Eva--New message from Faye Trauntvein Anderson‏

Myrna, I just plain do not know how to use face book and to be honest, I do not really want to;  first, I do not have the time to get that involved with their computer. There are more important things I need to use my time for. I wanted  to reply to Faye so will send it to you to send to her if you will please. 

Faye.  I am confused, I so not know who Jens, Julius  is.  My Gr-Gr-grandfather was Jens Herman Birch Trauntvein and  wife was Julie Marie Nielsen. Their first son Jules (Julius) Harold born1860 died 1863 in Garnison. They brought their 2nd son Junius Herman b 1862.

Their 3rd son (my grandfather) was born in Mt. Pleasant  Dec 1864  Joseph Henry. They had two girls and another son after him. I do not know if Gr. Grandmother Julie had diabetes or not, I do know her husband had kidney and heart problems.   

 In those days, it was called dropsey. 

Myrna, thanks for helping. Love, Eva  

Happy Birthday Music for Todd Sent Via Facebook

Happy Birthday, by Beethoven? Bach? Mozart? - Nicole Pesce on piano

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  Todd Trauntvein I liked this. Very creative. Glad to hear everything went well with Dad. Hopefully, he is healed enough by Friday.

Fabulous News

My Dearest Tim  and Myrna,

Fabulous news; barring any complications; Richard and Pete will be home for four days  Dec. 26th. His 18th transfusion created another miracle.  He has been feeling so much better. We are all so grateful. He goes to hospital Thursday for scans, blood tests and an MRI to see where the cancer stands.  

My prayers are with you Tim for tomorrow and your Drs.  I so pray everything will go terrifically well with your eyes.  

God bless all of you. Love you so much. Eva


Melanie wrote: So what is wrong with your eyes, Dad? Mel

Myrna wrote: He is having eyelid reduction surgery so that his eyelids do not keep his eyes partially closed. It is making it difficult to wear contacts. Helen had the same type of surgery done several years ago.

From Faye Trauntvein Anderson‏

Faye Trauntvein Anderson

I also have Type 2 diiabetes. My DR has me on Metformin, but recently took me off of it, as my blood glucose level was well within the ratio. I understand that Grandma Trauntvein(Jens Julius) had diabetes. My sister, Joyce, also had type 2 diabetes and died from pancreatic cancer which I understand was the cause, but a blockage of a stone from the liver to the pancreas was the culprit.. She was 64 when she died. Joyce was the oldest of the Jaames Elmer Trauntvein childres - then came Faye, James Elmer, Jr, Connie and Carolyn. My parents adopted a little girl. Mary Courtney, when she was 18 mos old.Mary married a young man from Wales, England and they have a little girl, who will soon be 1 yr old, Also a son, Christoopher, who is deeply involved in the Democrate party in San Francisco. What a fami;ly, who I dearly love. I must write the James Trauntvein history as I know it so that my sisters know where we lived and when. I have promised to do that, but that lazy streak in me keeps putting it off. Enough said. I hope that you had a great family Thanksgiving and a glorious Christmas.

Fruity Oatmeal Cake

This cake uses fruit juice for the sugar and makes a nice cake. It is sort of like the old oatmeal cake that we used to love, as a family.

Fruity Oatmeal Cake
Yield: 1 9 X13-inch cake 
Ingredients:
2 1/2 c boiling water
2 c Quaker Oats uncooked (quick or old-fashioned)
1 c butter or margarine; melted
2 c applesauce
1 12-ounce can unsweetened apple juice
2 tsp vanilla
4 eggs
3 c all-purpose flour
2 tsp baking powder
1 tsp soda
1 tsp salt
1 1/2 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp nutmeg 
Lazy Daisy Topping
1/2 c butter or margarine; melted
1 c crushed pineapple (pureed) and/or part applesauce (you may use one or both, pineapple is best)
6 tbsp canned evaporated milk
1 c chopped pecans
2 c unsweetened flaked coconut
Instructions:
For cake pour boiling water over oats; stir to combine. Cover and let stand 20 minutes. Beat butter until creamy; gradually add applesauce and juice and beat. Blend in vanilla and eggs. Add oats mixture; blend well. Sift together flour, soda, salt and spices. Add to creamed mixture; blend well. Pour batter into a well-greased and floured 9 X 13 inch square baking pan. Bake in preheated moderate oven (375 F.) 45 to 50  minutes. Do not remove cake from pan. For frosting combine pineapple and milk and cook in a microwave until hot. Stir in nuts and coconut to coat. Spread evenly over cake. (You may broil until frosting becomes bubbly or not depending on how you like your topping.). Serve warm or cold. 

