Elder Jordan Gibby - August 24, 2010

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Elder Gibby's big new of the week was that he received his 7x7 Rubik's cube. He must have a brain more powerful than a supercomputer because he has already solved it more than a half dozen times. He continues to love his mission and enjoys serving as the District Leader.

Elder Jordan Gibby - August 17, 2010

Elder Gibby continues to work hard. He received a new companion last transfer and was made the District Leader at the same time. That is a great accomplishment to be a DL after less than a year in the mission. He speaks the language very well now and has been good at training his companions (even his Senior Comps). I have to say that I am very proud of him.

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Jordan giving guitar lessons.

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These look like important people! Way to go Elder Gibby!!

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Another baptism!

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Nothing like fresh fruit

Talented Nieces

My nieces competed in the local fair. Two of the girls decorated cakes and one raised hogs. As the pictures show they really have talent. The younger girls did a fantastic job decorating cakes. This was their first attempt and both won blue ribbons. Their older sister raised two (very large) hogs. They also won awards in their categories. Wow to go!

Island Park/Yellowstone Weekend

I had the 24th of July off for the State Holiday so we decided to take a quick trip up to Idaho and get out of the heat. I left all my flowers and gardens not sure what state they would be in on my return, but we just needed to get out of town for a few days. We went up to Island Park with Jared and his fiance, Britney, Sarah and Jonathan. It was a little difficult getting off. Just driving down our street, the hood on the suburban suddenly popped up and the safety latch didn't catch. Fortunately, we were able to pull over to the side of the road without incident and secure the hood. Prior to that I lost my wallet at Walmart buying groceries to take up with us. I called the service desk and it had been turned in. That is one of the reasons I like living in Utah, people really are honest and good about turning in things they find. We did finally make it up to Island Park at about midnight. We spent Friday touring through Yellowstone National Park. We got to see Old Faithful blow, several elk and one lonely bison. It really wasn't hot, but it was sure crowded. On Saturday all the kids floated the Henry's Fork River water trail in the canoes. It is quite the trick getting two canoes on top of the suburban. They had fun and saw four moose while floating the river. Sherrie and I took an opportunity to hit Subway and have lunch. Sunday morning we left to return to Tooele. We stopped in Sugar-Salem at the cemetary to see Taylor's grave. Everything looked nice and we took a group photo (it is still on my phone so I will have to post it later).

Elder Jordan Gibby - Teaching Aides

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Elder Gibby put his artistic talent to work and created some teaching aides to help people understand the plan of salvation. He said that they work well.

Elder Gibby - Brazilian Chef - July 20, 2010

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Elder Jordan Gibby - July 13, 2010

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The 3rd of July Celebration - LHF Cul-de-sac

Elder Jordan Gibby - July 6, 2010

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Elder Jordan Gibby - June 28, 2010

Watching the World Cup

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Another Beautiful Day in Brazil

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More World Cup - I imagine that is what most Brazilians are doing...

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One of Elder Gibby's art creations

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A Couple More Pictures

Woops, I forgot to post all the pictures. Here are a couple more. I assume this is a service project and not a way to earn extra food money.

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Elder Jordan Gibby - June 22, 2010

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Jordan at the Porto Alegre Temple

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Jordan Smith???

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I found something to do with my monies.

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Enjoying a World Cup Match

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It looks like a cake, but I'm not sure...

These are the pictures from the last three weeks. I have not been diligent in keeping things posted. Elder Gibby continues to do well in Brazil. He says that it is getting cold and they don't have heaters in their apartments. I remember that from Guatemala. In the Northern Hemisphere we tend to think that it never gets cold in the Southern Hemisphere. Well, I survived it and so will Jordan. I miss him, but I know that he is where he needs to be right now in his life.

Elder Jordan Gibby - June 1, 2010

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