STEVE,MISTI,MADISON,MASON,GRAYSON ARRIVE!!

Our son Steven and his family arrived on November 2, 2011. So excited to have them here.

His wife is Misti and they have 3 children: Madison-3, Mason-1, and Grayson 5 months.

They are just adorable. And it was wonderful to get to know them. Grayson is our new little grandson that has had lots of medical problems and has been diagnosed with Russell-Silver Syndrome-a rare form of dwarfism. This syndrome will be a life long disability. He doesn't have much ability to suck and therefore eats very little. You can see in the pictures that he is fed through a tube in his nose. At 5 months he only weighs about 7 lbs. They have come east to visit with a Dr. New York City who is the foremost authority in the country on this syndrome.

So Steve and Misti took Grayson and went to NY for 2 days and Pres and I got to keep Madi and Mason. such fun. We took them on long walks in the forest and they were fascinated with the leaves. We went to the zoo and the park. We had a delightful time. I loved every minute.

Grayson with the microphone before the Mission Home Fireside.
Madi likes the microphone too, but she was a little shy.
They loved the swing set. Isn't it great they have a nice swing set here at the mission home.
Madison
Mason


At the Zoo: Madi with Papa
and Mason
viewing the elephants

On our way into the zoo

Lunch in the zoo cafeteria. They even have peanut butter and jelly

At the petting zoo
The colors this week were just beautiful. Starting to change.
vibrant colors
Our neighborhood


Pres Albright and I took the kids for a walk through the woods by our house.
Madison was so excited about the leaves and the moss on the trees
And Mason loved the sticks
Leaves everywhere
Walking over the bridge

Grama Karyn with M&M



Posing on the driveway
Grayson is so adorable. Misti tried to feed him bottles but he only managed about a half ounce in an hour.

Isn't he precious
Pres. and Madison and Mason
Steven with his kids
Precious

HALLOWEEN WITH ANNANDALE ZONE. -2011

Each Halloween the zones get together and have dinner and an activity. This is because they are not allowed out tracting on this evening. Since the mission home is in the Annandale Zone, we host that zone at the home. It is always alot of fun. We had another great activity with wonderful missionaries. Love every one of them.
Elders Hill, Littledyke, Sisters Lee, Holt, and Moses, BackRow: Elders Kotyk, Hubbard, Chow, Dastrup, Nelson, Carter, Walker, Franzwa, Jensen, Hanson, Jacobson, MacFarlane, and Crocket.

MISSION HOME FIRESIDE - OCT. 30, 2011

A BUSY MONTH

WE HAVE HAD AN INCREDIBLY BUSY MONTH. IT IS STAKE CONFERENCE TIME.

WE HAVE HAD THE BLESSING OF ATTENDING STAKE CONFERENCES IN MOST OF THE STAKES IN THE MISSION AND SPEAKING AT ALMOST ALL OF THESE.

This gives us a wonderful opportunity to get to meet members of all the stake presidencys and many of the wards. All the stakes here are strong and have devoted members. After each conference I come away knowing we have just attended the greatest stake anywhere. They have great speakers and beautiful music.

We will miss this fun experience. This is the last series of stake conferences of our mission. Next time it will be a broadcast from Salt Lake City and then we will be home.

I really am grateful to have learned from this opportunity.

DEAR FRIENDS VISIT- KEVIN & JULIE

Some of our dearest friends came for a short visit and we had a wonderful time. They were here on Oct. 28 - Nov 3. They look wonderful and it was good to see them. We had a great time. Did some sight seeing and lots of visiting and catching up. Thanks for the visit.
Julie, Kevin and President at the Roosevelt Memorial looking across at the Washington Memorial.

I SAW A BUILDING ON A HILL

Hello President!! On Wednesday night we were trying to figure out what to do after dinner. Our plans had fallen through for the evening and we were on our way to check on a potential investigator. I was feeling a little down, mainly because our week had not been as "successful" number-wise as I would have liked. While reviewing our situation I prayed with total sincerity to God to lead us to someone who needed us. I tried to leave my mind blank as Elder Staples was driving. As I pondered over the will of the Lord an image of a large multi-building apartment complex (that we had knocked about two months ago) came into my mind. I thought it was strange, but tried to focus even more on that image to find out where the Lord wanted us to go when we arrived there. A specific building came to my mind, on top of a hill. I asked Elder Staples if we could go there, and he replied "Of course!" ( I love Elder Staples). We went, but had a hard time parking the car, and I feared that we would miss the person that we were supposed to find there. A quiet voice told me to calm down, and that everything was happening for a reason. There were a few ways to get to the building that I had seen in my mind's eye, but I felt impressed that we should take a shortcut across the lawn even though it was dark outside. As we walked across the lawn we contacted a woman standing outside. To make a long story short her name is Elsa. She had been meeting with sister missionaries about five years ago. We asked her if we would be able to send over the sister missionaries again to visit with her and she replied "Of course!!! Can I give you my number?" We went away feeling great. We passed her contact information over to the sister missionaries in our ward. They went over and met with Elsa, and quickly set her on date for baptism!! She's going to be baptized on the 19th of December, her birthday. She was at church on Sunday, and I was so happy to see her there! The sisters told us that the day we found her she had actually been looking for the phone number of the sister missionaries that had taught her previously, but she couldn't find it. We then found her that very night standing outside!!! I LOVE THE HOLY GHOST!!! It strengthened my faith and confidence in the Lord to know that He is conscious of all of us in our separate situations. I love missionary work. I wish that there could be words enough to explain it, but words are inadequate!

Much Love,

Elder Wright