacred tracking </div><div style="text-align: center;">tracting Phoenix Temple fund.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitAcY0yVWvR-NPoMZCeLc8diUc7x4UUqJ0TKtleBAV5NWkADFkJ0EkreXYPUxVQ3HpeHM0JAPYEa-rB52njyCPJESdEGIigM61m_kHncz2ZQCTzW7-1b2LRo5bYIg6Wq1qklxogS6pgV0/s1600/DSC00127.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitAcY0yVWvR-NPoMZCeLc8diUc7x4UUqJ0TKtleBAV5NWkADFkJ0EkreXYPUxVQ3HpeHM0JAPYEa-rB52njyCPJESdEGIigM61m_kHncz2ZQCTzW7-1b2LRo5bYIg6Wq1qklxogS6pgV0/s400/DSC00127.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5615490040677741234" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Sister Ann Dibbs, President Monson's daughter, was at the temple ground</div></div><div style="text-align: center;">breaking. Ann was in my graduating class at Olympus High. It was good</div><div style="text-align: center;">to see her again after many years.</div><div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia2fom-zqGCh9te3bI8Fo1ksAJR7ySYsQ-hAImHhOB57tXSEnUtMf0B-Kp796MJMCpCBMJQWb5oIPm8-h8qElKGrcsiZxnbOa9jSm3rjV7rSpnX6SciB012ugoGfvCElqjIiLv2vanM50/s1600/DSC00116.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia2fom-zqGCh9te3bI8Fo1ksAJR7ySYsQ-hAImHhOB57tXSEnUtMf0B-Kp796MJMCpCBMJQWb5oIPm8-h8qElKGrcsiZxnbOa9jSm3rjV7rSpnX6SciB012ugoGfvCElqjIiLv2vanM50/s400/DSC00116.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5615490028048531378" /></a><br /></div>Debra Beckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05824769813563899407noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2902286588483935942.post-50150017837507669132011-05-31T07:04:00.000-07:002011-06-07T07:08:31.884-07:00Welcome to President & Sister Zayas<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgntivx0Oto7BH-ctANUHCQUIQ-djMRMrJmwwY4JDNeI-K_gRK5KtxE1fqlHhCf9C1KfnxiqIVU_sSxXmI37LnOeLBwkUZMuhvWtH4NWTbHR7_wWeFxl0TQNnCIboNLEyDmxKZm73zVU1U/s1600/DSC_0011.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgntivx0Oto7BH-ctANUHCQUIQ-djMRMrJmwwY4JDNeI-K_gRK5KtxE1fqlHhCf9C1KfnxiqIVU_sSxXmI37LnOeLBwkUZMuhvWtH4NWTbHR7_wWeFxl0TQNnCIboNLEyDmxKZm73zVU1U/s400/DSC_0011.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5615478551841066866" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Since President Lopez was called to be a bishop, President called a new </div><div style="text-align: center;">counselor, President Zayas. He is a wonderful, humble man who will be a great </div><div style="text-align: center;">asset to the mission presidency to help us in the spanish work. </div><div style="text-align: center;">They all came to the mission home for dinner and a get to know you night.</div>Debra Beckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05824769813563899407noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2902286588483935942.post-15589672175091446692011-05-31T07:02:00.000-07:002011-06-07T07:03:58.861-07:00Our Newest Group of Zone Leaders<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEic_-Wq1ObB8A5_krEW8OSQhDpO0hx4htzcVRolpyFznP4ZH7etP0OeHTQjeJ1X9ceXP5dc50-oq_mP8EgYc77jk-Cttdh6zFkeTLnhWTj0efgj8Img5piBDw-jsHM1yQ7TaG3p3MThT3k/s1600/DSC_0014.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 238px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEic_-Wq1ObB8A5_krEW8OSQhDpO0hx4htzcVRolpyFznP4ZH7etP0OeHTQjeJ1X9ceXP5dc50-oq_mP8EgYc77jk-Cttdh6zFkeTLnhWTj0efgj8Img5piBDw-jsHM1yQ7TaG3p3MThT3k/s400/DSC_0014.