Updated Mission Addresses

Elder Kevan Bills
Mission Argentina Mendoza
Casilla De Correo 631
Mendoza 5500
Argentina

Elder Gregory Bate
820 Poplar Apt. 7
Terre Haute, IN
47803

Elder Parker Frischknecht
Mission Argentina Mendoza
Casilla De Correo 631
Mendoza 5500
Argentina

President and Sister Queiroz
Rua Esteves Junior 527 Apto 301
Centro Florianipolis SC
88015-530 Brazil

Elder Calahan Larson
Ukraine Kyiv Mission (pouch)
P.O. Box 30150
Salt Lake City, UT 84130

Elder Cameron Cusick
Mission Brasil Fortaleza
Av. Santos Dumont 1789 1612
Ed. Potenza Aldeota
Fortaleza - CE
60150-160
Brazil

Elder Jacob Cusick
Chile Concepcion Mission (pouch)
P.O. Box 30150
Salt Lake City, UT 84130

Elder Brett Welker
Philippines Naga Mission
39 Panganiban Dr.
Naga City
4400 Camarines Sur
Philippines

Elder Tanner Brockbank
Belgium Brussels/Netherlands Mission
87 Blvd Brand Whitlock
1200 Brussels
Belgium

Elder Craig Bills
260 Maple Ct. ST 120
Ventura CA
93003

Elder Samuel Andrew Nyman
MTC Mailbox 268
BOL-COCH
2005 N 900 E
Provo, UT
84604

Elder Mason Galland
MTC Mailbox 94
HUN-BUD 1109
2005 N. 900 E.
Provo, UT
84604

Service Project at the Church

Service project for wed night with 19th ward to replace planned activities: hygiene kits for Haiti (same as saturday). Need as many adult leaders as possible.

Elders quorum: we need to set up tables and take down after. Any help with project would also be appreciated-bring wives/ children.

Service Project

Dear Brethren & Sisters,

Attached below is the email from Bishop Neff to the Nineteenth ward members concerning their Humanitarian project for Haiti at 9:00 AM on Saturday in our ward building. We are inviting all Riverwoods members to participate with the Nineteenth ward in assembling the Hygiene kits. I've asked Rob Faux to represent the Bishopric as both Becky & I will be working Saturday morning.
On Sunday, we will be announcing the need for donations to help pay for the Hygiene kits.

Thanks for your help in getting the word out on this important opportunity to help our brother ans sisters in Haiti.

Bishop Nyman


Dear brothers and sisters,
I am certain you are aware of the suffering caused by the devastating earth that struck Haiti earlier this week. The pain and suffering that these brothers and sisters are experiencing are unimaginable. I, like you, am shocked by reports of the numbers of expected dead, injured and homeless. Veteran members of the media say that they have never seen anything like what they are witnessing on this impoverished island in the Caribbean.
We live in a day when we are blessed beyond measure by a loving Heavenly Father. Part of our responsibility, when so blessed, is to take every opportunity to share our gifts with those in need. As a ward family, I see your generosity and I know that our Heavenly Father loves you because of your goodness.
After prayerful consideration, coordinating with our stake presidency, Provo church humanitarian leadership and with our ward welfare committee, I am asking the following:
• Join with our ward and the Riverwoods ward this
Saturday, January 16th at 9:00 AM to build hygiene kits to be delivered to the church humanitarian services department.
I have been told that what the church has on hand won't be enough to cover the needs from this disaster. All family members are invited to attend. It is expected that we will work for 2 hours building an estimated 1,000 hygiene kits.
Church service missionaries will be on hand to supervise, support and approve the kit building activity.
• Raise the money necessary for the cost of the kits. I am keenly aware of trying economic circumstances. The majority of you pay a full tithe, give a generous fast offering and support multiple charities. Please pray to know how to financially support this most righteous endeavor. Each kit costs approximately $5.00. Money to pay for these supplies needs to be raised prior to Saturday to pay for the supplies. Your priesthood and relief society presidencies will contact you by phone seeking donations and commitments for donations. All checks should be written to Edgemont 19th ward and can be noted "Haiti project."
• All members, regardless of their ability to contribute financially, are encouraged to join us at the ward to help build these hygiene kits.
• This Saturday is also a stake emergency preparedness drill. Your priesthood leaders will be creatively combining our Haiti project with this drill to make sure we are accounting for each member during this exercise.
I know that Heavenly Father will bless each of you with a greater sense of love as we participate in this week's disaster relief program. I promise you a greater love for your brothers and sisters and a greater love for the Savior as you faithfully participate.

