Sushi with a General Authority? - Jack's Email from Alaska

This week was hypeeeee not gonna lie, also very packed full of meetings and zoom call it was insane. We have 3 days full of 3 hour conferences and it was just a lot of information thrown at us for sure but it was blessed. We flew to Juneau on wednesday night and our confernece was the next day. I got to see a few of my mission buddies so that was cool. When we got to the airport on wednesday, my companion and I were the first ones to get there and we saw Elder Wada there. He invited us to get sushi with him and his wife so that was cool. Had to make sure I was on my A game lol. 

We flew back to Anchorage Thursday night, our flight got delayed so we didnt get in until 1 am. We then had a meeting at 9 am so that was kinda brutal not gonna lie. But it was a super cool experience for sure.

 Highlights

- I found a Spanish speaking guy using Google translate so like that was crazy 

-we found 4 more people regardless of countless hours of meetings

-I went to juneau

Low lights

- Those meetings had me cooked 

- we got a lot of new insight on how to teach out friends 

- some member gave us like $100 worth of groceries

Spiritual thought: Elder Wada was talking to us about how to really apply the book of mormon. He read 1 Nephi 1:1 where it says " I, Nephi, having been born of goodly parents" and he talked about how every person in the room wants to be a good parent or how they have good parents. The way he was able to relate it in the moment was super cool about just one verse at a time and how they are so sincere. These are gifts we surely do take for granted.

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Hair Dew on Thursdays

Today I took my car to the shop.  Andrew picked me up after he dropped Grandma off for her hair appt.  Andrew takes Grandma every thursday to her hair.  I tagged along with them since I didn't have a ride home.

He walks her out and has to carry the purse.  One time Michelle picked her up, the ladies in the shop were all wondering where her Grandson was today.  Guess they like him better than Michelle.

They have a routine.  Right after hair, Andrew orders McDonalds on his phone because they are getting close to time for Breakfast to be over.  

I'm in the back seat again looking over at this Cemetary from the Drive through Window.  

They go home and eat.  Andrew gets grandma a plate for her food and ketchup for her hash browns.  She's in the bathroom at this time.

Then today, they had to go to Costco to get her new Glasses.  

While they were getting her glasses, I went to the clothes and got some new slickers.  I hope I like them.

Then grandma wanted to see what clothes they have for her.  She got 3 shirts.  I will only buy something in Black on the bottom from Costco.  I did buy a shirt once at the Costco, and wore it and at lunch someone had the SAME shirt on as me.  I went home and threw it away.  Never again.  Grandma doesn't care because she's only sitting at home and going to the Dr. 

She wants this shirt, but we couldn't find it.  

I didn't get my car fixed today, but it is going to be about 200 to fix.  Great I can do that.

Andrew said It was difficult to take both of us today. .  .)  

Second day of Summer Vacation

I saw this on Bountiful High's Instagram.  89 days til we start school again. 

 I have to go back before that.  I just counted and I have 80 days of summer vacation.  I have never counted the days before.  Seems like a long time when it is just starting and it goes by soo fast.

Started Day 1 with Golf League at Mullians with Michelle.  Lunch at Marias.

Great time and great golf.  We actually played 18 holes because we played the 9 holes twice.  We are cool like that.

Day 2 of Summer Vacation, I started at the Hotworx with my new Blue Towel. I love that Towel.  So great for resting.  I did some Yoga and mostly rested through Pilates.  Tomorrow I'm really going to do the class. ..)

This was my night time snack.  It is from Mother's day

Michelle and Mark are both doing the Metamucil therapy.  I found mine from a long time ago, and it is still full.  It is suppose to lower Cholesterol and add fiber to your diet.  Guess won't hurt to try it since I already have it.  

Finally in the high 40s - Jack's email from Alaska

This week was pretty chill not going to lie. It was finally warmer then it has been. It's been gloomy and rainy for the last like two weeks almost but we finally got sunshine over here and everything is starting to turn green so that has been good. There's a big difference in people when its dark for 20 hours compared to when its sunny for almost 20 hours. My companion and I woke up today and it was 6 30 am and It looked like it was noon outside because of the sunshine. But yeah its been a pretty good week so far. I get to fly to Juneau Alaska for a conference this week too so that should be way cool 

Highlights

- Sydney finally made it to church 

- we were able to have some really good lessons 

-we talked to A LOT of people 

Lowlights 

- my comp and I got into some arguments this week 🤣

- majority of our friends cancelled on us 

- not too many people wanted to talk to us this week. 

Anyways this week was super fire regardless of what people's reactions to us were. 

Spiritual thought: the whole mission got told to study our patriarchal blessing and what they are so important did that yesterday and it is actually so cool. Patriarchal blessings are just one of the best things om the earth and sometimes we don't necessarily always read them. I read mine and forgot the power they have in my life. 

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The Hide out, Millsite, and Carbon Country Club

The day after school got out, headed to southeastern corner of Utah.  Golf at the Hide out in Monticello.  It was Memorial Day weeekend

It did get recommended to me to try these other balls from Dicks.  I had $20.00 in rewards points at Dicks so I decided to buy them.  I ended up liking them.  

The Hideout is one of my favorite courses.  I didn't take many pictures.  Here's one of all of us in the hole.  I did get a great shirt in the clubhouse though

Here are some pics that Victoria took.  It was a bit chilly and we got a few drops of rain but that was it.  That is Kim and me in the far cart.  Sandra's head in the close cart.  

We Then traveled over to Millsite Golf Course in Ferrin, Utah.

I had never played this course before.  Ferrin is really in the middle of no where.  About 40 minutes off the Freeway and you don't see a single car or person or Gas Station.

Then you come to Ferrin.  It was a really pretty town and a Golf Course.  That's the club house.  We had to wait for a cart.  

It was a great course but they are short on water.  The fairways and greens were ok, but the pro said he didn't know what would happen later on in the summer when they didn't have mch water.  

It was cool terrain with lots of desert motif and dirt.

The reservoir near the course.  It was super low.

That is the dam for the reservoir.  It was also the third hole next to it.  We all had our furthest drive of our life because there was a hill and the balls just kept on rolling.  We thought it was in the bushes and nope, our balls were at the bottom of the hill.

These are the Tee Markers. I think Ferrin was a mining town.

Here we all are.

Maureen, Victoria, Sandra and Kim

Victoria took these pics

Then on Memorial day, we traveled to Price, UT and played at the Carbon County Golf Club.  Yes a golf club in Carbon County

Ted, Kent, and Carey 

Victoria

Sandra - fun fact, I have that shirt.  I need a red skirt to match it

Kent

Carey

This is who went to Monticello.  Erick left the day before so he didn't make it in the photo.