Mother of two

This is Troy (and the missionaries)
This is Teri and Troy

I have been meaning to write a blog about this

for awhile. And since I should be working, this seems

like a perfect time to do it. :) Teri and I got called

to be activity day leaders earlier this year. Marchish

I think. And since then we have been having a

great time. And she is truly a great friend. She has

been married to Troy for 15 years. And has two kids

Taylor (a little older than Sam) and Tatum ( a little older

than Liz) which is part of the reason we get along so well.

We can complain about kids. Teri has been a member all

her life and Troy just got baptised about a week and a

half ago. Teri and her two kids have been really active

in the church for a couple of years now. Now our Stake

did a pioneer Trek a few months ago and Troy thought

this was an interesting thing that they were doing. And

being a Firefighter, voluteered to do Medical for them.

Teri's son was old enough to go, and Teri was asked to

be a big sister. There was a lot of excitement in

the ward as the Trek came together. As a New Stake,

just organized in January, they did a great job pulling this

together in such a short amount of time. Anyways,

longer story short. Troy came home from the Trek,

and told Teri some of the experiences he had on

the way, and decided he needed to learn more

about the church. He talked to his brother in law

who is a member and who baptized him. And after a

good long talk from him, his brother in law said he should

call the missionaries. So Troy called the Bishop. (At 10:30

at night who was asleep, he had been on the

Trek too). Now, a side note: Troy and Bishop are

great friends. He called him and when Bishop got on

the phone, Troy said, "Bishop I think I need to talk

with the missionaries" there was a long silence on

the phone. Then Bishop said "Troy this isn't a good

time to joke around." Troy told him he wasn't joking.

So Bishop told him he would introduce them at church

the next morning. Well Teri told me that Bishop

called the missionaries at 6:00 the next morning

and said that if they screwed this one up they

would be in BIG TROUBLE. So I was oblivious to

all this ofcourse. But I caught Teri really quick that

Sunday to ask her how was Trek. And she said it was

good but she had to hurry, because the missionaries

were going over that night. And I thought, that was

nice, they are going to have the missionaries over

for dinner. I think she knew what I was thinking,

because she said "NO, the MISSIONARIES are

COMING over." I thought for a second, and my

eyes got big and I said, "For Troy?" "No Way!"

I told her she had to tell me what happened

when she had the time. The thing about Troy,

was that he always supported Teri and the kids

going to church. He was friends with the bishop,

who was earlier their Home Teacher. He came

to church occasionally to support the kids. Teri

always wanted him to become a member but never

asked or pushed the issue. And when the time came

he blew everyone away!

Well fast forward to his baptism. He is a well liked

man. He is a firefighter, and had many firefighters

that he worked with that were LDS as well. It was

decided to do his baptism in the Chapel instead of

the Relief Society Room. Which was a good thing too.

All of Teri's family were there. Most of his Family was

there. (They are not LDS but boy they are very supportive)

Alot of ward members, A ton of Stake Members from the

Trek. And his Firefighter friends. Lets just say, that

the chapel was filled all the way to the back.

When it was time for him to be baptized I just told the

kids that we would stay behind, so his family and friends

could watch him. When they started coming back, a

friend from the ward who had gone and watched the

baptism, I asked her how crowded it was, she said,

Wow, you can barely fit 80 primary kids in that room, but

try and fit 200 adults and it was no, problem. I was

thinking, darn it, I missed the miracle of the room

being enlarged for the whole group!!

I just want to say that through these past few weeks

I have gotten to know Troy and Teri even better.

They are such great people and I can't wait for

a year, when they can be sealed together!