Thank you for your love and support,
- Bishop Neff

Letter From Claudia Queiroz

Dear Sisters of the Riverwoods Ward:

Thank you so much for your great love and support. We have missed you so much. You are in our prayers. We think of you often.
The Riverwoods Ward had many trials in 2009. We were sadden by these difficult times. We would want to be there and give extra love to all of those Sisters who had hard trials. Your trials are our trials. We have shed tears for your trials because of our great love for each one of you.

We love our mission. It is the best and hardest thing we ever did. At times I want the time to go fast so I can go home and relax, and at other times I want it to go slow so I can feel the intensity of the mission Spirit a little longer. The Spirit is so close here. I feel inadequate all the time, but have learned to rely on the Lord. I also learned that "whom He calls He qualifies." I have to give many talks all the time and the Lord blesses me over and over again. The messages just seem to pop into my mind...a great miracle!

Our missionaries are divine. We love them so much. By now more of our missionaries have finished their mission than the ones we have here. Many of them are already married. They come to visit us, they write letters all the time. We have acquired a new family. About 450 missionaries will serve with us. That means a lot of wedding gifts. I think I will "go broke" in a few years...haha...

On my p-days, which are rare, I go shoe shopping. I have to say that we have the prettiest shoes I have ever seen in this city. And yes, not even the missionary Spirit changed my weakness for shoes...It is a lost case for sure! The good news is that they are cheap here, so if anyone wants to come and shop for shoes...

We had both Branden and Danyel for Christmas and it was awesome. Branden is finishing his mission in a couple of months and I am so sad about that. He is our right hand here. The Lord brought him to the right place after all. Dan is taking good care of our company and he is living in our house in Vintage. He is still single. He is a faithful son and I know that the Lord is preparing someone special for him. To be honest with you I am getting urged to be a grandmother, so if anyone has a single niece or daughter to introduce to him, please don't be shy...

I found for him in Brazil a blond Brazilian girl named Pamela Walter. It was perfect because her full name would be Pamela Walter Queiroz. She would have her father-in-law's name. I was so excited, but Dan did not like her. Pamela even told me that she wanted to name her first born son Walter, so my grandchild would be named Walter Walter Queiroz. How about that? It was perfect. Dan did not agree. It was so much easier in older times when the parents got to choose the spouses for their children...

Branden says that he has many waiting for him, but we will see about that.....haha.... I have to say that he is tall and handsome.

Well, I better go. I can't wait to go to the activites with all of you again. You live in my heart.

Love,

Sister Claudia Queiroz

New Bishopric

Next Sunday will be our first Sunday with the new bishopric. Bishop Nyman, Rob Faux and Steve Tingey. We are excited and blessed for them to serve in our ward.
We are sad to see the McKinney's go but we hope they enjoy California and being around their grandchildren more. Thanks for all you've done in this ward Bishop McKinney. We are grateful for the time and energy you have put into each member of the Riverwoods ward.

John Grant

Dear Family and Friends,
We want to let you know that John passed away unexpectedly this last Friday in Provo, Utah. He suffered a sudden stroke Thursday evening and died the next morning. Funeral services will be held this Thursday, October 8, 2009, at 11 a.m. at the Riverwoods Ward Chapel, 4775 N. 300 W., Provo, Utah. The viewing will be held prior to the funeral service from 9:30-10:30 a.m. in the Riverwoods Ward Relief Society room. Interment will follow at the East Lawn Memorial Hills Cemetery, 4800 E. Lawn Dr., Provo, Utah.
Love,
Meridene and children

John Hendricks Grant
1937 ~ 2009

John Hendricks Grant, 72, passed away October 2, 2009, in Provo, Utah. He was born on September 3, 1937, son of John Williams Grant and Minnie Hendricks in Wenatchee, Washington. He married his childhood sweetheart, Meridene Christensen, in the Salt Lake Temple on August 16, 1960.

