User:Cooperdona1

My name is Dona Cooper. I am a native of Arizona. As a child I thought I would probably get married and we would buy a home and live in it the rest of our lives. I thought hat we would raise our children in it and our grandkids would come there to visit us. Life doesn't work the way you think though. With my husbands job we lived on a Indian reservation, Oregon, Germany, Utah, Texas and finally in Arizona. We were married for 50 years and even though he is gone, I'm still counting the years as they go by. We have four boys and five grandchildren. The grandkids are mostly gone from home. I was born and raised in the Church. My ancestor's crossed oceans and prairies to help establish the Church in Utah, California, Hawaii and Arizona. Being raised hearing many pioneer stories and attending wonderful family reunions where around the campfire many stories were told. This all caused me to have a great desire to know more about my Ancestor's. I have been doing family research for many years and have written several family history books, biographies and family historical travel tours. Because we moved around over the years, it opened up to me many opportunities to serve in many different callings. I have been a teacher, counselor and president in the Primary organization twice. I have served as Relief Society President three times and at one time or another a teacher, counselor, Compassionate Service leader and secretary in that organization. I have been Ward Chorister. We lived several times where there were only a small Branches. My four boys and I did 18 years together in Cub Scouting. FamilySearch Wiki will be a very interesting challenge for me. I am counting on the Lord to open it up for me to learn a new trick. Wiki Group is a new experience for me and in a different direction. I am excited to be a part of it and only hope my brain will come alive.