News of Chelsea in Iowa

OK - no comments on how bad we (I!) are at keeping up with all the social networking hoo-hah. *sigh* But, I thought I'd share some links to info on Chelsea:

We upload her pictures to her PicasaWeb site: https://picasaweb.google.com/115651545119724010794?authkey=Gv1sRgCKHQvMyNzL-rkQE

I'm going to be marking where she serves on this private Google Map:
http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?msid=203279960184463450233.0004a8d1c226e4e294433&msa=0&ll=41.754922,-91.164551&spn=5.523534,9.107666

We'll be posting the letters she emails to us on this site:
http://www.missionsite.net/sisterchelseamadsen/letters

I had a fun call this afternoon that I thought I'd share. The phone rang between conference sessions and it was one of my former mission companions: Doug Cropper. (In fact, I was his trainer.) It was great to hear his voice and we chatted for a minute and then he said "Do you know where I am?" Uhhh.. Nope. "I'm the bishop of the Bettendorf, Iowa Ward!" Well, that's where Chelsea is serving! He said that he had the sister missionaries over and was telling them some of his mission stories. Then, a Sister Madsen asked when he served in Germany. When he answered, she said: "well, do you know my father, Bruce Madsen?" "Know him! He was my trainer!" What a fun coincidence - made me feel warm all over that the world is small enough that my daughter would serve in a ward where a former mission comp is a bishop.