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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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  From Doris: Our family has walked 1641.14 miles to Bristol. Amy ran a half marathon today (February 15). If not for her, our family would be much further away from Bristol. When walking the halls at our church building, I did not hold Paul’s hand. I learned to my dismay that my balance has weakened.  The oncology pharmacy ships my medications to our house. My sister brought us four gallon sized bags of pecans. The nuts had been cracked but not shelled. We have shelled all the pecans in one bag. Paul went to Kyle’s apartment to tend Lachlan so Greer could take Ewan to a medical appointment. When Paul arrived, Lachlan looked for me outside. He said, “Where’s Grandma?” I am listening to Elder Lawrence E. Corbridge’s “Stand Forever” Series on YouTube. I made tapioca pudding this week.
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Walking map interpretations

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  Figure 1 From Tom: An Escargot (top) and original map (bottom) Original image From Enna: A goldfish  
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Humor

  From Scott: If Americans smile does that mean that Europeans s*kilometer*?   From Kyle:  Lachlan came up to Kyle and said he was listening to a story about Bert and Ernie. Kyle told Lachlan that Grandpa's (Paul) middle name was Burton. Lachlan replied "Oh then grandma's name is Ernie!" 
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Counting Blessings

  From Doris: Paul, my sister and I were able to go to the temple on Tuesday.  I am grateful for my temple covenants. I got to hear President Oaks’ first talk given as President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. It was at the BYU Devotional on Tuesday. For living prophets and apostles. Elder Clark Gilbert was called to fill the vacancy in the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles. We are grandparents. It is a joy to interact with our grandchildren. We have had quite a few days of blue skies and sunshine this week. Our ward is very reverent during the administration of the sacrament. I really appreciate that.
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Tender Mercy

  From Doris: I was given the strength I sought to host family gatherings at our house last weekend.
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