Together Again!
From Gary: After two years apart, Norman and Kristine Davis are together again! Norman took care of Kristine through many years of Alzheimer's Disease until she passed away in April of 2022. Now in April of 2024 Norman passed away 3 days after his 88th Birthday and joined Kris and so many others in the Spirit World. They were, like all of us, imperfect people, but they showed lifelong faith in Jesus Christ and truly showed us all how to endure to the end. They will forever be loved and missed. We are so grateful for the Plan of Salvation that helps us know where they are now and that we will see them again. We now need to work on writing more of their life histories so they can be shared with their posterity.
Here is a link to Norman's obituary: https://www.legacy.com/us/
We loved the family that came to the funeral and for so many who attended virtually and showed their love for Norman.
Hold your loved ones tight and tell them they are loved every time you can. President Nelson has told us this life is like a nanosecond in eternity, but that it is a very important nanosecond!
From Sylvia: It has been a beautiful and exhausting week. If we can go a few days without needing to drive up to Logan we will be very happy! But, it has been wonderful to spend time preparing for the funeral and with family. We also had a few things that needed fixing at our house so worked on those this week as well.
Monday and Wednesday we actually got some of our Pathway work done and that was wonderful. We talked to amazing students who are working hard to improve their lives. They remind us daily of why the knowledge of the Savior and his Atonement is so important. They are learning to understand that through Christ they really can do all things.
We had the funeral for my Dad on Friday and it was a perfect day. As part of the funeral service, each of the grandchildren (there are 11 of them between my sister and me) spent a minute or two talking about Grandpa and how he touched their lives. We heard about learning to drive stick shift, misquoted poetry, very badly pronounced Spanish, hiking trips, and lots of wisdom. It was perfect and exactly what I hoped for.
Grandchildren Pallbearers gathering
My sister Juliana and I plus Spouses
For mission choir the past few weeks we've started working on the "farewell" songs for the current mission presidency since they are done at the end of June. I don't know how we're going to get through any of them without crying but we'll try. We are discovering a rather sad reality of missions is that people finish their missions and go home whether you want them to or not. It's really quite rude of them!
We were in charge of the Zone game night last night and it went very well. We had 30-plus people show up, and thanks to Tyler and Marie we had plenty of games for them to choose from. We also had pizza and snacks and it was great to spend time playing, eating and getting to know each other.
This one got pretty scary
Jeremy, Adam and families came to church with us today and several people were really excited to see them, until they found out they were just visiting and not new ward members. Our ward here struggles a bit and really needs new, strong families to move in!
We're looking forward to a more normal week of missionary work ahead but are so glad that we were able to celebrate my Dad's wonderful life.
Have a fantastic week!
Sister and Elder Pack
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