I'll Go Where You Want Me to Go.........

This is so cool!! I figured out how to download Jon....I mean Elder Egan.....singing in General Conference in April.
This is my favorite song they sang, probably because it was just weeks before he left for his mission, and the words fit his life so perfectly. He appears at about 3:50 upper right and 4:33 bottom left part of screen. (There is a picture in the Ensign that was taken during this part and appears on page 65 of this months issue....Jon's in that too!!)
He said it was the greatest experience of his life!

Family....Ties that Bind

There is always so much to do and see when we're in Utah. We managed to squeeze in some time for family before our plane took off after taking Jon to the MTC.We were able to see some of the grandkids after they got out of school. We went to Baskin Robbins for ice cream. It was a nice sunny day and the kids filled us in on their busy lives. Here we are with Chris and the kids....Serenity the youngest...very energetic and happy little girl. She was recently on TV being interviewed at her school. MaraLee (in back) l....she sang a solo for us that she is singing in the school choir. Kadelyn, the oldest likes to write and is a good example to her older siblings....and Terran...is his Daddy's boy, loves to make silly faces, and also sings in the school choir.
My cousin Tara lives very close to the MTC....her husband works for BYU. I hadn't seen her since she's had children.....5 adorable girls and finally a little boy:) The two oldest girls were still in school. We had fun catching up on all the years that have passed so quickly! Though we are cousins, Tara told me she always thought of me as an aunt....I am 20 years older than her (WOW I feel old!!)
And finally my uncle Ron....Tara's dad. We had a very short visit, but it was great to see him. Aunt Pam had a meeting to go to, but it was great to see Uncle Ron. They have 3 girls... Michelle, Heather and Tara and 2 sons....Ron and John. He's had some health problems the past several years, but he looks great! When we were little girls, and he was single and carefree, he told Debi and I that he would pay us for our grades....A's getting the most money. I love to remind him he owes me ALOT of money since he never paid up. I've been out of school for 35 years now....that's ALOT of interest!!!

MTC Trivia

Some things we learned about the Provo MTC this week.
Provo MTC is one of 17 such training centers worldwide....Provo being the largest.
There are also training centers in Brazil, Japan, Mexico, and United Kingon to name a few.
Up to 3,800 missionaries can be trained there at any given time.
20,000 will be trained this year.
4,000 letters and 500 packages are delivered in the mail center EACH day.
There are 3 cafeterias that serve 8,000-10,000 meals EACH day
2.6 million meals each year.....2.5 tons of breakfast cereal.....40 tons of potatoes
They feed approx. 3,000 missionaries in a 2 hour window.....each missionary is given 40 minutes to eat.
There are 330 missions worldwide serving in 165 countries.
50 languages are taught including English and ASL (American Sign Language)
4,000,000 copies of the Book of Mormon are placed each year
125 million Books of Mormon have been printed since it was first published in 1830
There are 52,000 members serving full time missions at this time.
MY son....Elder Egan is part of this wonderful effort to spread the gospel throughout the world....he is doing as the followers of Christ did when He was on the earth. He has left ALL worldly things behind and has cast in his net. He is a modern day Fisher of Men:)