Lizzy always has a beautiful smile on her face, even when she has a nursing baby crying for his mom. She is so organized and no one has a cleaner home. She is teaching her children to be as organized and how to get a lot done in a day. She loves having them busy which of course makes her even busier. Still she gets up early for her runs so she stays in super shape and loves competition runs. She even gave Mikin a 1/2 marathon race for her birthday earlier in the month. She loves Tim and is a sweet companion for him. We all love our Lizzy.

 

Another week...whew!

Wednesday, March 25, 2009 2:40 PM

Yet again I hope that everyone is doing super, and that this letter finds you ridiculously joyous! I enjoyed all of your letters this week, and it was nice to hear how busy you all are. I think it is funny that everyone writes about the weather to me. It seems like there is nothing else to talk about, but it’s good to know I guess. If you didn’t inform me I would think it was summer there all the time like it is here. It’s warms up a bit, then starts snowing, then it repeats itself. Funny! Enjoy it because there are not that many places in the world that have four seasons, or the people don’t even know what it is like to be cold. People are born, raised, and die without the feeling of snow flacks melting in their hands, or knowing what it feels like to have a cute red little frozen nose. The little things that we take for granted are the differences between nations. You don’t understand how blessed you are to be where you're at, be in your shoes, and to experience the things which you do. People here would love to know what it is like to get in a car wreck, because that means they have a car! Funny, but it is true. Try to take advantage of the little things, and live in the moment.
I was totally floored when I heard about dad’s ice fishing story this week! A little day on a camp stool turned into a frightful memory. How often do you go fishing and end up seeing a wolf chasing a white tail deer on a frozen lake? Get real. This story has to be written down, or the future generations will think that we are pulling their leg. I can’t wait to teach our investigators tonight, and tell them the new stories from home!
Mom is headed back to college I hear. That is so fun that she is getting into a hobby like taking pictures. Now she can take my senior pictures I paid for but never got! I’m sorry, please give me a break. I know that mom and dad want to break my neck right about now. The pictures that she took of Cade and the other little guy turned out super pretty. They do look professional! Way to go mom! Oh yes, I remember his name, Jay. And you have to be somewhat lenient with me; I don’t even know the guy yet. All the little ones seem to run together to me. The names, faces, and stories.
I received mom’s package that she sent me last week, I just forgot to tell you guys. The pants fit perfect, and hopefully here in seven months when I come home they will be big on me. My companion, and the other missionaries that live with us loved the chocolate. I let the Brazilians eat all of it because they have never experienced the stuff. Weird huh. But thank you so much, and if your wanting to know what to send me for Easter, throw in a tie and some sweet basketball shorts. Lakers are my favorite team, or the Cavaliers. I feel so spoiled.
I have fallen in love with this area. As you can tell from my letter last week, this area is the BOMB! I am freaking tearing it up, and taking names and addresses baby. I have really just got this love and desire to just out and baptize the world. It is somewhat unexplainable if you have not served a mission. What is the best, and key to all of the success in my area, and zone is that the members are really missionaries. They recognize their calling, and that they are the ones who find the people for the missionaries to teach. They come up to me and my companion and introduce their non member friends to us, and a lot of them have already marked a date for us to go teach them together. The members really love to work with us, and they are like my best friends. We had a activity this last Saturday, a Integration night. We played a ton of games out on the huge soccer court built behind our brand new chapel. We had a huge sound system out there, and everyone loved it. There ended up being 150 people who went to the activity, and there were 44 investigators. Amazing huh? Then on Sunday the sacrament meeting was totally packed. There were 250 people there, and we had over twenty investigators. The work is going forth, and I know that the Lord is by our side. I know that He is in our midst, and I can feel His presence what seems like constantly. I can now relate to what return missionaries call a spiritual high. I love the work, the Lord, and the ability he has given me to testify or the truthfulness of the gospel. I am so thankful for all that the Lord has blessed me with. The list is without end, and I don’t know where to begin.
To finish I would like to answer a couple of your questions. I am in Nova Canaã, which is located in the west part of Manaus. My companion is from Bountiful, Utah, and is 20. He has about 11 months in the mission, and is the youngest of 5. His dad has a big construction business, that works a ton for the church building chapels all over the world. He loves everything that I love, but no one in the whole mission gets near to being as crazy as our family is. He plays the piano super good, and is a state champion at tennis. He went a semester at the Utah of University. He loves when I tell him about my summer wakeboarding stories, and how our family loves white water rafting. He is super cool, and we are great buds. And yes, I am his senior, and Co-LD with a brazilian Elder Souza. We live with 4, and the others are Brazilians from Paraíba, and Ceará.
That’s all from me this week! I love you all, and thank you for everything you do for me, your prayers etc. Keep your priorities in line.

