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Elder Nelson - Happy Birthday Olivia and Malia, Congratulations Emma and Sarah

Dear Family,

Mission NewsI visited 5 missionaries to discuss using technology wisely. This a bit uncomfortable to me, because I am not now a judge in Israel. My approach has been soft and focused on helping all missionaries enjoy the Spirit.

I wrote a mission plan for creating a culture of using technology righteously and sent it to the mission president for his review on Saturday. It is not an elaborate plan. There are 4 sections to the plan
  1. Teach correct principles
  2. Prevention which includes always make your screen visible to your companion and always have your companion view texts, emails and Face Book communication before you send it.
  3. Deterrence – Device audits by companions and mission leaders
  4. Responsibilities of the Senior missionary responsible for “technology”
Friday evening we were asked to meet Sister Carroll and Sister Lyons as they were giving a tour of the church and discussion. As we were driving to the church building the missionaries called and said that a former investigator was going to be their too. This sister has severe mental and emotional challenges. They asked if Mom would spend time with her so they could focus on this other friend. She did and I went with the Isaiah and the sister missionaries. Isaiah is about 40 and has had a tough life including some time in prison. Emotionally is an adolescent. I am not sure how well he will be able to understand the gospel.

Saturday we went to a baptism of a 14 year old Korean girl. She was shy and felt very uncomfortable about everybody watching her as she was baptized. She almost chickened out. Mom and the sister missionaries, Sister Smith and Sister Wiscombe, talked with her. But her friends arrived and encouraged her enough to continue with the baptism. It was pleasing to see how the young women in the ward rallied around her to support her.

One of the fun things about this baptism was that 3 other sets of missionaries were there with their friends (investigators). 4 friends.

Fun Stuff
Saturday I was walking to get to the woods I saw a deer a few feet from the trail. She was not afraid or nervous. We were about 50 yards from a little league baseball field where they were practicing. Our neighbor said the deer are so tame that you can even pet them sometimes. I have talked with a few people said that the deer are terrible about eating from their vegetable and flower gardens.

WES News
Not much new since last week. We are still trying to get enough work in the shop to minimize our losses for the next few months. I have started looking for potential buyers
Family News

Olivia and Malia’s birthday

Emma graduated from middle school and now she is a high school student!

Sarah graduated from elementary school. She and two other read names of graduating students

Love,
Dad

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