Margo
You did a good job of hunting us down! You
actually sent the email to Ryan (Elder Depew's) uncle, but he forwarded it on
to us.
Ryan also mentioned in his email this week that he was
excited about his new companion. He said they were getting along quite
well so far. He has only been in Meeker since Sept., but seems to really
be enjoying it. It is a lot different from Denver where he has been
serving, but I sometimes think that different is a good change of pace for
these boys. Ryan is a worker and does not like to waste
opportunities. But as hard as he works, he likes to have a good
time. Not sure if your son mentioned it or not, but Ryan wanted to have a
little fun with your son, so when he picked him up he drove him home on the
muddy dirt roads the long way instead of the highway. He thought it would
be fun to see your son’s reaction to living WAY OUT in the boonies.
Ryan is an outdoors type of kid so Meeker is great for
him. He mentioned that he would be happy to stay there the rest of his
mission, so I guess it must be pretty nice. They have also had a lot more
opportunities to do manual labor type service projects which Ryan enjoys.
Ryan mentioned that ya'll are from St. Anthony. I was
born in the Idaho Falls hospital while my parents lived in St. Anthony. My
father’s family is from Shelly ID. If you know any Kotters or Nuttles
they are probably related to us. My maiden name is Kotter. I have
not lived in ID since I was 4 years old so I do not personally know many from
around there.
As far as our family goes, we have three children.
Andrew our oldest served a mission in Spain. He graduated from BYU-I last
year and is planning on getting married in January. Ashley our only
daughter lives in Denver. She is attending Johnson & Wales University
and plans to graduate in May. It was fun for her to see Ryan a few times
when he was serving closer to her area. And Ryan is our
baby. He attended BYU for a year before going on his mission. Ryan
is one of those kids that everyone gets along with. He just loves
people. He also has quite a sense of humor and likes to keep
people in a good mood.
One concern I have is that they have lived in 3 places in
the one transfer that Ryan has been in Meeker. The moving does not bother
me, but the fact that I do not have a current mailing address bothers me.
Did your son give you his current address when he wrote you? If so, would
you please pass it on to me? I would love to send the boys a package for
Halloween and time is getting short.
Thanks for getting in touch with us. If you know of
anything we can do to help your son on his mission, please let us know.
Vicki Depew
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