Final Day

Merry Christmas!  Today is the last day of our blog posts.  Today we want you to read your patriarchal blessings, and spend some time reflecting on them.  We love you and are so glad to be able to share this blog with you.  We hope that you feel our love and our prayers for you.  You are doing a great work, and setting an amazing example for all of us. 

Pictures of the Doug's family

Testimony of Kristi Lamborn

I know that I am not very good at sharing my testimony.  I have a hard time articulating what I feel in my heart.  I love the goodness in our church.  I love that living the gospel makes me a better person.  I am grateful for the people within the church.  I know that priesthood power is real.  I have felt it in my life.  I know that my Heavenly Father knows me and loves me.  I know that Jesus came to this earth and suffered for my sins.  I am so grateful for the opportunity to repent and try again.  I am grateful for the opportunity to attend church each week.  I am grateful for the scriptures and for personal prayer.  For the time where I am forced to slow down and focus on Christ and what is most important.  I am so grateful for the examples that I have had in my life, that have shown me what charity is.  I am grateful for parents that raised me in the church and taught me the gospel and are such great examples to me and my children.

Testimony of Steven Turner

I have always loved the Doctrine and Covenants, Section 46 ,vs 13 and 14.  It says "To some it is given by the Holy Ghost to know that Jesus Christ is the Son of God, To others it is given to believe on their words, that the also might have eternal life if they continue faithful." 

I have been blessed to believe from a young age.  There are some things I know, and there are some things I believe, and I'm OK with that.  I remember when I learned for sure that the Book of Mormon is true.  I had always believed it was true, but as I prepared to leave the MTC, I knew that I needed to KNOW that it was true.  I finished reading it one day, and the next we had some time to go to the Provo temple.  I remember sitting in the celestial room after the session, praying and seeking.  I remember the feeling of complete knowledge that I received in answer to my prayer.  I do know that the Book of Mormon is true.

I also know that Joseph Smith is a prophet of God.  I can't say when i particularly gained that portion of my testimony, but i clearly remember defending him as a pastor of another church attacked him, and I realized that I really did know that he was a prophet of God.

I believe that families can be together forever, and I'm grateful for that doctrine.  As I get older and my body starts to break down and seize up, I really look forward to living in a perfect, glorified state with my family.

I am so thankful for the Holy Ghost that can be a part of our life as we let him in.  With out the Holy Ghost, life would sure be a lot tougher. 

Most of all, I know that the Savior lives, and that he loves you and me.  Jesus Christ performed the atonement for me (and you), and I am forever in his debt.  I know that repentance is the means of returning to our Father in Heaven some day, and is only made possibly because my Savior paid the penalty for my innumerable sins.

Mom and Dad, I do know that your service is so important, and I'm so proud of you for being willing to go where and when you were called (even though the carribean is nice in the winter).  Thank you for taking the time to teach me as a kid, to help me understand the doctrines of the gospel, and to allow me to learn and grow.

Letter from Kristi

Dear Mom & Dad,

I love you!  I am so glad that you are my parents.  My children are lucky to have you as grandparents.  The kids talk of you often, and they are excited that they have grandparents on a mission. 

We are madly trying to get ready for Christmas, and then for a week of traveling.  It is so nice to be closer to everybody this year!  Hopefully the roads cooperate with us.  :)

The kids are settling into our new life nicely.  They are all making friends.  We all love the new house, and all of the extra space, and the yard is amazing!  I am so excited to show it all to you when you come.  I have also been very impressed with the schools.  Eliza is really thriving this year.  We just got her report card and her best grade is in Language Arts.  Peter and I both laughed about that.  All of the kids really love their teachers, and they all seem to mesh really well with them. 

I have to admit that Christmas is making me miss you even more.  I am so grateful for the service that you are giving and I am so glad that they people out there get to know what wonderful, amazing people that you are.  I have always been impressed with how well you both interact with so many different people.  You both have a way of making others feel comfortable and loved.  I know that you are doing important work and that you are blessing the lives of many.  Including yourself and your kids and grand-kids.  :)

We love you so much!!! 

Kristi

Testimony of Kade Turner

Testimony of Hyrum Lamborn

I like to learn about everything at Church.  I like the sacrament, because the water represents Jesus’s blood and the bread represents his body.  I have friends at church, they are nice to me.  I believe in Jesus Christ.  

In the name of Jesus Christ, Amen

Hyrum