Elder Jeremiah Milliner passes on.

It is with great saddness that I forward to the Illinois Chicago North Mission family of Elder J. Milliner's passing. We wish his family the best and please keep them in your prayers. If there is anything you want to share, whether it be stories or experiences about him, please do so in the comments. Below is the link to his obituary.


JEREMIAH MILLINER Obituary: View JEREMIAH MILLINER's Obituary by Salt Lake Tribune

Good Chicago Style Pizza in Salt Lake?

Yesterday my wife and I went and tried a new Chicago Style pizza place in the Salt Lake area (Draper). We went to "Sweet Home Chicago Pizzeria." I didn't have high expectations going there since I had fallen in love with the beloved Giordano's! We ordered The Don pizza and the mozerella cheese pull-a-part breadsticks. Both were very tasty and had plenty of leftovers to take home.

Give them a shot when you get a chance, I highly recommend it! Below is their website



Sweet Home Chicago Pizzeria

City Creek developer: 'We've never built a project quite like this' - ksl.com

Good article on City Creek project in downtown Salt Lake aong with a video interview with the developer!


City Creek developer: 'We've never built a project quite like this' - ksl.com

You can never be too prepared with emergency preparedness | Mormon Times

Thought I'd share this article from Elder DeMoux's wife in the Mormontimes! Good Information!

You can never be too prepared with emergency preparedness | Mormon Times

Search Engine Optimization and Mormon Church.

You may be surprised to hear what Google is saying about how the LDS Church is using SEO!

The Garden

Last night I was able to sing in a chorus for the presentation, The Garden by Michael McLean. No, I did not sing with a chorus directed by Michael himself, but with a group in the Kaysville area. Many of you are very aware of his Christmas program, The Forgotten Carols, but, The Garden is a very underated program that Michael McLean has written!

Below is an excerpt from my favorite song, "The Man with Many Names":

"He will lead the way back to the fold, The Good Shepherd is his name. There is one who when your crying's done, gives the gift you've never known. He'll give fruit because he is the vine and life because he's the living stone. He is known by oh so many names and will be forever more! Hope comes from the One with many names, and he's not forgotten yours! No... he's not forgotten yours!"

Below is an excerpt from Michael McLean's website about the story of The Garden:

"We've always felt that the single most important work any creative person could do is to create something that would help others come closer to the Savior and have a greater understanding of and appreciation for the atonement," says Michael. "But oftentimes the very nature of the subject is a bit intimidating for a composer, songwriter, musician or artist." The creative group agreed that the best way to accomplish the goal was to seek the Lord's help, and to follow his example of using allegories.

The basic premise of The Garden is: What could we learn about life, about ourselves, about the nature of repentance, faith, hope and love if the Garden of Gethsemane were to tell the story? How would it change us if we were near the Savior in the Garden? This unique musical allegory is like nothing heard before from these talented musical artists. Here, they truly reveal themselves as artists — blending the right melodies, symbols, lyrics and orchestral elements on their palette and spreading them across an outstanding musical canvas.

The Garden has been compared to Les Miserables in its style and format, and many have already been moved by the recording. A group of college students said The Garden made the Atonement more real than it had ever been for many of them. A grandmother said that she listened to it three times over two days and each time it affected more her more profoundly.

In the album's liner notes, the creators ask listeners to imagine what it was like in the premortal existence awaiting our experience on earth: We have all been taught, perfectly, the purpose for our leaving the presence of our Heavenly Father and coming to earth. We understand the plan. But because everything we hope to become hinges on the events that will take place on the earth we are about to inhabit, we find that we can't talk enough, dream enough, think enough, or sing enough with each other about the adventure that awaits us. The musical presentation is not intended to answer all our questions about what life on earth will really be like or how our individual lives will unfold; rather, it is a humble and artistic attempt by a group of musicians to focus our spiritual hearts and minds in a creatively different way on what will be the central event in all human history: the atoning sacrifice of Jesus Christ.

The Garden will do for Easter what The Forgotten Carols has done for Christmas — provide celebrants with a comforting, personal experience with the Savior's love through music and song.

2010 First Presidency Message

If you haven't had a chance to watch or hear the First Presidency Christmas Message, here is a link to watch or listen to it!

