Comments on: E-mail the Andrews http://andrewsmission.com Andrews Mission Blog Sun, 05 Sep 2010 21:34:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Ron http://andrewsmission.com/e-mail-the-andrews/comment-page-1#comment-429 Ron Sun, 05 Sep 2010 21:34:25 +0000 http://andrewsmission.com/?page_id=388#comment-429 Dear Nyle, sorry we didn't see you had written. The men just sing an octave lower. Or you could sing in your falseto voice. Just kidding. We love and miss you both, haven't had a good game of cards in over a year. The months are counting down now so we will be home soon. Wish you could be here in December. The beaches are fantastic, and we will think of you and the snow. love Ron Dear Nyle, sorry we didn’t see you had written. The men just sing an octave lower. Or you could sing in your falseto voice. Just kidding. We love and miss you both, haven’t had a good game of cards in over a year. The months are counting down now so we will be home soon. Wish you could be here in December. The beaches are fantastic, and we will think of you and the snow. love Ron

]]> By: Sherry Simler http://andrewsmission.com/e-mail-the-andrews/comment-page-1#comment-404 Sherry Simler Mon, 30 Aug 2010 04:47:31 +0000 http://andrewsmission.com/?page_id=388#comment-404 Nancy, I was just reading that you have been thinking about the garden back home. I wouldn't think about it too much because our gardens have been really awful this year. Even my Dad, who is a master gardener (ie farmer), has poor tomatoes. We have had such cool weather this summer and now we have rain and are looking like September. Everything is about 6 weeks behind what you would expect for being ripe and ready to pick and most things are not producing very well. The night temperatures have been 10 degrees below normal most of the summer so the vegetables have not grown like they usually do. You are lucky to be where you are and have all of those fresh vegs! It sounds like you are doing a great job as missionaries. We always fall short of what we expect of ourselves! Love, Sherry Nancy, I was just reading that you have been thinking about the garden back home. I wouldn’t think about it too much because our gardens have been really awful this year. Even my Dad, who is a master gardener (ie farmer), has poor tomatoes. We have had such cool weather this summer and now we have rain and are looking like September. Everything is about 6 weeks behind what you would expect for being ripe and ready to pick and most things are not producing very well. The night temperatures have been 10 degrees below normal most of the summer so the vegetables have not grown like they usually do. You are lucky to be where you are and have all of those fresh vegs!

It sounds like you are doing a great job as missionaries. We always fall short of what we expect of ourselves!

Love,
Sherry

]]> By: Nyle and Sandi http://andrewsmission.com/e-mail-the-andrews/comment-page-1#comment-402 Nyle and Sandi Mon, 30 Aug 2010 02:52:25 +0000 http://andrewsmission.com/?page_id=388#comment-402 Nancy and Ron, I realized that I have great resources in my Sister and Brother in law, but I also remembered that Judy is also a wonderful resource, so I also asked her for help. She said she would do so, so I am very grateful . I will wait for her help, so thank you, cause I know you would help me out if I couldn,t get her help. I know you understand what I,m saying. Love you, Nyle and Sandi Nancy and Ron, I realized that I have great resources in my Sister and Brother in law, but I also remembered that Judy is also a wonderful resource, so I also asked her for help. She said she would do so, so I am very grateful . I will wait for her help, so thank you, cause I know you would help me out if I couldn,t get her help. I know you understand what I,m saying. Love you, Nyle and Sandi

]]> By: Nyle and Sandi http://andrewsmission.com/e-mail-the-andrews/comment-page-1#comment-401 Nyle and Sandi Mon, 30 Aug 2010 00:21:41 +0000 http://andrewsmission.com/?page_id=388#comment-401 Nancy and Ron, We, (a group of men) from Orofino, are to sing in Stake Conf. at the adult evening session. Well, I was asked to head it up since Sister Jackson is sick and can,t do it. Well today was the first practice and since I had to take Sandy to the hospital for problems, not sure whats causing them, anyway we had an overnight stay. Got more tests next week. Well, I had Merlin take the lead of the group for me. We are to sing, Our Saviors Love. He said since it is written for men and women it wasn,t possible to play the parts only for men since the accompaniment in the song books is written for women and men, and the parts would be to high for men on the treble cleft. How hard would it be to change it so the men could sing on the bass cleft and the pianist could play it that way. Give me some ideas if you could. Since you are such a sweet sister HELP!!!!!! Looking forward to your next update on the mission. Love you, Nyle and Sandi Nancy and Ron, We, (a group of men) from Orofino, are to sing in Stake Conf. at the adult evening session. Well, I was asked to head it up since Sister Jackson is sick and can,t do it. Well today was the first practice and since I had to take Sandy to the hospital for problems, not sure whats causing them, anyway we had an overnight stay. Got more tests next week. Well, I had Merlin take the lead of the group for me. We are to sing, Our Saviors Love. He said since it is written for men and women it wasn,t possible to play the parts only for men since the accompaniment in the song books is written for women and men, and the parts would be to high for men on the treble cleft. How hard would it be to change it so the men could sing on the bass cleft and the pianist could play it that way. Give me some ideas if you could. Since you are such a sweet sister HELP!!!!!! Looking forward to your next update on the mission. Love you, Nyle and Sandi