Cocoa oatmeal cake: Increase boiling water to measure 2 2/3 cups in total in above recipe. Use 3 tablespoons cocoa in place of the cinnamon and nutmeg. Prepare and bake as above. 

Michael wrote: Sorry, I forgot this:

If any of you are wanting to send letters or anything to me, I have a new address to send them to, since the mission office can no longer forward letters in this mission.  My address is:

Elder Michael H Trauntvein
5951 Riverside Dr. #58
Chino, CA 91710

You can also look it up on Google maps to see the area where I live! Alright, coolio.  Talk to you all again soon!

Love,
Elder Trauntvein

Myrna wrote: NOW what? I just sent him his Thanksgiving package. Will he get it?

Melanie wrote:  In Ben's mission, they hold all the mail and the packages until the Zone leaders deliver them, and it is usually every other week. It will get to him, if not this week, it will by next week. They are having a mission party for Mike's mission, and for sure he will be given the package then if he doesn't have it by then. Mel 

Amy G wrote: Yes, he will get it.  It will wait at the mission home until the zone leaders stop by and they will deliver it.  Usually will take an extra couple of days.  I sent an email last week about the problem they are now having with USPS not letting them forward thing on anymore.  Don't worry about it.  He will get it and probably this week.  Thanks for sending him a package!  We got ours today.  Fun activity and the kids always love that you're thinking of them!

Thanks, Amy 

Eva wrote: Myrna.  I just opened the email from Michael with address change.  I just feel sick.  I just mailed  13 emails to 'my' missionaries.'  My letter was one of my best.  What will happen to it if that Pres. doesn' t forward them. How sad, if he dosen't  think more about his missionaries than that.  Melanie just sent me an email re: a package for Ben. She must have sent it to me by mistake. I hope he gets my letter, too. I have our stateside missionaries plus 10 International, 4 in Africa. It is so fun when once in a while I get a note or card from one of therm; I got one from both Ben and Michael  in the past 2-3 weeks, which was really great.  I hope you  folks have a fabulous Thanksgiving. God bless you. Much love,  Eva 

Myrna wrote: I just learned that they are all going to their mission homes for dinner on Thanksgiving. They will hold the mail there and give it to them then. That is what the parents have found out. So we both should be just fine. We all love you and appreciate the wonderful things you do for your missionaries.

Eva wrote: Thanks for letting me know. I am so glad both for letters and packages.   Have a great day. Much  love,  Eva

Sent

My missionary Thanksgiving package differed from the one I sent to each family. I just sent them $5 each, the card, the turkey, feathers and story. I didn't send them the other game because it didn't seem like something missionaries would be sitting around doing. I love you all.

Amy G. wrote: Thank you!  I'm sure they will love it!

I love you!

EllaDean Hunter to Myrna: I received this and it touched my heart...if you get this from me. I do love and admire you.

She can deal with stress and carry heavy burdens. She smiles when she feels like screaming, and she sings when she feels like crying. She cries when she's happy and laughs when she's afraid. Her love is unconditional. There's only one thing wrong with her. She forgets what she's worth! Pass this to every beautiful woman you know. Remind her that she's unique. I love you girl. In twenty five minutes something will make you super happy, but you have to tell ten crazy ladies you love them, including me. L-o-v-e-y-o-u. Today is 'love u day' send to everyone you love.
You're spoiled if you get 5 back.

Myrna wrote: I do love you and I think you are special.

EllaDean wrote: Thank you,  You are a very special person to me.  My daughter went with their youth
 to the temple last Saturday, and I ask her is she saw you.  She said she didn't see any one 
that she knew.  

