Hello All!
The interviews continued to come in faster than we could get them done this week but we have some new missionaries starting who will be helping with the interviews part time so we keep making slow progress. The priority registration deadline is May 28th so lots of worried students. We get many messages every day and try to fit in as many as we can. It's always such a nice relief when it gets to mid afternoon and all the African countries are asleep!
I asked a student this week about the best thing she had learned so far in her religion classes. She said that she was very excited to learn about "eternal." She had no idea that there was more after this life and was just so thrilled to know that there is so much more. I love that so much!
We picked up a minor bug this week so spent one day working from our apartment. We'd already scheduled all the interviews for the day so we made ourselves look presentable and got through them. It worked out fine.
Today we heard about a woman who just passed away in her nineties. She was a service missionary in our mission until right before she died. She also got a degree through BYU Pathway when she was 90. That pretty much wipes out anyone's excuse for not getting a degree!
The weekend was lovely with a trip to the zoo on Saturday and family gatherings on Sunday evening with Gary's family and Monday with Blaine and Richard's families. Our grandson Elliot turned 4 on Monday so there was a birthday celebration thrown in there as well. It was such a fun, relaxing weekend!
Mantua cemetery
Logan cemetery - Piles of Packs!
The Happy Birthday Boy
From Gary: Memorial Day has always been a wonderful time to gather together at our family's gravesites and do some remembering and gratitude! Where my Dad fought in World War II on the front lines in Germany, we have always had so much to be grateful for that he lived through that terrible experience and came home to bear more children and raise his family. He was in a Company of 106 men that were slotted to be in Washington DC to be in Army Intelligence. When they were about 48 hours from shipping out from Basic Training, they were told that they needed every available man at the front, so this Company of 106 men were sent to land at the Battle of the Bulge instead. There were just six of these 106 men that came home alive after the war. We are so grateful our Dad, William Donald Pack, was one of those six.
Happy Memorial Day!
We still love to visit cemeteries! We have our parents now in Logan and Mantua. I have grandparents in Franklin, Idaho and Snowville Utah while Sylvia has grandparents in Cedar City Utah and Mesa Arizona. We are who we are because of the legacy of faith that came from every one of our beloved ancestors.
The work we do with these BYU Pathway Worldwide students, who often join the Church as pioneers in their families, helps us to know that the Gospel of Jesus Christ is going to change them and their families for generations to come, and then for eternity! It makes us more grateful for our parents and grandparents for sure!
We are still loving our mission, and we love all of you!
Elder and Sister Pack
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