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5615478132742858914" /></a>Debra Beckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05824769813563899407noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2902286588483935942.post-82876679831021634662011-05-29T07:08:00.000-07:002011-06-07T07:12:22.045-07:00A returning missionary<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCuPmT4JBC5K-R2hsnQwdOgN_Y0qQpgq7Jhh6Gwcp1gXZH6w6ISYZAB439pBcsRNG2PIjAvsTMVjf2xLSt3uB3DOcXVATcgnYa18i0nM4y2ur69STMk0TfBW_HWzpcOBwt_W7Sqm1Vlb0/s1600/DSC_0007.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 268px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCuPmT4JBC5K-R2hsnQwdOgN_Y0qQpgq7Jhh6Gwcp1gXZH6w6ISYZAB439pBcsRNG2PIjAvsTMVjf2xLSt3uB3DOcXVATcgnYa18i0nM4y2ur69STMk0TfBW_HWzpcOBwt_W7Sqm1Vlb0/s400/DSC_0007.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5615479657716688978" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Elder Burris and his wife Whitney came to give us an update since</div><div style="text-align: center;">he left his mission a year ago. He is still the wonderful Elder Burris</div><div style="text-align: center;">that we knew and loved.</div>Debra Beckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05824769813563899407noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2902286588483935942.post-43148865676606165872011-05-27T14:46:00.002-07:002011-05-27T14:50:40.436-07:00Someone Stop Time!!!!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOI-K16f7NDPG-NkG_3XFvghwI2nvnCQdt0VPHQOD8esbR9feWn1l4q4zPmHJyjz9-4CFZB_4gYXkq4sXKA1q8rVgOSnsNbR77BbNHmG5Gra0zwZ33yH_i4awtD5_wsEMPgBQYbITFlYU/s1600/DSC00136.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOI-K16f7NDPG-NkG_3XFvghwI2nvnCQdt0VPHQOD8esbR9feWn1l4q4zPmHJyjz9-4CFZB_4gYXkq4sXKA1q8rVgOSnsNbR77BbNHmG5Gra0zwZ33yH_i4awtD5_wsEMPgBQYbITFlYU/s400/DSC00136.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5611515889150519122" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">When we came to the mission, our children gave us a little countdown calendar.</div><div style="text-align: center;">At first we thought it was a cute idea. Now I can barely bring myself to look at</div><div style="text-align: center;">it. Where has the time gone? This has become our life and oh how much we</div><div style="text-align: center;">have loved it. All I know is that we are sprinting to the finish line. Until then</div><div style="text-align: center;">there is no time to think about what is behind the corner.</div>Debra Beckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05824769813563899407noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2902286588483935942.post-45557511786342506612011-05-17T14:14:00.001-07:002011-05-27T14:24:58.065-07:00Aren't they just the Best!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh01EYEfxo5ZxOeQkVw7kPugdHv1IpErOAT0sxCBpAGFlNI1dxZuNqU49u2tq2QfRjzMkeJChXYjV3zyZ8c_VPiZbRvJY9m2t2VYpiMBwlsdlPd4citzayhAmVa-M9k5C-5tglM4nnykXE/s1600/DSC00138.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh01EYEfxo5ZxOeQkVw7kPugdHv1IpErOAT0sxCBpAGFlNI1dxZuNqU49u2tq2QfRjzMkeJChXYjV3zyZ8c_VPiZbRvJY9m2t2VYpiMBwlsdlPd4citzayhAmVa-M9k5C-5tglM4nnykXE/s400/DSC00138.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5611508410715066098" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Sisters Burton, Kolo and Glenn enjoying the desert table!</div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB5W1h1tJNnC7V3eJ7MeQzW4GCnCVshH0Gw84AFtgunzU9PuHlxrE-Pzz4pAuURikyYoSX4ooTY4uXVXtBK47CrycMR8p9gh3h7fb-kxOEeek97Euq9i4FizH2ygAEseM0AMSl3uqEvBc/s1600/DSC00137.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB5W1h1tJNnC7V3eJ7MeQzW4GCnCVshH0Gw84AFtgunzU9PuHlxrE-Pzz4pAuURikyYoSX4ooTY4uXVXtBK47CrycMR8p9gh3h7fb-kxOEeek97Euq9i4FizH2ygAEseM0AMSl3uqEvBc/s400/DSC00137.