ABIGAIL....OUR OLDEST GRANDCHILD AND FIRST GIRL TO SERVE A MISSION

MEMORIES OF MN........

I HOPE SHE REMEMBERS ALL OF THE FUN PLACES THEY VISITED.....

I HOPE SHE REMEMBERS WHEN THEY GOT TO GO BACK!

I HOPE SHE GETS TO VISIT MAYO CLINIC WHERE JUSTIN WORKED AND TWO SIBLINGS WERE BORN.

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I HOPE THIS MISSION BRINGS BACK TONS OF WONDERFUL CHILDHOOD MEMORIES!!

I HOPE SHE REMEMBERS HOW COLD IT GETS......AND HOW MUCH SNOW THEY GET!

I HOPE SHE GETS TO TAKE SOME INVESTIGATORS TO WHERE THEY FILMED LITTLE HOUSE ON THE PRAIE.

I HOPES SHE MEETS TONS OF NICE PEOPLE AND SEES SOME SHE KNEW 

I HOPE SHE REMEMBERS OUR LITTLE TRIPS LIKE TO THE SPAM MUSUEM...FUN TIMES.

I KNOW SHE WILL REMEMBER THE TEMPLE BUT AS SHE SEES IT AGAIN I HOPE SHE REALIZES THAT THIS PICTURES SEEMS LIKE IT WAS TAKEN YESTERDAY AND THAT IS HOW SHE WILL FEEL WHEN SHE RETURNS.  WHEN THE DAYS SEEM LONG....REMEMBER TIME FLYS ON WINGS OF LIGHTNING.

I HOPE SHE REMEMBERS HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO BE PREPARED.

I HOPE SHE REMEMBERS THAT WE ALL ARE PRAYING FOR HER CONTINURALLY

I HOPE SHE REMEMBERS THAT THIS SEEMS LIKE A WEEK AGO WHEN SHE VISITED HER DAD AT WORK AT MAYO.

I HOPE WHEN ITS SUMMER SHE GET TO ENJOY THE OUTDOORS BECAUSE SUMMER DOESN'T LAST LONG IN MN.

I HOPE SHE REMEMBERS HER MOM HAD SPECIAL PLAY DAYS WITH THEM DURING THE SUMMER THERE.

I HOPE SHE REMEMBERS THE SACRED FEELING WE FELT AS SHE WAS BAPTIZED AND CONFIRMED IN ROCHESTER.

I HOPES SHE MEETS FRIENDS LIKE THE TEEPLES AND GROWS TO LOVE THEM.

I HOPE SHE REMEMBERS WHAT THE SPIRIT FELT LIKE AT CHURCH THERE....I STILL DO.

I HOPE SHE GET'S BACK TO THE MALL OF AMERICA AND THINKS ABOUT HOW MUCH I WOULD LOVE TO TAKE HER SHOPPING ON A P-DAY.  SO MANY WONDERFUL MEMORIES AND SO MANY TO MAKE.

I HOPE SHE ALWAYS REMEMBERS WHAT A TENDER MERCY IT IS THAT SHE HAS BEEN CALLED BACK TO SERVE PEOPLE SHE ALREADY KNOWS AND MANY NEW PEOPLE.

I HOPE SHE REMEMBERS AS SHE HAS BEEN "TRANSFERED" ALL OVER THE COUNTRY SHE HAS FOUND HER CHOICES FRIENDS AND HEAVENLY FATHER HAS ALWAYS MADE SURE WHE WAS WHERE SHE WAS SUPPOSED TO BE.

I HOPE SHE REMEMBERS THAT SHE HAS AND ARMY OF SPECIAL ANGELS PRAYING FOR HER ALWAYS......AND THEY AREN'T ALL IN THIS PICTRUE.  SHE IS SO LOVED. SO MANY GRANDPARENTS, AUNTS, UNCLES, COUSINS, FRIENDS, WARD MEMBERS........

NO ONE WILL EVER LOVE HER MORE THAN THESE TWO.  IT JUST COMES WITH BEING A PARENT. HOWEVER....

WHEN THEY GET TO BE GRANDPARENTS.....THEY WILL KNOW WHAT PURE LOVE WE HAVE FOR YOU.

STAY SAFE....STAY STRONG...BE OBEDIENT.  YOU KNOW....AS I AM WRITING THIS I THINK SHE COULD GIVE BETTER ADVICE THAN I HAVE GIVEN.  SHE HAS ENDURED SO MUCH AND EVEN THOUGH A MISSION IS HARD....IT WILL MAKE HER EVEN BETTER...IF THAT IS POSSIBLE.  WE LOVE YOU FOREVER AND EVER. THIS IS A BIRTHDAY TO REMEMBER.  DON'T FORGET THOSE GUARDIAN ANGELS THAT ARE ON YOU RIGHT HAND...LEFT HAND...AND BEFORE YOUR FACE TO BEAR YOU UP.  HAPPY HAPPY BIRTHDAY SWEETHEART.