First Presidency Christmas Message


Merry Christmas

Christmas traditions : the origins of Christmas and facts

Read about the following Christmas Symbols:

Luke Chapter 2
Santa Claus
Christmas Trees
Christmas Stockings
Mistletoe
Holly, Ivy and Greenery
Poinsettias
The Candy Cane
Christmas Cards
Rudolph Red Nosed Reindeer
Hanukkah
Kwanzaa

Christmas traditions : the origins of Xmas and facts

Perspective on Same-Sex attraction from an active male member of the church.

I thought it would be appropriate to share this article on President Packer's talk from an active male member of the church who struggles with same sex attraction.



Blog Posting



Alan

Mission Reunion

It's that time again for the annual Chicago North Mission Reunion!

Details:
Friday October 1st
6:00 pm to 9:00 pm
Bradford Residence
612 S. Temple Hilll Circle (1450 E.)

Casual Attire and light refreshments.

If you have any questions, please call the Bradfords!

Recognizeable Chicagoland Places.

Had a recent visit to Wisonsin and Chicagoland.

Thought I'd post a few recognizeable places and landmarks

that we all came to love and continue to love!













Anyone Recognize this pizza Box??

You better believe it!

Anyone Salivating yet?

It had been 12 years since I've had this amazing pizz!

Around the corner from the Sears Tower.

We all have fondness of this particular one after flying out!

Can't have a District Meeting without these!

Great Donuts!!

This will always be Sears Tower in my eyes!

My first time visit here!

Nice tourist trap!!

First visit to the Taste!

Perfect timing for us!

Warning, mobs of people, but great food!

Had to show my wife MJ's property!

This is in Highland Park for those

of you who didn't know

Was not familiar with this place out there!

Fantastic Jumbo Dog I tell you!

This visit brought back a flood of memories after 12 years away! Even got to visit a few friends I hadn't seen in a long time. Missed the area, but still don't miss the humidity there. If you haven't been back since way back when, go back and see things! Church growth out there is moving slowly but surely! The Church is True!!

General Conference Quotes.

President Monson - "Everyone needs good friends. Your circle of friends will greatly influence your thinking and behavior, just as you will theirs. When you share common values with your friends, you can strengthen and encourage each other. Treat everyone with kindness and dignity. Many nonmembers have come into the Church through friends who have involved them in Church activities."...

"The oft-repeated adage is ever true: “Honesty [is] the best policy.”3 A Latter-day Saint young man lives as he teaches and as he believes. He is honest with others. He is honest with himself. He is honest with God. He is honest by habit and as a matter of course. When a difficult decision must be made, he never asks himself, “What will others think?” but rather, “What will I think of myself?”...
"To understand the meaning of death, we must appreciate the purpose of life. The dim light of belief must yield to the noonday sun of revelation, by which we know that we lived before our birth into mortality. In our premortal state, we were doubtless among the sons and daughters of God who shouted for joy because of the opportunity to come to this challenging yet necessary mortal existence.5 We knew that our purpose was to gain a physical body, to overcome trials, and to prove that we would keep the commandments of God. Our Father knew that because of the nature of mortality, we would be tempted, would sin, and would fall short. So that we might have every chance of success, He provided a Savior, who would suffer and die for us. Not only would He atone for our sins, but as a part of that Atonement, He would also overcome the physical death to which we would be subject because of the Fall of Adam."

President Eyring - "When I find myself drawn away from my priesthood duties by other interests and when my body begs for rest, I give to myself this rallying cry: “Remember Him.” The Lord is our perfect example of diligence in priesthood service. He is our captain. He called us. He goes before us. He chose us to follow Him and to bring others with us."...

"I close now with this counsel to the Lord’s priesthood servants. Ponder deeply and diligently in the scriptures and in the words of living prophets. Persist in prayer for the Holy Ghost to reveal to you the nature of God the Father and His Beloved Son. Plead that the Spirit will show you what the Lord wants you to do. Plan to do it. Promise Him to obey. Act with determination until you have done what He asked. And then pray to give thanks for the opportunity to serve and to know what you might do next."

President Uchtdorf - "There is an important concept here: patience is not passive resignation, nor is it failing to act because of our fears. Patience means active waiting and enduring. It means staying with something and doing all that we can—working, hoping, and exercising faith; bearing hardship with fortitude, even when the desires of our hearts are delayed. Patience is not simply enduring; it is enduring well!"...

"Impatience, on the other hand, is a symptom of selfishness. It is a trait of the self-absorbed. It arises from the all-too-prevalent condition called “center of the universe” syndrome, which leads people to believe that the world revolves around them and that all others are just supporting cast in the grand theater of mortality in which only they have the starring role. "

President Packer - "Now, fathers, I would remind you of the sacred nature of your calling. You have the power of the priesthood directly from the Lord to protect your home. There will be times when all that stands as a shield between your family and the adversary’s mischief will be that power. You will receive direction from the Lord by way of the gift of the Holy Ghost."...

