Happy Valentines Day!

Mom is still able to entertain and serve her yummy food on the mission. They sure are all lucky

Fasteners

Different fasteners that we find on the documents from 1900's

This is where we Git R Done

This is the Archives where we do our record preservation every day.

Week Three

Well, here it is the start of our third week. My, but time flys when you are having fun. Our days and nights are full and even weekends. We don't seem to have found any spare time. We leave for the archives at 7:00 am and get home about 5:00 pm depending on whether we have shopping to do after we are done at the archives. Tuesday nights we have Institute class. We are studing Jesus the Christ and the New Testament. Our teacher studied in Jerusalem for several years and has a very vast knowledge of what took place there and of the Savior. She makes it come to life for all of us.

Thursday nights we work at the Family History Center. We had our first staff meeting last week and will actually begin our hours of 6-9 every Thursday this week. We will be able to do some of own research and work then, too. Have missed doing that. Need some more names to work on.

We have a couple of wood projects to do for down at the archives. Dad can't stay away to long. There is a guy in one of the wards here that has a shop that we can use. He said that dad could use it as long as the guy could look over his shoulder and learn a few things. We went out Saturday to find a Lowe's to see what kind of wood they have available, etc. Now we can go and "Get er done".

Boy! are some of these records fragile. You can hardly touch them that they don't fall apart. Sure wish they knew about archival paper back 115 years ago. It's a good thing that we are capturing them on images as they won't be around for much longer.

Found a neat quote the other day. "A life that is not documented, is a life that within a generation or two will largely be lost to memory. What a tragedy this can be in the history of a family." How so very true. It is so important that each family has their families history and geneolgy. For where will you get it if you don't have your own? And your kids need to know their ancestors. And so do you. Even if all you work is done, supposedly, it's not.

I am going to send or at least try and send some pictures of our trip to Kirtland to see the statues of Christ, some Amish things, picture of the different fasteners that we find on the documents (we are going to make a shadowbox out of them) and a picture of Soba a girl from India that Dad got to go help and teach and that got baptized on Saturday. She is really a neat person.

Well don't know what to tell you except that we miss all of you and you are in prayers daily. But we are enjoying serving here and doing what we are doing. Love, Mom and Dad

We're almost there

Well, we are in Ohio, but not quite Cleveland. We should be there before noon. What a couple of weeks we have had. We had a fantastic two weeks at the MTC (Missionary Training Center). What a place to feel the spirit and closness to Heavenly Father. The first week was spent learning Preach My Gospel. If you don't have a copy in your home you should get one. Great source for Family Home Evenings and also to prepare your sons for their missions, as this is what they will be learning and teaching from. We found out through prayer you can do anything as long as you do your part. We can DO IT!!! If you know couples in your ward or family who are retirement age and needing something to do, encourage them to put their papers in and get going. They need them out here in all areas that are availiable. We met couples who were on their 3rd and 4th missions. It's cheaper than staying at home and WOW what rewards and blessings you receive and your family,too.

The second week we spent from 7:30 am-5:00pm every day learning how to digetize (image) old records to be put into the Family Search program for indexing and for people all over the world to access for their own personal records. This was so very interesting and our old minds still work. We had to learn how to calibrate and focus the camera. The circle you see on the page is called an LSI or line segment indicator. You have to find the "thinnest" line on each batch of documents and then focus on it either horizontaly or vertically, find the "pixals" (they can't be more than 4 in a single line), then focus as good as or better than the original document then start imaging. The "gray scale" lets you know that the image is focused in another way. Both have to be used every time you start a new "folder". Boy! look at all these computer terms we know. Now just to remember how to do them. Where is a grandchild or child when you really need them? Just kidding! Mybe we will finally learn how to use our camera and computer.

We spent a couple nights in Denver with Grandma and Grandpa Evers. Was so good to see them and to see Grandpa doing so much better. (That's one of those blessings we have recieved in our family from the mission.) We hope he continues to do well. They are going to look seriously at selling their house and getting a townhome. So when we return in a year they will probably be at a new location. Saw Ron/Laura, Terri/Darrell and Sara. Didn't get to see JT this time. We also spent a night with the DeRock's. They are such good friends.

Wednesday, we spent the evening in Hastings,Nebraska, and visited with Charles and Eleanor Buss, This is a cousin of Grandpa Evers. He is a very avid geneoligist. He asked to see if we could find some information on his mothers side. He knows every bodies geneolgy, who, where and what about them. He has information and pictures to go with them all. Very interesting to spend time with them. Eleanor looked better I thought than in July when we saw her. TO BE CONTINUED and pictures to follow. Wait for me to send them tomorrow or Sunday and more info. Love Mom

New email address

We have changed our e-mail address for those of you who would like it. It is kbe4ever@gmail.com
It is pretty much the same as the old one just don't forget the (e).

Our first week

Well, We have just about made it through our first week. We get up at 6:00 am and have breakfast at 7:00 am and then we start classes. We go for an hour and then have a fifteen minute break. Then start up again. We study a lesson every night of two or three chapters in “Preach My Gospel” then the next day we put the lesson into a situation like we were teaching an investigator or to an inactive member. We finish at 5:00 every evening, eat dinner and then go to computer class until 7:30 pm then come home and study for the next day and to bed by 10:00pm.

Long Days!! But what a special place to be. The Spirit is so strong and so special here. The people we have met are so fantastic. We learn from them and hopefully them from us. We have had some good feedback on some of our situations and it makes us feel that we are not totally dumb.

Prayer is such a special tool we have to receive help and inspiration from our Heavenly Father. It has been a big help here in our studies and then to have prayers answered that Grandpa Evers is doing better and that Brett got a permanent job and that all of you are being watched over while we are gone.

Pray sincerely and really think about the things that you are thankful for each day and the blessings that our Heavenly Father has sent your way and then ask him for things that you really need for in your family. Remembering that we need to do our part and then Heavenly Father will do his.

We are anxious to learn how to use the digitizing camera next week so we will be able to help out in that area in Cleveland. Say a prayer for us that we will learn quickly and then remember what we learned. We always pray for the missionaries…..now we are one of them. WOW!!

Great people work here. What special leaders and teachers. To think that in just a few years Travis, Derick, Tyrel, Tyler and Trevin will be here. These Elders look so young. They are nice to us “Seniors”.

Oh yeah…..We don’t have twin beds!! What a relief. I took a picture and will send it and one of us in front of the world map.

Love you all

Mom's Greatest Fear

Will there be two beds or one? Mom's biggest fear is that her and dad won't be able to sleep in the same bed at the MTC. Like they had to do on the I love Lucy show. Silly Mom! Dad, your job is to post a picture of what it really is.

Git R Done

For Christmas we made "Git R Done" t-shirts for everyone. This has been our motto since Dad had his surgery.

Mission Invitation