Elder and Sister Vann

An amazing sunset we saw over the Big Horn Mountains as we approached Sheridan This has been the most exhausting and crazy week for us.  I am sure for many of you, there are new twists and turns in your lives every time you turn around.  Monday we had our final day of packing.  We found out that morning that the mission needed us to pack up the whole house. It was no longer going to be rented for missionary housing.  If we brought everything with us, it would really save the mission office time and miles.  They said to get whatever size moving van we needed and the mission would pay for the truck.  That helped us a lot in the long run.  We were going to need to rent a truck anyway since we were bringing our king-size bed with us.  We were up till about midnight trying to finish and finally decided anything left to pack could be done by the sister missionaries that were coming to help with the move.    The 2nd bedroom at the N...

Panoramic view from Elk  Mountain I was looking back over the last email to see where things left off.  It seems like all of that was months ago.  I am sure many of you are feeling the same with all the constant changes in our lives.  I think we should all keep a journal of this and make money selling books.  Monday, we left from the Bailey’s and headed home.  We stopped in Gillette for a “few things” but ended up with a cart full.  We just wanted to make sure we had all we needed to get through the rest of our mission.  Fresh things are the hardest to stock up on.  It is interesting how each area here has different levels of emptiness in the store.  Sheridan was ok, Gillette was pretty rough.  Once you get out in areas like ours, the store shelves were pretty full except for TP.  As of 2 days ago, people from Gillette and Rapid City, SD are now coming to our little towns for groceries because the big...

Add caption Hello our dear family and friends: Do you have those weeks where it all seems like a big blur?  I think a lot of us are having those weeks.  I finished up last week with Monday, so Tuesday is the starting point this time. I hadn’t been feeling totally myself since Sunday evening, and by Monday night, just felt lousy.  I didn’t have any cough, sneezing, running nose, fever, etc.  I just felt achy and really weak.  As long as I was sitting or lying down, life was decent.  So I let the students know on Monday night that there would be no seminary on Tuesday morning.  I spent most of the day just lying down or sitting.  Walt did want to go the Thrift store and get our supply of puzzles in case of quarantine.  What is so funny about that is, later, I was reading an article on line on what things to have on supply for such an event, and puzzles was on the list.  Of course, I showed it to Walt.  At the thrift ...