]]> By: Nancy Andrews http://andrewsmission.com/e-mail-the-andrews/comment-page-1#comment-366 Nancy Andrews Sat, 21 Aug 2010 21:55:27 +0000 http://andrewsmission.com/?page_id=388#comment-366 Hi Nina and Steve, Thanks for thinking of me! We are actually 7 hrs ahead of you here, 8 hrs ahead of Kooskia. So when we visit on Skype with family it is usually about 3 in the afternoon your time, or midnight there, when we are just getting up here! You haven't been getting the big heat wave there huh? We've heard that the states have had unbearable heat recently though the early summer was very cool. Of course that may have been a lot farther south. It has been really pleasant here. We only had one really hot day. Today was tough. We went with our young adult group to do a service project, helping a sweet older lady in our branch, and her son try to clean up and fix up a summer cottage that they had used many years but has been abandoned for a log time now. We all worked hard cleaning, scraping old paint and pulling weeds, but the toughest part was all of the good food afterwards that they insisted on making for us, and then going to swim in some natural pools at the oceans edge afterwards to cool off! It's a tough job but somebody has to do it, right? Afterwards we cleaned up and went to man the youth outreach center for a few more hours. Pretty quiet tonight though. We had a lot more there last night. How are you both doing health wise? We hope that you are not having too much pain . Has Steve's muscle pain problems improved, or gotten worse? This getting older is strange huh? When I think that we are older than our parents were when they moved over to Idaho, and then went on their mission, it is hard to believe! Inside I still feel 35, but then when I look in the mirror I can see that a lot of things have changed! Oh well. I hit the big 60 this year! It will save us some money when we have to take the ferry next time! Senior rates are a lot cheaper. Well I'd better get to bed. We love you. Did I hear that Nick and Adriana are back up there again? Lots of love, Nancy Hi Nina and Steve, Thanks for thinking of me! We are actually 7 hrs ahead of you here, 8 hrs ahead of Kooskia. So when we visit on Skype with family it is usually about 3 in the afternoon your time, or midnight there, when we are just getting up here! You haven’t been getting the big heat wave there huh? We’ve heard that the states have had unbearable heat recently though the early summer was very cool. Of course that may have been a lot farther south. It has been really pleasant here. We only had one really hot day. Today was tough. We went with our young adult group to do a service project, helping a sweet older lady in our branch, and her son try to clean up and fix up a summer cottage that they had used many years but has been abandoned for a log time now. We all worked hard cleaning, scraping old paint and pulling weeds, but the toughest part was all of the good food afterwards that they insisted on making for us, and then going to swim in some natural pools at the oceans edge afterwards to cool off! It’s a tough job but somebody has to do it, right? Afterwards we cleaned up and went to man the youth outreach center for a few more hours. Pretty quiet tonight though. We had a lot more there last night.
How are you both doing health wise? We hope that you are not having too much pain . Has Steve’s muscle pain problems improved, or gotten worse? This getting older is strange huh? When I think that we are older than our parents were when they moved over to Idaho, and then went on their mission, it is hard to believe! Inside I still feel 35, but then when I look in the mirror I can see that a lot of things have changed! Oh well. I hit the big 60 this year! It will save us some money when we have to take the ferry next time! Senior rates are a lot cheaper. Well I’d better get to bed. We love you. Did I hear that Nick and Adriana are back up there again? Lots of love, Nancy

]]> By: Nina K. Laird http://andrewsmission.com/e-mail-the-andrews/comment-page-1#comment-355 Nina K. Laird Thu, 19 Aug 2010 15:29:55 +0000 http://andrewsmission.com/?page_id=388#comment-355 Happy Birthday to you! I asked Steve at about 11pm last night that maybe you had already had it there. I don't remember how it goes. Anyway enjoy your day in the tropics. We are finally getting a few days of summer! Love Nina K Happy Birthday to you! I asked Steve at about 11pm last night that maybe you had already had it there. I don’t remember how it goes. Anyway enjoy your day in the tropics. We are finally getting a few days of summer!
Love Nina K

