As I reflected this year for a service for Erik my mind was drawn for his passion of emergency preparedness. And since imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, I decided to emulate him.
I love how passionate Erik is about emergency preparedness that we as a family can benefit from. I have enjoyed meeting together as a family periodically to review and ponder where each of us are at in our preparedness measures. After a few meetings and feeling productive as our family is addressing this subject, I realized that my side of the family has never approached this subject!
Occasionally it has been mentioned but that's about it. I decided as a service, to use the template Erik sent our family. This document includes important information such as family contact information, insurance, emergency and utility company phone numbers. I not only completed ours but I also sent a blank copy for each member in my family. I also included the website for additional ideas to help better prepare each family. I also have requested getting together and designating a place and person for contact. It's a start for now and will continue to follow up and be proactive in establishing a set plan.
Thank you, Erik, for all you do on this subject so our family will be better prepared. It is so easy to 'put this off' and I appreciate all we have learned about this from you! Your efforts have been noticed and I am excited to share this with my other family.
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Monday, December 25, 2017
Merry Christmas Libby! Love, Emma
This year I had the opportunity to serve Libby. When I was thinking about how I could serve her I
thought about her friends. Libby has many really good friends that she loves a lot. She is such a
great friend to them and cares about them and their needs. This year I had the opportunity to serve
one of my friends and become closer to her.
My friend Juliette made it known to us that she didn’t feel loved and she didn’t feel like she was
worth anything. My friends and I were really worried about her and we wanted to make her feel like
we loved her. My friend Haley came up with the idea that we should make a book for her with
pictures and notes from each of us, telling her how much we loved her. I was in charge of the
calligraphy for the book and I spent hours trying to make it look amazing. I collected the notes and I
went home with Haley to help her put the book together. I didn’t spend too much time working on
that book but the hours I spent worrying about her and feeling Christ’s love for her made up for it. I
truly felt Christ’s love for her as I got to know her and as I served her.
I am so grateful that I was able to serve Libby this year and I was able to become a better friend. I
love Libby so much and I’m so glad that I was able to find the love of Christ for others as I served
her. I know that Christ loves all of us and He cares about each of us individually. I know that I can be
an instrument in His hands as I serve his children.
I love you so much Libby and I’m so grateful that you are one of my very best friends!
Love, Emma
Service to Disaster Victims in Puerto Rico
My service was performed on behalf of Laura Kenney Whipple. Laura is a service oriented person.
In September 2017, Puerto Rico was devastated by two hurricanes which left much destruction, lack of potable water, and lack of electricity for millions. I traveled to Puerto Rico on October 16 and spent 4 days visiting friends and associates of my company.
We visited a number of people and were able to provide them with cash and emergency supplies to help them get through some of their difficulties.
As part of the service project, I lead the distribution of nearly $70,000 in cash donations from people affiliated with my company to families in need.
As of this writing, a friend of mine just got electric power re-established at her home in San Juan after 105 days without power, except from electric generators. Water has not been available or reliable for nearly the entire time.
It was a great project to help distribute money to families in need.
In September 2017, Puerto Rico was devastated by two hurricanes which left much destruction, lack of potable water, and lack of electricity for millions. I traveled to Puerto Rico on October 16 and spent 4 days visiting friends and associates of my company.
We visited a number of people and were able to provide them with cash and emergency supplies to help them get through some of their difficulties.
As part of the service project, I lead the distribution of nearly $70,000 in cash donations from people affiliated with my company to families in need.
As of this writing, a friend of mine just got electric power re-established at her home in San Juan after 105 days without power, except from electric generators. Water has not been available or reliable for nearly the entire time.
