Senior Moment

I’m waiting for a call on the radio telling me our first campers have arrived at the welcome center. I thought I’d better update things. I’m going to tell on myself. I can do it now that’s it’s been a week.

I took some meat into the walk in fridge-freezer in the pavilion. I walked into the fridge and tried the freezer door. Couldn’t get it open. After trying and trying I thought I’d just leave it in the fridge part, tried to go out the the fridge door and it wouldn’t open either! I thought, this only happens in the movies, not in real life! Thank goodness I had my coat and gloves on. I just stood there in the fridge thinking what should I do. I knew Robert was out and about on his 4-wheeler and eventually he would come along and see my 4-wheeler running outside of the pavilion. It took about 10 min., but he came in calling my name and I started pounding on the door! I was never so glad to see any one in my life. He said it would have been funny except for the scared look on my face. You see, all I had to do was push on the fridge door and it opened…………da! What a SENIOR moment that was!

Another interesting thing happened this week. Monday I ended up in the Heber Valley Hospital emergency room. That morning I’d had chest pain and heaviness and shortness of breath. After resting for 3-4 hours it got better and then came back again. So, we decided we needed to check my blood pressure. We couldn’t find anyone with a cuff, even at the welcome center so we headed to Heber to Smith’s and used their machine. BP was 187/98. Well, that wasn’t good so we headed to the Hospital. After blood tests and EKG, they thought there might be a blood clot in my lungs, so off to the C-scan we go. No blood clot, but I do have gall stones and that could cause these symptoms. Nothing life threatening and I thank Heavenly Father for another of HIS tender mercies. Rob came to Heber straight from work in SL. He and Robert gave me a blessing. I know I am supposed to be here and finish this mission and I plan to do just that, (with HIS help)

Campers

Wow, what a week we’ve had!!! This past week we’ve had to prepare all 20 cabins, clean 15 toilets, 1 big pavilion, one medium pavilion and three small ones. Brother and Sister Henrie are our camp host couple and they are from North Logan! They are around 70 but do really well. She has health problems, too, so we stop and rest when we get tired, IF, guests aren’t here.

Friday night we had our first campers. Mostly Fathers and Sons and one RS group of ladies on a Retreat. Not quite all 320 beds were filled. Saturday Afternoon was Open House. Bro Henrie thought we’d only see about 12 people…..I’ll bet we had 200. The four of us were run ragged for 4 hrs with YW leaders coming to check out what they had reserved, families and some future missionaries. We answered questions and found out the right answer when we didn’t know! I’ve had to take today off to recoup. I’m sure glad we have 4-wheeler, saves a lot of walking. The snow is still not gone, but going slowly.

Monte and Veann Bolton came to visit this week. They were missionaries here in 2004. They ended up staying 30 months. They were in on lots of the beginnings of this camp. Until next time, adios.

First Campers

Wow, what a week we’ve had!!! This past week we’ve had to prepare all 20 cabins, clean 15 toilets, 1 big pavilion, one medium pavilion and three small ones. Brother and Sister Henrie are our camp host couple and they are from North Logan! They are around 70 but do really well. She has health problems, too, so we stop and rest when we get tired, IF, guests aren’t here.

Friday night we had our first campers. Mostly Fathers and Sons and one RS group of ladies on a Retreat. Not quite all 320 beds were filled. Saturday Afternoon was Open House. Bro Henrie thought we’d only see about 12 people…..I’ll bet we had 200. The four of us were run ragged for 4 hrs with YW leaders coming to check out what they had reserved, families and some future missionaries. We answered questions and found out the right answer when we didn’t know! I’ve had to take today off to recoup. I’m sure glad we have 4-wheeler, saves a lot of walking. The snow is still not gone, but going slowly.

Monte and Veann Bolton came to visit this week. They were missionaries here in 2004. They ended up staying 30 months. They were in on lots of the beginnings of this camp. Until next time, adios.

Grandpa and Nelda drove all the way to Heber to have lunch with Robert and I at the Hub Cafe. We were together for 1 1/2 hrs.. It worked pretty good with the van and Jazzi chair, but he has to stay in it from the Rest Home until he gets back to the the rest home. He looked good, but said he was seeing double today. He says this is no way to live. I agree. I feel so bad for him. Here's our picture.

Tons of Snow

We can see the bare ground down lower on the mountain, up here is getting better, too. It’s still getting down to 20 degrees at night. Last week we spent Mon-Thurs at Claes Ropes in Provo. We drove to Rob’s in So Jordan each night to sleep. We learned Challenge Courses and team building and processing activities. I made it through 3 of the 4 days. My headaches are so much less since I stopped chocolate, nuts and MSG. And, the Lord has a big part of it too. I am doing so much more than I was at home.

The other missionaries are such nice people. Every Sunday after church we have Pot Gut Dinner and then a District Meeting (about 7 couples in a district)) and learn Preach My Gospel

Our first campers are coming this weekend, the May 14^th. We think they are mostly Father and Sons. We have lots of cabins to prepare, since the snow has been so deep we couldn’t get to them. Our camp will be full. All 20 cabins. Each one holds 16 people. The first girls are due May 31.

I feel bad that I can’t write as often or phone, but we have to drive down the mountain to get reception.

We appreciate Shaynna and Nathan, Carson, Breckin, London and Brenner for driving up here to see us for mothers day. We met in Heber and had a few hours at McDonald’s yesterday.

Til next post, Over and out!

Shaynna and Nathan and family came to Heber's McDonald's to see us for Mother's Day

Pictures

SPEARED!!!!!!!!!

Boy are we having a ball???????? I poked my head out of the trailer door to spray my hair and I got SPEARED with an icicle. About 6 inches of it was laying in the snow and the other 7-8 was still hooked to the roof!!!! We are basically spinning our wheels with all this snow. There was 20 inches of new as of yesterday and it is snowing heavily right now. Although, there is a group up here for Woodbadge and I think they are freezing. Over and out for now.( that’s what we say on our walkie-talkie type radios)

We Made It

Hi Everybody! We have been officially on our mission since April 15. Our trailer is parked in Heber in Cowboy Town with tons of other missionaries, waiting for the snow to melt. It’s called Cowboy Town because across the street is where they have the State Rodeo Finals. The Heber Creeper is parked close by, too. Last week was non- stop meetings and training. We needed to learn about all the jobs and activities that go on here. There are 115 missionaries!! We are our own Branch. Everyone is very friendly, but we are especially glad to have Earl and Nancy Reary right next door.

We got our assignment last Friday as Camp Hosts in the Bertha Stone Reeder Camp. We work with another missionary couple, Brother and Sister Henrie ( from North Logan). But, we will be one of the last trailers to go up because the water line is broken. So until it is fixed, we are here.

This place is huge. 8,000 acres of wilderness and Camp Reeder is the highest camp. We’ll be up by the moose and elk. Our camp has 6 camps with 3-4 cabins each and a pavilion – each cabin sleeps 16 people on bunk beds. We can hold 320 people at once and we are booked all summer. Families will start coming on May 14! Hope the snow is gone, but it will be cold. Then the girls start coming May 31, Mon thru Friday. Families come Friday afternoon til Sat night.

Well, that is enough for now. Will write more later!