]]> By: Nyle and Sandi http://andrewsmission.com/e-mail-the-andrews/comment-page-1#comment-346 Nyle and Sandi Tue, 17 Aug 2010 04:01:17 +0000 http://andrewsmission.com/?page_id=388#comment-346 Dear Nancy and Ron, Happy birthday to a special sister!!!! I hope you are going to have a nice day with all that goes along with it to make your day special. I,m here alone while Sandi makes a visit to her daughter and family in Homer Ak. I think she is missing me and about ready to come home. The weather only warms up into the 60,s instead of the 90,s down here. We have about given up on the house selling this yr. and may lease it or rent it out. I hate to do it, but Sandi wants to get our of here so bad. We have had a lot of lookers since I took it away from the realtors but just can,t seem to get anyone to make a decision. Got one guy says he wants it but is waiting on his financial planner to give him the go ahead. Think and pray for you every day, Hope the work is going well. Your going past half way pretty soon. Love you, Nyle and Sandi Dear Nancy and Ron,

Happy birthday to a special sister!!!! I hope you are going to have a nice day with all that goes along with it to make your day special. I,m here alone while Sandi makes a visit to her daughter and family in Homer Ak. I think she is missing me and about ready to come home. The weather only warms up into the 60,s instead of the 90,s down here.

We have about given up on the house selling this yr. and may lease it or rent it out. I hate to do it, but Sandi wants to get our of here so bad. We have had a lot of lookers since I took it away from the realtors but just can,t seem to get anyone to make a decision. Got one guy says he wants it but is waiting on his financial planner to give him the go ahead.

Think and pray for you every day, Hope the work is going well. Your going past half way pretty soon.

Love you, Nyle and Sandi

]]> By: Nancy Andrews http://andrewsmission.com/e-mail-the-andrews/comment-page-1#comment-324 Nancy Andrews Fri, 13 Aug 2010 05:12:08 +0000 http://andrewsmission.com/?page_id=388#comment-324 Nina, Thanks for writing. I have been terrible about writing lately. It just seems that there isn't time enough in a day. At times I draw a blank too. Lately everytime I write a long letter to someone, it suddenly dissapears, and then I really feel like I wasted time! I think we had a virus in the computer. It seems better now, so I will see if this time it works right. That happened when I wrote to Irene. She did write to me. So thanks for giving her our blog site!. This week has been unbearably hot1 We don't usually miss the air conditioning, but yesterday it was over 40 Centegrade, which translates to 104! That is the warmest that we have seen. Usually it is in the 80''s in the summer. At least the chapel has air conditioning. With our calling working with the youth center we are there a lot. But it was really sweltering to sleep last night. We don't run the water heater much now to save money. The cool showers feel good- after the first shock! It's not like well water. It's been in storage tanks above ground for a while! We send our love. Thanks for thinking of us. Nancy Nina, Thanks for writing. I have been terrible about writing lately. It just seems that there isn’t time enough in a day. At times I draw a blank too. Lately everytime I write a long letter to someone, it suddenly dissapears, and then I really feel like I wasted time! I think we had a virus in the computer. It seems better now, so I will see if this time it works right. That happened when I wrote to Irene. She did write to me. So thanks for giving her our blog site!. This week has been unbearably hot1 We don’t usually miss the air conditioning, but yesterday it was over 40 Centegrade, which translates to 104! That is the warmest that we have seen. Usually it is in the 80”s in the summer. At least the chapel has air conditioning. With our calling working with the youth center we are there a lot. But it was really sweltering to sleep last night. We don’t run the water heater much now to save money. The cool showers feel good- after the first shock! It’s not like well water. It’s been in storage tanks above ground for a while! We send our love. Thanks for thinking of us. Nancy

]]> By: Nina K. Laird http://andrewsmission.com/e-mail-the-andrews/comment-page-1#comment-308 Nina K. Laird Mon, 09 Aug 2010 19:01:26 +0000 http://andrewsmission.com/?page_id=388#comment-308 Happy Birthday Ron, Hope you're having a special day and no more problem with ailments. That's not supposed to happen when your in the tropics! Can't seem to stop thinking about Dad also today. Nancy had a nice visit with Irene Weatherston. We were at Steve's class reunion last week. They live in Logan now. I had printed off your blog as I hadn't had time to read and enjoy it so I tore off the address printed at the bottom and gave it to her.It was such a little slip of paper hope she didn't lose it. She was excited to email you. I'm so glad you take after Mom. Don't change it's a gift which we enjoy be able to read. I seem to go so blank. Love you, Nina K and Steve Happy Birthday Ron,
Hope you’re having a special day and no more problem with ailments. That’s not supposed to happen when your in the tropics! Can’t seem to stop thinking about Dad also today.
Nancy had a nice visit with Irene Weatherston. We were at Steve’s class reunion last week. They live in Logan now. I had printed off your blog as I hadn’t had time to read and enjoy it so I tore off the address printed at the bottom and gave it to her.It was such a little slip of paper hope she didn’t lose it. She was excited to email you. I’m so glad you take after Mom. Don’t change it’s a gift which we enjoy be able to read. I seem to go so blank. Love you, Nina K and Steve

