Olivia Borges

    Olivia is one of the newest members of our Relief Society as she was recently baptized on January 21^st, 2017.  We are so excited to have her join our ward family! She was born and raised in Hawai'i on the island of O'ahu and thinks, along with most of us, that it's pretty cool to have been raised there. She has two pets; her amazing cat, Lucy, and her puppy, Chrissy. She enjoys being with family and when they all get together, they usually eat, talk story, and sing. If she had a superpower, it would be time travel so that she could travel back in time and meet her mom when she was Olivia’s age. They’re best friends now, and she knows they'd be best friends then, too.

    If Olivia won a million dollars, she'd pay off her student loans and any of her parent’s debts. She'd also buy two houses next door to each other for her and her husband and her my mom and her husband to live in so that they could be neighbors, sponsor a child's education in another country, take a cross country trip across the US, buy all the makeup she could ever want, and give 10% to the church. The rest she would try to save. 

   Her number one pet peeve is bad drivers and traffic.  Her theme song would be "When Will My Life Begin" from the movie Tangled. Her all-time favorite movie is “50 First Dates”. 

    The most interesting scar she has also comes with an interesting story involving losing a fight with a boat propeller. She has a pretty nice scar on her hip as a result, but she still survived and thanks Heavenly Father for that!!

    The most important things in her life and the things she is most grateful for are Heavenly Father and her family.

Callie Wilke

Our January Spotlight is Callie Wilke.  She recently moved into our ward from Seattle but previously lived in Spanish Fork, Utah.  Her and her husband have two rescue pets: a dog named Harry and a cat named Moon Pie. They are both 3 years old and so much fun.  Callie studied Anthropology and Art History at University of Washington and is currently teaching preschool at Sweet Pea Cottage Preschool of the Arts.  She loves hiking, camping, taking walks, watching birds, gardening. Anything outdoors!  Another interesting fact about Callie is that she has an identical twin sister who lives in Utah.  We are thrilled to have her in our ward!

Jean Nielsen

                              December 2017 Spotlight

Elizabeth Jean Nielsen goes by her middle name and is currently serving in our ward as our Relief Society Music Leader and our Amazing Family History Teacher.  She has two daughters, one lives in Lynnwood and the other in Missouri.  She also has eight grandchildren (four live in the Everett area) and 7 great-grandchildren (all 7 live close). One daughter is a registered nurse and the other holds a PhD in Cellular Immunology. In addition to her daughters and their families, she is a step-mother to 2 girls, 6 grand-children, and 3 great-grandchildren.

She enjoys spending time with her sisters.  On their decade birthdays (50, 60, etc.) her three sisters along with their spouses spend 3 to 4 days together for a birthday party. They have stayed in a Light House Keepers House, spent a day in the Portland Temple taking one name each through all the temple ordinances, gone to Arizona, stayed at Stehekin on Lake Chelan, and gone on a docent lead “birthday party” at Cougar Mountain Zoo, to name a few of their activities.

She has been on many great vacations.  A few that stand out are: her first 50-mile backpacking trip, were she hiked to Miner’s Ridge and Image Lake in the Glacier Peak Wilderness; back-packing the ocean front in the Olympic National Park, several times; walking to the light house on Dungeness Spit; seeing and entering the Egyptian Pyramids and King Tutankhamun’s tomb; seeing the “Bridge on the River Kwai” in Thailand; going with Weston to his father’s birthplace in Demark; and spending time in Israel (something she never thought would happen in her life! One might think going to Israel would be the best vacation ever but to her it was one of the best spiritual times of her life.)

Her favorite smell is fresh mountain air so it makes sense that she loves spend time with friends in the outdoors - walking, hiking, camping, talking, taking pictures, identifying wildflowers, smelling the air, getting physically tired, learning about this world, sharing gospel insights, and just being a friend.

She also enjoys The Book Thief and Anne of Green Gables - both the book and the movie. Her favorite type of fiction to read is Fantasy - Lord of the Rings, the Hobbit, DragonRiders of Pern series, and Harry Potter.  She enjoys reading above watching movies or television.