He is survived by his wife Meridene, his sons John K. Grant of San Francisco, California and James E. Grant (Elizabeth) of Denver, Colorado, daughter Karen Hovey (Rich) of Santa Clara, California, granddaughters Laura and Hannah and grandsons Jacob, Joshua, Caleb and Christopher. He is also survived by his sister Julie (Jim) Erskine, brother Jay (Marilyn) Grant and many nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents and his brother Kenneth Grant.

Our hearts and prayers go out to the Grant Family

Cailyn Mae Gibby

Cailyn Mae Gibby was born July 14th at 1:04 am.
6 lbs 10 oz.
Congratulations Justin and Emily!

Ward Photo Directory

Our online ward photo directory is now available to all ward members at http://www.riverwoodsward.info/. This new resource can help us get to know each other better and help put faces to names and vice-versa. Here you can see photos of families and individuals by birthday, organization, primary class, et cetera. To submit new individual or family photos, please email them to dcarr@omniture.com.

Pre-Camp Kickoff

Girls Camp 2009
Reminder that all YCL’s are expected to attend the June 26th overnighter and pre-camp kickoff.
Girls will be meeting at the stake center at 4:00 and return home around 1:00 the following day. Each girl needs to bring a sleeping bag, pillow, personal items, and their camp manual. The young women will be riding with leaders and are not allowed to drive themselves.
Please contact Emily Litt at 612-799-8289 if you are planning on attending no later than the 21st of June.

Megan and Sam Smith

Megan Moulton married Sam Smith June 6th in the Salt Lake Temple. They will be living in our ward. Congratulations to you both!

Clara Dodge

Clara Dodge passed away this morning (June 9). There will be a viewing in the Riverwoods building on Sunday from 6pm till 9pm. The Funeral will be held on Monday at the Riverwoods building at 11 am. Our thoughts and prayers go out to Arvid and family.

Kristan Lusvardi

Kristan Lusvardi passed away early this morning. Please go here for further details.
Our thoughts and prayers go out to the Lusvardi Family.

Football Video

Here is a video that Justin Gibby made for Braydon Galland (#10) and Sam Tang's (#51) football team a little while ago. Enjoy!

Ward BBQ At The River

June 10th at 6pm. Please bring a salad to share if your last name begins with letters A-M and a dessert for last names beginning with the letter N-Z. Bring your picnic blanket and join us for a fun evening. Bring your neighbors! This will be a wonderful missionary opportunity.

Garden Plots

These are pictures of the garden plots the ward and families have created. More of you are starting your gardens now and I will take pictures as soon as I can. It's been a great learning experience and I love to see what others have planted. Can't wait to see our crops grow this summer.

Baptisms

Joshua Carr and Nicole Paulette were baptized last week. Congratulations!

Girls Camp Reminder

Girl’s Camp 2009
Please submit your permission forms for camp ASAP to Jenn Carr or Emily Litt.

The last day to turn in forms is May 24th.

If you have not turned your form in by that time you will need to contact Emily Litt if you plan on attending camp.

Also, if you have a friend who is not in the Ward and they plan on attending they too need to fill out the permission form no later than May 24th.

