Elder Eric Bruce Timothy
Elder Eric Bruce Timothy

Elder Eric Bruce Timothy, son of Bruce and Carol Timothy, has been called to the Cordoba Argentina Mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He will speak in the Roosevelt Tenth Ward on June 28 at 10:50 a.m. He will enter the MTC July 1.

Some thoughts on Ted Kennedy

Now that he is dead I will now post some poignant thoughts about the man and his life.


What’s the difference between Michael Jackson and Teddy Kennedy? About 2 months of decay!
Ted Kennedy has been sober for 12 hours now.
Ted Kennedy carries on the tradition of his brothers by dying with something lodged in his brain.
What did Teddy tell Mary Jo when he found out she was pregnant? We’ll cross that bridge when we get to it.
I wonder if Ted Kennedy’s funeral will be open bar?
Ted also had a plan to stimulate the Auto industry but his program was called “cash for kerplunkers”.
How did people find out Ted was dead? He didn’t show up to the bar this morning.
I’d rather go hunting with Cheney than driving with Ted Kennedy.
Ted Kennedy never became president because unlike George Washington, he couldn’t cross a river.
Ted is dead, its all just water under the bridge now.
With news of Ted’s death, the Massachusetts liquor industry is now going to need a bailout.
What’s black, white and hungry? Ted Kennedy’s cat!


"The Supreme Court confirmation hearings got pretty heated yesterday. Ted Kennedy questioned Judge Alito's integrity when Alito was at Princeton. As you may know, Kennedy was kicked out of Harvard for cheating. So when it comes to questionable integrity at college he knows what he is talking about." --Jay Leno

Update: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1760564/posts
This is the biggest joke of all. A sitting senator advising the leader of the soviets on how to undermine Ronald Reagan

Fw: How about these ones?

 

----- Original Message -----

From: K-Kids Number 1

To: Grandma and Grandpa Jordan ; Linda Skinner ; Brian and marci ; mike dorough ; oceancrew@yahoo.com ; Uncle Ben ; Harry Karatassos ; Faith Karatassos

Sent: Wednesday, August 26, 2009 2:52 PM

Subject: How about these ones?

Hi again,

 

Just another test to see if these pictures go through. This is take two of the Fourth of July pictures I sent on Sunday.

 

Love

Karissa

Fw: are the pictures working?

 

----- Original Message -----

From: K-Kids Number 1

To: Grandma and Grandpa Jordan ; Linda Skinner ; mike dorough ; brian skinner ; Brian and marci ; Uncle Ben ; jwilkerson@woh.rr.com ; Jasmine Jordan ; Harry Karatassos ; Faith Karatassos ; oceancrew@yahoo.com

Sent: Wednesday, August 26, 2009 2:46 PM

Subject: are the pictures working?

Hi everyone again,

 

This is just a test, because my Dad and Marci said the pictures I sent in the last two emails did not work. Here are three ballet recital pictures, do they work for you?

 

Love,

Karissa

Fw: Last test for the day :)

 

----- Original Message -----

From: K-Kids Number 1

To: Grandma and Grandpa Jordan ; Linda Skinner ; aaron@bharc.com ; brian skinner ; Brian and marci ; Uncle Ben ; Jasmine Jordan ; mike dorough ; Harry Karatassos ; Faith Karatassos

Sent: Wednesday, August 26, 2009 3:01 PM

Subject: Last test for the day :)

Here is the last group of pictures. They are of girls camp. Hopefully most of you already got them. Sorry if they aren't working.

 

bye4now,

Karissa 

Ted Kennedy Is Dead

Ted Kennedy Is Dead

The way Kennedy should be remembered.

He had a dog named Splash. True story.

Only 59 votes now

Well, I know politcis is not supposed to go in here, but this is just for information.
Since Kennedy is dead, now the democrats only have 59 votes, so they can not automatically pass the health care bill now.

Fw: Busy as a Bumble Bee buzzzzz :)

HI Family,

I wrote this to Jasmine, but mom thought that the rest of the family would like to hear it too.

"So two Sundays ago i was sitting in class thinking about how I havent given a talk in a while. Then I was like 'Wouldnt it be funny if I had to give one now since I thought that?' Right after class our 1st counselor came in and asked to talk to me. I walked over and he said 'Dont hate me but could you give a talk in two weeks on the 23rd?' Haha I could never hate Brother Scanlan cause hes awesome. But i guess i jinxed myself or maybe it was the spirit giving me a heads up. I had to give it on my favorite Article of Faith. I chose the 13th. My heart was pounding, but once i got up there I wasnt nervous at all. I got them to laugh by tell them the story I just told you about Brother Scanlan It went really well."

SO today was a very busy sunday, I had to give a talk in Sacrament, Kevin had to give a talk in Primary, Papa had to teach two lessons, his Sunday School class (14-15 year olds, that will be my class next year!) And he had to teacher Elders Quorum today too. And mom did a bunch of stuff because she is the YW second councilor. Then I had to go to BYD (Bishops Youth Discussion). And now I am home.

I haven't written during the summer, so I thougth I would send some ballet recital pictures. (my outfit was peach and blue) We did "Sleeping Beauty" this year. Also mom was my Level 3 leader this year at YW girls camp and I am sending a few pictures of camp. She had us do fun things like make bracelets, play 'balloon badmitton' and make YUMMY 'pizza hut' like pizza using dutch ovens! (added a picture of the pizzas. She also made a fun scavenger hunt for a hike, and we took digital pictures of the things we had to find. Things like a tree with a face, wild animals, mushrooms, and flowers. Mom was happy the Stake T-shirts for camp this year were purple.!

