First of all apologies for typo's and a scripture that should have read Roman's 8:16 (not 15) And many thoughts and prayers to friends who laid to rest dear ones (Yvonne, Jeanna, and Sonia and others) 💗💗💗 Enlisted! Through the course of a lifetime we make many choices to enlist (to join or sign on to ventures or causes) . We enlisted in the ranks of human beings when we chose to follow Christ and come to this earth.  We started enlisting in ventures and causes from the moment we took our first breathe: to learn to walk, talk, to get an education, a job, be on a team, or even a team fan, achieve, excel, or just survive.  We all find the causes we feel are worth fighting for and we enlist. We were “enlisted” this week in a YSA 1st Ward camp at Parua Bay in Whangeri, “His Royal Army”.  It was a pretty amazing experience given it rained heaps and they don’t make 6’8” bunks.   A bit of color at the camp We even had obstacle courses ...

 After going to the New Zealand Temple we stopped off at the Visitors Center to say hello to the Summerhay's and we met the Stouts.  Carolyn Lee Stout turned out to be another of Louenda's "Hess" cousins (Louenda Hess Downs). Sister Stout is a descendant of William Alma Hess from Plymouth, Utah just like Louenda (Carolyn is from William Alma's daughter Jane Hess Nish, Louenda is from Clarence Eugene).   Small world.  Thank you Disney for the graphic As we set out on our early morning walk this week one of the huge rocks supposed to be lining the path was instead IN the path.  Buff as the two of us are (lol) we couldn’t budge it.  When up behind us came a young sister, a nun.  The three of us moved it back out of the path and then as we were all headed to the beach we had a chance to chat with her for a minute.    The nun, Sister Josephine Marie (for Joseph and Mary)  was originally from Christ Chur...