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5611508085495301218" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">The wonderful Relief Society Sisters always put together such wonderful </div></div><div style="text-align: center;">meals for our missionaries. They go above and beyond the call. You can</div><div style="text-align: center;">tell they love the missionaries. Many of them have sons and daughters on</div><div style="text-align: center;">missions themselves and feel a great connection as they serve them.</div><div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH-rIqtC5XybbEiD9YeZoRpL1ZXcBw29Ao-hY5y1wo2RYqkjAHnX9FpXJGsBh90L-G1A8auNTSn1U4iUeyvFdP-DFKMKabtW4RBL5proGTUTxygOmYv17VR9rMqqSh9RaIhIdaJFfZwVU/s1600/DSC00150.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH-rIqtC5XybbEiD9YeZoRpL1ZXcBw29Ao-hY5y1wo2RYqkjAHnX9FpXJGsBh90L-G1A8auNTSn1U4iUeyvFdP-DFKMKabtW4RBL5proGTUTxygOmYv17VR9rMqqSh9RaIhIdaJFfZwVU/s400/DSC00150.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5611508082529180162" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">We love singing to our Birthday Missionaries each time we gather together.</div><div style="text-align: center;">I found out this particular day that we had missed calling 2 of the missionaries</div><div style="text-align: center;">on their birthdays to sing and wish them a happy birthday. </div><div style="text-align: center;">We repented of our wrong doings and we sang personally to both of them.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIDg_hkcTSfNH9Zvnpu4fXC_e_ZXycl0UDhYA-aDpaqYgDH_ybPvu2EfXraJImQUjxZl_I10AuOLq3MG87S04-yeASV_Wq_3Lu_f104k72k1uEXIPwkJw1xWmyMlpmv2jrvCrTqrXa3P4/s1600/DSC00149.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIDg_hkcTSfNH9Zvnpu4fXC_e_ZXycl0UDhYA-aDpaqYgDH_ybPvu2EfXraJImQUjxZl_I10AuOLq3MG87S04-yeASV_Wq_3Lu_f104k72k1uEXIPwkJw1xWmyMlpmv2jrvCrTqrXa3P4/s400/DSC00149.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5611508072732451250" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">The Relief Society Sisters love this part of our lunch activities.</div></div><div style="text-align: center;">Many get tears in their eyes as we sing the thank you song to them.</div><div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTiAIh7NzQTGgej33yaqO1YSZucPQMcbtTbVO4pVeJfFLG_-odH4t2vU8ZcZpnNehxS-f3DKODwGuvi6GFm8RLoJb_EMdYTCTBv3klxACopj_RxPxDqXQWIWu_AQGn7DmWoy3xLABn94w/s1600/DSC00143.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTiAIh7NzQTGgej33yaqO1YSZucPQMcbtTbVO4pVeJfFLG_-odH4t2vU8ZcZpnNehxS-f3DKODwGuvi6GFm8RLoJb_EMdYTCTBv3klxACopj_RxPxDqXQWIWu_AQGn7DmWoy3xLABn94w/s400/DSC00143.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5611508068601662850" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq1d4tcoeKvbkeZNyTnX8pAtnpEVqDK9OCBhFGjipQVP3O_YK3q4VqDWduo7BQ2whzZhLCk-BYs7CiThVC-mBrb8xMTixFYfG5I_kOJ4eUa58YTRWm4FUsmADtATr1q5ThZTlrhBO3xBg/s1600/DSC00142.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq1d4tcoeKvbkeZNyTnX8pAtnpEVqDK9OCBhFGjipQVP3O_YK3q4VqDWduo7BQ2whzZhLCk-BYs7CiThVC-mBrb8xMTixFYfG5I_kOJ4eUa58YTRWm4FUsmADtATr1q5ThZTlrhBO3xBg/s400/DSC00142.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5611508060445186194" /></a><br /></div>Debra Beckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05824769813563899407noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2902286588483935942.post-30865965214219145702011-05-09T08:21:00.008-07:002011-05-27T16:03:16.744-07:00Our Morning Walks<div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikrbWb9H2FftPG3VUOKIO2VH-har00urU9stxBzNNHm1eHPblfszukqLagOgO7i5dne5ZauoEawdIY4uxw11e9syLjAzSp8EI2gsryWH9AF3SFUCf6FEq3QLQkDq2xduGiiZsFX2EKAdo/s1600/IMG_0238.