Grandma Jensen

October 13, 2009

We have just lost a Great Lady!

Grandma Jensen at 91 went back to live with Heavenly Father.

I remember the first time I met her, she looked like a model, tall, elegant, gracious.

I was so impressed with her beautiful smile and kind words,

you could not help falling in love with her.

Through the years she was always the same no matter what her health was.

Grandma loved the Children, Grandchildren and Great Grand Children

and they loved her back.

Grandma always had time to play games and teach each one as they came along.

The Doney Children will really miss her as she was like a Mother to them.

All her family will miss her greatly.

Grandma Jensen was a member of the Young Women's General Board,

traveled extensively to Stake Conferences and spoke where ever she went.

She also gave service in the Salt Lake Temple kitchen for many years.

The Jensen's have 4 daughters, 12 Grandchildren and many Great Grandchildren,

and 1 Great Great Grandson

Grandma is now again with her husband of many years, and is no longer hampered

by a physical body that does not want to work.

Grandma dance, walk and enjoy the freedom of the here after.

We Love You

New Temples

Yea!

A Temple in Brigham City!

20 minutes away!

Hope we can serve there when we get home

and it's built.

I wonder if they will convert the Old Tabernacle

into the Temple? Like in Vernal.

G'onya Bear River Valley

You have done lots of service at the Temples to get this Blessing.

SAMOA

Our Ward has been touched by the tragedy in Samoa. Several of our families are from Samoa and lost family members there. Bro. Utai just got back from there two days before the destruction. Whole villages were wiped out. There were 81,860 members in Samoa. Many of the villages were all members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. In many of the villages there were whole generations of families living there. There is great sadness in the lives lost and destruction left there. The members shared in Testimony meeting this morning the faith that is there and how prayers have been answered in finding bodies and the living. The Church members knowledge of families being sealed together forever has helped greatly in this time of sorrow.

The members told how the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter day Saints was the first one in with help. Australia, New Zealand and America are there now also.

Our hearts and prayers go out to those who are suffering through all the disasters around the world.

Train Stations and Ride

The Train Station we changed Trains at

Strathfield StationThe front of the train we rode to Strathfield (down by Sydney)
Electric trains

This is the Station we got on the train.

It is 4 km's from Toronto.

Love the name

Fassifern

Elder Doney at the Fassifern Station

We rode the Train down to the Greens for a Transfer BBQ Party.

It was an adventure. Smooth ride, nice to not drive.

It took 3 hrs to get there and 3 hrs back.

If we drove, it would have taken 2 hrs each way.

Transfer Party

Transfer Party at Elder and Sister GreensElders at the end of an egg toss
Sisters Wickramanayake, Doney and Liu

Elder Green, Sisters and Sister Green

Sister and Elder Green, Sister and Elder Green

We took the train down to the Greens for the Transfer Party.

BBQ, Games, lots of laughter and food.

Great Fun

District Meeting in Gosford

Here we are at District Meeting

We brought lunch for the Elders and Sisters

Port Stephens

A few Mondays ago we drove up to Port Stephens, which is supose to be beautiful,

the trouble is we picked a cold cloudy day to go.

The thing is it can be nice here and awful some place elce.

You don't know until you geet there.

Elder Doney eating lunch at Port StephensPort Stephens on a cold cloudy Monday

Marina and eating places, including Hogs Breath Cafe
We have not eaten there yet, there are string of them in NSW.
I am sure the time will come.

Australia has unusual Birds

These two were roaming around Port Stephens

I don't know what kind they are.

Hunter Valley Gardens

The Hunter Valley Gardens were created by Bill and Imelda Roche.

They are World renound garden developers.

When they retired they desided to create one on their property for Australia.

There are over 6,000 trees, 35,000 rose bushes, 250,000 annuals,

600,000 shrubs and 1,000,000 ground covers. Story Book Gardens
Dee, Dee and Dum
Mad Hatter Party

Jack and Jill fell down the hill

The Water Fall

The little boy who ran thru the town and Elder Doney