"Every law and principle and power, every belief, every ordinance and ordination, every covenant, every sermon and every sacrament, every counsel and correction, the sealings, the calls, the releases, the service—all these have as their ultimate purpose the perfection of the individual and the family, for the Lord has said, “This is my work and my glory—to bring to pass the immortality and eternal life of man.”

Elder Ballard - "And so, my dear young women, with all my heart I urge you not to look to contemporary culture for your role models and mentors. Please look to your faithful mothers for a pattern to follow. Model yourselves after them, not after celebrities whose standards are not the Lord’s standards and whose values may not reflect an eternal perspective. Look to your mother. Learn from her strengths, her courage, and her faithfulness. Listen to her. She may not be a whiz at texting; she may not even have a Facebook page. But when it comes to matters of the heart and the things of the Lord, she has a wealth of knowledge. As you approach the time for marriage and young motherhood, she will be your greatest source of wisdom. No other person on earth loves you in the same way or is willing to sacrifice as much to encourage you and help you find happiness—in this life and forever."..."Love your mother, my young sisters. Respect her. Listen to her. Trust her. She has your best interests at heart. She cares about your eternal safety and happiness. So be kind to her. Be patient with her imperfections, for she has them. We all do."

Elder Perry - "Parents must bring light and truth into their homes by one family prayer, one scripture study session, one family home evening, one book read aloud, one song, and one family meal at a time. They know that the influence of righteous, conscientious, persistent, daily parenting is among the most powerful and sustaining forces for good in the world. The health of any society, the happiness of its people, their prosperity, and their peace all find common roots in the teaching of children in the home."...

"The example of my mother as a teacher in the home invites another thought, more generally about teaching. The leaders of the Church spend a great deal of time thinking about how to improve teaching in the Church. Why do we invest this time and effort? It is because we believe in the immense power of teaching to increase the faith of individuals and strengthen families. It is my belief that one of the most effective things we can do to improve teaching in the Church is to improve teaching in our homes. Our teaching in the home prepares us to teach more effectively at church, and our teaching at church helps us to teach more effectively at home. Throughout the Church there are dining room tables covered with reference materials and notebooks filled with ideas for lessons to be taught. There is no such thing as overpreparing to teach the gospel of Jesus Christ, for gospel insights, whether or not they are used during class time, can always be taught in the home."

Elder Bednar - "I bear witness that parents who consistently read and talk about the Book of Mormon with their children, who share testimony spontaneously with their children, and who invite children as gospel learners to act and not merely be acted upon will be blessed with eyes that can see afar off (see Moses 6:27) and with ears that can hear the sound of the trumpet (see Ezekiel 33:2–16). The spiritual discernment and inspiration you will receive from the combination of these three holy habits will enable you to stand as watchmen on the tower for your families."

Elder Holland - "Like thieves in the night, unwelcome thoughts can and do seek entrance to our minds. But we don’t have to throw open the door, serve them tea and crumpets, and then tell them where the silverware is kept! (You shouldn’t be serving tea anyway.) Throw the rascals out! Replace lewd thoughts with hopeful images and joyful memories; picture the faces of those who love you and would be shattered if you let them down. More than one man has been saved from sin or stupidity by remembering the face of his mother, his wife, or his child waiting somewhere for him at home. Whatever thoughts you have, make sure they are welcome in your heart by invitation only. As an ancient poet once said, let will be your reason."

Elder Oaks - "There are five parts to the use of priesthood authority to bless the sick: (1) the anointing, (2) the sealing of the anointing, (3) faith, (4) the words of the blessing, and (5) the will of the Lord."...

"As children of God, knowing of His great love and His ultimate knowledge of what is best for our eternal welfare, we trust in Him. The first principle of the gospel is faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, and faith means trust. I felt that trust in a talk my cousin gave at the funeral of a teenage girl who had died of a serious illness. He spoke these words, which first astonished me and then edified me: “I know it was the will of the Lord that she die. She had good medical care. She was given priesthood blessings. Her name was on the prayer roll in the temple. She was the subject of hundreds of prayers for her restoration to health. And I know that there is enough faith in this family that she would have been healed unless it was the will of the Lord to take her home at this time.” I felt that same trust in the words of the father of another choice girl whose life was taken by cancer in her teen years. He declared, “Our family’s faith is in Jesus Christ and is not dependent on outcomes.” Those teachings ring true to me. We do all that we can for the healing of a loved one, and then we trust in the Lord for the outcome."

