Mission update 9/7/2025

Dear Friends and Family,

We started off the week with a wonderful Labor Day. We met Gordon and Maria in Hooper for Tomato Days. It was the best! We watched the dog races (categories for mini, small, medium and large), saw the displays (including Gordon and Maria's entries), visited the booths and didn't buy anything and saw the tractors and miscellaneous antique engine displays (including a Maypole winder and a wringer washing machine). It was the best!

Our favorite Hooperites

Maria's produce display

Gordon's barn quilt

After so much fun on Monday, we kind of had to drag ourselves back to missionary work on Tuesday but once we got going it was good. We continue to train Elder and Sister Tilley and they're doing great! We also had choir practice and got rather emotional when we thought about how few times we get to meet with them again.

After working hard through noon on Friday, we were all relieved to take the afternoon off. We went to the Mount Timpanogas Temple which was wonderful. We were amazed at how full the parking lot was by the time we left. It's a big parking lot! It is so good to see full Temples!

At The Mount Timpanos Temple

On Sunday we were in Logan for the baby blessing of grandchild #22 and it was beautiful. We got to spend a few minutes at the house after the blessing and then hurried back to Salt Lake in time to help the multi cultural choir get checked in at the conference center for their rehearsal. Following that we got to check in the institute choir who were practicing in the Little Theater. So much excitement and enthusiasm, we love helping these conference choirs!

Grandma with Beautiful Persephone Galadriel Pack

From Gary:  Sunday was a day of many miracles!  It was so fun to have three of our six sons in the circle for Persephone's blessing.  Richard gave a wonderful blessing to his daughter and Tyler and Blaine were in the circle with me there too.  I have to admit that to be there and have a part in that circle made me cry a little.  There is no greater miracle in the world than to see a new daughter of God join our earthly family!

We also love to work with the choirs that are preparing for General Conference.  We absolutely loved singing in Conference last year, so we are happy to assist the Choir Committee for this upcoming Saturday sessions.

It was also wonderful to be back in our Ward in North Logan and see so many loved friends and neighbors there!  We will miss our fun Ward here in Salt Lake City, but we are loved and needed in North Logan too!

Have a wonderful week filled with miracles!  I am still writing down at least one of the miracles I see every day in my journal!

We love you all!

Elder and Sister Pack