Email from Mom: Friday, September 16, 2022

From: Mom
To: Christian.garcia@missionary.org
Date: Friday, September 16, 2022
Subject: Mid September

How in the heck is it already the middle of September? It blows my mind. I swear I was just anticipating opening up the pool and now here I am facing the challenge of deciding when we should close it for the year.

How are you? How was your week this week? Were you able to make some adjustments on how the members are working with you and have you seen any blessings in regards to the ami's you are working with because of those efforts? How was your Multi Zone Conference? What did you learn?

Things here are good. Tyler and I flew to San Francisco on Tuesday to watch 2 games and then flew home on Wednesday. I am realizing just how little I actually really like flying. I have felt so 'off' on our last few trips that I just dread getting on a plane. And since the Braves only won 1 of the 2 games I get frustrated spending the money to go watch them lose when I could just do that at home. Tyler says it is all about the experience but it just gets frustrating. The ballpark in San Fran is so pretty. I really enjoyed the time that we got there and even though I was in a jacket the whole time (the highs were like low 60's with wind plus the ballpark is right on the wharf) it was good to get away. Today we sit one game back out of first behind the Mets. We have handed it off back and forth for the last almost 3 weeks now. It has been pretty pathetic really. Ozzie Albies is back in our lineup starting tonight. He has been out with a broken foot. I am quite sad to see our rookie not on 2nd though. Vaughn Grissom is a fantastic player and is going to be a great add to our team. Rumor has it that they are going to try and work with him to take left field. I don't care what has to happen but as long as it happens and he stays. :)

Tyler is hunting again. This time he is staying at the cabin though and hunting the mountains up above the reservoir. Elk this time. He said he saw some last night but they were on the privately owned land so he couldn't go get them. I wouldn't be surprised if he runs into snow this weekend up there. It has gotten a lot colder and we have had so much rain. Fall is coming in hot!

Brooklyn didn't have school today so she slept in. I took Teeter for a walk and then came home and we have been working on some laundry and I am also organizing my cookie cutters on an app finally. It is a tedious project and one that has got me all sorts of burned out if I am telling the truth. I have entered almost 300 cutters and categorized and made it all make sense in the last couple of days. I am going to call it where I am now and pick up again another day. It will be nice to have them all loaded and available wherever I am. The app is such a good find!

Kaitlyn has worked all week and done school. She will be back down in Provo tonight to hang with everyone and then she has a concert tomorrow too. She stays busy and most days I feel like the only time I really see her is at the dinner table. Even that isn't always a guarantee though. It is fine, it is what should happen, but trying to give you an update on what she is up to is tricky.

Maya Thornell has her farewell on Sunday. I believe she started her MTC this week already. I cannot believe that my young women from this ward are old enough to be going on missions! I am hopeful for Maya. This is something she has wanted for a really long time and she has had to work REALLY hard to be able to go. I am excited for her and know that she will be a great missionary.

I am going to start up on The Book of Mormon again. I really did enjoy my morning reading/study sessions when I was doing that last year. I didn't think that I would notice much if I didn't put the same effort in but funny...you do. So, I will start again on Sunday and I look forward to what this round of reading and studying will bring.

Anyways, I hope you have had a spiritually filling kind of week with all that you had going. I hope that you  have been able to see the hand of the Lord play out tender mercies in front of you as you have put in work on His behalf. I hope you feel of my love and know of my prayers that I send your way daily. I love you.

Mom