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Favorites
- Aaron Lewis Mission Website
- Adam Lewis Mission Website Adam Served in Chile Santiago West Oct 2010-2012
- Carol of Joy, lyrics by Eileen Berry, composed by Dan Forrest My Favorite Christmas Carol, listen here
- Claire Lewis Vienna Blog
- Days for Girls International The best humanitarian project on the planet!
- The Theodore Turley Family Organization For information about Theodore Turley and his descendants, including family newsletters.
Publications
- 17,000 Namen im Familienarchiv, June 2009 Article about Ann Laemmlen Lewis in Heilbronn Newspaper.
- A Lesson from the Daisies, New Era, Liahona March 1989 A lesson learned at the Garden Tomb in Jerusalem
- A Singular Life, Deseret Book Chapter by Ann Laemmlen on Recognizing God’s Will
- Article of Faith Learning Book, single volume edition Deseret Book Later edition, all 3 volumes in one copy, paperback
- Article of Faith Learning Books, vol 1, 2, 3 Deseret Book 3 volume set of Article of Faith Learning Books, 1982
- Charlotte Turley Bushman Charlotte is my great great grandmother.
- Ekaette's World and Practical Christianity, Ensign Feb 1990 How a Nigerian sister taught me about true service and practical Christianity
- Encyclopedia of Mormonism Acknowledgements of photos by Ann Laemmlen Lewis.
- Family History Stories Find stories of our family ancestors here.
- Frances Amelia Kimberley Turley Frances is my 3rd great grandmother.
- From Queenstown to Cimezile, Liahona May 1988 Photo by Ann Laemmlen
- German Immigrants in American Church Records Ann Laemmlen Lewis, copy editor
- Grace Honor Bushman Grace was my great grandma.
- I Found the True Priesthood, Liahona Aug 1991 Conversion story of Fan Hsieh, a Catholic Priest in Taipei, Taiwan.
- Immigrant Case Study, Peter Heinrich Bastert Family A Case Study of the Bastert Family who immigrated from Westphalia, Germany to Quincy, Illinois in 1854.
- Match the Scriptures, Liahona May 1993 Activity Page from Article of Faith Learning Books
- Our Frankfurt Germany Mission 2023-2025 Our Central Europe Area Office Mission
- Same Difference, New Era Nov. 1989 Lessons learned from a Nigerian sister and friend.
- The Best Place to Be, Liahona Nov. 1990 Conversion story of Ryosho Nakamura
- The Church in Africa Photos by Ann Laemmlen Lewis
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Monthly Archives: March 2026
The Chiwara Award, a sweet honor
This evening we attended the annual Ouelessebougou Gala. We’ve been involved with the Ouelessebougou Alliance for years. My first invitation to help the Alliance was shortly after I returned from living in Nigeria (1984-1987). A small group of businessmen led … Continue reading
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Farmer Ron’s Orchard — A Farewell Walk
This is the view from our back steps, looking east, over our wall to the orchard. Today I took a farewell walk there. Orem City is changing how the water rights work, buying back the water from those of us … Continue reading
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Interesting Ancestral Family Names from my Bushman and Turley Lines
The list below has names I’ve run across in my Bushman and Turley families. I’ve sent this to my kids when they were searching for baby name ideas! Girls Asa Addie Adela LaRue Adelaide Adelia Agnes Alicia Alta Althalla Althea … Continue reading
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A Visit to Greg Olson’s Art Studio in Heber
We enjoyed a real treat today! Our friends from Switzerland, who have a home in Heber, invited us to join them and another couple to visit and tour Greg Olson’s art studio. Greg was serving in the BYU Stake when … Continue reading
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Helen Clegg’s Quilt Testimony
Today, while sorting through more piles of Stuff, I found this slip of paper with my dear friend, Helen Clegg’s Quilt Testimony. I quilted with Helen every week for years. She died on 23 November 2022. Quilting by Helen Clegg … Continue reading
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A Few More Finished Quilts
Here are 3 more quilts I’ve completed this year. All were works in process before we left on our last mission, so they just needed to be quilted and bound. This pattern was designed by my friend, Paula McKinley. These … Continue reading
Things I Learned From My Mother (Ruby Smuin) by Grace Smuin Laemmlen
While sorting through my mother, Grace Smuin Laemmlen’s papers, I found these 2 pages of notes about her mother, Ruby. Ruby was born 6 January 1898 and she died on 19 February 1959, a few weeks after I was born. … Continue reading
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Windy Days and Butterflies –two more quilts
We seem to have skipped winter this year. I’ve moved on to early spring. I’ve hung my Windy Days quilt and put out some butterflies, both use Tilda fabrics, which I love. The blonde wind-blown girl in the bottom corner … Continue reading
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Favorite Childhood Play Things
Here are a few childhood treasures I’ve happened upon as I am cleaning out my spaces. These odd little bits and pieces bring back floods of memories of things I loved when I was a little girl. This little burro … Continue reading
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A Visit from Caleb
Life is always better with grandkids. We’ve just spent a week with Claire, Graham and Caleb visiting. Claire had work meetings here. John and I got to watch Caleb each day. What a joy! He is a perfect child.
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