Books

My husband loves to read.  Growing up for the most part his family did not have a television so they spent a lot of time reading different books and magazines.  Below is a picture of what his nightstand looked like before he was taken away.  He had a variety of books that he was reading such as: books on aviation, one on how to train a colt, constitution booklet and one on Joseph Smith.  Other books he likes to read are his scriptures and books about his ancestors.

Dave loves to read and likes to learn all he can about a variety of different subjects.  Most of his books were taken away from him when he got transferred to Pahrump.  Thankfully, they let him take his scriptures with him.  If any of you would like to send him a book he would love that.  The books need to be mailed directly from an online vendor and straight to the facility.  Some of these vendors are amazon, Barnes and Noble and Deseret Bookstore.  The books all must be a soft covered book.  They will not accept hardback books.

Below is his address:

David H. Bundy 46088374

Nevada Southern Detention Center

2190 East Mesquite Avenue

Pahrump, NV 89060

At first when he got to Pahrump he had a very hard time focusing.   It was hard for him to write letters or even read a book.  With 96 roommates it would be hard for anyone to get some peace and quite time.  But now he was able to order some ear plugs so that helps a lot to diffuse some of the sounds around him.  We love Dave and miss him dearly.  Please continue to pray for him and all the other political prisoners.

114 days

Dave has been locked away from us for 114 days.  He has missed one graduation, 14 baseball games, 16 volleyball games, one space derby, two piano/music recitals, 114 sunsets, one swim meet, two children's birthday's, 16 church services, 2,736 hours away from his family, mother's day, father's day, 342 family meals, one Easter, 16 date nights and three school programs.   One thing he hasn't missed is our nightly family prayers.  I am so grateful that he is able to call home every night so that we can have family prayer with him.  We are praying hard every night that he will be able to come home soon so that he will not miss anymore family meals, baseball games, football games, birthdays, etc.  We will not stop praying until he is home where he belongs.  

Visits with Dave

We have had a busy past couple of days.  Myself and our six kids took a road trip down to Pahrump, NV to see Dave.  It took us about eight hours to drive down there with lots and lots of stops.  We wanted to make sure we were with Dave for Father's Day.  We planned our trip so we would be able to visit him on Saturday and then also on Sunday.  The inmates get one visit per week.  The week ends on Saturday and then a new week starts again on Sunday.

 We had such a great visit with him.  We were able to talk with him through video conference for two hours on Saturday and one hour on Sunday.  The kids had so much to tell him and took up most of the time.  But that was fine because it was Father's Day and they love their dad and needed him.  On Saturday Dave told the kids that maybe they could wave to him from the car and he would hurry out to the yard so he could see them waving.  Well, I told our kids to get into the car but they said they wanted to walk to see if they could see him.  I told them not to go past the sidewalk.  Well, Dave's pod is way past the sidewalk.  I saw our kids getting closer to the end of the sidewalk so I started to yell at them to stop and come back to the car.  The kids did not listen to me and just kept running farther in hopes to be able to find their dad.  I kept yelling for them to come back and they just kept on running and never turned their heads once to look at me.  All of the sudden, I see the kids jumping up and down for joy.  It really was like Christmas morning for them.  They were waving and yelling, "we see him, we see him, mom come quick."  I hurried and got in my car and drove to where they were.  Sure enough through the fences we could see him waving to us.  We were all excited and started to blow kisses and shouting to him.  We waved and told him how much we loved him.  Well, it was only a couple of minutes and the car that patrols the detention center told us to get away from the fence and get out of there.  We hurried and got into the car and drove away.  I told my kids that maybe we should not have done that (By the way, there was no sign that told us not to enter or stay away from the fence) but my kids said it was awesome.  Our daughter said, "Mom that is the first time I have seen my dad in person since they took him away and I loved it."  The kids were on cloud nine for the rest of the day. We were so blessed to be able to see him and I am so glad that our kids had so much faith and determination to just keep on running towards their daddy.

Dave lives in the G3 pod.  There is so much barbed wire fencing surrounding his yard which also has alot of electrical fencing. Dave loved that he got to see his kids and couldn't believe how big they have gotten.  But he also said that he feels so bad for them to have to see him like this.  It was hard for him to think that his kids had to see him being locked up behind all of these fences.  He just wanted to run out to them and give them a hug and kiss.  But I know that our kids were able to look past the fence.  All they saw was their loving, caring, happy and awesome daddy.

On Sunday Dave sang to the kids out of the church hymn book.  He just kept telling them how much he loved them and was proud of them over and over.  Our kids did not want to say goodbye to their dad because since we live so far away we probably can't afford to come back as often as we would like.  We were so grateful for the opportunity to be able to see him.  We were also thankful that we got to see and talk with Cliven and Mel for a little bit. We were thankful for how nice the guards treated us at the Detention Center.  They were very patient with us and answered any questions that we had.

