Wednesday Letters...

For two years I have written Wednesday letters. I am not sure I will know what to do with myself when next Wednesday rolls around.  I have loved writing to Jordan and being able to share with him not only the events of the week but also my thoughts on his accomplishments and challenges on his mission, scriptures that I really liked or a talk I heard in church. It was exciting waiting to get a response from him each Wednesday afternoon.  Jordan never missed a week of writing.  What a gift that was to me as I would have been worried sick if he had.  I need to remember to thank him for that. 

I will miss our Wednesday letters but having him back home will be even better than Wednesday letters.  :)  
  

 The countdown on the white board in the kitchen!

 Jordan the night before he left for Brazil.  :)

Jordan early in the morning at the airport heading for Brazil

October 2009

This is the picture that made my father cry.

He was so proud of Jordan for serving a mission.

And so are we. 

My Last Letter to Jordan

In two days Jordan will be home.  I thought that my last letter to him was last week but it turns out he will probably be able to check and write email one last time before leaving Brazil on Wednesday. After two years of weekly letter writing I sent him this: 


Dear Jordan,
It's your turn for dishes on Thursday night.

Love,
Mom

October Comes Knocking....

I can't believe that September is almost gone and October is knocking at the door.  It's wasn't that long ago that summer was making an exit and snapping us back to the reality of early mornings and unyielding school schedules.  And now here we are a few weeks away from fall break. Incredible! 

A little about school this year....

Jacob is in his senior year. All kidding aside, how did this happen? I remember vividly his wide, blue eyes dancing with excitement to begin Kindergarten and now, with only one year left, his still wide, blue eyes are dancing with excitement as he looks to his future and the possibilities that lie ahead.
 

Jacob September 2011

And Abigail, the once timid, teeth clinching little girl who was afraid to start school because, as she said, "someone will get in love with me!" is now stepping undaunted into her first year of high school!  Yes, we are inching ever closer to someone getting in love with her.

And Annah, our timid as a mouse little girl, (who couldn't even say "here" when attendance was called until the end of the year in pre-school) is now in middle school and growing up before our eyes!  And no, she is no longer terribly shy, thankfully.

  Annah, Jen, Abigail and Julie

September 2011

As October comes knocking we have more than just fall break to look forward to. October also brings Jordan home from Brazil after two years on his mission!

It is a lovely time of year with both the change in weather and the change in *where* Jordan calls home. Just two more weeks to go! :)

Looking Forward....

Elder Ferri, Diego, Ludmyla, Elder Valenta

Baptism of Ludmyla, September 2011

Bandeirantes, Brazil

Each week when I write to Jordan in Brazil I send him two emails.  One e-mail is the news from home and the second e-mail is a "Q&A" and it contains only questions for him.  I decided to do this so that he didn't have to sift through letters to answer the questions I would ask. Jordan has been so good about answering each and every question I have sent him.
 
This week in my Q&A one of my questions was, "What are you looking forward to this week?"The answer he sent back made us smile as we glimpsed both his spiritual focus and his "natural man"......

"I'm looking forward to meeting an elect that has been being prepared by God to be baptized on the 2nd of October and help them enter into the path to one day be exalted in the presence of God with their eternal family. Also I'm excited for lunch on Saturday because the family makes really good dessert."

BWHAHAHAHAHA!  It's good to have things to look forward to! :)