Myrna wrote: We were 3 and 4 and spent most of our day doing that. What did she think of the new decor at the baptistry? 

EllaDean wrote: She didn't say anything about the new decor.  I will ask her.

About the Note

Myrna wrote: A person in Melanie's ward, when we were visiting her in Flower Mound, Texas, gave LHT and I a an interesting note. The man in Texas, who handed me the note really did not have much helpful information for us.

The first word he had written on it was "Opladen."
Next was, "Leverkusen--Opladen."
He then wrote:(Rheinland) NRW (stake); Nord Rhein Westfalen

He then wrote: "Trautwein."  It is note spelled as ours is "Trauntvein." There is not much there.

The Trautwein, he said, was a member of the church and could be traced through church records.

Eva wrote: Thank you. In all the years I researched, many of the family was wein, one Tromp wein.  I think the spelling was just whatever the Parish minister heard- Danish with a heavy German accent.  As I think back over those many years, I was so blessed to be able to find so much and be able to connect families.  I know the Holy Spirit was my constant companion.  As I get older, I keep thinking about in not too many more years, I am going to finally meet all of those wonderful folks and be able to finally tie them into their parents. One day  David showed me how he was able to pull up the huge family tree in a fan shape.  As we were looking at the lines, I noticed that our gr grandmother about three back ( Marie Fredericka Birch Trauntvein's parents were not there. I had brought that family group sheet to the library with me that morning and showed it to my favorite missionary who had been helping me for weeks. She showed  me how to add  her parents and a brother I had also found.  In doing that, she also showed me how someone else had added a sister; I had never found her in any of my extensive research. I was elated. It was in a totally different parish than I knew about. How wonderful the Spirit is to help us be successful  and for somone else to connect us. I would like to find that person; maybe he could help me in joinning up some more families. 

HAVE A GREAT TURKEY DAY. GOD BLESS YOU. OH, BY THE WAY, I LOVED BEN'S  QUOTE ABOUT THE 100,000 MISSIONARIES. BOTH OF YOUR YOUNG MEN ARE DOING TERRIFIC.  IT TOOK ME THREE FULL DAYS  (AT MY SNAIL'S PACE TO WRITE, STUFF AND MAIL LETTERS TO 13 MISSIONARIES WHICH INCLUDED THREE MATURE  COUPLES IN PARIS, AUSTRALIA AND COVE FORT,  ELDERS EVERYWHERE FROM TWO IN AREAS  IN AFRICA, TAIWAN, PHILIPPINES, TONGA, SOUTH AMERICA, ENGLAND, USA. IT IS SO REWARDING. I AM SO GRATEFUL FOR THE LORD'S HELP  IN WRITING AND THINKING AND PLANNING. MAY HE CONTINUE TO BLESS YOU IIN ALL YOU DO. LOVE  AND  HUGS ALWAYS, EVA

Kimberly wrote: Opladen is the place my piano tuner gave me for knowing a trauntvein, last year.

Myrna wrote: I wonder if we could get in touch?

Is Bree Ill?

Melanie wrote: Mom, why is Bree in the hospital?

Bree may have tried to take her own life. She may have used her prescription. It had been newly filled. There were 50 pills in the bottle. It may not be that that is what happened. She may not have really taken all of them. She was deeply depressed and may have taken a few to try to feel better. However, when David returned from work, he took her to the hospital because she appeared to not be well. David is home with the children and is taking the next day or two off while he determines what help he might need or what he might need to do. We have offered to take the kids, to go and stay there or to do whatever else is needed. 

I told him I would not tell all of you about this but he said there was nothing secret about it so he did not care if I did. Last spring she tried to cut her wrists with an old soda pop can. She seems to be cycling with the bipolar disease but none of the meds seem to work for keeping her from cycling into the deepest depression. David has more questions at this point than he has answers. I am certain that is also true for Bree. She does not choose to be ill.

I want you all to know that LHT and I love them all. We cannot imagine what it must be like to be in her shoes.  We just pray that some one of the doctors may find the necessary treatment and that all will be well. 

Melanie wrote: I called to talk to him about the dog and camping in November in Texas. He has good ideas. I will be using some of them. I love that little boy.