The kids love their daddy.  I love my husband.  We miss him dearly.  Everyday that we are away from him is a struggle.   We appreciate all of your prayers and love towards our family.  I do feel daily that angels are watching over us and also Dave while he is away from us.  As a family we continue to pray to Heavenly Father that he will allow us to be together soon.  We pray for all of the political prisoners that they also can be reunited with their families. We love you DAVE BUNDY and we will see you again soon.

Father's Day

As we were driving down South on our way to see Dave at the Southern Nevada Detention Center our twelve year old daughter just started to cry.  I asked her why she was crying and thought that maybe one of her siblings pushed her or did something to her while we were driving (Hey eight hours in the car with six siblings can get to the best of you).  She told me that, "she is so mad that they took her Dad away and now how is she supposed to make him breakfast and give him gifts on Father's Day."  My heart was broken again.  I tried to assure her that everything would be ok.  I told her that she was going to get to see him this weekend.  She started to cry even harder.  She said, "Ten minutes is not enough time to be able to talk and see my dad.  I need my dad."  My heart broke even harder.  I thought Mother's Day was hard because my husband wasn't around but I was totally wrong.  See on Mother's Day I was able to have my children be with me and love on me.  These children do not get to have their father to love on or their father doesn't get them to love on him.  I have broken down how many minutes each of us gets to talk with Dave on Father's Day.  I am totally giving my children most of my time with Dave because it's their dad and they need him more than ever.

Below are pictures of our time with Dave last Father's Day.  It was a great day and Dave totally got spoiled just like every dad should on Father's Day.  My ten year old said, "I hope they make all the dad's a special meal on Father's Day."  Pray for all these men and their children to have a good day on Sunday.

Where is Daddy?

This trial has been extremely hard for our children to understand where their daddy is.  It is also hard for them to understand why their dad can't come home.  It has been hard to explain to each one of the kids where their dad is and why he is not able to come home.  But the child who struggles the most with this is our little three year old.  I have had to talk with him several times to try to explain where his Daddy is because he has overheard others talking about it.  But he told me that just bad guys go to jail and his daddy is a good guy.  I have decided that he is way to young to comprehend what is happening and he is only three so give the kid a break.  He knows that his dad is a good daddy and that he doesn't belong in Jail.  So for the last three months this little guy keeps believing that his dad isn't in jail but is flying an airplane in the sky.  This little guy waves to his dad everytime he hears an airplane. This breaks my heart when he does this because his dad should be home with him but it actually puts a smile on his little face.  I did not put this thought into his mind but instead that is where he believes his daddy is.  His daddy used to take him flying with him.  They loved to go on flights together.   These little kids shouldn't have to struggle.  It is just not fair.  His daddy should be home with him flying high in the sky.  Free the Political Prisoners.

Celebrate Father's Day all week long

This week is the week leading up to Father's Day.  I challenge everyone this week to honor their father's in their lives.  I am so blessed to have so many different father figures in my life that have helped me along the way.  Below are five wonderful Father's.  These men love their children with all their hearts.  Their children love their daddy's and miss them dearly.  Between these fathers there are 26 children who live at home that are missing their daddy's.  I am grateful for all of these father's below.  They have all had a great influence on me and our children.  They have taught them about hard work, service, love, education. god and laughter.   Remember to take time this week to honor the father's in your life.

Mel, Cliven, Dave, Ammon and Ryan Bundy

Below is a cute little card that our Dally made for her Daddy!
 

 

Working Man

My husband has always been a very good provider.  He has always taken pride in providing for our family.  It has been really hard for him not being able to provide for his family at this time.  He not only enjoys providing for his family but enjoys helping others in need also.   He did not call me this afternoon so I was a little worried on what he was doing and if he was ok.  Well, the guards came to him and asked him if he would be willing to take a job in the kitchen.  He said he would try it out.  He was hoping he would be able to get a little bit more peace and quite in there.  Well, it wasn't really quite.  It actually was pretty loud in the kitchen.  He said he worked nine hours and it was alot of work.  But he didn't mind the work.    I asked him how much he got paid.  Now here is the kicker.  He told me to quess.  I thought for sure that he would have said at least a couple of dollars per hour.  Nope he gets paid 0.17 cents per hour.  I was shocked when he told me that.  Maybe that is why the kitchen is such short staffed. So he worked nine hours and earned $1.53.  I wonder if that is before or after taxes are taken out?

He would have to work 1470 hours in order to pay for one hour of our lawyers time.  So I am thinking that we are going to still need the help from the Amerian People in order to win this fight.  Dave appreciates so much everyones willingness to help us during this time.  He reminds me everyday to keep putting everything down in the ledger.  When he gets out he will be looking forward to paying it forward.  I know none of you expect it but that is just how my husband works.