Elder Scott - "Jesus Christ lives. He is our Savior, our Redeemer. He is a glorious, resurrected being. He has the capacity to communicate love that is so powerful, so overwhelming as to surpass the capacity of the human tongue to express adequately. He gave His life to break the bonds of death. His Atonement made fully active the plan of happiness of His Father in Heaven."...

"Jesus administers the balance between justice and mercy conditioned upon our obedience to His gospel. He is the light for all mankind. He is the fountain of all truth. He fulfills all of His promises. All who obey His commandments will earn the most glorious blessings imaginable."...

"Without the Atonement, Father in Heaven’s plan of happiness could not have been placed fully into effect. The Atonement gives all the opportunity to overcome the consequences of mistakes made in life. When we obey a law, we receive a blessing. When we break a law, there is nothing left over from prior obedience to satisfy the demands of justice for that broken law. The Savior’s Atonement permits us to repent of any disobedience and thereby avoid the penalties that justice would have imposed."

Elder Cook - "The final two days of the Savior’s mortal ministry prior to His Crucifixion are profoundly important and in some ways beyond comprehension. So much of what is essential to our eternal destiny occurred on Thursday and then Friday, the day Christ was crucified. The Last Supper, a Passover supper, the “established memorial of Israel’s deliverance from bondage,” was commenced Thursday evening.1 Ordinances and doctrines of great importance were initiated at the Last Supper. I will mention just three. First, the Savior introduced the ordinance of the sacrament. He took bread, broke it, prayed over it, and passed it to His disciples, saying, “This is my body which is given for you: this do in remembrance of me.”2 In this manner He instituted the sacrament. Second, His overwhelming emphasis was on doctrines teaching love as a preeminent principle. He taught, “By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another.”3 Third, through Christ’s intercession or direction, “the Holy Ghost was promised to the apostles” as another Comforter.4"

Elder Nelson - "Because of the Atonement, these consummate blessings can be realized by each of God’s children who obey His eternal laws. Through the ages, many of His children have had access to the blessings of the gospel, but many more have not. Before the foundation of the world, our Heavenly Father instituted the ordinance of baptism for those who die without a knowledge of the gospel.4 He loves those children too."...

"He also provided a way for them to be part of an eternal family. Every human being who comes to this earth is the product of generations of parents. We have a natural yearning to connect with our ancestors. This desire dwells in our hearts, regardless of age."...
"The preparation of that record is our individual and collective responsibility. As we work together, we can make it worthy of all acceptation by the Lord. That record enables ordinances to be performed for and accepted by our deceased ancestors, as they may choose. Those ordinances can bring liberty to captives on the other side of the veil."

Elder Hales - "It is our imperative duty to help youth understand and believe the gospel in a deeply personal way. We can teach them to walk in the light, but that light cannot be borrowed. They must earn it for themselves. They must obtain their own light of testimony directly from the source of spiritual light—God Himself—through prayer and study and pondering. They must understand who they are and who Heavenly Father wants them to become. How do we help them?"...

"When we have a family home evening, a family council, or a meaningful gospel conversation with our children, we have the opportunity to look into their eyes and tell them that we love them and that Heavenly Father loves them. In these sacred settings, we can also help them understand, deep in their hearts, who they are and how fortunate they are to have come to this earth and to our home and to participate in the covenants we have taken in the temple to be a family forever. In every interaction we share, we demonstrate the principles and blessings of the gospel."

Elder Andersen - "To the youth and children: Live up to your important responsibilities and great spiritual capacities. Seek to know more about Jesus; open the scriptures. One idea would be to read again the book ."...

"To fathers and mothers, to grandfathers and grandmothers, and to those without children of their own who lovingly nurture children and youth, my counsel is to speak more frequently about Jesus Christ. In His holy name is great spiritual power. “There [is] no other name given nor any other way . . . whereby salvation can come unto the children of men, only in and through the name of Christ.”"...

"To mothers who are raising their children without a father in the home, I promise you that as you speak of Jesus Christ, you will feel the power of heaven blessing you."

Here is a Link to the April 2010 Conference report.

Chicago Missions Combined.

