Missionary Letters To Jon

Hi Jon - I'm sorry you didn't have time to video conference with us yesterday or send a real letter. Mom and I feel like we haven't connected with you for a really long time and wish you could find some time to update us. I spent all of last week rafting the middle fork of the Salmon River. It was 102 miles total and we put in at Boundary Creek near Stanley ID and ended at Cache Bar between Salmon ID and Riggins ID. I've wanted to raft the Frank Church River of No Return Wilderness for a long time now and am super stoked I finally got a chance to do it. We drove up on Monday morning, rafted Tuesday-Sunday, and drove home Sunday afternoon. Actually we broke an axle on the trailer that was carrying 5 tons of our gear so it took all day to fix and I literally didn't get home until 6am right as mom's alarm was going off to wake her up. I went on the river trip with 20 people, all friends or acquaintances of Lance and Lawrence Gunderson. There were a lot of d...

Hi Jon - I'm super rushed today but I wanted to drop you a quick note. Maddy said you got bit by a dog and have an infection so I'm sorry to hear that and hope your healing is going well. Please take care of your body. And it wouldn't kill you to write a letter once in a while, right? I mean we can't connect every week and it would be nice to hear from you. We had a great week in Yosemite Valley camping in Lower Pines. We spent most of every day in the water - rafting down to swinging bridge, jumping at Mirror Lake, and swimming at the base of Lower Yosemite Falls. The temperature was hot but really nice - really great weather overall. We hiked up the Mist Trail to the Silver Apron one day but that's the extent of our hiking after we finished our 18 mile backpacking trip to May Lake and Glen Aulin the previous week. Mom twisted her leg and ankle pretty badly so we kept the hiking to a minimum. Javi did great though - he says he hates hiking (and hates camping an...

Hi Jon - I’m in Yosemite today and have no network connection most of the time so hopefully this will get sent out. Mom and I had a great time backpacking for 4 nights to May Lake and Glen Aulin. Mom twisted her ankle so we stopped after 18 miles instead of going 17 miles more over Clouds Rest to Yosemite Valley. Now we are camping at Lower Pines with Chris, Nate, Skyler, and Javi. I swam at swinging bride on Saturday and we rafted to Stonemans bridge after church yesterday. August in Yosemite is always hot so being in the river seems more appealing than hiking sometimes. We rode bicycles to Happy Isles and I’m sitting in a bench writing you this. I hope things are going well for you now. I hope the heat isn’t too hard on you. And I hope your investigators are progressing well. We won’t be able to talk today and next week I’ll be off the grid rafting the middle fork of the River of no return so let’s chat on the 19th. Take care of yourself and try to have some fun. We love ...