The Evans' Journey

Saturday, September 11, 2021

Lake with Friends

We spent this holiday boating with the Goodsell Family.

I didn't take a picture but we put Coraline and Bella on the single kayaks and they both did amazing!

Also, note that my anxiety did really well with them being so far away alone in a boat too.

Clairana and Jeremy kayaking with Brooklyn attempting to boat too.

Brighten and Coraline

Andon and Nephi - Andon wasn't too excited about boating but he loved jumping in the water.

Water Testing

Yesterday, we did our annual service of loading up and testing water around different parts of the county for nitrates, E.coli, nitrites, temperature, clarity, and phosphates.

We enjoyed it and we got a new map this year so our locations were places we had never been.

We even ended up in Green Hill which is a tiny town we had never been to before.

They always give us lots of granola like bars to choose from as a special thank you.

Clairana took the lead as writer this year. Nephi wanted to wear our waders the whole time but the water in most of our locations was pretty shallow.

Pictures never do justice of how beautiful this place is. After living in the desert I will always love the green. I really missed it when I would see pictures of land at home while we were away.

Working!

This one was too steep for the little girls so we watched from the bridge.

Afterwards we went to Monical's to celebrate.

Tuesday, September 7, 2021

Mission Money

We have been passing out eggs at church when the Connolly family suggested we accept money and put it towards a mission fund....so we did!

In LDS church, boys are allowed to serve a mission after they graduate high school and are at least 18 years old. Girls can serve a mission when they are 19 years old.

They submit their application/paperwork to the leaders of the church who then decide where the missionary will serve. It is always an exciting time when the soon to be missionary gets to open his/her letter with everyone to reveal where they are going and when they leave.

The missions are all volunteer and you are not required to go on a mission.

Missions last 2 years for boys and 18 months for girls.

A girlfriend of mine who served a mission said looking back it was such a gift to have this time to study the scriptures and to not have any distractions from the world or even motherhood, marriage - it was just about strengthening your own testimony of Christ.

Missionaries share the gospel as well as provide service in all aspects. It is important for the missionary to be in healthy and must be able to walk 6 miles a day or bike 12 miles a day. They also will have a constant companion who they will do scripture study with and live with. These may and almost always do change throughout the mission.

A mission costs $500 per month - $9,000-$12,000.

We will see who goes on a mission in the Evans' house! And where they go!

Saturday, September 4, 2021

Weekly Coop Date

Mostly for my reference but I appreciate all the effort all these mamas put in every week.
Dennise is magical with all her organization and business like talent.

She uses every aspect of the IEW curriculum each week and I love it so much.

Pictures I find on my phone as I am locking up the church in the afternoon.

Toddler who was a mess at this point.

After we have presentations the little class gets a 15 minute read aloud time while the bigger class gets to focus on the talents of presenting and how to improve their skills.

Kelli read to them this week and she was a hoot to listen to.

We were missing one family this week due to vacation but we did have a family visit too.

In the afternoon writing class - Cecily eats candy.

On the Wabash

Last night, we went to see the Dale family at their campsite by the Wabash.

It was such a great time around the fire. I saw the kids sitting in a tree together and had to take a picture because I remembered the one I had from years ago.