This past week in the LDS Church News it was announced that the Chicago South Mission will be condolidated and combined to make the Illinois Chicago Mission . This will occur this summer! This is being done so missonaries can be assigned to other areas in the world where more additional help is needed. This is bittersweet to me since I was only 6 months out when the mission was split in 1997! Hopefully this change to the Chicagoland area will be for the better!!

Christmas.

“For unto us a child is born unto us a Son is given. He shall be called Wonderful, Counselor, the Mighty God, the Everlasting Father, the Prince of Peace!”

FAMILY HISTORY SEARCHES IN KINSTON, NORTH CAROLINA

The Following is a Family History story that President and Sister Bradford recently experienced:

October 2009

The purpose of this memo is to make a record of the tender mercies of the Lord and of what we consider to be a miracle that we experienced while on a family history trip to look for some of Margie’s ancestors. The Lord truly was good to us and led us to extended relatives who were able to provide us with many more names for whom we can perform temple ordinances. The miracle that we experienced was being led to the grave site of a little girl (Margie’s first cousin once removed) who lived just over two months and who had not been identified in any of the family records made available to us or that we have seen.

Some background of the experiences that we had on this trip is necessary to appreciate the tender mercies of the Lord in our behalf. For many years, Margie and I have been searching in vain for information about Margie’s mother’s paternal grandfather, Thomas Fields, his wife, Louisa, and his parents and siblings. We have been to various stake family history libraries, to the Church Family History Library and worked with friends who are genealogists and spent many hours by ourselves looking through all kinds of records. All of these efforts were unsuccessful. We suspect that one of the reasons we were having no success is that neither Tennessee nor North Carolina required the filing of birth or death records prior to 1914. This has really proved to be a problem in our research of this family because they were all born, lived and died in North Carolina and/or Tennessee.

One of the people who helped us in our efforts was Chuck Call. Brother Call has written books on genealogical research and was living in Nauvoo while we were serving a mission in the Nauvoo Temple. Brother Call would meet with us privately in the Nauvoo Family History Library on Sunday afternoons when the Library was closed to the public. As with prior experiences, these efforts with Brother Call also were unsuccessful.

Brother Call and his wife made a trip while we were in Nauvoo to some places in the south. While on his trip, his research identified a man by the name of Richard Fields who had a son by the name of Thomas, whose date of birth was close to what he estimated would be the date of birth of Margie’s great grandfather, Thomas Fields. But he could not verify that the Thomas Fields, the son of Richard, was the same Thomas Fields who was the father of William Thomas Fields, Margie’s grandfather. If that fact could be confirmed, Brother Call’s efforts identified four generations of Margie’s family for whom we had no records. Brother Call told us that he had come to a “brick wall” in his efforts to determine if Thomas, the father of William Thomas was the same man as Thomas, the son of Richard Fields. He told us that the only way we could resolve that question was to visit Kinston, North Carolina, and find records of the family in the history records in the city. It was this suggestion that prompted us to make this trip.

While preparing for this trip, we contacted the Heritage Place in the Lenoir Community College in Kinston, North Carolina. The head librarian there (Ranita Gaskins) was very helpful. In preparation for our visit, she pulled all of the records in the library dealing with the Fields family who lived in Lenoir County, North Carolina and had them waiting for us.

We arrived early in the morning and spent the day pouring over all of the books, family histories, transfers of deeds, tax records, wills, newspaper articles, cemetery records, family Bible entries, census records, obituaries, and many other similar records that were in the library. Many of these items had been submitted to the Heritage Place by two spinster sisters, the primary one being Ima E. Mewborn. We mentioned to the librarian that we would like to make contact with these two sisters; we learned that one is deceased and the other one has Alzheimer’s.

Many of the records that we reviewed came very close to resolving our primary question about the “two Thomases.” But none of them were definitive. Indeed, there was one family record of Richard Fields where all of his children were listed together with the spouses and children of these children. I believe this family record was prepared by Ima Mewborn. Unfortunately, neither the spouse nor any of the children of Thomas, the son of Richard, were mentioned in this record. Our searching could have ended if Ima had shown the spouse of all the children in the family rather than just some of them. This was the primary reason we wanted to speak with Ima Mewborn.

After spending the greater part of the day pouring over all of these records we had a lot of information and we learned a lot about the Fields family that lived in Lenoir County, North Carolina, but we were not any closer to solving the problem of the “two Thomases.”