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 299px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikrbWb9H2FftPG3VUOKIO2VH-har00urU9stxBzNNHm1eHPblfszukqLagOgO7i5dne5ZauoEawdIY4uxw11e9syLjAzSp8EI2gsryWH9AF3SFUCf6FEq3QLQkDq2xduGiiZsFX2EKAdo/s400/IMG_0238.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5604738972130130178" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">One of the highlights of our day is to take an early morning walk together! </div><div style="text-align: center;">The beauty of Arizona is unique and it has been wonderful to soak it all </div><div style="text-align: center;">in. Some mornings we take the desert trails and others we just enjoy</div><div style="text-align: center;">looking at all the desert flowers bloom in front of the houses as we </div><div style="text-align: center;">pass by. Everything is in bloom right now and it is a beautiful sight. </div><div style="text-align: center;"> President is enthralled with the gamble quail that seem to be everywhere. </div><div style="text-align: center;">As our journey comes to an end, we will miss all these special </div><div style="text-align: center;">moments we have had in Arizona.</div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgV6FO61YMXx5WVA1_Hqm4y3kba4yLm4wZRYo9_hMY34eEP9BdhNTwc0h1TqzGWc4GOfi3nwRn7LWK0ajdBGz9xo0yPrgJai6e3RcGbDyr_2ru3isERngCq2Q7izUm3t9NNrvlZ_xZhwWc/s1600/IMG_0231.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 299px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgV6FO61YMXx5WVA1_Hqm4y3kba4yLm4wZRYo9_hMY34eEP9BdhNTwc0h1TqzGWc4GOfi3nwRn7LWK0ajdBGz9xo0yPrgJai6e3RcGbDyr_2ru3isERngCq2Q7izUm3t9NNrvlZ_xZhwWc/s400/IMG_0231.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5604738963392717618" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrVo7YYD4Cg931tgynlN2snEHLkeWI0XmEFcJL8TYYrcBD4bdPZ7Mxd45g2FlK_RQ4HYmZZ5p3GTm_o8rKVVqy7fajAmejXXZER3hKoRJ6nWEDhYdtltl0Wk_Pt0Tdgpz_6ImHjmagyQM/s400/IMG_0163.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5604743293134133282" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 299px; " /></span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgpY_hyxYlfJp43mKVI-CG790o60lupdL_eKnCWLK81iM0iVZtpM2HBvLnpH6mNCbmBsP63grUN9OnH4Ita1nuHOIViuthZeVMd_rQ8basUhfm-0idvAM8UX1kW-oImCPVH0_XFjwa5hU/s1600/DSC_0220.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"></a></div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaU2Bj8VFAnwja-klkuKrDXkt1jV1AaWSEPZ96JvhbBLXr_Lp670_4ouG0ev8JUAnNdcRWXe3VPXNItBWgDFn5LxanON-9H6XjaKyoq86CKaTe8YSjwJHq8MRA948-rrha6cEJr-M6SYg/s400/IMG_0165.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5604743287871013778" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 299px; height: 400px; " /></span></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgpY_hyxYlfJp43mKVI-CG790o60lupdL_eKnCWLK81iM0iVZtpM2HBvLnpH6mNCbmBsP63grUN9OnH4Ita1nuHOIViuthZeVMd_rQ8basUhfm-0idvAM8UX1kW-oImCPVH0_XFjwa5hU/s1600/DSC_0220.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="text-align: left;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 268px; " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgpY_hyxYlfJp43mKVI-CG790o60lupdL_eKnCWLK81iM0iVZtpM2HBvLnpH6mNCbmBsP63grUN9OnH4Ita1nuHOIViuthZeVMd_rQ8basUhfm-0idvAM8UX1kW-oImCPVH0_XFjwa5hU/s400/DSC_0220.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5604738957983813362" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Some mornings on our walk we are able to watch the hot air balloons </div></div><div style="text-align: center;">rise into the sky. The most we have counted is seventeen. It is a </div><div style="text-align: center;">beautiful sight to behold. It is our secret desire to be able to go on</div><div><div style="text-align: center;">a hot air balloon ride someday!