LoadestoneHands Better Than My Own: Mission Memoirs of Big Guns Bates, pt 23 — Broken FemurSo there I was in Brandon, Florida near Bradenton, serving as a Zone Leader. There were three districts of missionaries with two…Aug 1Aug 1
LoadestoneHands Better Than My Own: Mission Memoirs of Big Guns Bates, pt. 26 — SHOVED(Source)Aug 1Aug 1
LoadestoneHands Better Than My Own: Mission Memoirs of Big Guns Bates, pt 28 — A New HeartCreate in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me. (Psalm 51:10)Aug 1Aug 1
LoadestoneHands Better Than My Own: Mission Memoirs of Big Guns Bates, pt 25 — Death is PresentGiovanni Francesco Barbieri painted Et in arcadia ego[1] during the Baroque period.Aug 1Aug 1
LoadestoneHands Better Than My Own: Mission Memoirs of Big Guns Bates, epilogue pt.1 — BlessingsPrior to my three vertebrae being fused in a six-hour surgery and after my surgery, my Dad laid his hands on my head and gave me a…Jul 31Jul 31
LoadestoneHands Better Than My Own: Mission Memoirs of Big Guns Bates, pt 27 — Redeemed(Image source)Jul 31Jul 31
LoadestoneHands Better Than My Own: Mission Memoirs of Big Guns Bates, pt 6: Mother, Will She Tear Your…Pink Floyd’s song Mother sums it up best:Jul 31Jul 31
LoadestoneHands Better Than My Own: Mission Memoirs of Big Guns Bates, pt 16 — September 11, 2001(Image source)Jul 31Jul 31
LoadestoneNote 8 from My Daughter on Her Mission: 八星期 I’m melting!This whole week has been sooo hot, I’ve been looking at the weather in Vancouver versus Provo and I’m so ready to be in under 95 degree…Jul 29Jul 29
LoadestoneNote 9 from my Daughter on her Mission 九星期:This Child’s PrayerThis week has been so fast and so short at the same time. This was my last week at the MTC, I fly out to Vancouver, Canada at 5 in the…Jul 291Jul 291