Trek

This was my first trek ever! Our stake hasn't done it for the past 10 years and I never did it as a youth so this was a new experience for the youth and for many of the adults.

Tuesday packing begun for trek and so the work was underway.

Ila was not happy about going to trek.

several different times during trek my YW came over to hang out with me, Adam, Jamie (another yw leader) and her husband Mark.  When the YW would gather on their own, hang out together, talk and laugh together, it made the whole thing worth it.  It is truly a gift and a blessing being able to bond with these youth.  

Overall we were blessed with decent weather, for the most part.

We had a couple of good rain storms but that helped cool things down a little and made it overcast so it wasn't so hot. 

I was able to walk the women's pull with Ila.  Ila was so mad about the whole thing that I think she could have pulled the hand cart up the hill by herself.  

President and Sister Christofferson came up for a devotional Friday night.  

Ila worked hard to make sure the trip was not fun.  She even said one day, "I start to have fun, but then I remember where I am and it makes me mad again."  I don't think she got all she could have out of trek but it was still good for her.  

We worked so hard when we got home.  We tried to get everything returned and put away so we could be done.  When we walked into the house I wanted to cry.  I was so happy we had survived and accomplished so much in the past month!  The Lord blessed us with health, strength and the ability to pull off 3 huge events in one month.  
 

Its not over

Finishing the wedding ment there was a lot of work to do.  We have an enclosed, large porch.  I walked out one day and couldn't believe this was the entry to my house.  We had trek stuff taking over yet we still had several boxes of Avrams stuff because he was in-between his apartments and I had wedding stuff to finish cleaning.  

I am trying to organize the wedding stuff because we are giving it to Naite and Avram to rent out and hopefully it will help them make some extra money.  

I came down with a cold so I was trying to complete all this stuff while dragging a little.  

 

Reception 1

I wanted to wait to post about the reception because I wanted to get the pictures from the photographer but I need to get caught up with my blog so there will be additional reception info later.

This is Naites dad with Avram and Naite

Ila is a lover

It has been a long time since I saw Aunt Jan.  

Naite did a fantastic job planning the program and putting it all together.  

It was so fun to be part of this culture and their traditions

More pictures coming....
 

July 3, 2026

The day was busy but everything seemed to be going as planned.  Adam and I walked in the temple and there was a temple worker there waiting for me.  She took Naites dress and asked if I could be her chaperone.  I guess her sister was suppose to be with her but didn't come early.  When Adam and I arrived in the waiting room everything seemed to be going well.  There were several people there.  I looked around but didn't see Naites dad.  I hadn't ever met him so I wasn't sure if I just didn't recognize him.  A couple minutes later Crystal walked in and said its crazy outside in the parking lot.  There are about 10 cops out there and they are arresting some guy.  Adam asked, "Is the guy brown." Crystal said, "yes"

Jokingly Adam said what if it were Naites dad.  We laughed a little but then moved on.  A couple minutes later Nicholle came in and pulled Adam and I aside.  She began to tell us a story about how she and Chad were entering the temple when they saw a bunch of cops trying to arrest a guy.  The guy was screaming to let him go, he had to get to his daughter's wedding.  Chad and Nicholle immediately put it together that this must be Naites father.  Chads father was a cop so he is very familiar with procedure.  

The cop had tried to restrain Naites dad but he is too big so the cop wasn't able to restrain him.  The cop began reaching for his taser but went to the wrong hip.  Chad immediately yelled taser. The cop realized his near mistake and switched hands pulling his taser.  Naites dad knocked the taser out of the cops hand.  Chad could see things were going a bad direction so he stepped in and calmly told the cop he was there to help.  He also told Naites dad that he was going to the same wedding and it was delayed.  This settled Mr Kata a little but he still was yelling that the cop had no right to arrest him. He said he was a law abiding citizen and they needed to let him go. 

In the mean time I went to the temple workers and tried to explain the situation.  They said luckily there wasn't a wedding after us so we had time to wait and hopefully her dad would make it.  I went to Liene, Naites older sister and informed her about the situation.  I thought she would be able to handle the news but I was wrong.  She panicked and ran out of the temple.  When Liene arrived at the scene things started to get stirred up again.  Chad told Liene to go back in the temple.  

Anyway to cut the story down, Chad got things settled down.  The cop ended up thanking chad for his help because things had spiraled out of control.  

Mr Kata ended up having 5 charges against him but he was able to go to the wedding.  

The wedding ceremony was beautiful. Im very excited for Avram and Naite.  I know they will have a lot