Elder Gatten
Ps. My new house does not have a washing machine, so I am getting good at cleaning clothes by hand. I realize though that it is ruff on the white shirts. I may need a couple more. 16 thin ones. Loves!

My first "photo shoot"

I am going to be taking a class in April from the local college in Beginning digital photography so, I got out my camera when Brynne wanted to come over and do Cade's 2 year photos. I will be much better I am sure after my class but with Brynne and me working together here is a sampling of the shoot.

Brynne a beautiful 24

Brynne, our 3rd daughter celebrates birthdays easily as she never seems to get any older! People are always commenting on how she is so beautiful and so sweet. Like you can't be both? She is though, and I really feel it is because of her spirit. It is beautiful. She lives close to it and so it shows. She is a great mom of her 2 boys and loves to do everything out doors. She runs triathlons, (and wins her division), rafts, hunts, skis mountains and lakes, backpacks, camps, and still finds time to work a little at the gym.Cade love it because he thinks it is his pre-school. She still loves music and gets a chance sometimes to sing and play her guitar. Brynnes is a devoted wife, and Jon is so lucky to have her! We love her so much!

Watch a touching short story from President Hinckley. Cut and past this to your http box.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=naqX9iYE0V0

How grateful we are for our many blessings!  We can all share with others, as we can always find another who has a need.  Have a good week.  I love you all.  Nana

Big Letter this week

New companion from Utah

Elder Keller and Elder Gatten

Hey! I hope that you are all doing super awesome. It sounds like things are going awesome there, and that you are all making it. Anyways, I don’t know where to start to tell you about my last week. First of all, the family in my last area in Laranjeiras, Gilmar and Joseilton, they accepted baptism and to be married. I was super excited for them and from the decision they made to keep the commandments. Their four children are progressing too, and they will be baptized with their parents. We had tons of investigators in church too. The members really helped us this last week go and get the investigators and take them to church. Things are starting to go awesome in that area and elder kunz will have some sweet baptisms right before he goes home. His family that is going to get him will see the marriage and everything. That is super neat I think and will be a neat surprise for his parents.
Time for the bigger news. I got transferred!!!!!! My new area is called nova canaã! It is located in the east part of Manaus, and is located kind of out there. It is like a hour bus ride to get anywhere in the center or to where I usually went in my last area. My new companion is another American, and the third in a row, Elder Keller. He is from Bountiful, Utah and has just under a year in the mission. His family is really cool looking, and he has two brothers and two sisters. He is the youngest like me and his bros and sis are like the age of Tom, Tim and Brett. He is like ten years younger from his next siblings. He is super cool and we are already amazing friends. You can see that from the pictures I guess! He studied a semester at Utah before he came on the mission, but thank goodness he is a BYU fan. I don’t think I could of standed another stinking Utah fan. He loves snowmobiling, snowboarding, and doing tons of stuff like that. He loves camping, and mountain biking. I love it man, I love American companions because you can totally relate to them. And what is good too is that he has already got a good hook on Portuguese so I don’t have to focus on that with him. We can just have a good time, make memories, and baptize the world. I have felt so blessed in my mission in relation to companions, areas, and just every situation that I have been in. I cannot explain it to you all, but I just feel like I am in the right spot at the right time, doing the right stuff, and I feel comfortable. I know that the lord is with me at all times, and that he knows my heart and my mind.
This area that I am in is one of the best in the mission. The zone that I am in is the best in the mission, and in two weeks of this month together we have baptized 143people28 men and 23 families. Just in our zone! The lord is blessing us and there are still two weeks left in the month. The ward that I am in is amazing. We received a reference form the bishop yesterday of a family. We went to their house and taught them the first lesson. They accepted baptism and also to get married. Their son too will be baptized. We marked it all for the first week in April, and will have it during general conference. It is amazing, I love it. The members are truly member missionaries, and have the greatest desire that I have ever seen from anyone in my life to help the missionaries, and to baptize. They are so amazing. They have activities daily! They get out and play soccer, volleyball, and love it all. I look at the chapel, which is brand new, and I think that this is Zion. It is too perfect. This ward is better than anything I have seen in my whole life. The funny part is that I am here. I am so pumped to work, and so help this ward split again. It split last September, and will split again now. There are like three hundred people in church on Sundays. I love the work!!!!
I feel like I am in the prime of my mission. I feel like everything is going awesome, and the only thing that holds me back at times Is myself. If I could just run faster, walk with a faster pace, and talk with everyone that would be awesome. I am doing my best, and I know that the Lord is blessing me and my comp. Miracles do happen in the mission field. I have such a strong testimony of the gospel. I have such a love for my Savior. HE GAVE IS LIFE THAT I MAY REPENT AND RETURN TO THE PRESENCE OF MY FATHER. What a sacrifice. I love the gospel so much, I cannot explain it to any of you in a way that you will comprehend. I would give my life for this work, it is divine.
Have an awesome week, and don’t forget to open your mouth and preach the gospel. HELP YOUR MISSIONARIES! You know someone who is not a member. Give them a reference. DO IT!
Elder Gatten

