• Sister Sands Is Transferred

    Sister Sands Is Transferred

    Sister Gracie Sands came to Gdańsk straight from the MTC and has been here for about four months. We have learned to appreciate her work ethic in learning Polish, and her calm quiet personality. We will miss her! (She is in the center of the sister’s threesome.)

  • Laurel and David Come to Gdańsk

    Laurel and David Come to Gdańsk

    We were so happy to host my sister Laurel and her husband David in Gdańsk! We walked the streets taking photos with David’s Yashicamat large format film camera. They saw all the sights of Gdańsk and ate with us in our favorite places. They especially liked our friend Lin Chi’s Korean food. We also saw…

  • Homecoming Parade

    Homecoming Parade

    Libby was in the Aledo High School Homecoming parade! She rode on the float with the girls powerlifting team. The theme of the parade was “board games” so all the floats had reference to board games. It was super hot outside (duh, it’s Texas) but me and the kiddos had a blast watching the parade…

  • School and such

    School and such

    This is now the third week of school, and things are going very well (knock on wood). I have 4 classes: Capstone, Electromagnetic radiation and propagation, Semiconductor devices (with an awesome lab), and Mixed Signal VLSI. I’ve never taken EM radiation and propagation, but I’m a TA for the class :D. So I will get…

  • Memory: An Answer to a Prayer

    I was thinking about times in my life when I have received answers to prayers. This one happened in San Jose. Sharon, Darrell and I moved to San Jose in February 1984. We rented the house across the street from Uncle Joe and Aunt Julie and their family. The rent was an unbelievable $1000/month that…

  • Service Project

    Service Project

    The missionaries accompanied us to one of our member’s homes, the Herduś couple. He is 74 and she is 80 and is in poor health. Her hip gives her great pain when she stands up. In the last 3 months she has become bedridden. Elders Belleau and Lane cut up firewood and Sisters Atkinson, Sands…