]]> By: Nancy Gillins http://andrewsmission.com/e-mail-the-andrews/comment-page-1#comment-268 Nancy Gillins Wed, 28 Jul 2010 22:27:56 +0000 http://andrewsmission.com/?page_id=388#comment-268 Hello Sister Nancy Lee Andrews - I don't know if you got my e-mail in May or not, but I am your Visiting Teacher. Marta Rupp (Sean's wife) was to send you the message in June, in Spanish, but when I talked to her yesterday, she said she got the letter to you half written, then got interrupted, and didn't get back to it. Anyway, July's message is on strengthening the home and family. We are encouraged to have family prayer, read the scriptures, and hold Family Home Evening. I know that you do all those things, plus setting a good example for your family by serving a mission. You two are wonderful! I was sorry to read that Elder Andrews had been ill. Dee had a bout with pneumonia in May and was on a course of antibiotics. He never seemed to truly get over it, occasionally spiking a fever in the evenings, and he coughed quite a bit and his chest felt tight. We went to a family reunion in Beaver, Utah, a week or so ago, and he got really sick, all over again. This time it seemed worse, though. His brother and a cousin gave him a belssing, and we took him to the emergency room the next morning. Pneumonia - still or again. I was impressed with the care he got there. They gave him a big (BIG) shot, then a Z-pak (a different antibiotic than he'd had the first time). Within three days, he felt better than he had in a couple of months. He still tires faster than he thinks he should, but no more fever, cough, or tight chest. I had to laugh at your comment that you are always making treats for some occasion. I think the young missionaries must think that's the reason senior missionaries are sent out! When we were on our mission in Colorado, I made the mistake of taking cookies to our first District meeting. Then I felt obligated to take a treat to every missionary meeting we attended after that. Actually, I loved doing it. Made me feel needed (^,^). All is mostly well here - Dee says "Bishoping" is not all fun and games. I don't know who and what all the problems are, but I do know that he receives a lot of calls from those who have needs of one kind or another, and he's on the go constantly. Who knew? But I'm so thankful for his caring heart, and the way he honors his Priesthood and tries so hard at his calling. And he truly loves the members of the Ward. I haven't the foggiest idea when you will be home from your mission, but we are looking forward to seeing you again. Drop a line when you get a chance. Love you, Nancy Lee Gillins Hello Sister Nancy Lee Andrews -

I don’t know if you got my e-mail in May or not, but I am your Visiting Teacher. Marta Rupp (Sean’s wife) was to send you the message in June, in Spanish, but when I talked to her yesterday, she said she got the letter to you half written, then got interrupted, and didn’t get back to it.

Anyway, July’s message is on strengthening the home and family. We are encouraged to have family prayer, read the scriptures, and hold Family Home Evening. I know that you do all those things, plus setting a good example for your family by serving a mission. You two are wonderful!

I was sorry to read that Elder Andrews had been ill. Dee had a bout with pneumonia in May and was on a course of antibiotics. He never seemed to truly get over it, occasionally spiking a fever in the evenings, and he coughed quite a bit and his chest felt tight. We went to a family reunion in Beaver, Utah, a week or so ago, and he got really sick, all over again. This time it seemed worse, though. His brother and a cousin gave him a belssing, and we took him to the emergency room the next morning. Pneumonia – still or again. I was impressed with the care he got there. They gave him a big (BIG) shot, then a Z-pak (a different antibiotic than he’d had the first time). Within three days, he felt better than he had in a couple of months. He still tires faster than he thinks he should, but no more fever, cough, or tight chest.

I had to laugh at your comment that you are always making treats for some occasion. I think the young missionaries must think that’s the reason senior missionaries are sent out! When we were on our mission in Colorado, I made the mistake of taking cookies to our first District meeting. Then I felt obligated to take a treat to every missionary meeting we attended after that. Actually, I loved doing it. Made me feel needed (^,^).

All is mostly well here – Dee says “Bishoping” is not all fun and games. I don’t know who and what all the problems are, but I do know that he receives a lot of calls from those who have needs of one kind or another, and he’s on the go constantly. Who knew? But I’m so thankful for his caring heart, and the way he honors his Priesthood and tries so hard at his calling. And he truly loves the members of the Ward.

I haven’t the foggiest idea when you will be home from your mission, but we are looking forward to seeing you again. Drop a line when you get a chance.

Love you,
Nancy Lee Gillins

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