Getting to Yuma

Wednesday, May 07, 2008

Getting to Yuma

The drive between Las Vegas and Yuma was very uneventful. There is NOTHING out there. But to make it interesting the roads do curve a bit and there is a long stretch that has ups and downs making Ammon feel like he was riding a roller coaster. After breakfast in the condo, and filling up with gas on our way out of town, we were Yuma bound and made pretty good time. I think we left around 10:30 in the morning and arrived about 4:00 PM. We stopped once for lunch.

When we got to our neighborhood there was a man driving away. He turned around and ended up at my house about the same time I did. Turns out he was from the ward and, although we weren't planning on people coming by to help us until 6:00, he had just decided to drive by anyway. Robert is his name, and he and Andy were able to unload the truck and have us all ready to unpack well before the moving party was scheduled to start! It was great to have things so quickly situated.

Later that night the Bishopric stopped by and chatted for a bit. Andy had met one of the counselors brothers when he EOD'd. The brother is a BP agent and attends the ward Andy went to last time he was here.

Our first night in our new home, Ammon and Andy both spent throwing up. It was pretty miserable! Fortunately they seemed better in the morning and by mid-day they were both doing fine.

With so much unpacking already done, Wednesday was open for us to get some errands out of the way. We went in search of the truck rental place to return our moving truck. We made a few wrong turns and spent some time wandering around. We couldn't find where we were going, but we did meander past the DMV (or MVD as it is named here) which was useful since that was the next place we needed to go.

After a while I looked more closely at the map Andy had given me and realized that the map wasn't to the truck rental place at all, but to the MVD. DUH! No wonder we were struggling. We ended up calling Budget, and fortunately for us they were relatively nearby. We ditched the truck and headed off to the MVD where we registered the Elantra for two years and both got AZ driver's liscenses. The whole registration process here was a lot cheaper than in UT, so we were glad about that.

We did a little exploring around Yuma and found a place similar to Jordan Landing (only bigger, I think) called Yuma Palms. That is where we found the Sprint store and switched our numbers to AZ numbers (as well as Susie's and Mom's. That was a mess!)

By the end of the day we were ready for bed and excited to wake up the next morning to head out to DISNEYLAND!

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Family Proclamation

The First Presidency and Council of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

We, the First Presidency and the Council of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, solemnly proclaim that marriage between a man and a woman is ordained of God and that the family is central to the Creator's plan for the eternal destiny of His children.All human beings—male and female—are created in the image of God. Each is a beloved spirit son or daughter of heavenly parents, and, as such, each has a divine nature and destiny. Gender is an essential characteristic of individual premortal, mortal, and eternal identity and purpose.In the premortal realm, spirit sons and daughters knew and worshiped God as their Eternal Father and accepted His plan by which His children could obtain a physical body and gain earthly experience to progress toward perfection and ultimately realize his or her divine destiny as an heir of eternal life. The divine plan of happiness enables family relationships to be perpetuated beyond the grave. Sacred ordinances and covenants available in holy temples make it possible for individuals to return to the presence of God and for families to be united eternally.The first commandment that God gave to Adam and Eve pertained to their potential for parenthood as husband and wife. We declare that God's commandment for His children to multiply and replenish the earth remains in force. We further declare that God has commanded that the sacred powers of procreation are to be employed only between man and woman, lawfully wedded as husband and wife.We declare the means by which mortal life is created to be divinely appointed. We affirm the sanctity of life and of its importance in God's eternal plan.Husband and wife have a solemn responsibility to love and care for each other and for their children. "Children are an heritage of the Lord" (Psalms 127:3). Parents have a sacred duty to rear their children in love and righteousness, to provide for their physical and spiritual needs, to teach them to love and serve one another, to observe the commandments of God and to be law-abiding citizens wherever they live. Husbands and wives—mothers and fathers—will be held accountable before God for the discharge of these obligations.The family is ordained of God. Marriage between man and woman is essential to His eternal plan. Children are entitled to birth within the bonds of matrimony, and to be reared by a father and a mother who honor marital vows with complete fidelity. Happiness in family life is most likely to be achieved when founded upon the teachings of the Lord Jesus Christ. Successful marriages and families are established and maintained on principles of faith, prayer, repentance, forgiveness, respect, love, compassion, work, and wholesome recreational activities. By divine design, fathers are to preside over their families in love and righteousness and are responsible to provide the necessities of life and protection for their families. Mothers are primarily responsible for the nurture of their children. In these sacred responsibilities, fathers and mothers are obligated to help one another as equal partners. Disability, death, or other circumstances may necessitate individual adaptation. Extended families should lend support when needed.We warn that individuals who violate covenants of chastity, who abuse spouse or offspring, or who fail to fulfill family responsibilities will one day stand accountable before God. Further, we warn that the disintegration of the family will bring upon individuals, communities, and nations the calamities foretold by ancient and modern prophets.We call upon responsible citizens and officers of government everywhere to promote those measures designed to maintain and strengthen the family as the fundamental unit of society.

This proclamation was read by President Gordon B. Hinckley as part of his message at the General Relief Society Meeting held September 23, 1995, in Salt Lake City, Utah.