If she could be any fictional character she would choose…well, as a young girl, she liked Jo in Little Women – not because she wanted to be a writer but because she is one of 4 girls and she liked her personality. Her sisters didn’t interest her like Jo did.

Some things she is most grateful for are: a body that is healthy and finds walking easy; parents that joined the church and stayed active the rest of their lives; sisters that live the gospel; the opportunity she has had to identify ancestors and relatives (She loves the process of finding and proving they are hers. She becomes very possessive of them and has a hard time doing the ordinances one at a time! She wants them done Right Now!); friends; an education (her college degree is in Home and Family Life Education) along with the ability to read and write; and most of all for a wonderful husband that puts God first in his life and loves her with all the rest of his heart. She says, “He lets me be me!”

Kiera Condon

November Spotlight

Kiera just moved into our ward and was recently baptized on August 28^th.  In this month of Thanksgiving, she is most grateful for her children, home and the strength of her family.  She has two children and is pregnant with her third.  She also has three dogs, Buddha, Remix, and Leo.

If she could be any fictional character, she would choose Pocahontas with a super power of living forever.  With 30 minutes of free time you would most likely find her taking a nap!  Choosing between a personal chauffer, chef, maid, or hair stylist free for a year, she would choose a Chef and if she won a million dollars, she would buy…a house for her and her kids.

If she had a theme song it would be “Kim-Possible”.  She would recommend the book Atlas Shrugged, and she can never watch the movie Avatar, enough times.

She likes to celebrate her July birthday with close family and friends with lots of food…cake or pie! The best vacation she has ever had was a trip to Michigan with her kids and dad.  She does not enjoy chores and her perfect day would be described as Quiet, Cabin, Nature, Sun, Kiddos, Tire Swing…

We are so excited to have her fun personality in our ward!

Tudi Campbell

Tudi Campbell

Sister Campbell has been a member of the church for 20 years April 2017.  She was introduced to the church while living in Weiser, Idaho with her parents.  Her friend, Fawn Wright, in the sixth grade introduced her to the church, but Sister Campbell did not get baptized until later in life, in fact, two weeks after a civil wedding.  She is married to Brother Craig Campbell and they will have been married 20 years in March 2017.

Her favorite flower is the rose.  It is the symbol of love and it was her mother's favorite flower as well. Her mother would often draw roses and this particular flower reminds her of her mother.  

Her favorite restaurant to eat at is "Terra Cotta Red" in downtown Everett.  She enjoys going there once a year with Brother Campbell to celebrate their wedding anniversary.  

Her hobbies are many.  She likes to crochet, sew, read and is learning how to plant a beautiful garden (with input from a friend). 

Her previous experience in the working world was as a paralegal.  Just recently she changed career paths and now enjoys teaching violin and cello to elementary/middle school students.  She considers each one of these students a blessing in her life.  She takes a sincere interest in her students and enjoys seeing the progress that comes from hard work and being a self-disciplined musician.  The best part of teaching is seeing the student overcome a frustration and lighting up the room with a smile when those students make a breakthrough in their studies.

Being a teacher, joining the church, and being married to a good man are the best decisions she has made. 

Tracy Moors

Tracy is currently serving in our ward as a Primary worker and her favorite scripture is Joshua 24:15.  She is most grateful for the people in her life and is the parent of 2 children, Ryan who is 2 ½ and Annalise who is 16.

She is a busy mother who works as a Hospital Receptionist. If she had 30 minutes of free time she is most likely to relax and think of what she should actually be doing.  Some day she hopes to develop the talent of being crafty.

If she won a million dollars she would buy a house with a fenced yard. Given the choice of having a personal chauffeur, chef, maid, or hair stylist, she would choose a chauffeur, as we have crazy people on the roads these days.

Some of her favorite things are steak, the smell of coconut, The Healing of Windwalker by Donald Chadd, and Comedy, Mystery, or Documentary TV shows.  A chore that is NOT her favorite is Folding Laundry.

When asked if she had any interesting scars, she said she indeed did, on the edge of her pupil from her son’s fingernail.  Even with that, a perfect day for her would be spent just hangin’ out with him.