OK Colin, you've pushed the button and now we can enjoy a flurry of bogging. Can you arrange for us to meet black Matt at Thanksgiving? Maybe you should invite him for dinner and we could compare them face to face, side by side.
Everyone, for the past several months, I've been sort of obsessed with the prophet Elijah's contributions to the restoration and the Kirtland era of Church history. It's all very fascinating, and so vital to our religion. I've been researching and writing about it and had intended to get the piece posted on the blog prior to Thanksgiving so that you could all bone up for our visit to Kirtland. Colin and Lori, we need to figure out a good time to go over there when we can spend at least half a day. Anyway, the piece I'm writing is turning out quite long, and my life has been hectic, so I'm not sure I'll get it done in time for you all to read it. Actually it's too long to post on the blog, but I may post a link to it if I do get it done. If I do (lot of ifs there) I would like you all to read it, even if you have to print it and bring it with you to study while you travel. There will be a test. If per chance you don't see it, then I suggest you do a little reading about Kirtland on your own. It will really enhance the experience you have there.
Anyway, we are really looking forward to another little reunion with all of you.
Dad
HISTORY
A Little History:
Our story begins in Pocatello, Idaho, circa 1972, when the lovely Debby Christensen agreed to a first, though fateful date with admirer, David Croshaw. Long story-short, he bade her follow him, and they went arm-in-arm to the Logan, Utah temple for establishment of an eternal family unit, Generation 1, on May 23 1973.
From their first blissful summer in Salt Lake City, educational pursuits took them to Provo/Orem, Utah, birthplace of Leslie and Rebecca, and to San Francisco/Oakland California, birthplace of Colin and Matt. Then, for establishment of livelihood, expansion of the tribe with Abby and Dana, and for raising/unifying of Generation 2, it was back to the roots in Pocatello for a rewarding sojourn.
In time, driven by a raging, but commonly shared sense of adventure and independence, one-by-one, Generation 2 escaped the homeland to distant regions of the country and the world, each ultimately developing their own tribal expansions by pairing with worthy mates and initiating Generation 3.
Now sensing fulfillment of their purpose in Pocatello, Generation 1 has also left those roots and transplanted to Cascade Idaho, from which base, they anticipate more abundant contact with The Posterity, Generations 2 and 3, in the future. That contact however, awaits fulfillment of a call to LDS missionary service in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, wherein they hope to help the state of the world by sharing the love of Jesus Christ.
So now, including Generation 0 (Grandma and Grandpa Christensen) home base includes Yuma, Arizona, Pocatello, Idaho, Cascade, Idaho, Vancouver, BC, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Spokane, Washington, Boise, Idaho, Los Angeles, California, back to Boise, Idaho, and on and on (Generation 3+) to infinity.
Our Mission Statement:
This is the blog of our eternal family unit. Initiated years ago, it served well as a journal, but even more so, as an archive of our personal interaction. It was a gathering place, a confabulation instrument, a unifying force for four generations of widely dispersed and progressively prolific posterity, and their valued associates. Though it served these purposes well for many years, it eventually took a back seat to new-kids-on-the-block, Facebook, and Instagram, and was sadly forgotten.
We now move to resurrect this blog with an added functional purpose of archiving the missionary experiences of Generation 1, of their movements and activities as they participate with The Gathering of Israel in the land northward. In so doing, we hope that via their own comments and posts, this blog will again serve to gather and unify the posterity and their friends.
As in the past, that the young and vibrant may know the old and tired, that enduring bonds may be fostered and maintained, that experience and encouragement may be openly shared, that posterity may embrace truth, and that hearts may be knit together, we must resist detachment despite our geographic divergence. We shall do so here.
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1 comment:
Noooo, I can't imagine dad writing something too long to fit on the blog! ;) Can't wait to read it dad!!
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