New Presidency!

Hi Sisters!

As we're just starting out this new blog, we just wanted to say that we love you and are so excited to get to know you all better! We also wanted to give you the chance to get to know us better, too... so we've put together a little "mini spotlight" for you to check out! We'll start with our President:

Sister Brooke Berges (Ward Relief Society President)

"I'm all the way from Provo, Utah," she laughs. She has been married to Brad Berges for 12 wonderful years, and met him at a ward prayer in Provo. Her say about the instance is, "I asked my friend to take me to ward prayer and drop me off there so that Brad could take me home. That's how things began!" Sister Berges is happy to be a homemaker, wife, mother, and friend. She has 4 great kids: Erik, age 10; Ashley, age 8; Kelsey, age 5; and Sadie, 16 months. Her ultimate goal in life is to be with her family for eternity. She feels that her best role models are her mom, her husband, and the Lord. Sister Berges admits that she has a few candy addictions; cinnamon bears and chocolate-covered raisins are always well-stocked in her pantry!

Sister Lisa Jones (1st Counselor)

Lisa is from beautiful Tacoma, Washington. Lisa met her husband, Nick, at a group-date dance, where they originally went to the dance with different people, but ended up leaving together. The rest is history! They were married in June 2007, and have a gorgeous little 1 year-old girl, Madison (Maddie for short). Sister Jones's goals in life are to help Nick graduate with his doctorate degree and to raise a righteous family. Lisa's favorite scriptural figure is Ammon because of his zeal towards the gospel. Referring to Ammon, she says, "[The gospel] is so powerful to him that he collapses a few times! It's incredible!" Lisa also has a sweet tooth for any kind of treats!

Jessica Blake (2nd Counselor)

Jessica is from Glendora, California (Los Angeles County). She came up to Provo with plans to go to UVSC, and ended up working at Jamba Juice instead. Ten whole days after his mission release, she met her sweet future husband, Boston, on the steps to the Bishop's office at Glenwood Apartments. They were married 6 months after Boston's release date, February 14, 2009 (Valentine's Day!). The two of them are coming up on their one-year anniversary. There aren't any babies yet, but they plan to have a minimum of 4 (2 boys and 2 girls at least). Sister Blake's goals in life are to be a good wife and mom all of her days, to try and better herself everyday, to graduate from school (she finally made it to UVU after all, woo hoo!), and to have a gospel-centered home that will please the Lord. Her favorite hobbies include dancing, singing, window shopping at the mall, journaling, and re-reading old journal entries. Her role models is the Savior.

Elyse Garlock (Secretary)

Elyse is from the cute town of Kissimmee, Florida. She has been married to Andrew Garlock for 1 year and 3 months, with no kids quite yet. She's studying and nursing at a doctor's office as well as working in the labor and Delivery at Timpanogos Hospital. She enjoys nursing and is excited to be certified one day! Her goals in life, besides nursing, are to be a mom and raise a good family. For those who may not know, Elyse is also Bishop Rasmussen's daughter. She says that the best thing about being the Bishop's daughter is "to be able to see the lighter side of him, and to get lots of wisdom at the dinner table." She also enjoys reading all different kinds of books, and loves to organize to relieve stress!