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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 3733.84 miles to Bristol. I have made 85 English paper pieced flowers. We finished Paul’s birthday shopping game at Walmart. He said choosing a gift from the laundry department (non-slip hangers) and cosmetics (Aveeno lotion) were the hardest choices. I am sure that is because his options were very limited in those departments. I made a quilt top for myself this month. Both Kyle and Scott make sourdough bread. We are blessed that they share with us. Because the dough is fermented, Paul can eat sourdough bread without any side effects. We have started making plans to travel to Europe in a year. My cancer treatments will be finished next spring, and I should be stronger by fall 2027. There are four towns within an hour’s drive of Tatiana’ house in England where my Grandpa Owens’ ancestors lived. I hope we can visit those towns when we visit England.
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Counting Blessings

  From Doris:   The return of good air quality allowed us to begin walking outside again. For priesthood blessings. I received two this past month. I was given the strength I needed to speak in sacrament meeting. My talk was based on Elder Kearon’s general conference talk “All Who Have Endured Valiantly.” We will get to meet Katie in just a few days. We will get to spend time with my siblings as well as Paul’s sister and brother-in-law. We had a video chat with all of our children yesterday! Matthew’s work schedule has changed. He now has Saturday’s off work and was able to join us. Julie is healing from her cancer treatment. For the zoom link for both stake conference sessions. Autumn has come to Eagle. The leaves are changing colors and the air is cool in the mornings. For September. It is the month of my parents’ birthdays and their wedding anniversary. I was blessed to be born to wonderful parents.
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  The Impossible Dream          To dream the impossible dream To fight the unbeatable foe To bear with unbearable sorrow To run where the brave dare not go To right the unrightable wrong To love pure and chaste from afar To try when your arms are too weary To reach the unreachable star This is my quest, to follow that star No matter how hopeless, no matter how far To fight for the right without question or pause To be willing to march into hell for a heavenly cause And I know if I'll only be true To this glorious quest That my heart will lie peaceful and calm When I'm laid to my rest And the world will be better for this That one man scorned and covered with scars Still strove with his last ounce of courage To reach the unreachable star To reach the unreachable star This is my quest, to follow that star No matter how hopeless, no matter how far To fight for the right without question or pause To be willing to march int...
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Tender Mercies

  From Doris: I had a blood draw Thursday morning. For the first time in over two years my CBC was completely normal. That means 25 tests of my blood were all in normal ranges. That is a miracle.
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Scriptures

From Doris Proverbs 16:31 The hoary head is a crown of glory, if it be found in the way of righteousness.           Translation:         The gray hair of the righteous person is a crown of glory.
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