Temple

On Tuesday April 29th, the entire mission met at the Salt Lake Temple.  After the session, we met at the Joseph Smith Memorial building for a very nice luncheon.  Nell Marriott from the General Young Women's Presidency came and spoke to us.  She told of her experiences in feeling the spirit at a YWCA camp when she was 12 and how it helped her as a young adult recognize the truth of the gospel when she found it.  

After the lunch Granger and I went over to the Church Office Building to see my brother Layne.  It was his birthday.  Then we stopped by the Relief Society Building to see Elizabeth Pierce from our ward.   She had come over earlier with Sister Marriott, but Granger hadn't seen her, so we stopped in to say "hi"!

Thoughts From MTC

 You Never Know
You never know when someone
might catch a dream from you. 
You never know when a little word 
or something that you might do,
May open up a window
of  a mind that seeks the light.

The way you teach may not matter at all,
but you never know, it might.

And just in case it could be
 that another's life through you
might change for the better
with a broader, brighter view.
It seems it might be worth a try
to do what you know is right.

The way you teach may not matter at all,
but you never know, it might.
Author-unknown

"Krankitupanotch"
This has been our Kinder family motto for about six years.
Now, as we part as missionaries, we would like to share it with each one of you because its message is so important.  Whatever we do in our lives, we can always do just a lttle better, try just a little harder, and give it just a little more.
Did you know that at 211 degrees, water is hot? At 212 degrees, it boils.  Raising the temperature of water by just ONE EXTRA DEGREE means the difference between something that is simply hot and something that generates enough force to power a machine!  Seemingly small things can make a powerful difference.  What can you do to make the one degree difference in how you live your life?  Krankitupanotch!
(This was written by 2013-2014 missionaries Elder and Sister Kinder) 

Listen
Log it
Live it
(advice given by President Wilcox)

A Grandchild's View of Heber Valley Camp

A teacher asked her young pupils how they spent their vacation. One child wrote the following:

     We went to visit Grandma and Grandpa.  They used to live in here in a big, brick house, but Grandpa got retarded so they moved to Heber Valley Camp.  Now they live in a place with a lot  of other retarded people.  They live in a tin box with wheels and there are flowers out front.  They ride around on ATV's and wear name tags because they don't know who they are anymore.  They don't get to wear regular clothes.  They wear green clothes that tell people where to return them if they wander away and get lost.

     At their  gate there is a dollhouse with a little old man and woman sitting in it. They watch all day and all night so nobody can escape.  But sometimes Grandma and Grandpa sneak out and go cruising on their 4-wheeler.
     
     My Grandma use to bake cookies and stuff, but I guess she forgot how.  Some of the people who get out bring food back, invite everyone in, and call it potluck.  
    
      My Grandma says Grandpa worked all his life to earn his retardment and says I should work hard so I can be retarded one day too.
    
      When I earn my retardment I want to be the man in the dollhouse.  Then I sill let people out so they can visit their grandchildren.
     

MTC

The first week at Heber Valley Camp is the missionary training camp.  Monday morning we met with all of the missionaries at a stake center in Heber.  There are 76 missionary couples on the mountain this year. It was an amazing sight to walk into the chapel and see it filled with the wonderful people we will be working with this year.  
The first thing we did was sing the song "We'll Bring The World His Truth" with some variations and an extra verse thrown in just for us:
     
     We've now been  called, we're willing to serve.
     bear testimony...obey His word.
     We will do all our leaders request,
    And work and serve to do our best

     Working each day in this mountain place,
     We'll feel His love and saving grace.
     Together we'll grow in friendship and love,
     acknowledge our blessings from heav'n above.
     
     We are as the army of Helaman,
     we have been taught through the years.
     And we are now the Lord's missionaries
     to be the camp volunteers.

This song set the stage and the spirit for the training to come.  

Monday we did round robin training getting to know about the various teams and what they do. We also had sessions about camp policies and how thing work in this mission.  
That night we met back on the mountain for a Family Home Evening dinner and short program.  

Tuesday we dressed in our Sunday best and had a spiritual training day.  

The camp is set up with a managing director (Brother Hatch), his assistants and clerks. Brother Hatch is the authority over our "group" (we are not considered a ward or branch) and presides over our Sunday meetings, etc.  
There is also a Young Women's Camp Committee from the Heber City area who work with the managing director and the Young Women groups who come to the camp to make sure that everything runs smoothly.

