A Trip Home

In September, we made a trip back to the USA for Carly's baptism and a required medical check-up for Jay.

We were able to see everyone in our family except McKay, who was in Costa Rica serving his own mission.

Anson, Bella, Sofiya, Mark, Christy, and Hayden
at the baptism

Harrison, Emily, Jackson, Carly, Christian and Sadie
at their home in Johnstown

Julie, Dax, Thomas and Zane
at the Sportsman Park

James, Kate, Grace, Isabelle and Will
in front of their new house

Nate with Pierre, Holly, Jessica, Kendra, Blake, Maddy and Paisley
at Mesa Falls

Elder Simmons
in Costa Rica

Jay, Trudy, Marie and Andrew
at their favorite Mexican restaurant

The trip turned out to be more stressful than we could have imagined. In the end, however, we felt like it was our Heavenly Father's plan for us to return to Guatemala to finish our missions. We were grateful when the authorities in Salt Lake cleared Jay's health and gave us permission to return to the mission field.

While in Idaho Falls, Jay's heart again went into A-fib.
Marie got to push the button to shock his heart back into rhythm.
Way to go, Marie!