Girl's Camp 2009 Info

Dates: August 4th-8th
Location: Camp Mia Shalom Y Wilderness Camp
Color: Pink
Valve: Joy

Important Dates:
April 29th : First Parent and YW camp meeting 7 pm YW Room at the Church
May 3rd: YCL Stake Meeting 5 pm Stake Center
June 24th: Pre-Camp outing to SLC 5:15 pm Church Parking lot
July 29th: Final Parent and YW Camp meeting 7 pm YW Room at the Church

Contact Information:
Camp Director: Emily Litt cell: 612.799.8289
emily@emilylitt.com
Asst. Camp Director: Jenn Carr 801.921.6619
jenncarr23@hotmail.com
YW President: Robin Bills 801.400.1271
rkb5@aol.com

Joshua Sams Baptism

Joshua is getting baptized at the Stake Center tomorrow 4/13 @ 7pm. Please come and support the newest member of the ward.

Young Men Calender Information

April 8th: Combined w/ Young Women - Scavenger Hunt
April 15th: Spring Break / Basketball
April 22nd: Missionary Prep - Cooking
April 29th: Power Tumbling
May 6th: Eagle Project
May 13th: Combined - Young Women in charge
(Harvard Panel Discussion)
May 20th: Sailing
May 27th: Money Management
June 3rd-5th: Stake Youth Conference
June 11th-13th: Camping
June 17th: Eagle Project
June 24th: Astronomy
July 1st: BYU Museum
July 8th: Combined - Young Women in Charge

The Newest Members

Jordyn Manhart (10) and Adylee Manhart (8) were baptized tonight. They will be confirmed at Sacrament meeting in the morning.

Baptism For Jordan and Adylee Manhart

The full-time missionaries had another great discussion with the Manhart family tonight. Paul and Theresa Welker (Shauna Manhart’s visiting teacher) were in attendance. The baptism for Jordan Manhart and Adylee Manhart (8 & 9 year old sisters) has been rescheduled for Saturday March 14 at 7pm at the stake center to accommodate family members.

Bea Pyne

Our dear Sister Bea Pyne passed away Saturday morning. We will all miss her. May our prayers be with her sweet husband, Max, who has cared for her with such devotion.

Her funeral will be next Saturday, February 21, at 12:00 noon at the Riverwoods Chapel. The viewing will be Friday evening at the Sundberg-Olpin Mortuary, 495 State Street, Orem, Utah. The time will be announced. Another viewing will be in the Relief Society Room, from 10 - 11:30 am Saturday before the funeral.

The burial will be at the Orem Cemetery immediately following the funeral service. The family luncheon will be at our building at 2:00pm.

Our Relief Society will be serving lunch to their family. If you can do any of the following please e-mail: Oranee@comcast.net, or Bullockgrace@yahoo.com, or Jackson538@comcast.net.

We will need:

5 people to bring salads, each for 15 people;

5 people to bring cakes, each for 15 people;

5 people, each to bring a 9x13 pan of augrautin potatoes.

2 people, each to bring 3 dozen rolls.

We will need:

4 women to help set up Saturday morning at 10:30am;

6 women to help set up the buffet table, serve and clean up;

2 women to stay in the kitchen area from 11:30 to 1:15 during the funeral.

Men, we will need the following: (Please e-mail John Grant at Johnandmeridene@yahoo.com.

6 men to help set up chairs and tables Friday evening

3 men to help prepare for the lunch at 10:00am Saturday morning

4 men to help serve and cleanup for the lunch, beginning at about 1:15pm.

Thank you so much for your help.

Elders Date Night

Gary Lynn Shumway

November 23, 1941 - February 3, 2009
Gary Lynn Shumway, devoted husband and loving father passed on to his eternal home Tuesday, February 3, 2009 peacefully at his home surrounded by his family. He was 67 years old.

Gary exhibited strength and power and conformed his life to the principles of truth and righteousness. He accomplished the righteous desires of his heart and acknowledged the hand of God in all things.

He persevered in battle during the past year with pancreatic cancer and also Guillain Barre' (French Polio). He fought these health challenges with courage and with an optimistic pleasant attitude. He proved himself valiant in faithfully working full-time and serving others right up to the time of his passing.

