Lathe and Brookly and their kids came up to visit for a couple days. We enjoyed them so much. On their way home to Mesa, we followed them to Heber and stopped to play in the snow. Here are some shots of the fun.
Snow Outing 2/6/2010
Lathe and Brookly and their kids came up to visit for a couple days. We enjoyed them so much. On their way home to Mesa, we followed them to Heber and stopped to play in the snow. Here are some shots of the fun.
Our thoughts and prayers
Our niece on the Reed side of the family, Cindy Severtson, has suffered with breast cancer the past seven years. She has fought a brave battle against this invisible, unforgiving disease. Her beautiful and supportive family, a husband and four children (ages 16 to 8)are very worried and anxious for her. She is at home under Hospice care and we think about this family every day as they watch over their beloved wife and mother. The Severtson family have always been an example of charity and Cindy was right there with them, serving others, especially extended family. May the love they so easily shared now be returned tenfold to bear them up.
Humanitarian Day
On January 23rd, we held a stake Relief Society Humanitarian event. The participants tied 25 full-size quilts, that were special "kits" created at the LDS Humanitarian Center in Mesa. The Center then binds the returned quilts and eventually ships them to Salt Lake City for distribution throughout the world. We all felt that these quilts would end up in Haiti. Nine other quilts were donated by sisters who brought them already "done" or prepared to tie. Because of a snowstorm,the Heber wards and Young Branch sisters postponed their activity in their buildings to a later date. They have since finished off twenty more quilts, which put our total at 54!
We invited all the sisters in the Region to join with us in their respective buildings. Jumping on board, the Relief Societies in St. Johns and Snowflake also participated in January. St. Johns completed 24 quilt kits, Snowflake completed 69 quilts! Also because of the storm, ShowLow postponed their activity to Feb. 20th, so we'll have to wait for their report.
It was a wonderful event and the joy and good feelings in the Cultural Hall was so exciting. We fit 16 quilting frames in there. Several ladies walked around taking pictures. We also had other projects going at the same time. We collected white shirts to donate to priesthood members in a third world country, socks for the homeless and plastic shopping bags for African women to crochet into handbags.
This last photo shows the finished quilts stored in my living room. They were eventually transported down to Mesa. Many sisters said they would love to participate in an event like this again.