It sounds like you are all so busy, and that everything is going so awesome! I am so excited to hear from you guys week in and week out. Like I look forward to hearing from you all and to hear how you are all doing. It sounds like you are all enjoying life there in the beautiful northwest.
So, I was transfered yesterday, and now I am in a new area. I am in an area called Nova Canaã. It is located in the eastern part of the city of Manaus, and is really far away form a lot of things. The people here are super humble, I cannot even believe it. Like the ward is like a picture perfect ward. In everything. For example, we went to the new beautiful chapel last night, and when we got there there were members waiting there with friends for us to talk to and teach. Also, the bishop gave us a reference and it was an awesome family. We went to their house and marked their wedding and baptisms form the first weekend of April. We'll have it after general conference! That was my first day in the ward. There are like three hundred peole in the ward, and everyone is a member missionary. This area baptizes like more than any other in the mission, and now that I am here I want to split the ward and baptize the ten families that we are teaching. Things here are amazing. My new companion is an american again. Elder Keller from Bountiful, Utah. He has a little less than a year on the mission, and is the man. His family looks really neat, and they are totally outdoors type too. rafting, fishing, everything. It is nuts how blessed I am to be where I am. It seems to me like during my mission I have been in the right place at the right time. Everything that I learn in one area, or with one companion I am always putting into practice, and things are just at a peak. I feel invincible at times. It is so fun, I love the work. I love the Lord and I am so thankful for the time I have to serve him. wow! Love you guys.
spike

March Birthdays

Ode to the Hunter's Party

The time came and went for the last annual Hunter's Party.

Steve and Brett decided to start the Hunter's Party several years ago since "the women get all these baby showers, bridal showers" etc. It has always been a time for the men to share mounts, exhaggerated stories, and homemade jerky.

They love it.

The party has been at our shop the last few years, but this year, for the final time, it was at Brett's. There is usually a fire outside, bow shooting, hunting videos, barbecue, door prizes, and sometimes even clinics about the newest gadgets, must haves or do-it-yourself's.

It has always been a good time to celebrate a much-loved sport. So we say thank you, to Steve for all you have done to put on this amazing event...but mostly, to give these guys the "man time" they needed.

So here is our ode to the Hunter's Party. You will be missed.

(Although, we do feel it may, just MAY happen again next year. ;)

Asa is #1

ASA Morton is such a cutie pie!  His huge blue eyes grab you immediately.  He is trying to master the art of walking(which we all see him do when he is not looking),  and loves to be tickled and played with.  His favorite things are balls, Ella and Noah,  oh Yes, and his dad, Tyler.  He spends his time getting into everything and is a typical 1 year old that eats everything he can get close to his lips! We love his big dimples and smile.  What a sweet little grandson he is.