It was a great project to help distribute money to families in need.
to casey love lydia
To Casey, Love Lydia
The first thing that comes to mind when I think of Casey is how fast and willing he was to reach out and become my friend when I first moved back to Utah. I mean, we were forced to become friends since we both lived in Grandma's old house at the time. A friend was something that I really needed and I don't think he truly understands how much he helped. I always looked forward to coming home from school or church because he always asked about my life and how i was doing. He could tell when I wasn't doing very well and he would tell me that it was okay to not be okay all the time. The first part of my service that I did was follow in the footsteps of someone who was so kind to me. This past summer changed my life. The previous two years in high school and every area of my life were dark and very clouded. Multiple events this summer helped clear up my life and help restore myself to the best of my abilities. At the beginning of the school year I decided to be a friend, instead of waiting for people to come and be my friend. I have been a lot more involved at school and helping other people find there way through high school. I will never let someone sit by themselves at lunch. I went two years sitting by myself at lunch and it was awful. Now every lunch period i find someone alone in the drama room and i sit by them and get to know them. This also goes through to drama club activities. I was very lucky to be a part of the drama council this year and so at every activity i am looking for club members who don't know others very well. Casey helped show me that being a friend can truly impact others life forever.
My second part of my service was through the my seminary class. The entire seminary program was taking donations with a list of food that we could donate to families who couldnt provided thanksgiving dinner for themselves. I took a sign up sheet and got everyone in my class to sign up for something. I spent personally over 100 dollars for food that I bought and donated. It was so fun to stay after school to put together the baskets filled with yummy thanksgiving meals.
The first thing that comes to mind when I think of Casey is how fast and willing he was to reach out and become my friend when I first moved back to Utah. I mean, we were forced to become friends since we both lived in Grandma's old house at the time. A friend was something that I really needed and I don't think he truly understands how much he helped. I always looked forward to coming home from school or church because he always asked about my life and how i was doing. He could tell when I wasn't doing very well and he would tell me that it was okay to not be okay all the time. The first part of my service that I did was follow in the footsteps of someone who was so kind to me. This past summer changed my life. The previous two years in high school and every area of my life were dark and very clouded. Multiple events this summer helped clear up my life and help restore myself to the best of my abilities. At the beginning of the school year I decided to be a friend, instead of waiting for people to come and be my friend. I have been a lot more involved at school and helping other people find there way through high school. I will never let someone sit by themselves at lunch. I went two years sitting by myself at lunch and it was awful. Now every lunch period i find someone alone in the drama room and i sit by them and get to know them. This also goes through to drama club activities. I was very lucky to be a part of the drama council this year and so at every activity i am looking for club members who don't know others very well. Casey helped show me that being a friend can truly impact others life forever.
My second part of my service was through the my seminary class. The entire seminary program was taking donations with a list of food that we could donate to families who couldnt provided thanksgiving dinner for themselves. I took a sign up sheet and got everyone in my class to sign up for something. I spent personally over 100 dollars for food that I bought and donated. It was so fun to stay after school to put together the baskets filled with yummy thanksgiving meals.
Merry Christmas Mom! love, Laura
Merry Christmas Mom! I enjoyed serving you this year by volunteering to go through the "catacombs" of the garage and cleaning out a few boxes and bins of your treasures. I was able to scan lots of pictures into a digital format--lots of paper photos as well as slides. It was fun seeing old treasured pictures of our family from over the years-many that I had never seen before. Here are a few favorites:
I sure love you Mom! Thank you for a lifetime of wonderful memories!!
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| with Nicole, 1971 |
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| Christmas 1978 |
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| Brothers, 1979 |
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| Dad golfing with Johnny Miller |
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| 1985 |
I sure love you Mom! Thank you for a lifetime of wonderful memories!!
Love,
Laura
p.s. Thanks Liz for compiling a slideshow.
To Alyssa. Love Jacob
Merry Christmas Alyssa
Dear Alyssa,
I know that you enjoy doing family history work so I did a batch of Indexing everyday in December until Christmas. I know I am serving everyone that I index for and you.
Merry Christmas Spencer! Love, Alyssa
This year, I had the opportunity to do service for my cousin Spencer! I love Spencer so much, and I've always felt like we've had a special bond and he's always been so inclusive to me. We have so many fun memories such as attempting for an entire summer to watch Pirates of the Caribbean and only getting 15 minutes into it, or the time that we dressed up in gorilla suits and ran around for the fun of it (see picture below). :)
As I thought about what service I could do for Spencer this year, I decided that one of the best things I could do would be to help him during his wedding. It wasn't a huge act of service, but I helped serve cake at his wedding and also picked up garbage afterwards. I'm so happy for you Spencer and so glad I had the opportunity to do some service for you this year!
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