Justin

Here are the first pictures from Mike (well the first several are from Becca!). Here you can see Elder Silva and Free are together! Lots of great pictures and some great movies. You can hear "I am a Child of God" and Michael's testimony in Danish as well. (you can read his latest letter here)

Here are some pictures at the MTC with Justin and gang.

Here are a few pictures of all those who have good wishes and admiration for Justin as he enters the MTC.
We had a lovely family Home evening in Rosanna and Pedro's house. Marilee and her girls sang "Sweet is the work" with their beautiful voices blending wonderfully. That set me up to teach the lesson on fear faith and the spirit. Justy is such a good example of humility, like Mike, that it was easy to show how being filled with charity will make them fearless as he enters into the unknown, possibly fearful, work of teaching the gospel. It was also easy to show by his example that remission of sins brings the gift of the Holy Ghost which in turns gives the gift of charity. In that audience it was natural to testify of the invitation of the the savior for all, no matter their transgressions, to come to him and become clean. We had a nice outpouring of the spirit.
Amazingly the member of the Mission Presidency who came to set Justy apart was our Mission President when we were in the Rochester Mission. That made his setting apart very special. Interesting how the Lord blesses us continually.

Here are some pictures of a picnic at Yankee Meadows. I can almost smell the smoke of the fire and hear the running stream, the wind through the trees and the playful romping of the dogs. I can almost see Brandon looking for the mud to jump into! There is even a snowman!

Another awesome family member entering the mission field. The fourth from our extended family to serve in Japan.
Looking good Justin!

Pictures of people gathered around Justy and Audrey as they completed important Ordinances.

For my birthday Mom and Dad included a CD from the Silva's. I have put it online for your viewing pleasure. It was so fun to see the videos and realize how perfectly we fit together. I would love to sit in the kitchen quoting movies and eating those yummy looking beans and rice.

Thanks for the tours of the rooms by Manoel and Eliane and Rachel. They were great. And Ammon gives the best tree tours around.

I just uploaded it all and it turns out the videos are pretty big...so you have to be patient while they load, but when they do they are worth it!

Thanks again!

Here are the photos and movies

(posting for Rachel)
Japan Nagoya, japanese speaking! Justin thought from the beginning that he was going to Japan. Something else huh? We are all so excited. Excited that it finally showed up, of course, but just excited for this great opportunity for him. He is planning to go to the states around the 1st of May so that he has time to see everyone before he goes into the MTC. So, mark your dates of when you want to see him, to get hugs from us.

More pictures here.

This is what happens when you choose to play bball instead of go to a project at school...the elbow came in and the tooth came out. But, luckily it didn´t break and we shoved it back in the hole and today it was covered with groovy new braces...the latest pictures are on their way...

Here are some great pictures from gang in Brazil! It is great to see you all! Keep 'em coming!

Justin had a great experience the other day at school. He was standing by a stairway with a few other kids talking. One was a joker and pretended that Justin had pushed him and fell backwards. But, there was someone behind him who fell for real. They were all called to the director