Cleaning Out The Storage Room & Following The Prophet

Dear Kids, 

Something we have done so much of while we've been on this God appointed service mission is work on the storage room. It has been a CHORE. Quite the chore actually. 

I don't even know how to write about it except that I want to record and write about it so I don't forget! There's been a lot to do in the house since we've been here, and your dad has been a champ! BOYS - remember when you get married to treat your in-laws like your dad has treated his. He has always been respectful to Papa and Mimi and has always honored them. He has been awesome while we've been here, because most of what we've been able to accomplish I could not have done it without his help. He has been so unselfish about his time and energy, it's just been phenomenal. He has just always said, "God sent us here to do a lot of service. We are doing this for God." 

Your dad is a good man. Remember that.  (he doesn't look happy in this picture - but I promise he was a willing helper! haha!)

We cleaned out the storage room that hadn't been touched for at least 15-20 years. There were mice to be cleaned out, really rotten storage that had gotten wet, just so many parts of a very unpleasant job. but the thing I kept thinking is that we had to get it to the point where dad could really actually use the storage in an emergency situation. Now he really can. He can go down and he can find what he needs anytime he looks for it. And have a cleaned out bathroom to redo and an extra bed for adults! yay! When we finished that project we knew that was one of the reasons why we needed to be here was to physically get a lot done. 

But while we were working on it all I just thought of all the years that mom and dad had obeyed the counsel of the prophets to be prepared. We found cans from 1976!! It's amazing how long my parents have worked on following the prophets counsel. What a beautiful example of staying prepared. It was a sacred experience to do all that work on something that had taken a lifetime for my parents to put together. Amazing blessing to see the accumulation of all their dedicated years to following that counsel. And I know they were blessed for it throughout their whole lives. I know that. I know they were given so many blessings inside of it all. It's a great example for me to be humble and follow the counsel of the prophet and have faith in that counsel. 

That is a good thing for me to remember. 

I love you kids. Be prepared!

Your Mom