Gary was born on November 23, 1941 in American Fork to Arlo B. Shumway and Jane Lee Shumway. He resided in Orem and Provo throughout his entire life. He grew up on a farm in Vineyard, Utah and grew to adulthood learning and acquiring a valuable, strong work ethic and discipline.

He served an honorable mission in London England under President Marion D. Hanks for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He has served in many capacities in all auxiliaries in wards and stakes in the Church with one of his favorite positions being in the Bishopric at Brigham Young University. He was released as a mission leader and gospel essentials teacher just prior to his passing.

He was an avid and talented athlete excelling in all sports including football, basketball, baseball and golf throughout his youth, high school and college years and into his adult years. Gary played on a European championship basketball team. He was also on the last All-Church championship basketball team in 1970. He has been involved in sports his entire life as a participant, fan and also in his field of labor. He was successful in his chosen vocation in life serving in the sporting goods industry in designing athletic uniforms for all of the sports and representing major sporting goods companies. He will be greatly missed by the coaches and staffs in the high schools and colleges in Utah as well as his caring associates.

Gary was known for his honesty, sense of humor and his quiet unassuming character. He was a courteous considerate gentleman and was loved and appreciated by all with whom he came in contact. He was a true friend. He will be greatly missed by all that loved him.

His greatest accomplishment in life was that of being a loving, devoted husband, father and grandfather. He was married and sealed to his high school sweetheart, Glenda Andrew in the Salt Lake Temple on December 12,1963. They were blessed with seven children: Christina (Grant) Needham; Andrew (Christine) Shumway; Cherisa Green; (Darren Green); David (Jodi) Shumway; Melissa (Matt) Church; Peter (Courtney) Shumway. A son, Paul Charles Shumway preceded his father in death on October 2, 1979. Gary and Glenda have seventeen grandchildren: Nate, Jared, Keilani, and Michael Needham; Grace Shumway; Jake, Britton, Sydney and Rachel Green; Kaden and Aubrey Shumway; Brenly, Addison and Chloe Church; Nick, Riley and Mattex Shumway. He is survived by his wife Glenda of 45 years and all of his posterity except his son Paul. He is also survived by his siblings: Dale Shumway, Dianne Wimmer, Jill Mills and Jana Park.

We wish to thank all of our family and friends and medical personnel that have been such a support to us.

A time of commemorating Gary's life for family and friends will be held Monday, February 9, 2009, at 11 a.m. at the Edgemont North Stake Center, 345 East 4525 North in Provo. Family and friends may join with us on Sunday, February 8, 2009 from 6-8 p.m. at the Walker Sanderson Funeral Home in Orem, 646 East 800 North, and also prior to Gary's services at the Stake Center from 9-10:30 a.m. Monday, February 9, 2009. Burial will be held at Orem City Cemetery.

Warn thy Neighbor

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Happy New Year

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Mark Your Calenders

2009 Young Men Calender:
Jan. 14th: Baptisms for the Dead
5:30 pm at the church
Jan. 21st: Rock Climbing
7:00 pm at the church
Jan. 28th: Guest Speaker
7:00 pm at the church
Feb. 4th: Stake Fireside
7:00 pm at the Stake Center
Feb. 11th: Combined Activity
7:00 pm at the church

Ward Christmas Party

I think every chair in there was full! It was a blast.

New Missionary Video

Thank you to the missionaries serving from our ward. We love you!

Relief Society Christmas Dinner

A big thanks for such a fun and classy evening the other night! The food, decorations and program were exceptional - so nice to get into the holiday spirit. Check out more photos here.

Mark Your Calenders

Wednesday Night activities for Young Men
12-3: Court of Honor
12-10: Ward Christmas Party
12-17: Baptisms
12-24: Canceled for Christmas
12-31: New Year’s eve multi-stake dance

Halloween Carnival

Letter From Elder Robbie Larson

Dear Riverwoods Ward,

Thankyou so much for all you have done for me. Your love and support is absolutely priceless!!! The letters and packages are so fun and exciting to get!! Thankyou so much!