Family, and Friends,
Just to get some things out of the way, I would like you all to know that I am doing fine and feeling better. I am not one hundred percent, but I am making it. I feel weak, like post flu, but besides that I am in the streets working and teaching. That is what is most important. I am so thankful for your prayers in my behalf, there is no doubt in my mind that they were heard and answered. I want to thank you all! Oh ya, sorry for the scare too, I didn’t mean for this to happen or to have you all feel bad for me, I just was getting worried and told you finally. It was funny last weekend when I was in my interview with president, and he asked me is I had been communicating with my family regularly, and I told him yes, and bore my testimony about the blessing I feel like I have received from it. A little bit after he began to laugh hysterically! He said that my mother had called his wife and they talked for a while. He said that mom was worried about me and that she wanted to know my situation. He said that Sister Jayme loves mom, she seems like an awesome lady. I can totally imagine them being friends, mom and her, because they are both funny and organized etc. I felt a bit embarrassed talking to president about my problems, but I am glad that I did, and my problems are getting better. I don’t know the name of the medicine, but I will get you the name of it dad next week.
This week is the last week of the transfers. I find out if I will be getting transferred this Saturday, and the meeting and actual transfer is always on the following Tuesday really early in the morning. So maybe next week I will be coming to you all from another area with another companion. I really like my area, everything seems to be working. We have really begun working hard, and have received some references of families this past week. Yesterday we marked four baptisms and a marriage for the end of the month. So, you can not see why I hope that I stay. Ha! We have started to build our teaching circle up, after starting from scratch a couple weeks ago. We are teaching men, families, and people who really have the desire to know more about the gospel, and progress to the point of baptism. I am so thankful for the blessings that I am receiving and for the love I feel from my savior. I know that nothing can frustrate the work, it will go forth triumphantly.
Yesterday, I received a call on my cell from Mácio, the family that we live with. They are ridiculously awesome by the way. He said that he needed our help, and said that we need to do more service projects anyway. So we met him at his mother’s house, and he was using a pick to break somewhat hard cement in the street. Well what happened is that his mother is building a little shop thing in the back of he house, and had a cement truck come and pour cement in the middle of the road. Well they ended up having more cement than they needed so we had to go get the rest that was almost dry, break it up, mix it with water, and put in wheel barrels so carry a mile away to his house. Talk about some kind of service project at nine o´clock at night! So I rolled up my white sleeves and flipped my tie over my shoulder and went to work like I was raised how. Baby I showed them Brazilians how we do construction. I would have made Brett proud if he was there. It was good to get the workout in carrying wheel barrels of cement miles back and forth, making five trips in a couple hours. I think that I gained the members confidence on that one!
I am in high spirits, and totally feel like I am in the prime of the mission. I have such a desire to just go out day in and day out and call everyone to repentance! No, but seriously work hard, and help my fellow men. I find joy teaching the gospel, and really bearing my testimony of the things that I know are true. For example, one family that we are teaching, Guilmar and Joséilton, had one of their good friends and pastor of the Universal Churches. We told the family that we were going to review the first lesson again for the benefit of their pastor friend. We began teaching, and I could feel the spirit strong. The man was paying attention, and actually didn’t ridicule us. Towards the first vision I was to the point where I didn’t feel like I was teaching the lesson anymore. I totally felt like an instrument in the hands of my father in heaven. Like I don’t know how to explain the feeling, I could feel the spirit testifying to the man the veracity of the things of which I was teaching him. At the end of the lesson and after bearing my testimony to him, he bowed his head, and took a deep breath. I asked him is he any questions of that which we had taught him, or is he would like any part clarified, and he said no. I believe everything that you just taught me. I felt different, thank you for the lesson. So, after we gave him a Book of Mormon, and he left, not wanting to mark a return appointment. I know that he felt the spirit. There is no doubt in my mind that the spirit testified to him the truth of the Restoration. When we open our mouths, and share what we know, the Holy Ghost testifies to the hearts of those which you are teaching.
At times in life we feel alone, left out, incapable, or unworthy. Although these feelings are natural, they don’t come from our heavenly father. I refer to the Doctrine and Covenants in the 121 section, where Joseph Smith is in Liberty Jail in Missouri. He, being a prophet of the lord felt the same way we do sometimes in life. He felt as is he could not carry the burdens of the world anymore. The persecution was at a peak, and things did not look to well, no light at the end of the tunnel. In about the seventh verse the lord responds to the prayer of his beloved servant and prophet. He tells him to calm his soul, that the lord is with him and that his burdens and sufferings of him and his people will be but a moment. What comfort that brought to Joseph as he was at the point of denying everything. I think sometimes, we feel as Joseph did, weak, worthless, unworthy, and alone, but like the lord reassured him and each of us, he is always there. He knows us, he loves us, and he extends his hand to all. I know that the lord loves me, you, and all of his children. We receive his blessings according to our obedience. When life gets tuff we turn to our knees, and supplicate to him who knows us, and our situation better than we.
I love the gospel, and my Savior Jesus Christ. I love the scriptures, and the comfort, guidance, and knowledge with in which are held. I am so thankful for a loving Heavenly Father, and my family he has blessed me with. May we find ourselves on our knees thanking him more often, and thus receive more blessings. I love the work, you all, and my Savior.
Have an awesome week, and know that I am thinking of you all! Thanks for your prayers, and your effort to share the gospel with those around you. You effort to become a better member missionary in the ward where you are, will be a huge blessing to you now and in the future.
With my love,
Elder Gatten

Mikin's bithday was this week.