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8EY0bhoaleYhVkjiLsFowZWQ4ZOuJMlgl5qtGF4ni5uimp2WDpP2-cnjL-jTaxMOYLKUq4NfAMhCE1M-Lv9OEprZhjxePPXGw7493RXcaSL0rldNLPZ5_ZsiA7zNoVGR3G_xOITk0gU4/s1600/IMG_0044.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 299px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8EY0bhoaleYhVkjiLsFowZWQ4ZOuJMlgl5qtGF4ni5uimp2WDpP2-cnjL-jTaxMOYLKUq4NfAMhCE1M-Lv9OEprZhjxePPXGw7493RXcaSL0rldNLPZ5_ZsiA7zNoVGR3G_xOITk0gU4/s400/IMG_0044.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5604738952703564562" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghc1Qan7pz2f7LyunGaTbs5lpC7Qf4w9uvFz07pqVC8XRfwmevkNyuo0LEf5X-Wbom_kBHas6u7FVmE945ihdajd5N8c9L4IpHjPnuh5h_1DEjrL0bDOOub-2jkt2FbS1ZmQqGAJJUWRI/s400/IMG_0290.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5611512064099371090" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 299px; " /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></div><div style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><br /></span></div><div style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhslgWMTG4GUlRcZoZmNToWKE5Xdh0oA2pyP0FeiSfDXhUJLz9WQdGSWLSFhPOWKGZUHdWJ0S8Y1lEYqTJKU8t2x72WzLFDq04o1KtcHM10nCI37YtIfZpoGkxDZKJOoZwOqM2pO9Krlss/s400/IMG_0245.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5611512075254272562" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 299px; height: 400px; " /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;">The cactus is in full bloom. It is beautiful.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRANE2XG0Rcs4rDBZwUZGeRZLOymH-FfVIy_6f3dV6h0vi-8kiccNRc_8b5FS1QKK48oGMZRrAmkP2skSQtZ7N2eY9AucMKirf4-qJwzwzArJkN3ibNBG9v_uto9tFkH08dFh4S2eRLgU/s400/IMG_0242.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5611512072250462130" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 299px; " /></span></span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;">The clouds in the sky and the sunsets are incredible pictures in my mind!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnr_2-8UANIfaseiQeG-ke0GE8tLRE5DsYxY5jgNybzZyFT5bOL-Gmkb8zSaZg5FJzVxbKFyQhmXtjar9oXHfOFYCftXshGlhdYcWkHunm8fUsolQMwFLTnyAx-33fxArBMEsqpCLt3zM/s1600/IMG_0028.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 299px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnr_2-8UANIfaseiQeG-ke0GE8tLRE5DsYxY5jgNybzZyFT5bOL-Gmkb8zSaZg5FJzVxbKFyQhmXtjar9oXHfOFYCftXshGlhdYcWkHunm8fUsolQMwFLTnyAx-33fxArBMEsqpCLt3zM/s400/IMG_0028.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5604738946334555810" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div></div><div style="text-align: center;">How about those tomatoes? This has been President's therapy</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span">on his P-days. He grows a mean tomato. He has found that</span></div><div style="text-align: center;">growing vegetables in the desert takes a different approach,</div><div style="text-align: center;">but we love the tomato sandwiches that come from his efforts</div><div style="text-align: center;">Good job President!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM990PnGUh42HDzOpHS2AZztb1EFN6oXnKW3uqHSpqfJu5GRAsXpSlSK7GdEk64AhauzPpfqHuhHNaE_KA8aqYyfxJHyawEuQ8WdyK6CL3qWRwllPTdQYXiKi3NCeO8WtvVbSGCfeCo5k/s400/DSC00037.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5611512083079584946" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><br /></span><br /></span></div>Debra Beckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05824769813563899407noreply@blogger.com1