Good Friday, April 22, 2011

We love teaching the atonement. This is an island with many churches with faithful, kind ministers helping seeking souls and they also enjoy teaching the atonement. We don’t feel criticism or competition with them, but we all work together in harmony. As Jesus said, “Forbid him not: for he that is not against us is for us.” (Luke 9:50)

Two little eight-year-olds will be baptized tomorrow evening: Hailey and Skyler. They will be confirmed on Easter Sunday. We’ve been close with the families so the baptism feels exciting and new, and very appropriate for this beautiful Easter Sunday.

Hailey: quiet angel

Skyler: happiness on wheels

Dutch Harbor Car Wash: You know how you drive into a car wash and the high-pressure water hits the car sideways and then you go through a wind tunnel (about 60 mph) to dry it? We have that:

Passenger side is now clean

Richard getting into the car to turn it around

Now the driver's side can get cleaned.

Voila!  Ready for Easter.

We’ve had a traveling companion this week: Hunter K. Juneyour.

We had a challenge taking JuneYour's photo in the wind, but we wanted him shot with the eagles.

Here he is in front of a fishing boat.  We had to prop him up with cardboard

 


To our Ward: Thanks for the group letter. It’s great to hear from you and imagine your faces. We read it together and shared memories about each of you.

Here’s our littlest investigator, Peder, with his friends. His mother, Darlene, is a member. In our last lesson he told us he wanted to be baptized in the Bering Sea. We tried to discourage it, but he said he’d go and jump into the creek that runs from the glacier and prove to us that he could do it. We tried to discourage that too. Here he is with his friends showing us that he is determined to go through the process of getting baptized in the Bering Sea. The kids jumped into the creek, knee high, and jumped right back out, ran up the hill and into a warm garage. It’s a little different to wade into the Bering Sea to waist level, stand there for a very fast prayer, and then get completely immersed. We’re hoping...

Love to all.

Richard and Linda, Mom and Dad, Papa and Nana