I had a fun Fourth too. We made home made ice cream by rolling a storage can back and forth. We made root beer floats with the vanilla ice cream it was yummy. We always have root beer floats for the Fourth.

Hope everyone had a fun summer!! It's almost fall. Thank you Dad and Marci for the good food we had there (Can I have the recipe for the smoothies and the grape jello we had at Rachels baptism?) and for the fun we had making the animal flutes, we have them in our living room as decorations. Kenny loves the turtle Kenson made.

Well I am off to bed for now because I have to get up at 5:30am in the morning for Color Guard Band Camp.

Love,
Karissa

PS Mom says I should type up my talk and send it so I will try and do that in the next email

I had to give a talk in sacrament meeting too on the 23rd. Mine was about 20 minutes. I also had to teach the elders quorum. Good job Karissa I am sure your talk was great. Yes Brother Scanlon is cool. I love Samoan people.

Brian

Loas

August 23, 2009



Dear Ones,



The Vientiane Branch in Laos is one of few, if not the one and only, branch of the Church that provides transportation to and from Church meetings each Sunday for the members of the Church and their friends. They come from more than one hour away by a rickety blue and white bus which stops at the villages along the way to pick up people waiting to come to Church. We’ve wondered at times if they come because they’re converted to the Church or if they just like the trip to the big city, the nice building we meet in, and the meal after the block meetings. We know they love being with each other. We think they’re committed to Christ…and the more they learn and feel, the more their testimonies will be based on the true principles of the Gospel. They are amazing pioneer Saints. Today the bus didn’t come. We missed our beloved friends from the villages.



Without having all the details yet, it seems that policemen called on the bus driver last night and told him he was not to use his bus to bring people into Vientiane for Church. Then…the police visited Brother Kingkeo and Brother Khamyom, two members who have vans or trucks that have been used to transport people in the past, and told them the same thing. The ultimatum was that IF they used their vehicles to bring people to Church they would be put in jail. Nobody came from the villages except the Inthavong family--they own a tuk-tuk--and Sister Bounmy who rode a public bus. Our attendance has been 100-110; today there were 44 people…no investigators. There were 2 Young Women and 5 Primary children. There was room to spare using only two mats for lunch…usually there are 5. Koungnang said it best, “Today is a gloomy day. Even the sky is gray.” We feel strongly we should visit our friends at the Lao Front for National Construction. We’ll see what additional information surfaces when we see President Khamphee and discuss things with him during our planning meeting. We’ll see what happens tomorrow. So this part of our week is “To Be Continued.”



The past week was a good one. There is always our teaching. Monday, our school director told us that there would be no classes on Wednesday because it was an activity day. “The students will play football and volleyball and have lunch together. They want to practice speaking English.” We didn’t hear a lot of English being spoken, but it was a fun activity and a very good lunch. Elder Riser is an impressive volleyball player for an old man! They couldn’t comprehend that we don’t drink beer (Lao Beer is the beverage of choice in social settings). And we are better friends now because they see that we sincerely enjoy being with them . . . and we do.



We did well signings at four schools in Xaythany District on Tuesday--Elder and Sister Fountaine’s first well signings. We ate a late lunch at a restaurant on our way home. It was Elder and Sister Fountaine’s first feu--and maybe their last. Sister Fountaine especially really struggled. Elder Fountaine has been sick since, although it may not have had anything to do with the lunch. I like feu, but this was different than usual--meatier, which is always a problem. When it was served President Khamphee immediately said, “Oh! I forgot to tell them not to put the insides in,” and he fished it out of all our dishes and shared it with the officials who were with us!



We did a lot of errands Wednesday. Thursday we visited two schools to deliver school kits and install practice boards. We completed the last three classrooms at Somphaphan’s school, made lots of pinwheels, and distributed the last school kits for the current school kit project. We also were treated to a high-end-Lao lunch by the school faculty. Elder Riser handled all our Friday English classes while I attended a meeting at the Ministry of Health with the policy making powerhouses who are working on the Mother Newborn Child Health Integrated Package that is to be rolled out next month. It was an experience that we hope is helpful as we work with Neonatal Resuscitation Training in November. Representatives were there from all the Lao health entities, WHO, UNICEF, World Bank, JICA, UNFPA, and a bunch of other acronyms I don’t even know the meaning of. The meeting was professionally run, to the point, and impressive. It’s a good effort. Implementation is another issue, as is reporting and accountability.



That’s our week in brief. Two thoughts to end:



We are unbelievably blessed in the United States. We choose whether to attend Church or not, based on our individual testimonies, or sometimes just a whim. We can choose. We seldom consider what a great blessing it really is to be able to go to Church and to partake of the Sacrament each Sunday. Now you know that there are places in the world where that choice is not taken for granted. Today there was no choice for more than half our Branch. We value our right to attend Church meetings and all that means a lot more today and forever. May we never forget.


“Trust God for great things; with your five loaves and two fishes, He will show you a way to feed thousands.” We are each a vital part of the Lord’s storehouse. He can use whatever we have to contribute to accomplish His great purposes when we invite Him in to and allow Him to direct our lives. He can do much more with us than we can do on our own.


We send our love to all of you. Have a good week!



Hugs,



Dad and Mom, Grandma and Grandpa, Elder and Sister Riser, aka Scott and Jolene