The librarian on staff the day we visited Heritage Place (I think her name was Ruth) was very helpful to us and she shared our frustrations with us. After we read everything and looked at everything that was available to us at the library, we made copies of many items and decided to conclude the day by going to the Maplewood Cemetery to look at the grave of Margie’s great grandfather, Thomas Fields, the only member of her family (that we knew of) who was buried in Kinston.

As we were preparing to leave, the librarian said something to us like this, “You know, there is one other lady who has done some work on the Fields line that you may want to contact.” She gave us the name of Martha Marble. We called Martha, but just received her answering machine. I left her a message that of the information we were seeking about the “two Thomases.”

Martha called back within the hour and said she knew the history of that family well and confirmed that these two Thomases were, in fact, the same person. Hallelujah! Our long-time search for this missing link had ended. What an incredible tender mercy of the Lord.

But another and equally tender mercy of the Lord (but not the miracle) was yet to be experienced. After visiting on the phone with Martha for a while and Martha learning of the line from which Margie comes, Martha told us of another lady who comes from Margie’s direct line and has done much more research on the family than that which Martha has done. Martha told us that Linda Melvin is writing a book on the Fields family from Lenoir (formerly Dobbs) County. Martha said that Linda may be reluctant to share any information about her research because she is writing a book on the Fields family. However, Martha said she would contact Linda for us and if Linda were willing, she could contact us directly.

The next day Linda sent us an email that started a series of email messages between us that has corroborated the names provided by Chuck Call in his research and also has provided us with many additional peripheral family members for whom we had no records. Another wonderful tender mercy of the Lord.

But the miracle had not yet happened. As mentioned above, we went to the cemetery to visit the grave site of Margie’s great grandfather, Thomas Fields. We had no particular reason to visit his grave site because we had all of the information that we needed for him and we thought he was the only member of the family buried in that cemetery. However, we decided to visit the grave site because it was still light.

Prior to the work of Chuck Call and the information provided by Linda Melvin, Margie’s mother had told us about a couple by the name of James Carl Benton and Nola Fields and we had their information in our PAF records. Nola Fields is the sister of Margie’s grandfather, William Thomas Fields. And, interestingly, Margie’s grandmother, Minnie Leatha Benton Fields, is the sister of Nola’s husband James Carl Benton. That is, brother and sister married sister and brother. Margie’s mother would often speak of her double first cousins.

After visiting the grave site of Margie’s great grandfather, Thomas Fields, and enjoying the serenity of the cemetery, we were looking at some of the other grave stones in the surrounding area. As we were doing so, we noticed the grave stone of a little girl that identified her as Evelyn Benton, the daughter of James Carl and Nola Benton. She lived for only two months and four days and died January 3, 1909.

This discovery was an absolute miracle. None of the information that we had obtained from the Heritage Place and other sources about the James Carl Benton and Nola Fields family listed little Evelyn as one of the children in the family. There was no mention of her in anything that we read. Our miracle was that because we went to Kinston and then we went to the cemetery and then we were just “kicking” around the surrounding grave stones, we “accidentally” found another member of the family that, most likely, would otherwise have gone undetected until she made herself known during the millennium.

It is interesting to note that Margie’s mother’s name is Evelyn. It well could be that she was named after this little double first cousin of hers who died prematurely, although Margie’s mother, so far as we know, never knew that she was named after this little girl. It would be nice if the two of them have now met in the Spirit World.

We are so grateful to the Lord for this wonderful miracle in our lives. Our testimony is, not unlike that of so many others, that we should never give up searching for our ancestors. If we continue searching and put ourselves in the right place, the Lord (or the deceased persons themselves) will open doors for us and put people in our paths so that our families can be sealed together.

Reunion Pics Posted on Facebook.

FYI, there are a few pics from the mission reunion last month that were uploaded to the Chicago North Mission 1997-2000 facebook group today. Check them out and enjoy!

Missionary Family Updates.

Stay tuned... we will be having former missionaries as guest authors on upcoming blog posts! Many of us don't get the chance to "Catch Up" so we want to make this an avenue to bring people "up to speed" on all the happenings! We look forward to hearing from all of you down the road!

Reunion Friday October 2nd

Illinois Chicago North

Mission Reunion

Friday October 2, 2009

Open House from 6:00 - 8:00 pm

Bradford Residence

612 Temple Hill Circle (1450 E.)

Bountiful, Utah

Casual Attire

Light Refreshments will be served

Please tell other missionaries you know!!

See you there!!

Mission Reunion

FYI everyone, there will be a Mission Reunion on the first Friday of October at the Bradford's. More details to come. It would be great to see everyone there!! Alan Christensen