We listened to several amazing speakers today including Brother Hatch, his assistants, Brother Winegar and Brother Whimpey, President Wilcox- Heber North Stake President, Sister Greenhalgh and Sister Johansen of the YW Committee and Elder Steven K. Randall, the Area Seventy over the camp.  Every talk was uplifting and added to the spirit of the day.  It was impressed upon us what an amazing place Heber Valley Camp is.  It is land dedicated to the Lord to provide a place of refuge from the world.  A place where Young Women and others can come to feel the love of their Heavenly Father and build testimonies.  

Besides being spiritually fed, the managing director's wives fed us lunch and a very nice dinner.  It was an amazing day.

Wednesday  We continued our round robin training.  
Thursday  Round robin training continued and included first aid training by local medical professionals.  On Friday we were supposed to wrap up training and get our team assignment, but because of forecast bad weather, they shortened the training and announced our teams on Thursday.
After going around to all of the different groups, we were kind of sad that we couldn't be on every team.  They all sounded like something we would enjoy.
We all gathered in the chapel and they read off the lists of teams.  
We are assigned to the Legacy Lake Team! We are excited because this had always been the direction we were drawn in.  There are nine couples on our team.  The Elder and Sister Jensen are the team leaders.   

Friday  they moved trailers up to the mountain.  Most of the missionaries bring their own trailers to live in.  There are two missionary campgrounds.  Each of the 8 camps also have camp host trailers parked in the camp. The moving process started Thursday and continued through Saturday.  Friday morning we helped for awhile building sewer lines that would connect to the trailers.  Mostly we didn't know how to help so we worked in our own snug little cabin.  Only 7 couples are in cabins.  We feel very fortunate to have one.

Saturday We were able to take a ride around the camp on our Rhino.  The camp is beautiful, although at this point, a little confusing trying to figure out where everything is.  
Sunday we had our first meetings as a group at a chapel in Heber.  We will meet in Heber until the weather is warmer, then we will hold our meetings in the Hinckley pavillion on the mountain.  We are set up like a ward with a RS President and High Priest Group leadership.  The most notable absence is children.  Sacrament meeting was VERY quiet!

We had a camp potluck in the afternoon.  I think any hope of losing weight up here is pointless.  The food was all very yummy.  
We ended the evening playing games with some of the missionaries.  The game is "Marbles".  It is similar to "Sorry", but played in teams- Elders vs. Sisters.  It gets pretty competitive!

We are meeting so many wonderful people up here.  The challenge is to learn all of the names and faces.  It does help that they all have the same first name- "Elder" and "Sister"!

We are feeling very blessed to be able to serve on this beautiful mountain!

Last weekend

Last Friday I got up at 4:00 am and put the last machine quilting stitches in my quilt so I could take it to camp to bind.  We loaded up the trailer and took it to camp.  We spent the first night in our cabin.  Saturday morning we headed back home.  Granger replaced some sprinkler heads, we packed up the last bit of stuff, closed up the house and headed for Dayna's.  
We spent Saturday night and Sunday with her family.  Sunday night we celebrated our sweet Claire's 3rd birthday!  I can't believe she is so big!!! It was her turn to receive a princess quilt from Grandma. 
Dayna's family surprised us with a wonderful decoration for our front door.  It was a going away, early Mother's/Father's Day gift.  It is now hanging on our door.  We headed back up to camp and stayed our second night in our cabin.

Claire and her quilt

Papa, Claire and Grandma

Hunter, Papa, Hallie, Grandma, Claire, Kendall and Lily

Home Away From Home- Part Two

Our neighbors- these little guys live in a little hill right outside our door!

Washer and dryer

Grandchildren in place on the refrigerator

Our grand daughter, Hallie, painted us a beautiful tulip painting as a going away gift!

Attic ladder

My sewing space: I am moving up in the world- basement to the attic!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We love our little cabin.  We have mostly found a place for everything.  We will be very comfortable here for the next six months.

Home Away From Home

     I finally have a WiFi connection on my computer so I can continue.  We have very weak signals up here, so it may take awhile to catch up to the present.  We have no phone coverage unless we go out to the parking lot at the camp entrance. Then, if the stars line up, and the forces of nature are kind, we might get a phone signal!
     We love being here!  The weather has been beautiful this week.  The temperatures are in the upper sixties.  It's warm in the sun.  Sunday, Granger cleaned snow off the car so we could go to church.

This is our cabin.  It is connected to another cabin- in essence, it is a "twin home". We have come full circle!

                                         The Sitting Room

                                         The bedroom

                                         The kitchen

                                         The bathroom
 I will have to finish the tour another time- my computer is done for the night.