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Sunday, January 13, 2013

Emma's Letter Originally Written in December

12-30-12
01-13-13

Dear Grandma and Grandpa Trauntvein, 

Thank  you for the $25.00 for Christmas. I have not spent it yet except for my tithing that I paid, $5.00, and my boots.

How are you guys doing? Did you have a good Christmas? What did you do for Christmas? Did you have anybody over for Christmas?

Guess what I got for Christmas? I got an 1Pod shuffle, inline skates, two leotards (I have pictures at the bottom of the page and maybe of my other presents too), and I also got a panda speaker for my iPod.

I hope you have a great New Years. Write back please! I really miss you guys up in Utah. Well thanks again. I love you guys. P.S. I'm sorry my card is late.

Love,
EMAREE WAITE

Myrna wrote: What a sweet letter, Emma! The letter was not late. A thank you letter is never late. Gramps and I are thankful that you wrote it to us and that you sent photos of the neat gifts that you received for Christmas! We hope that you finally decided on something to buy with the money you have left after paying your tithing. That is a wonderful thing to do--pay tithing. You are a good girl. Your tithing on the money we sent should have just been $2.50 not $5. Did you add extra?

We love you very much and we will see you soon.

Grammy and Gramps

January 13, 2013‏


We had an interesting day, this Sunday. We are now called, as you know, to see to it that a sacrament meeting service is provided at the elderly care center within our ward boundaries. We have, Gramps and I, been assigning ward families to present the programs. They play the hymns and a 101-year old resident of the home leads the music. Sometimes a resident will also say the opening or closing prayer. The priesthood in the family, assisted by others as needed, prepares and serves the Sacrament. The presiding priesthood member of the family presides and conducts and other family members give two and a half minute talks. Gramps said that the Spirit there this a.m. was so very strong that it was glorious.

I stayed home to put the finishing touches on my Sunday School lesson.

In our Sacrament meeting, we had our five serving missionary's moms give reports on their missionaries. One of the Elders is serving in Africa. He is very tall, 6-foot 6-inches, and he is sometimes having to ride in a small bus with lots and lots of other people. It makes a tight fit for him. Each of the moms was equally proud of her missionary son and the meeting was full of laughs, smiles and tears as they shared the tender moments of the missions their sons are serving.

In Sunday School, Gramps and I teach the missionary preparation class. One of the young men is going to Italy. The other two are waiting their calls. It was my turn to teach the lesson and I had such a wonderful time discussing the temple with the three men. Gramps was there, of course. What a great experience it is to be with the young Elders.

Then, after Relief Society and Priesthood meeting, our ward met in the cultural hall for a snack and send event (sometimes called a munch and mingle). There were cookies and crackers for those who stayed--hence the snack. There were also tables with stationary and pens waiting on their tops. Each of us was to write a letter to each of the five missionaries. The Bishop is mailing them to the various missionaries on Monday morning.

We then came home, finished fixing dinner, and drove some of it to Julie's home. Jim is in California taking care of the bees. Julie is at home with four little kids who have had the flu. That on top of losing her baby, which was due the middle of May. I can't remember if I told you that the baby died inside her at New Years. She went to the doctor the Saturday before and the doctor found that the heartbeat had stopped. At any rate, we knew how pressed Julie was. She had to stay home from church because of the kids. She lives way out in the country with the closest neighbors a couple of blocks away. So we took dinner to them. We talked briefly and then we left. She was afraid that if we stayed we would also get sick. (Gramps got stuck in the snow and had to borrow ashes from Julie's ashes bin to get unstuck.) It was certainly cold there--12 degrees below zero at 6 p.m.

I am finally getting over the cough that went with the flu that I had just after Christmas. I think I tired to die but it must not have been my time to go because I am still here. I suppose that you heard about the missionaries at the MTC who had the flu. It was an epidemic. There were 250 of them all sick at the same time.

We do love you! We are so proud of the work that you are doing. What a great service you are performing. (One of my friends at the temple calls it "preforming." So now, every time I say the word "performing" I think of her and her "preformed" concrete. She cannot hear the difference in the two words.) ;) So keep up the good work. We so enjoy your letters and also the letters of your cousin. Who would have thought, in advance, that you would both end up in California speaking Spanish? I am happy that you did but I was surprised. Dane and Kyle are the next to go out and we could have four of you out at once. What a blessing to the family that will be. Having two of you out is already a blessing!

Take care. Know that we love you!

"The Lord has great confidence in you. He trusts you." - President Uchtdorf at the CES Devotional.

The Latest on Factor V and the LH Trauntvein Children

Julie also has Factor V Leiden. David's doctor told him that he had it just a few months ago. That makes all of you Leonard children except for Shawn and Kirsten. AnnMarie hasn't been tested. 

Given that this disease displays incomplete dominance, those who are homozygous (two parents) for the mutated allele are at a heightened risk versus those that are heterozygous (one parent) for the mutation.

Only 50 percent of the kids in a family (where there is a single zygote) should get it. Julie's doctor had to be funny--he said that I was most likely supposed to have had two more kids. There were probably two angels in heaven who would have come to the family and not had it. ;)

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