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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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Walking Map Interpretations

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  Original Map From Sophie (Age 5) Tom (her father): "What did you draw?" Sophie: "A map. The green is the grass, and the blue is the water." Original Map From Enna Jane
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Humor

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  From Tom: I found a recipe online for potato leek soup, but I thought I couldn ’ t make it because it asked for five potatoes cubed.   125 potatoes seemed excessive to me.   But then I realized my mistake…5 potatoes cubed still means just 5 potatoes, because potatoes are root vegetables.     From Amy: I went to the zoo last week The first exhibit was a ciabatta, the second a baguette and the third a brioche. They were all bread in captivity.   From Steve:
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Music

  From Doris:   Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing   1.     Come, Thou Fount of ev’ry blessing; Tune my heart to sing Thy grace. Streams of mercy, never ceasing, Call for songs of loudest praise. Teach me some melodious sonnet, Sung by flaming tongues above. Praise the mount; I’m fixed upon it: Mount of Thy redeeming love.   2.     Here I raise my Ebenezer; Hither by Thy help I’m come. And I hope, by Thy good pleasure, Safely to arrive at home. Jesus sought me when a stranger, Wand’ring from the fold of God; He, to rescue me from danger, Interposed His precious blood.   3.                              Oh, to grace how great a debtor              Daily I’m constrained to be!              Let Thy goodness, like a fetter,...
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Did you know?

From Doris:   Our family has walked 3546.14 of the 4830.09 miles to Bristol. When we were in Utah we went to an aquarium with our grandson, Todd. He was very excited to share one of his favorite places with us. My friend, Marilyn, came to Eagle for a week. She and her husband are serving a mission in Peru. Marilyn made time to visit me. It was wonderful to be with her. I am currently having more than my usual challenges with balance. I have balance setbacks at least once a year, but they are usually in January. I am also dealing with sciatica. I finished embroidering another garden quilt block. This was of queen Anne’s lace. I have completed 90 English paper pieced flowers. Paul is preparing to play another Christmas at the Organ concert in December.
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Counting Blessings

  We were able to meet our youngest grandchild in September. Katie is our eighth grandchild and third granddaughter. Two grandchildren were born during the time we would have been on a mission in England. We were here to meet them both. God gave me the strength to make a trip to Utah. We were protected during our travels. On the day we drove to Utah there was a tornado that touched down in northern Utah. Our son warned us about the tornado warning, and we stopped in Tremonton and waited for the storm to pass. While in Utah we spent time with our son and his family, my siblings, and Paul’s sister and husband. We went to Temple Square, walked around it, toured the new visitor centers and listened to an organ recital at the Tabernacle. We did not get sick during our trip to Utah! My sister Janice sent us home with produce from her garden. I finished my acorn quilt, and it is now hanging in the basement stairwell. My cancer treatments continue to be effective, and I w...
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