It has been wonderful to get to know Brother Mackey and your family and be able to help out. We know that if we were in trouble in Arizona, church members would come to our aid also. That is what the gospel is all about, no matter where in the world we live. The Savior is our finest example and in our imperfect, human ways each church member tries the best they can to follow his example. I love it that that is the common bond that we all share. As a convert to the church at age 21, (28 years ago), I continue to marvel at this phenomenon!
I'm so glad my husband was able to come so quickly to the hospital to give David a blessing. It just so happened that we had another couple over for dinner Saturday night (good members of our Ward) and the two men were able to go immediately to the hospital. David's brother was quick on his feet and insisted that the church be contacted.
We are probably not in the loop about David's progress as much as Sister Mackey is, as she is now with David every day. Please let us know if there is anything we can do for her to make her stay here more comfortable.
lots of love and prayers,
Julie Keyes
ps Eileen just came home from the hospital and said that David had pulled out the feeding tube again, so the nurse decided to see if he could get some liquid down on his own. Apparently he was able to drink from a straw a couple glasses of liquid. That is fantastic news!! My husband and I will join your ward tomorrow in their fast.
pps. I will send you another email tomorrow with a little bit of
information about British Columbia and Victoria if you like.
A little info on Victoria, BC, Canada
British Columbia is one of 10 provinces and 3 Territories in Canada.
British Columbia covers an area about the same size as Washington, Oregon, 1/2 of California, Idaho, and part of Nevada put together. It covers a lot of land, but most of the population is in the southern most part. To give you an idea of the difference in population between US and Canada, Canada has a population of 30,000,000. US is 300,000,000. We have a Prime Minister of Canada (Steven Harper - he's a conservative) instead of a President and we have a Premier of BC (Gordon Campbell) instead of a Governor.
Vancouver is the 3rd largest city in Canada and is on the west coast mainland of British Columbia and about a 1/2 hour drive north of the Washington State border. Vancouver Island really has nothing to do with the city of Vancouver, except that it is across the water from it. Vancouver Island takes about 8 hours to drive north / south and about 4 hours to drive east / west. You have to take a 1 1/2 hour ferry ride to get to Vancouver Island. On the southern tip of Vancouver Island is the city of Victoria. Victoria is much smaller than Vancouver (about 300,00 people). It is a quiet, quaint tourist town, but is also the capitol of BC. So the parliament buildings are in Victoria (sort of like your state capitol building). Victoria climate is very moderate compared with the rest of Canada (it has been referred to as the "Hawaii" of Canada). We only get snow about once every 3 years here and it melts off within a few days. We also get 1/3 less rain than Vancouver and Seattle (Victoria is very close to Seattle). I guess we are in a sort of rain shadow from the Olympic mountains. There is a definite influence from England in our city. So you will see hanging flower baskets everywhere in the spring, summer and fall, horse drawn carriages, double decker buses, etc. Victoria is also home of the famous Butchart Gardens and small pockets of rainforest.
Here is a picture of our Provincial Legislature Building. Victoria is the
capital of BC.
Here is the ferry that Eileen came to Victoria on from port Angeles. The Olympic mountains and Port A are in the background. Click on the link to see the ferry:
http://victoriabc.com/postcards/message.phtml3?90786573&newid=6888
2 comments:
Thank you, Katie, for posting the email that I sent to you and for teaching me how to add my own comments directly to your blog. I've never posted comments on a blog before and only learned what it is a few months ago. Many people here in Victoria have heard of what happened to David and have great empathy and concern for him and his recovery. Many are including him in their prayers. Even the Delta ticket agents in the Victoria airport that processed David's aunt's flight knew of the 17 year old boy that had fallen at the causeway downtown and said that they would pray for him. David's mum is with him every minute and constantly assessing his needs. She is a great lady with tremendous composure, great faith and strength, and a very tender heart.
lots of love to the Mackey family,
Julie Keyes
Its so nice to see that david is doing well. Well David keep up the good progress.
Hyrum
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