4 Bits and tidbits

Lyle's family
A post last Tuesday by Josh and Crystal Price: "We've begun the process of moving into our new house! Our church has a rental house that they have graciously decided to let us live in. I'm so excited to finally live in a house! We will be offline for a bit, so sorry if you don't hear from me for a while. We will do most of our moving over the weekend and will begin staying there next week. It's an older home (built 1910), with lots of character and just enough space for our family. Read more.

Kay's family
A post from a week ago Sunday by Kay and Karen in Peru: "For my birthday Sister Tyler gave me a pillow case with the mission logo embroidered on it. She also gave me the following message in a birthday card. 'Dear Elder Cleverly, How privileged we are to work beside such a man as you are: Accountant, consoler, good husband, father, grandfather, and surrogate grandfather (to many including the Tyler children), missionary and office manager. More importantly - Our eternal "Friend." We love you.' Actually Karen is the office manager.

"Then a couple of days later we received an e-mail from sister Elmer. She said, 'I wanted to tell you that what you are doing in the office is so important to the mission and to the Tylers and I seriously don't know how we did it without you and Kay for those two years you were not with us. So don't fret if you don't get to go to the provinces, you are doing a GREAT WORK right where you are and the missionaries love you and feel a great security having adults in the office. I am sure you two will go on another mission and you can request proselyting! Maybe we can go together. Now wouldn't that be fun!'

"The reason that I bring this up is every missionary wonders why he was called to that particular mission. President Elmer once told me that he called his very best missionaries, those that he could trust and would work their very hardest into the office. I have always felt that if I could just be of service to the president and his wife and to lighten their load and be an example and help to all the missionaries and at the same time free up the four missionaries that are always called to the office, then our mission would have been a success."

Dean's family
After spending several days visiting Robert and Rachael Hodson in Harrisburg, Illinois, Paul and Eliza Challis returned home to Atlanta, where Paul ran a half marathon on Thanksgiving morning. After dropping him off at 6:40 that morning, Eliza and the boys went home and made signs and then waited for him along the route and at the finish line.