What a fun daughter she is.  We all use her many artistic talents for so many things,from making wedding invitations to decorating christmas, Mikin is always there and willing to help. She has an infectious smile and cheerful countenance.  Her kids think she is the best mom possible and spends hours carting them to all their games and activities.  Her young women at church love her and her neighbors know she is always there for them as their leader or camp director.  She is a great missionary others taking them to activities and example to us all.  She has her mom's soft heart and her dad's determination. Mikin is a best friend to many an we all love her.

 

Our week-end

Aj just returned from Utah where he visited Tom's family, and was in a recovery program. We are so happy is is home now and doing very well.

Valley Camp

AJ was visited often by Jay and 

Tora while in Utah.  He loved getting to know them and their help in his recovery.

Jay, Tora, AJ, and Steve

Danny helped get AJ into Valley Camp and was a real friend to him.

Danny, Thomas, and David

Aj loved visiting Tom's family before coming home.

Alyssa and AJ

Aj was chief cook at the camp for a while, they all miss him!

We attended Tamara Morton's Wedding Reception

Our son-in-law, Tyler's little sister Tami got married this week-end. She married Casey Fowler

Tami and Tyler

Kiah at the sign in table

Tami and Casey Fowler

Our missionary is better.

I guess most of you know that our missionary son Spike who is serving in Manaus, Brazil scared us a bit last week.  He reported having 12 days of diarrhea with blood.  Now that isn't a pretty picture, but, it gives me a chance to talk to you all about my testimony of the power of prayer.  After his e-mail I immediately began praying with great earnest (and haven't stopped).  And, after sharing with Steve and others I called the temple and put his name on the prayer roll.  I text the family and e-mailed close friends to join in our prayers for him.. Then, after being instructed by Steve, I called Sister Jamie, the mission presidents wife and the person in his mission I knew I could count on (as a mother) to help my son every way she could.  She had already called the mission medic and gotten medication for him so I knew she would be the one I could count on. Anyway,  she e-mailed me saturday as she had promised with the good news that he was feeling better and the medicine had helped stop the diarrhea.  We had been told by so many that was the same illness  that brought a missionary they knew home early and all the medical problems that many have lingering because of it.  However, at his setting apart President Wood had specifically blessed Spike with good health and I remembered that prayer. 

Our Heavenly Father may have given Spike just a little reminder that He is in charge and we all need to be humble and prayerful for the blessings of Heaven.  I am so thankful for the knowledge I have that my prayers can be and are answered every day. And now we all new to remember our prayers of Thanksgiving.  I love you all.  Mom, Nana, friend, and sister in the gospel of Jesus Christ

Brett took kids snowmobiling

Wyatt

Sophia

Nikell

Brett

Short note from Spike

Spike has an illness so please pray for him.He has had diahrrea fo 12 days with bloody stool. He is on medication and is to go to the hospital Sunday. Will keep you all posted. I think I will still get his general letter but wanted to share this much with all of you. Please write to him and give him your love. He sounds pretty low and scared.Love you All. MOM

I havent talked to the doctor yet. Sister jayme will call him saturday. its the area medic. he will talk to me then. i just hope it is not an internal infection that is going around. its fatal. so yes...i hope i dont have that. i love you guys. i dont know what kate is up to but i am forgetting about it. ...everything for that fact and just thinking of the people i serve and how i can help them here. hope you like my e mail. love you guys. i am heading out. till next week. i got a package form cassie. thanks. tell everyone hi. i cant tell everyone that. the list is to long. i always forget someone. sorry. tell my nieces and nephews i love them. your the best parents in the world. i love you beyond words or actions. its a good thing i will be with you for eternity because hopefully then i will be able to express my love for you. you do so much for me. i dont deserve it. i see the peole here suffering, with no clothes, house, and sleep on dirt....why me why.....i want to give them all i have, i want to serve them without end. my heart is humbled and i just cant do enough. i feel like such a weak person becuase i am so in tune with the spirit. i must seem really feminine to you all about the things i talk about. but its who i have become. i want to be a spiritual giant. i cant explain my desires, but i have my eyes fixed on what means most to say the least. love you so much. thanks again. until the next wednesday.
your son who loves you
spike

