Happy Easter!

Hope you all have a very Happy Easter!

Missionaries

     Look at these beautiful pictures!  These people are full of energy and spirit!  They are the Lord's army in Taiwan.

December Get-together

In front of the Gaoxiong Train Station @6 AM 

Arrived at our destination in JiaYi for the December Get-together

At the Chinese Lunar New Year Dinner with Pres. & Sister Chen 

Family History Training at TaiBao Branch in February

At the Taizhong Train Station on Feb. 18, 2013

At the Taizhong Train Station on Feb. 18, 2013

At the Taizhong Train Station on Feb. 18, 2013

Missionary Meeting with Elder Evans, Elder Watson, et al, in Taizhong on Feb. 18, 2013

Mission Tour:  Visited by Elder and Sister Wilson of the Area Presidency in Jan. 2013 

    Missionaries are awesome!  Watching the army of Helaman on Sundays, on workdays, we see in them our four children, and their spouses and come to truly realize how blessed we are to have them.  We heard from our children when they served on their missions.  They were all awesome, inspirational, touching about things they were doing...but watching these young missionaries in the mission field helps us to see first hand what missions for the young men/women are like.  We see how they are converting the world!  We are grateful for our children and their spouses for taking time off in their youth to serve the Lord.  They blessed the people who they came in contact with, they blessed us because of their services, and they also blessed their own lives.

    Like the many missionaries we see on the mission field here in Taiwan, we are aware of the following in our children:

   How hard they must have worked
   How much they have learned the principle of being obedient
   How they learned to rely on our Savior, Jesus Christ
   How they got on their knees and prayed
   How they listened to the Spirit and let it be their guide
   How strong their faith was and is still now
   How they loved the people they served
   How they learned to get along with their companions
   How they learned to take care of themselves
   How they learned to be organized
   How they set goals and followed steps to achieve them
   How they loved the scriptures and let the scriptures guide their lives
   How they grew

 Again, they have put their shoulders to the wheel and pushed along...raising children to walk in their footsteps.  How blessed we are!  Thanks for being such wonderful kids for us!

the Davis' children in 1977

Kong/Cami and Children

Nelson/Hilary and Children

I-Shuan/Ryan and Children 

Elaine/David and Children

For missions, we can only be grateful.  They go as young people and return as adults.  Many of the mistakes we have made as parents are rectified by their mission experiences.  We are truly blessed!