Dear Elder Nielsen,
Here we are on the 26th of June. It was the 24th of May that I got the call from the auditors and I really can't remember any thing of the past month except for working to prepare for the auditors. I had signed up for at least 8 vacation days and lost most of them, but my boss said she would work with us to try and make them up.
The auditors arrived Monday morning at 8 am. We showed them the room where they would be working and at 9 am we had an entrance meeting with the all the big wigs from the college and myself to get the week planned out. We were there from about 8 am to 7 pm every day getting them documents that they requested and working and explaining things. They found like 3-4 items that they were thinking were items they were going to write us up on, but I worked and supplied documents trying to prove our points and positions. It finally came down to the $10 application fees and late payment fees of $25 are not considered educational expenses and cannot be covered with financial aid dollars. And we had been netting them against their financial aid and giving them the refund. But basically, the two auditors said there would not be any financial penalties for the college and that it might come down to us making a new policy and procedure that those fees be coded a different way so that financial aid will not cover them.
On Wednesday night when they were done working, I thought it would be good to show them Lamoille canyon, so Tawny and I drove them up the canyon so they could see that. Being from San Francisco, I am sure they do not see that kind of beauty on a regular basis. It has been in the 90's here this past week, and up the canyon it was 67 degrees. It felt soooo nice and the snow is melting fast and the rivers are full and running like crazy. The one auditor was Filipino from Hawaii. So of course after I met her and found that out, I had to tell her in Tagalog, that her arm pits stink. (A great ice breaker). They enjoyed the "field trip". They left Thursday afternoon around noon. They were originally scheduled to be here until Friday. But I came home around 2 pm on Thursday and slept for 3 hours. I was still waking up at 3 am worrying about things and trying to come up with arguments to combat their findings. But I was so relieved to know that we would be getting off with no fines. They said their bosses have to make the final decision but they think every thing will be fine and that we were a great college.
Now we have to deal with the internal auditors from the Nevada system. They have been auditing us since last August and want to have a exit conference on Tuesday. These guys have found some findings, but at least we will not be penalized for them. I will be glad when they are out of our hair as well.
Tyler Gowans is home from his mission. I saw him in church today and he looks great. Clean cut, smiling from ear to ear. I spoke spanish with him but I will have to go over and visit with him.
I met with a non-member lady today at church who is looking for assistance from the church. Bishop Olsen has me meet with all people looking for assistance and go over a budget with them. This lady is going through a divorce and has been on Meth and drugs for the past 8 months, and I told her she was the on the correct path and this is the most important point in her life. I bore my testimony to her that this was the true church of Jesus Christ and that only the Lord can heal her wounds and her life through his atonement. Don't look back, don't go back, just move forward and I promised here that her life would be blessed beyond what she could ever imagine. The spirit was very strong and tears were pouring down her cheeks. She said I believe this church is true. Any way it was a very special experience.
We had the old BYU baseball coach and his wife in our ward today passing through. He said he coached Scott Nielsen who played for the Yankees. I told him my name is the same and spelled the same. They were a good couple. Their son is thinking about moving here to Elko as a Doctor to replace Gunnell.
We love you and are happy you are on a mission. Take every opportunity you have to share your testimony with everyone you meet. Thank you to all my children for the wonderful words on Father's Day. That was a great day and we have the best children in the world. We are well pleased with all of you and the way you live your lives. Keep working hard and be obedient in every way.
Listen and follow the promptings of the Holy Ghost as it directs you every day on your mission.
The church is true.
Love
Dad
Dearest Elder Nielsen,
I don't know why it does that!! Oh well, I will try this again. How is Elder Nielsen? Are you getting rain yet? I forgot to mention to you that about 2 wks ago, I was going through the Smith's parking lot on my way to go running and there was a lady going to her car with her groceries and she made some comment about Chica, being a beautiful dog. I stopped and talked to her for a little while and I could tell that she was Filipino. She mentioned she had a daughter who was really into ballet and dancing and that she was on the Elko HS dance team. I thought back and realized she was talking about that slender girl, who it was obvious had had some good ballet training. She told me her name and if I had written about it sooner after our conversation, I would probably remember. I told her I had a son who played on "that team" with all the 5 seniors and she remembered you. I told her you were serving a mission in the Philippines and she thought that was pretty neat and asked if you were loving the food. Do you love the food? It was a good conversation, and I hope I will see her again.
We've had a pretty mellow week. It's been hot. Oh, now I remember.... the big deal of the week is that we got the new mat and pad for the trampoline. The girls have had a good time bouncing around, putting the sprinkler underneath, and laying around like a hammock. We can now stargaze again! Good times!
Dad's audit went quite well. They passed, without much criticism, What a relief! Dad had been so stressed out, and working long hours. Thursday the auditors left, so Dad came home about 2 pm , and then took friday off too. It was great. He had cleaned his office at GBC , so that there was not one loose paper on his desk. Then he came home and kept that tornado going here. He cleaned the bathroom vanity and moved that "catch all" chair out of there. I have been wanting that to happen for years. We are not done yet. On to the next mess.
We went out to dinner with the Simons and the Gouldings last night. We went to a new restaurant in town called Tomatoes. It is a pasta/Italian place. It is located where in the building where Flying Fish had been. Yep, the sushi place went out of business. It was OK, kind of pricey for a plate of noodles, and the service was terrible. The waiter was doing his best, but being a new place they were really busy and since we were outside on the patio we thought we had been forgotten. It was such a pleasant night and the company was a lot of fun, so we really didn't mind too much.
Hope you have an awesome week, love you lots, Mom
PS funny story: Dad called Bro. and Sister Sargeant to see if we could go Home Teaching over there tonight and and as he was saying goodbye to Sis. Sargeant, he said," Love ya, bye", and she said, Love you too!" We had just gotten off the phone with Chelsea and just ended the call like he was talking to family. It made me laugh and so after the call we had a good chuckle about that.
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