Hey family and friends! I would like to apologize that you all did not receive your e mail from me last week. I did, as a matter of face, write to you all so that is not the problem. It must have just not been sent correctly with the pictures that I had attached. No worries, I am here and I am alive. I know that you were all worried! Ha! I would like to share something with you this week that really hit me hard. It is something that I have turned to in my thoughts many times this week, and has really helped me. It has governed my thoughts, and the true desires of my heart. Sorry if I sound like totally religious or not like myself, but I have realized the importance of the gospel in my life, and the blessings that come from living it. I have such a passion to walk in the ways of the Lord, and be a profitable servant. So, this is the quote from Elder Henry B. Eyring, which caught my attention and has changed me as a person. My hope is that it will change your life too, and help you turn your whole self to the Savior. "The son of men cannot serve two masters as it tells us in Alma 42.Fellowship of the Unashamed´´I am a part of the fellowship of the unashamed. The dye has been cast out, I have stepped over the line, and the decision has been made. I am a disciple of Jesus Christ. I will not look back, let up, slow down, or be still. My past is redeemed, my present makes sense, and my future is sure. I am finished and done with the low-living, small-planning, smooth knees, colorless dreams, tainted visions, worldly talking, cheap giving, and dwarful goals. I no longer need preeminence, positions, promotions, or rewards. I do not have to be right, first recognized, praised, regarded, or rewarded. I now live by faith, lean on hHs presence, walk with patience, am lifted up by prayer, and labor with power. My face is set, my gate is fast, and my goal is heaven. My road is narrow, my way is rough, my companions are few, my guide is reliable, my mission is clear. I cannot be bought, compromised, detoured, turned away, divided, or delayed. I will not flinch in the face of sacrifice, hesitate in the presence of adversity, negotiate at the table of the enemy, ponder at the past of popularity, or meander in the maze of mediocrity. I will not give up, let up, or shut up until I have stayed up, stored up, and paid up for the cause of Christ. I must go till he comes, give till I drop, and preach till all know, and work till he stops me, and when he returns for his own, he will have no problem recognizing me. My banner will be clear.´´-Elder Henry B. EryingI was moved by what I read, and since the first time I have turned back to read it repeatedly. Each time I get something new out of it. A different view, and a different sense of action I need to take as a person to really become a member of this solemn assembly of Disciples of Christ. I love the Savior and the opportunity I have to be a part of his royal army. I am what am referred to as angle walking in the midst of evil, materialism, hate, fear, and in the jaws of hell. We as Disciples of Christ are chosen to take upon ourselves His name, to walk in his ways, and to be as He is. What better way is there to express my feelings and soul desire than to use this quote from an ordained seer, revelator, and apostle of the lord Jesus Christ. I love my Savior. I know that he lives and loves me, you, and all of humanity. He hates sin, but love the sinner. Joseph Smith restored the Church of Christ yet again upon the earth. We are in the final days, the last dispensation. He translated the Book of Mormon by the gift and power of God. The scriptures are true, the word of God, pure revelation. We have a prophet on the earth today. He receives direct revelation for our days, and is the mouth piece of the savior he upon the earth. How blessed we are. Follow his council, make the sacrifice. Walk in the ways of the lord. Be better, work harder, and reach further. We can never do enough. I love you all and I love this gospel. Never forget our Savior, or the importance of living the gospel. Start with the little things. Prayer, scripture study, and family home evening. The spirit will guide you from there. Use the gift, of which the savior has bestowed upon you. Be profitable, be a true disciple. This is my prayer for you, me, and for all. In the name of Jesus Christ, Amen.Elder Gatten

Baby Jay Marshall Erickson is blessed

Baby Jay had a very special day on Sunday. He was blessed by his father Jon. It was a beautiful day but cold. Many attended including his Grandma and Grandpa Erickson, Great G-pa and G-ma Lee, Papa and Nana Gatten, Mikin and Tyler Morton and their 4 kids, Brett and Angie Gatten and their 3 kids, Tim and Lizzy Gatten and their 4 kids, and Jon's brother Brandon and his family, and sister Kelly and her family. We went to Bruce and Nancy Erickson's home on Hayden Lake and ate together afterwards. Jon gave Jay a beautiful blessing and he was beautiful in his little white outfit. I made his blessing blanket. It was a wonderful day.