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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 Shape Interpretations

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  Original Map From Amy: AI Assisted Original Map From Jonathan: A Trogdor
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Humor

  From Stephen: What disease did cured ham actually have?   From Tom: Quoting Ian Power: “If anyone ever says, ‘Give me a ballpark figure?’, say 41,649. That’s the capacity of Wrigley Field, home of the Chicago Cubs. You’re welcome.”
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Did you know?

Our family has walked 3551.71 miles to Bristol. One Sunday Lachlan didn’t do somersaults. He called them salt summers. Paul has an August birthday. We have been playing a shopping game for his birthday. I select a department in Walmart. He finds a birthday gift for himself in that department, but the gift has to begin with a letter of his name. For example, he purchased (A)veeno lotion in the cosmetics department. We pick raspberries every two to three days and get approximately four cups each time. Paul is again serving as a ward organist and as the Elder’s Quorum secretary. I have made 82 English paper pieced flowers. I finished making a wool door hanger for August. Greer designed it. It says SAND.
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Counting Blessings

From Doris:   We have a new granddaughter! Katie was born on July 25th. We will be driving to Utah in September to meet her and attend her baby blessing. There is power in prayer. I am grateful for the many people whose prayers are blessing my life. Receiving hugs. The wildfire smoke has finally decreased and we have returned to walking outside! As my strength increases, I can stay longer at church. My current record is 95 minutes. My bloodwork indicates I have enough immunity to fight illness. We will continue to wear masks in public, but those who visit us do not have to. My oncologist said to make sure visitors wash their hands when they enter our house. We celebrated lots of family birthdays in July and the first week of August. I have been able to participate in family history and temple work for my ancestors. They lived in a part of England that would have been in our mission boundaries. We had a wonderful FaceTime visit with Tatiana. She and her family ...
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Scripture

  From Doris:   Doctrine & Covenants 14:7 And, if you keep my commandments and endure to the end you shall have eternal life, which gift is the greatest of all the gifts of God.
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