Dear Everyone -
This will be a short letter as we are getting ready to go to California tomorrow. Re: last week's letter - I forgot to add Ted to the list of graduates. Sorry, Ted. Scott got the official notice that Venezuela mission is closed! No more visas, and I don't know about the miss.s already there, if they get to use up their visa time, or will be sent home. Matt's date is July 20, and he will speak in their old ward July 24th.
Bear's date is Aug 26, and we will let you know the date for his speech. Nate's date is Oct, sometime. Steph is officially engaged, wedding date is Sept 10th. Claire called to say Tom has Diabetes!!! - and he was eating a pop cycle at the time. Alene, she needs info and ideas.
I gave my DUP lesson last evening. It was on the Mormon settlements in Idaho. A guy named Richard Leigh (nicknamed Beaver Dick by Brigham Young cuz he had protruding teeth and cuz he was so good at trapping Beavers) married an Indian girl named Jenny. They had 6 children. They caught small pox and all except Dick died within 10 days. It was the dead of winter, so he couldn't bury them because of the frozen ground, so he dug a grave in the dirt floor of the cabin, buried them, then burned the cabin down. Later at age 50 he married a 14 yr old Indian girl named Susan Tadpole and had 3 more children. If you have been to Jackson Hole, you probably saw Jenny Lake. It was named for her. Will be more newsy next week. We will be home Tues. Love, Mom