WE WOKE UP TO SIX NEW INCHES OF BEAUTIFUL WHITE CLEAN SNOW TODAY. IT MADE IT'S OWN STATEMENT.JOSH'S FUNERAL SERVICES WERE MOST BEAUTIFUL! THE WORDS AND MUSIC WERE ALL ABOUT THIS KID WHO WE CALLED OUR FRIEND.
A MISSIONARY COUPLE THAT SERVED WITH JOSH WERE THERE. ELDER LAING SPOKE. JOSH WAS ONE OF HIS INTERPRETERS AND THEY WORKED WITH JOSH THROUGHOUT THE MISSION. THEY FLEW IN TWO DAYS EARLY SO HE COULD SPEAK. THEY JUST HAPPENED TO BE FROM AMMON. IT WAS WONDERFUL TO HEAR HIM SPEAK OF JOSH AND HEAR OF THE SERVICE JOSH GAVE IN THAILAND. A CHOIR OF FRIENDS AND PAST MISSIONARY COMPANIONS SANG, "CALLED TO SERVE". THE SECOND VERSE WAS SUNG IN THAI. I CANNOT EVEN EXPLAIN THE SPIRIT THAT WAS THERE. THE BISHOP AND STAKE PRESIDENTS GAVE MESSAGES ALSO. IT WAS ALL SO UPLIFTING.
CHAD SANG IN THE CHOIR AND IT WAS VERY NICE TO HAVE HIM REPRESENT OUR FAMILY WITH THIS SMALL SERVICE TO JOSH.
WHEN I ARRIVED AND STARTED READING THE PROGRAM UNDER "HONORARY PALLBEARERS" IT SAID JUSTIN MERRILL. ALTHOUGH JUS IS IN THE UKRAINE THE JENKINS FAMILY MADE JUS A PART OF THIS BEAUTIFUL SERVICE. THEY ARE SO GIVING AND IT MEANT SO VERY MUCH.
WITH SO MANY TEARS SHED AND SUCH SADNESS FELT I COULD NOT HELP BUT FEEL JOSH'S LOVING SMILE ON US. HE MADE ALL OF US BETTER PEOPLE BY BEING OUR FRIEND. THERE IS NO DOUBT IN MY MIND WHERE JOSH IS AND WHAT HE IS DOING.
IN MY MIND HE IS IN HEAVEN TELLING PEOPLE THERE, "LETS GET R DONE"!
2 comments:
sounds perfect. i so wish i could have been there. but i'm glad it was an uplifting day despite how hard it was.
I am glad it was such a beautiful day. He will be missed by all he knew.
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