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October 14, 2004 will be a great opportunity to refresh friendships and catch up on the news. Sister Wappett will be in Provo for a brief time and is planning on meeting with all the missionaries and those they desire to show off. Plan on meeting between 11:30 a.m. and 1:00 p.m. in the lounge in the basement of the Wilkinson Center by the Post Office. Bring your lunch. It will be a great opportunity to see one another and share a few memories as well as new insights into the mysteries of life!!! If you have any questions send us an email for further clarification. Please pass the information along to any of the former missionaries you may see. There are many not on this site, nor do we have email contact for them. Thanks so much for being valiant and keeping your determination to serve bright. We love you. President and Sister Wapppett
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Anybody know Sister Chappellaz's e-mail address at home? I hate using snail mail!
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October 2004
Dear (former) Elders and Sisters,
As Sister Wappett and I “feasted” this past weekend at the inspired words and feelings of General Conference, we were humbled by the thought that literally hundreds of “our” missionaries were hearing, feeling, and loving the same thing. Certainly my love of the living Prophets and the Brethren is something I came to appreciate as a missionary and my life has never been the same since. As always on spiritual occasions, each of your faces, one by one, flash by us and we are consumed by an overwhelming gratitude for the honor and privilege of serving with each of you for a season of both of our lives. With the conclusion of this Conference we are resolved to use “our” website a little more to communicate with you. Not everyone has discovered this site, so pass the word. Although not perfect, it seems to suit our needs as well as anything could at this point. Sister Wappett and I will try to keep a monthly update posted here, so try to let everyone you know from the Mission know of this resource to keep in touch with each other. Also, I would hope that a few more of you would share pictures of your adventures. I don’t want Bill Loski to feel lonely!
In any case, let me see if I can share with you another lesson reiterated in my life this summer. Sister Wappett and I had a wonderful trip home driving and taking the Alaska State Ferry from Seattle to Haines, Alaska. When we arrived home, we had a “dramatic” reunion with all of our children and grandchildren. Immediately after that my second son, Andy, and I loaded up our pickup truck with all of his earthly possessions and we embarked down the Alaska Highway, 2,800 miles from Fairbanks to Portland where he was beginning Dental School. As we left town, one of the red warning lights on the dashboard came on, indicating that our transmission oil was overheated. We slowed down and it went off so we felt we were fine. Once we got into Canada, it came on and would not go off. We were hundreds of miles from help, so some prayers and a night of rest allowed the truck to keep going. We found that if we went up hill or faster than 25 miles per hour, the light came on and we knew that we were in trouble. We limped into Fort Nelson, British Columbia, and immediately found the only mechanic in town. He told us that we had boiled all of our transmission fluid off and that we needed a complete transmission service including a filter. We asked him to go ahead and do it. He told us he could not since the parts were not available in that part of Canada and it would take a week to get them there. In fact, he said the closest help we could get was 800 miles away! He filled our transmission up and simply said, “Good luck!” Almost immediately, the light lit again and we knew we would never make it to Dawson. It was one of those times when we had done all we could and nothing short of divine help could help us. After some fervent prayers, the light went off and we breathed a little easier. We began talking and sharing the Scriptures with each other. Several hours later, the light had not come on again and Andy said, “Dad, I don’t know what is happening, but it feels like we are being pushed”. Indeed, it did. And so it continued. We crossed the high passes of the northern Rockies and two days later drove into the parking lot of his new apartment in Portland. The minute we drove into his driveway, the light came on and stayed on! There was no doubt in my mind that the Lord had an interest in the time, the resources, and the pocketbook of that little family beginning a new adventure.
Like Andy and his truck, after each of us do all that we can do with our strength and means, turn it over to the Lord and you will feel a “push”. This is perhaps one of the most meaningful times of your lives when work, education, romance, and independence all take their proper place. Let us never forget that it is literal when the Lord says, “..I will be on your right hand and on your left, and my Spirit shall be in your hearts, and mine angels round abouty you, to bear you up.” (D&C 84:88) This applies not only to missions in Arizona but missions in life. When you need a “push” to help you get to your destination in school, in a relationship, in life, do all you can and then simply trust that the help will be there when it is most needed. The Lord loves each of you for eternity not just during your missionary days. May each of us learn that profound lesson and lean a little more on the source of all of our strength.
Love, President and Sister Wappett
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I'm trying to find a easy way to send Elder Hill email letters. Does anybody know him..
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anybody know of a little old lady named Kathleen Granberg? she lived in casa grande and while I was there she had not been baptized, that was way back in 87. anybody have any info let me know. thanks, sister mitchell
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anybody know of a little old lady named Kathleen Granberg? she lived in casa grande and while I was there she had not been baptized, that was way back in 87. anybody have any info let me know. thanks, sister mitchell
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anybody know of a little old lady named Kathleen Granberg? she lived in casa grande and while I was there she had not been baptized, that was way back in 87. anybody have any info let me know. thanks, sister mitchell
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