Clark Leaves a Message For His Future Self

 Video Message to Clark.

Missionary in Taiwan

 I left to serve my LDS mission 21 years ago! Man what a blessing it was to serve the people of Taiwan! I had some challenges (the food, the language, the smells, some companionships, the very blunt Taiwanese people...), but when I think back on my mission it's the joys and blessings that pop in my mind first. I was so blessed I had the opportunity I had to serve the people of Taiwan.

Bing Shop

There's a new bing shop here in Vegas!

Bing in Chinese means ice. Basically, it's a very

fancy shaved ice bowl with fresh fruit on top! 

 Me and Sister Brown eating a bing on our mission in Taiwan.

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 Taiwan Bing

Happy Chinese New Year

To celebrate Chinese New Year 

Danny and I ate Beef Noodle Soup.

It was spicy hot!

 I was able to talk all about my mission in Taiwan

to the youth in my ward and I loved it!

I love talking about my mission!

I shared about the many trials I went through...

Food trials, language trials, companion trials, cockroach trials...

Then I shared the biggest lesson I learned was the difference

between sacrifice and obedience and how much more

blessed my companion and I were when we were strictly obedient.

Then I shared this paragraph from my mission call...

"The Lord will reward the goodness of your life. 

Greater blessings and more happiness than you have yet 

experienced await you as you humbly and prayerfully 

serve the Lord in this labor of love among his children."

 which makes me cry every time I read it, because it's so true!

So I embarrassed my kids!

Then I talked about the many blessings that I've been 

blessed with from serving a mission. And even though it was

hard and I had lots of trials when I think back on my mission

the first thoughts that come to mind are the blessings and joy from serving.

Then I shared my testimony in Chinese.

I'm so thankful I had the opportunity to serve a mission!

Haley's Homecoming

When she left 18 months ago.

 We tried to recreate the before pic., 

but we had two sick kids that weren't in the mood.

We should have had Haley take off her heels,

to show how much the kids have grown.

Welcome Home Haley!

Welcome Home Haley!

 We wrote Welcome Home in Tagalog

since she served her mission in the Philippines.

Grandma Susan and Jim Called to Serve

To the Baltimore Maryland Mission.

The family came to support them at their mission farewell.

Our family.

 Me and my siblings.

Me, Rebecca, Micheal, Kurt

Grandma Susan and Jim

 Grandma Susan's Siblings.

Joann, Jim, Janet

Grandma Susan and Jim

 Kenny, Joann, Susan and Jim

Jim's sister and her husband.

We are so happy for them and

grateful for their example.

 Max and Kurt.

 Kurt says, Max is his mini self.