Gio Castillo - A Life worth remembering!

On, Friday, the 13th of December, Gio Castillo lost his fight with cancer.  He has been fighting cancer for two years.  He was surrounded by those that love him, especially his wife, Heather, his three beautiful children, and other family members.

Gio, fought to the end.  I can guarantee to you that he would never have given up.  All though he was a fighter to the end, his body just could not endure any more.  He had gone through 4 intense chemo treatments trying to work his way to a bone marrow transplant. He was diagnosed with Acute Lymphoblastic leukemia two years ago.  They thought that they had beat it, but May of 2013, it was discovered that the cancer was back, but this time it was Acute Myeloid Leukemia, probably a result of his last chemo treatment.

Gio was and always will be an amazing husband, father, and friend.  All though I did not know him real close, his wife is a long, long, time friend of mine.  Their children are wonderful kids, beautiful, bright, and a joy to be around.  He did the best that he could do to take care of his family.  He will be missed, but never forgotten.

We love you Gio Castillo!!! May you be at peace and join with your past family.  Know that your family here on earth will always be looked after and cared for.  I will always be there for Heather and the kids.  She will be ok, I know this.

I bear to you my testimony that our lord and savior Jesus Christ lives.  That he died for us so that we can return to be with him and out heavenly father.  I know that we can be with our families for eternity and that when we pass from this world to the next, that we will be in a perfect body.  I know that, Gio, is now pain free and back to perfect health is will be watching over his family.

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A Castillo Family Christmas

The Castillo family, Gio, Heather, Govi, Adalena, Eli, are having a rough year. Geo, the husband, was diagnosed with Leukemia again. He has been fighting for his life since August. He is currently at the Huntsman's foundation in Salt Lake City, UT. Heather has been with him pretty much his entire stay so far in UT. Finance are getting hard. The kids are having a hard time not being able to see their dad and mom very much. Heather is doing the best that she can to care for her family while they go trough this trial in their life.

I want to help them have a wonderful Christmas. Please find it in your heart to donate towards, "The Castillo Christmas," so that they may have a wonderful Christmas to brighten and lift their spirits. 

UPDATE!!!!

Thank you to all who donated.  We raised $550 and because of that the Castillo's are going to have an amazing Christmas.
Although, Gio, passed this last Friday the 13th, he spirit remains with us all and he will forever be remembered. 
They had not got the Christmas tree finished, due to complications to Gio and had to leave in a hurry, so my wife and I went to Heather's parents house and put the decorations on the Christmas tree.
We went and bought some presents, wrapped them, and placed them under the tree for when the family arrived home.

A Camp trip to remember!

June 2013

Teton Canyon Camp trip

So we left town to begin our camp trip for the weekend and to enjoy the wonderful firework show in Driggs, ID at Huntsman Springs.  We were driving up Ski Hill rd and on Google maps it shows two roads for Teton Canyon rd.  I chose the first one.

As we drove down this skinny road, with trees and bushes on each side of us, with our campers, we came to a fence.  After deciding what we wanted to do, because the map shows the road goes on through and connects to the other one, we went to open the gate and this is what we were greeted with.

These horses did not want to move.  I honked my horn at them.  We pushed them.  We yelled at them.  They were the tamest horses I have ever seen.  After we go through, my dad and I walked down the road to make sure it was OK.  We discovered the the road dead ended and so we would have to turn around.  Upon walking back to the vehicles the horses were still surrounding the Tahoe.  I think that they though the camper was a horse trailer and that it was time to go home.

After getting turned around, we went to leave and Camille was going to keep the horses back and all of a sudden something spooked the horses and they ran off.

We finally got out passed the gate and back on the main road again.  We saw the sign that told us where the Teton canyon was.

 We turned down the road and drove for a few miles.  Then we ran into Ben and Paula and they said that the camp ground was full and that they had found a nice camping spot along the creek.  They said that they were going to check on another site but that their site was just up the road.  We turned where they said to turn and could not find their site.  My parents already had filled their water tank in the camper, but we had not.  So, we drove back to Driggs, to fill our water tank in the camper.  My birth mother, Liz, was meeting us in Driggs, so we met up with her at Broulims and  filled our camper with water and then headed back to Teton Canyon. We then met back up with my parents and drove down the  road to look for a camp spot. we turned on a side road that headed towards the creek. We found a nice spot there and decided to camp there and that we would find Ben and Paula's family in the morning.

