Cousins... Friends

Schenk family reunion Summer 2010.  

Tyler - now serving a mission in Fort Worth, Texas, holding Brinklie.
Sean - getting ready to serve a mission in Salt Lake City South, Spanish speaking.
Britten - serving a mission in Sao Paulo, Brazil East.

Elder Britten Schenk

Our family received the heartbreaking news that my brother Steven's son, Britten, who is serving a church mission in Sao Paulo, Brazil, was hit by a bus Friday night causing a severe brain injury.  Surgery was performed Friday night lasting into Saturday morning.  The doctor's initially gave him a 40% chance of survival.  Please join our family as we pray for him, his doctors, and a quick Visa so that Steven and Karla can be with him in Brazil.  We believe in miracles.  We have faith.

Britten's brother and sister-in-law, Logan and Lora, have started a blog to keep up updated on Elder Schenk's status - www.elderbrittenschenk.blogspot.com

Thank you, Logan and Lora!  It is a nice way to receive news.  We pray for continued improvement and blessings.


Since I wrote this on Sunday, March 18, we have received news that Britten's condition is better than expected.  He has had an additional surgery.  He responded well to both surgeries and is in stable condition.  The doctor's are encouraged by his improvement - although he is still in a medically induced coma and in serious condition.  We know that we will continue to witness miracles on his behalf.  Steven and Karla are hopefully sitting in the airport in L.A. right now waiting for their flight to Sao Paulo.  It is no small miracle that they are able to secure an emergency visa in such a short amount of time!  God is in charge.  We will continue to pray.

This most adorable 3 year-old Averi!!!!!

Oh man!!!!!  Check out all of these incredible pictures of Averi.....
http://heathertelfordsphotoblog.blogspot.com/

Sean's mission call

Yes, it's true,  Utah Salt Lake City South Mission, Spanish speaking.  He reports on July 18th.  He has a friend from BYU going to the same mission.  He is excited!
The bonus from this is that all of his entire family living in Utah can take great care of him by inviting all of your spanish-speaking friends to your homes to be taught by him!

Ashley, Ryan, and Hudson hosted at their houe with pizza and treats.  Nic, Steff, Brooklyn, Camryn, Kendyl, and Nixon; Matt, Katie, Averi, and Elle; and lots of Sean's friends from BYU (you can hear all of their cheering in the background!) were there.  Tanner skyped, and Lyle and I skyped so we could all be in on the excitement as he opened and read.

Congratulations, Sean!  You will be an incredible missionary!

One Day Left 'Til.........

We believe that Sean will get his envelope in the mail tomorrow containing 'The Call To Serve'!  We are planning to open it all together tomorrow night at 6 p.m. Mountain Standard Time, 8 p.m. Eastern Time.  Sean is so excited he can hardly think of anything else, so we hope those grades aren't slipping.....  We are excited as well. No matter where he serves his mission, Sean will be an incredible asset to that mission, and he will meet people whose lives he can touch and whose lives will touch his as well.  Stay tune.
By the way, here are the wagers:
Ashley:  Miami, Spanish speaking or Thailand
Katie:  New York, Spanish speaking or Korea
Matt:  Georgia or Nicaragua
Steff:  Portland, Oregon or Spain
Nic:  Oklahoma or England
Lyle:  Puerto Rico, Spanish speaking or Peru
Melanie:  Texas or France, French speaking!!
Sean:  California or Brazil
Tanner:  New York or Russia
Tanner's friends/roommates:
     Chewy:  Detroit or Ukraine
     Jess:  New York or Australia
     Doug:  Washington or Germany
     Jake:  New York or Venezuela
Marian Sellers:  Guatemala (her brother is mission president there!)
Bishop Andy Fuhriman:  Brazil

ANYONE else?