Making Promises to the Lord

On Saturday, April 25th, Kyle and I went to the Salt Lake Temple at 4:30pm to begin the process of him taking out his endowments. Connie and I have never been through the Salt Lake Temple before, so this was a double treat for us...a new experience through the temple and a new experience for us having one of our children go through for the first time.

Kyle was treated very nicely and led around everywhere. He was asked where he was going about a hundred-jillion times. We eventually had the chance to listen to a representative from the Temple presidency. He spoke with the four young men in there and found out that one was going to Columbia, that Kyle was going to Argentina and that two others who were in there to get married shortly had served in Russia and Samoa. He told them that these were all "WOW missions" and then he told us about having dinner with a couple who had served as the president of a mission. Politely he asked where they had served. The wife responded that they had served an omission. With a confused look on his face the wife continued..."we served in South Carolina. Every time we tell somebody that all they ever say is, oh!"

Thanks to Bill and Terri Wing and Stephen and Tiffiny Sutherland for supporting Kyle on this special day and for the fun time at Olive Garden afterwards!

I was reading a Reuters article that said: Argentina is to introduce a high-tech identity card scheme in place of old-fashioned paper tickets and turnstiles in an ambitious attempt to fight the country's notorious soccer hooligans.

What caught my eye was this part: BUREAUCRATIC NIGHTMARE!
The idea of having to obtain yet another document in a country noted for its suffocating bureaucracy is likely to have many people pulling their hair out in exasperation.

Argentines are already obliged to carry an identity card without which it is almost impossible to open a bank account, rent a flat, obtain health insurance or use a credit card.

We were wondering why Kyle was being asked for so much personal stuff. It may be normal, but it helped answer some questions for me.//gd

What is the distance from SLC to Buenos Aires?

Buenos Aires coordinates:
latitude: 34° 20' South
longitude: 58° 30' West

Salt Lake City coordinates:
latitude: 40° 46' North
longitude: 111° 52' West

Distance from Salt Lake City to Buenos Aires is 6170.4 miles.
(9930.4 Kilometers / 5358.4 Nautical Miles)

Opening the Call

Pictures of the call

I don't think he's really so sure how he feels about this...


ok...he's really happy!


opening that baby up...


Argentina Buenos Aires North!


Ok...maybe I should've paid more attention in Spanish...



Spreading the word

Argentina Buenos Aires North Mission

Woot! He'll be going into the MTC June 10, 2009.

Elder Denton gets his call!

Well, today Elder Denton's call came in the mail! He's not home yet, but I took some pre-pictures. I'll be keeping this updated with his preparations and then letters as he goes out.

The envelope! It's $1.51. From what we've heard, that means state-side. We'll see!


It's from the Office of the First Presidency!



Elder Kyle Christopher Denton....awesome!

It's about an hour until countdown!