Risers update

MAY 3, 2009



DEAR FAMILY AND FRIENDS,



THIS HAS BEEN QUITE A WEEK AND A HALF. NOT FOR US AS MUCH AS THE WHOLE FAMILY. A GRANDSON (BRONSON SCOTT ROSS-6 LBS. 4 OZ. AND A MONTH EARLY) ON THE 23RD AND A GRANDDAUGHTER (EMILY NEILSON-9 LBS. 2 OZ.) ON THE 28TH. PRETTY EXCITING NEWS FOR GRANDPARENTS HALF WAY AROUND THE WORLD. NOT AN EASY TIME FOR A GRANDMOTHER SO FAR AWAY.

WELL, FOR US IT HAS BEEN A GOOD WEEK. ABOUT THE SAME AS A REGULAR WEEK EXCEPT THAT ON TUESDAY WE STARTED A SPECIAL CLASS FOR THE SCHOOL TEACHERS THAT ARE TAKING OUR DIC ENGLISH CLASS. WE MEET FROM 10:00 TO 12:00 NOON. WE WILL DO THIS THE NEXT FIVE WEEKS. THE PURPOSE IS TO HELP THEM IN THEIR CLASSROOMS AND HOPEFULLY SET AN EXAMPLE TO THE OTHER TEACHERS IN THEIR SCHOOLS. WE FIRST EXPLAINED THE TOTAL PROJECT AND THEN WE CUT APART 2 OUT OF 5 BOOKS AND TAPED ONE BOOK TOGETHER. 4 PAGES ABCROSS ON BOTH SIDES – 170 PAGES. THEN I WILL TAKE THEM AND LAMINATE THEM. WE WILL DO ONE BOOK FOR EACH CLASSROOM IN THE SCHOOL. NEXT WE SHOWED THEM HOME-MADE POSTERS OR CHARTS. GAVE THEM LAST YEAR’S CALENDARS SO THEY CAN WORK ON THE BACK AND HAVE THEM READY FOR THIS WEEK’S LAMINATING SESSION. WE ALSO EXPLAINED MAKING PRACTICE BOARDS AND ANSWER CARDS. WE WILL DO THOSE TWO THINGS NEXT WEEK. ALL IN ALL IT WAS A GREAT TWO HOURS.

WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON WE WENT OVER TO THE CHURCH AND GOT READY FOR A YOUTH ACTIVITY STARTING ABOUT 5:00 PM

WE HAD 30 PRACTICE BOARDS TO CHALK AND 20 SCHOOL KITS TO PUT TOGETHER. 3 YOUNG WOMEN AND 5 YOUNG MEN CAME. WE GOT EVERYTHING DONE AND HAD “OFF THE TREE” MANGOS AND JACK FRUIT FOR A TREAT. A GREAT ACTIVITY.

THURSDAY WE WENT TO ANOTHER SCHOOL - PHONE MUANG. I MADE A MISTAKE BY TAKING 10 PRACTICE BOARDS INSTEAD OF 12 (THERE WERE 6 CLASSROOMS, NOT THE USUAL 5) ANYWAY WE PASSED OUT THE SCHOOL KITS TO 162 STUDENTS AND 6 TEACHERS. WE WILL GET THE OTHER 2 PRACTICE BOARDS TO THEM THIS WEEK. THE SCHOOL WE DO THIS WEEK IS ONLY 1 KM AWAY.

FRIDAY WAS MAY 1ST –LABOR DAY IN LAO PDR, SO NO SCHOOL. WE FILLED OUR DAY WITH PROJECTS. ONE WAS PAINTING MORE BOARDS.

SATURDAY SISTER RISER NEEDED SOME DENTAL WORK DONE IN UDON THANI, THAILAND. WE LEFT AT 8:30 AM AND GOT HOME AROUND 3:30 PM THEN WE WORKED ON LAMINATING THE ARTICLES OF FAITH AND SOME MORE MASTERY SCRIPTURES FOR SEMINARY, AND SOME OTHER ODDS AND ENDS. THE IN OTHER WORDS PROJECT IS BEING WORKED ON. THANKS FOR GETTING THE BOOK HERE, MARI AND TEIMA.

TODAY WAS A GREAT DAY ALSO. WE PUT UP THE “PURPOSES OF THE AARONIC PRIESTHOOD” CHART. THE ELDERS REPORTED ON APRIL’S HOME TEACHING AND GOT THE NEW LIAHONAS TO PASS OUT FOR MAY. SISTER RISER BURNED SOME GENERAL CONFERENCE DVD’S SO THE MEMBERS CAN WATCH THEM AT HOME. EACH LIAHONA HAS A STICKY LABEL FOR EACH MEMBER GETTING THE LIAHONA – A GREAT TIME SAVER AND A GOOD WAY TO GET THEM INTO EACH HOME.

IN CLOSING, WE ARE RE-READING THE BOOK OF MORMOM. SOME TIME THIS WEEK WOULD YOU PLEASE READ 2ND NEPHI 2:1-30.

I, LIKE LEHI “HAVE NONE OTHER OBJECT SAVE IT BE THE EVERLASTING WELFARE OF YOUR SOULS--BOTH, YOU AS FAMILY, YOU AS FRIENDS, AND ALL OF OUR BROTHERS AND SISTERS, LIVING AND DEAD.



LOVE,

DAD AND MOM

GRANDPA AND GRANDMA

ELDER AND SISTER RISER