I got up the next day and drove down the road to the boy scout campground to hike to the lake that was near by.  What a beautiful scene!

After that  I went and found Ben and Paula's campsite.  It is a good thing that we found a different spot, because we would not have been able to get the campers to theirs.

Later that day we went into Driggs to look at the stores and then we stopped at the creamery and had some ice cream.

We then went back to the camp to get ready for the, Huntsman Springs, Celebrate America event.
So we made it to the event and got all set up......wait let me rewind a little bit.
So a few weeks ago the people with the "Celebrate America" event had a photo contest for VIP seats at the firework show.  I WON!!!  This is the photo that won.

So we got to Huntsman Springs earlier that day and picked up my VIP passes.  With these passes I got VIP parking and VIP seating.  I was only supposed to have two seats but I was able to get all the family in that was there.  Let's see that was.....21 people!!!

While waiting for the show to start a micro burst came through and blew and rained on us for awhile.  The wind was nasty.  Blew really hard.  Everyone had to take down there shade tents and canopy's.  This lasted for about an hr and then the weather improved greatly and the wind was gone.

After the stage people got everything back together from the storm, The Huntsman's came on stage and said a few words and a slide show was done on a cancer survivor that was very touching.  Then the "Beach Boys"  came on stage and played.  What a great concert!

Now for the best part of the whole night, "The Celebrate America Firework show"!
About half way through the show, Lee Greenwood, came on stage and sang, "God Bless the USA"  Wow!  What an amazing, joyful, tearful, heart warming, performance.   I have never enjoyed fireworks like that.

WHAT A GREAT FIREWORK SHOW!!!!!!  THANK YOU SO MUCH HUNTSMAN'S SPRINGS FOR PUTTING ON THE ENTERTAINMENT AND FIREWORK SHOW.

Adversity

Adversity = misfortune - disaster - distress - calamity - hardship


Why do we go through adversity? I believe that we are given adversity or trials in our lives so that we can become stronger and grow from them. I believe that trials allow you to become closer to God, our father in heaven, and Jesus Christ, our savior.


All of us face adversity sometime in our lives. Be it a loss of life, financial struggles, abuse, schooling, accidents, or health. One way or another you CAN overcome this adversity in your life. It is your choice how you do it.


Zach Sobiech is a great example of overcoming adversity. Even though he has left this world, the impression, inspirations, and examples that he left behind are great. He, at age 14, was diagnosed with osteosarcoma, a bone cancer which mostly strikes children. At age 17, he was told that he only had a year to live. Music became his relief from the cancer. He wrote an inspirational song called, "Clouds". He chose to live out the rest of his life at age 17, without the help of Chemo or radiation treatments. He was prepared to move on. He was a great example to others, as far as realizing that that there is much more to life than just living. You need to do everything you can to love one another and be happy with who you are. You never know when your life could change.

Here is a link to his story: http://youtu.be/9NjKgV65fpo


Another great and amazing person who has over come adversity is Nick Vujicic. He was born with no arms and no legs, but yet he can do almost anything. He can swim, surf, kick a ball with his little chicken drum stick, that is what he calls it. He can type 45WPM! He is has an amazing spirit and he loves to share it with everyone. He is a motivational speaker. He is 30 years old, married and even has a child now.

Here is a link to his story: http://www.lifewithoutlimbs.org/about-nick/bio/


No matter what you will have adversity in your life, but no matter what you can over come that adversity. God loves us all and has a plan for us all. We just have to figure out what our individual plan is.


https://www.lds.org/media-library/video/mormon-messages/mormon-messages-2009?lang=eng#2009-01-03-come-what-may-and-love-it


https://www.lds.org/media-library/video/topics/jesus-christ?lang=eng#2011-04-012-he-heals-the-heavy-laden


It must needs be, that there is an opposition in all things:2 Ne. 2:11


They taste the bitter, that they may know to prize the good:Moses 6:55


Endure

• The Guide to the Scriptures

To remain firm in a commitment to be true to the commandments of God despite temptation, opposition, and adversity.