"A Family Getaway"- To Scott, From Myles 2018

A Family Getaway- 

To Scott, From Myles

In June, we caught wind of some old friends who were going through some pretty heavy things.  Their brother in law had just taken the life of his wife who was their sister.  That in itself was a pretty heavy.  But the hard part was that 6 children were left to pick up the pieces and find a new home.  Our friends Dan and Mandy obviously felt they had to step in and help.  After taking one last trip with their 3 kids, they flew home to a whole new life.  They adopted all 6 kids.  

Nanette and I caught wind of this about a year after all this had happened because we noticed they were always with these kids in each of their Facebook posts.  We called them up and heard the entire story.  We asked them what they needed and how we could help.  Fortunately, they belonged to a great ward who helped out a lot.  But we found out they hadn’t really taken a family trip together.  So we offered for them and their kids to stay at our home in Silverstrand.  They were stoked and took us up on it.  They all drove up a few weeks later from Temecula where they live and said they had a great time just relaxing and hanging out together.  One of the days they were there we all got to go up, bring them dinner and hang out with them.  It was a cool experience for all of us. 

We were impressed with Dan and Mandy for the sacrifice they made for these kids.  But more impressive was the love they all had for each other and willingness to serve each other.  Merry Christmas Scott. Love, Myles