OUR TIME TO SERVE: Happy Birthday, Breann

Happy Birthday, Bree,

We are thinking of you and of your birthday

Happy 7th Birthday, Breann

even though we have been very busy moving from one cemetery to another. We forgot that the day after your birthday would be the Fourth of July because no one is talking about celebrating the Fourth here. We did have a religious holiday on Monday – it was called Peter and Paul Day. It was a religious holiday and hardly anyone went to work so no one was on the micro and our day of work at the cemetery was very quiet. And it is winter here and you are having summer!! How funny is that….

Have fun celebrating and have a super, super year. We will definitely be there to celebrate your special 8^th Birthday next year. We love you very much. You are a very talented, good and full of faith granddaughter!

Here are two thoughts from a talk given by a friend of your cousin, Riley to the 2015 graduating class of Marana High. They are: Hold to your Faith and Be Good
His name is Tanner Morse and he quoted your cousin:

Faith is like a little seed....

Elder Heflin said, "I knew that God gave me trials like this (having AML and a bone marrow transplant) for a reason. I was able to learn and grow from the experience, and I am incredibly thankful for that. Today I still have that same faith in God. I put faith into action by making choices that allow God to flood my life with blessings. Because of that, I see His hand in my life every single day. I'm able to face any trial with optimism and hope because I know that if I go and do what God wants me to do I'll find a way to overcome anything. He wants me to be happy no matter what happens, and I can be happy no matter what happens. It's all about accessing that faith to reach happiness. Every day I teach this principle to others so that they can understand the circumstances they are in or the opposition they face. I see the change that comes once we apply this in our lives, and it's the best thing in the world."

Tanner Morse also gave an example of his second thought: Be Good.

Speaking of The Wizard of Oz, Tanner said: "Toward the end of the movie - Dorothy, the lion, the tin man, and the scarecrow are surrounded by the wicked witch and her guards. She tells them that the last one will see the first three go. The witch then proceeds to light her broom on fire and ignite the scarecrows arm. At this critical moment, (and probably as a safety measure) there happens to be a bucket of water which Dorothy used to put out the arm of the scarecrow. In the process, Dorothy unintentionally splashed water on the witch. It was then, that The Wicked Witch of the West said:
‘Aah, you cursed brat! Look what you've done! I'm melting! I'm melting! Oh, what a world, what a world! Who would have thought a good little girl like you could destroy my beautiful wickedness.'

"In the movie, the witch says this really fast which is why this profound phrase is easily overlooked. Let me read the last half again: 'Oh what a world, what a world! Who would have thought a good little girl like you could destroy my beautiful wickedness.’
Then Tanner said, "I believe that there is so much power in simply being good....I believe that one person can have a huge impact on the world today.

Seek after all the good the world has to offer.

Be the good the world has to offer.

Hold to your faith."

Here are some pictures we have taken lately. Let us know your favorite in each category: Doors, Flowers, Buildings, Cemetery 1, and Art on the 99 steps up to the cemetery.

DOORS: