1. Her exuberant personality !!
2. Her love for art and drawing!
3. How she runs and hugs me everytime I see her!
4. She loves to read chapter books!
5. She is a good big sister to Morgan and Mylee!
6. I love to listen to her play the piano!
7. I love to hear her sing at the top of voice! (especially when she rocks out with her sisters and DAD!
8. I love to watch her dance!!
9. She is a very dedicated student and loves to learn!
10. I love her individuality and uniqueness!!!!
1. She is a very protective big sister!
2. She has a thirst for knowledge, a good listener and asks lots of good questions!
3. She is a fabulous little dancer and gymnast!
4. She remembers everything anyone ever says! So watch out!
5. She is good helper to her mom and grandma!
6. She loves to do projects!!
7. She already knows how to text me from her mom's phone!
8. She is very sensitive to her family's needs.
9. She loves to belt out a song while we drive!
10. I love it when she tells me that she loves me and gives me a kiss on the cheek!
As you know, Dad and I have been serving a mission in the Hispanic Intiative for almost two years now. We have been involved with many baptisms, but last Saturday evening was our first baptism that we were able to participate in from start to finish. We started teaching the mother and daughter, Obdulia and Anna Rocha, but they are not ready for baptism. However, Salvador, the husband, who missed the first couple of lessons because he was always working, but was always showing up at Church and FHE, came up to Dennis two weeks ago after Sacrament Meeting and said, "I want to get baptized next Saturday!" We were very excited, needless to say! He asked Dad to baptize him, which of course, he agreed, but due to the delay of our plane in Dallas, we arrived to the Baptism just as Salvador was walking to the font. But Dad was able to confirm him the following day at Church. The Spirit is strong with that family and we feel very blessed to have met them.
Thank you to Adam for doing some free dental work on Obdulia, and thank you to Treavor who went with me one night for Missionary Night Out and bore his testimony to the family!
"Two worlds- one family, trust your heart, let faith decide to guide you where you need to be." As I flew above the over 40,000 villages in Guatemala last week, the first song that came on my ipod during one of my many helicopter flights was that song from Tarzan. As you will see from the photos below, it was a heart wrenching vista, one in which my heart can never forget. The Reinhart Foundation is currently working to serve the Guatemalans in six major areas; Stoves, Water Purifiers, Room Dividers, Vegetable Gardens, Bunk Beds and Micro Businesses. Also, building schools are an interest to them- they have already built one. The Guatemalan people have to earn them, but are allowed to pay for them on a monthly basis.
Dad and I have a strong desire for our family to unite together and help those way less fortunate than us. We have been blessed beyond measure and may often forget the magnitude of suffering around the world. Hopefully in the next couple of years, all of us can travel to Guatemala and assist in the Humanitarian Projects!
Below, you see an little elderly lady just sitting in front of her house. She is blind from cataracts. We hope to find a doctor for her. If we can adopt our own Village, then we can go about meeting the exact needs of that village and see them to self sufficiency! Wouldn't that be AWESOME!!!
If you want to see all the photos, you can go to our family Web Page!!
My girls had a trip of a lifetime to Cleveland, Ohio to meet their new nephew Bodie Dennis! They all crammed into Telisa tiny Condo, which made it all the more fun! I hear laughing, eating, shopping, sleeping and quoting movies was the order of the day. Wish I could of been there. They took over 200 pictures (they are my daughters!), but here are a few of my favorites. (I had to restrain myself)
On Easter this year Tiffany challenged our family to memorize"The Living Christ". She typed up a booklet for each one of us with it all broken down into 12 parts. Her mother in law, Becky Beus recorded herself reading it, which we put on CDs for all of us. Now, comes the part where my old tired brain needs to kick in. I have the CD in my car and listen to it daily. I almost have the first paragraph memorized, but it would sure help if there were music with it. When I babysat my grandkids, my grand daughter, Kourtney age 9 pretty much had the whole entire thing memorized already! Thanks for the challenge Tiff!! I am brushing off the cob webs!
Our Group!!
