Dustin had a soccer game on Thursday against Lakeside. Here are some action shots Jim took.

Jordan at his mission conference

2008 April 9th
Dear Family and Friends,
Well we had transfers and my companion got transferred, and I was made senior companion. My companion’s name is Elder Pereira, he has only been out for two months, one transfer, so I have the responsibility to help him learn more. I am excited with this change and am a little scared and nervous, but I know that when I rely on the Lord I can do anything. We are going to have a baptism this Sunday. He is a man of 22 years. He is a brother to a new member. We have been teaching him for two weeks. We had a mission conference yesterday, that is why are p-day is today. The conference was fantastic. I learned a lot. The President told us that we needed to learn more about the Savior and love the people like he did. And we need to work HARD!!! I am excited to learn more and to work hard. This area has potential and I will use it. We (our district from the MTC) got a picture together. I finally got to talk with my comp from the MTC. It was a great experience to see them again and speak in Portuguese with them like we always talked about in the MTC. It turns out that I can actually speak Portuguese well. This past week went well and I am excited for our baptism. This will be my first baptism where I helped from the start to the finish and actually talked with the investigator. This week will be difficult but we only can see our fruits after we go through or difficulties. I am loving the mission and am excited to learn a lot this transfer... Any advice you all have I will take it.... I love you ALLL!!!!

Elder Divis

March 28th Snow Storm

It started snowing about 4:00pm on March 28th. It snowed all night and morning. We received about 6 inches at our home. Others got more depending on where they live. James and Audra and family came to visit Friday and Saturday. They came for Sophie's birthday party on Saturday. We enjoyed playing games during the snow storm. Makayla had high fever Friday night and still had one Saturday morning so she took a trip to the emergency room in Colville. She has an ear infection. She was feeling better by Saturday afternoon.

Laura and Craig enjoying the snow

Laura and Craig snowmobiling in the Wasatch Mountains.

Jordan in the Mountains of Brazil

Jordan visited the top of a mountain on his P-Day. He said it was awesome there and he took about 150 pictures. He is doing well and enjoying his mission.

Spring Snow

I woke up this morning to find that it was snowing. I wonder how long it will snow today. My parents are coming from Utah for Easter. They are arriving today.

Jordan's wonderful surprise

Jordan was at the CTM on Wednesday for a doctor's appointment for his companion and he met Danny Maruji. Excerpt out of his letter: "You may not believe this but yesterday, p-day, I ran into Elder Danny Maruji...... totally talked with someone from home, I was shaking with joy. He didn’t recognize me until I shook his hand and said, “Hello Elder Maruji”. It was great to see how he was doing."

Dustin's penalty kick

Dustin's team played Riverside today. They won 5-1. Dustin made 3 out of the 5 goals. Logan made his first goal today. This is a picture of Dustin shooting a penalty shot and he made it.

Trip to Germany

Jim and I are planning a trip to Germany next month. Trissa is planning on coming with us. We will also be going to Prague, Czech. Jim's relatives come from that city and we have heard that it has escaped the bombs of the last centry's wars. We hope to get some pictures and maybe find out more about his relatives. We will be traveling with our friends Klaus and Gabi Bechtold.

William's 16th Birthday

March 9th was William's 16th birthday. William's family, including cousins, aunts, uncles, niece and nephew, came to celebrate his birthday. Many other family members called and wished him happy birthday. He received a camera, legos, a waterproof box and money.

Dustin's first soccer game of the season

Dustin played the entire game 0f yesterday's soccer game. They won Deer Park 2 to 1. Dustin made one of the goals and the other came as a result of a penalty kick. The weather was windy and cold. You can see the snow on the side lines. The other field is still covered in snow. They cleared this field with shovels and a snowblower so they could start practicing 2 week ago.

The field was very wet and there were puddles on the edge of the field. As you can see the ball was waterlogged. When Dustin headed the ball, water came gushing out. Look at the expression on the Deer Park player's face.

"Annie"

Retta and I went to the Woodland Theater's production of "Annie" last night. I really enjoyed the show. I thought Annie did an outstanding job. I am still recovering from my illness but it is good to get back to my daily routine. Spring is on its way. The sunny days are nice. We still have snow but it is melting more and more each day.

Finally feeling better

I have been sick for over a week and I am finally feeling better. All I have done in sleep, eat and read. I have been able to read a few good books. It has kept me sane this past week. Jordan got transfered last week and is now in Atibaia, Brazil. He has another native companion and was able to go to a wedding of a couple that was baptized the next Sunday. He is learning the language and enjoying his ability to communicate with the people. He has learned a lot from each of his companions. They speak very little English. He has been out now for just over 6 months now.

Makayla and Family visits for the weekend

This is Makayla's favorite toy. Her great aunt Laurie gave her this toy and many of her cute clothes.

New Project

Unfortunately the car has more problems than we thought. It still does not work. This afternoon Jim built Makayla a crawling ramp. This ramp will help her learn to crawl.

Fixing Dustin's Subaru

Jim worked for hours dismantling the Subaru in order to get at the problem. If all goes well the car will be back on the road tomorrow.

Loft before reconstruction begins

Work on the loft begins

Dustin and Jim are working up in the loft. Dustin and William cleaned out the loft Friday night and Dustin started to putting up the drywall on the ceiling. Dustin is redoing what Jim started and creating a new room. They need to move a wall and redo some wiring before they can continue to drywall.

Dustin at Districts

Dustin pins his first opponent. He losses to the two Riverside wrestlers and is out of the tournament the first day.