Big News and Brilliant Ideas
Dear Family and Friends, Let's start with the big news in our family: Gavin and Marnie are engaged! Planning a wedding in a global pandemic has been a little tricky, but they will marry on April 24th in the San Diego Temple. We are so happy for them! Due to restrictions, only 16 of us can be their guests in the temple, which ends up being the exact total number of Marnie’s grandparents, parents, siblings, and brother-in-law, plus our children, their spouses, and me. Elmer will not be able to leave the mission for the wedding, which we knew before we began. He will be missed, and we appreciate that Marnie and Gavin explored the idea of a Michigan ceremony. We just couldn’t get it to work out here and feel grateful to South Bay United Pentacostal Church in Chula Vista for taking its case to the Supreme Court, which found 6-3 that worship is essential, and getting the California churches and the temples re-opened. If you haven’t met Marnie, here are some fun facts: She grew up in Nort...