Being in England has made me realize how absolutely incredible our ward is!!! There are so many things that I took for granted that many other members of the church don't have. Count your blessings and stay amazing!! I love you all!

Elder Robbie Larson

Letter From The Queirozes

13 October 2008

Dear Members of the Riverwoods Ward:

We love you dearly. Thanks for your great friendship and love. We miss you. You are the best!

The missionary work is so amazing. So many wonderful miracles happen every day.

Not too long ago I visited a home of two elders, Elder Huber and Elder Santana, and after a talk with them I told them that “they were angels of God.” I don’t think they fully understood my words when I told them that, but the next day they came to know that my words were true.

They were knocking on doors without any success from 5pm to 8pm. It was raining heavily, and they were getting very discouraged. At about 8:00 pm, when they were ready to give up they walked around this dark street and went to the direction of the only light that they saw.

As they knocked on the door this lady invited them in and said: “Welcome, we have been waiting for you. My mother, who is 104 years old and has been in bed for a few months, and who is blind, just told me a few minutes ago that two angels of God with white shirts would be knocking on our door.” The missionaries went in and then went to this lady’s room, and she said that she had a vision of them coming to her house.

Another incredible experience happened to Elder Harmon and Elder M. Cardoso last week. They went to make contacts by the hospital, like my husband taught them. They got to the hospital and saw an older lady. They started talking to her and asked her if they could do anything for her. They lady asked them to go visit her daughter who was very ill, dying from cancer, in one of the upper floors of the hospital. She then told the missionaries her daughter’s name and room number at the hospital.

The missionaries started writing down the information and when they turned the lady was gone, without any notice. So they went up to her daughter’s room. They gave her a blessing and felt impressed to cure her from her cancer. The woman got 100% well. She asked the missionaries how they found her. The missionaries told her that her mom met with them at the front of the hospital and send them there. The woman said that was impossible, since her mother died 10 years before.

The missionaries looked very puzzled and said: “but she is exactly like you and she told us she was your mom and told us to come and bless you…” The woman started to cry and showed them a picture of her mom, who was the same lady that they saw at the front of the hospital. Tomorrow they are baptizing this woman, who they found through one of the most amazing miracles I have ever seen.

These are our missionaries, amazing young men, full of faith. I am so thankful for experiencing these miracles first hand. We have miracles every single day. So many incredible things are happening, such as baptizing a Jewish woman and her husband, healing and baptizing a man who was completely addicted to crack. The baptism of a lady who has been searching the church for over 15 years, and finally felt through our missionaries that the Church is true.

The number of baptisms are up and we give the missionaries full credit for that. We know the numbers are going to continue to go up, until a prophecy from President Eyring to us is fulfilled. How lucky we are to be here and live to see these promises.

Serving this mission give us the chance to completely forget ourselves and our own needs. Nothing can be more important than pleasing He, the one who lived his pre-mortal and mortal life, and who will live after this life for us and our benefit. He, who’s sacrifice is infinite and eternal.

Our missionaries are the love of our lives. We love them beyond measure. We encourage all of you to serve a mission, to leave everything behind, and go eat of the fruit of the most delicious tree.

Sincerely,

President & Sister Queiroz

Jared Faux

Jared turned twelve which means his a Deacon. Congrats Jared!

Mason Brockbank

Mason turned twelve and now he's a new Deacon! Congratulations.

Riverwoods Ward Salmon Fry

North Edgemont Stake Activity

Wyatt Galland Hoopes

Welcome Wyatt! He was born August 20, 2008. He weighed 7 lbs 12 oz and 20 in long.
Congrats Ben and Chelsea. He's a cutie.

David Dahl is Baptized

David Dahl is the newest member of the Riverwoods Ward. Congratulations David!

Elders and Family Breakfast

We had a good turn out on Saturday. We had really good waffles and a ton of fun at the Pestana's.

Girls Camp 2008

They look like they're having a great time!

Lauren Osborn Baptized

Lauren Osborn was Baptized July 5, 2008
We are excited and pleased to have her as a member of the ward. Congratulations Lauren!