NOAH'S ARK!

 Eli had the amazing opportunity to go down to Mexico with the Cardons and the Worthens for Noah's Ark. 

Noah's Ark was started November 2021 when the Worthen's were trying to figure out how to celebrate Christmas their first year without Noah. While they were replacing their carpet they were talking with the worker and he was saying how he collects donations every year and takes them down to Mexico for kids in the hopsitals, orphanges & the people living in the landfills and what not. They decided they would like to participate and help out. They decided to call it "Noah's Ark". They collected so many things! They were not in a good place to take the stuff down there personally so they set truck loads with their workers down there. When their trucks pulled up into the hospital there was a giant wall mural of Noah's Ark - the exact one she had been using as her image for this as well. Many tears were shed. 

This year they did Noah's Ark again and again we gave money to each of our kids and headed to Target to let them pick out toys for Noah's Ark. Then Eli was given a lucky opportunity to take Tanner's place and go down there with them. Tanner was going to stay at our house that weekend so he could go to WINFO and Eli would go to Mexico. 

Eli learned and grew so much! He grew a huge appreciation for how lucky he is to be living in this country, this house, this school, etc. Him and Jake would walk donations to these houses were people lived, talk with them, play with them, Eli even translated a little bit at border for Doug, they got to stop by the Hermosillo Temple on the way back home, they worked out at the hotel and even ordered room service - oh and he said the McDonalds was the biggest and nicest McDonalds he had ever seen. 

As soon as he got back to the Cardons I picked him up and we went over to the Jensens Christmas get together and Jared showed his pictures up on the TV and he wrote a little talk about his experience and ended it with his testimony. The spirit was for sure felt at that moment. The kids were loud and crazy before he spoke but as soon as he started, the room got completely silent and he began. Hopefully he keeps this spirit and Christ like attitude with him and he will grow up to be quite a successful missionary and man! 

This was an experience he will never forget!