Sending off another missionary

It has been wonderful to have our entire family together, especially during the holidays. Now everyone in our family is in school in some form or other. Carlos and Christine are attending UVU. Marie is a sophmore at Mountain View High School, Lori teaches English as a Second Language at Sunset Elementary School in Provo and Steve is back working at BYU.

We had the special priveledge on January 3 through the 7 to have a missionary in our home just before he entered the MTC. His name is Elder Tyler Brown from Orlando, Florida. Carlos met and taught Tyler the gospel in Michigan about two years ago, now. His conversion story is a wonderful one. He was one of those choice people searching for the truth. Short version: He found a "Pass Along" card in the drawer of a house where he was the care taker of a mentally handicapped man. He had the impression to call the number. They sent the missionaries. They visited with him one time and then were transferred to another area or for some reason didn't come back. However, Carlos (Elder Diamond and Elder Williams) followed up on the contact and he continued to progress in the gospel until now he, is serving as a missionary two years later. He is now in the MTC preparing to go to Barcelona, Spain. Carlos was his temporary companion until he went into the MTC. We enjoyed having him in our home.