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Welcome to the blog of Paul and Doris Blackham, which we have entitled, “From Bristol to Boise with Faith”. What follows is a brief description of the events in our lives that bring us to this point. On October 29, 2024, we received a call from the Lord’s Prophet, President Russell M. Nelson to serve as a senior missionary couple for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. Our assigned calling was to the England Bristol Mission in the role of Member Leader Support (MLS), with our service to begin on May 5, 2025. From that day forward we watched on the missionary portal as the number of days until our service counted down from 188 until we would report to the Missionary Training Center (MTC) in Provo, Utah. After five days in the MTC we would proceed to England to begin our service in the England Bristol Mission. We completed the numerous checklists of what we needed to accomplish before our departure, including clothing preparations, personal items, visa needs, immunizations,...
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Map Interpretations

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Walking map July 7: Mapped walk Shawn - the winner for the week: "Oh this is a night! It's a beautiful night! And we call it a Bella Note!" Walking map July 8: Mapped Walk Kyle - runner-up for the week: Boot kicking a saxophone Walking Map July 11: Mapped walk Amy - honorable mention: Sam Eagle
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Humor

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  From Tom A handyman asked for a numbered list of things I needed done around the house. He came to me the other day and told me he was done with the list, which is confusing since he’s only finished about half of items on it.  Then I reread his business card and it all made sense. It turns out he only does "odd" jobs. From Andrew
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Scripture

  6  Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God. 7  And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus. ( Philippians 4:6-7 )
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Music

  Consider the Lilies | The Tabernacle Choir
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Grieving

Will my life ever return to what was normal a few months ago? This week I struggled with discouragement.  In addition to cancer symptoms and treatment side effects, I had to cope with a sore knee. 
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