From Mary

Hi Kendal

Thanks for the e-mail. that is very kind of you.Yes, this year has gone by
fast. I have Josh and Jeremy's pictures side by side, and look at them and
wonder why. But there is only one person who knows that. I still do security
work and Jeremy is always with me. I have sent a picture of the kids, i
don't know if Donna has sent any, so I thought you'd like to see them.
Leroy,Rose and daughter Lisa with Donna and the kids have gone to Stanley
Park in Vancouver for the day. So they will have their time for themselves.
The sun has been shining with light showers, but all in all they are
to-gether.
Thanks again Kendal
All the best to the family
Mary

From Tracy

I wanted to put a post up on the net but I just didn't know what to say....
I can't believe it has been a year... I know what you mean about people
saying or doing something that reminds you of Jeremy. And then I also think
that he hasn't been in my life for awhile, and I go onto his blog and read
things and look at pictures and everything comes flooding back and I
remember all the great times we had over the years and it just starts to
hurt all over... I can't even think about what it is like for Jeremy's
family. I am glad that you sent out this post and added the pictures....
They make me laugh and make me cry and It is so good to remember!!! Jeremy
was one of the best friends I have ever had in my life and I can never
replace him, but I can keep his memory in me and all the great things he
represented.... I truly believe having him in my life made me a better
person.

Thanks Kendal..

Tracy

One Year...

Today it has been one year since Jeremy been gone. I still miss Jeremy a lot and think of him daily. Some days are harder than others. Robyn and I found out we were pregnant about a month after we came back from his funeral. That day was probably the best day of my life, and my first reaction was to want to call Jeremy and tell him. We were in Williams Lake right after Judah was born, and got to see him, and hold him, and see Jeremy proudly holding him. It was such a blessing. Knowing Jeremy would not get to share that with us was hard.

Before Jeremy died we told him we were trying to have a baby, and that if it was a boy we were going to name him Jeremy. When our Jeremy Liam was born on Jan 10, we deeply missed Jeremy and wished he could have been there. Recently on March 31, when the two year anniversary of Josh' death came and went that was also a hard time.

Birthdays, anniversaries, Christmas, etc... are all times where you miss people you've lost. Sometimes a song will come on the radio or someone will make a comment that reminds me of Jeremy and I will find myself getting teary- eyed. Recently I was showing off some pictures(in my cell phone) of our baby to people at work. We came across this picture of Luke Skywalker. They wanted to know why I had Luke Skywalker in my car and I had to tell them the story.

Jeremy used to have this hanging from the rear view mirror in his Blazer. Whenever you went anywhere with him he'd suddenly say, "Loook!" and point in the general direction of Luke. You would say, "What am I looking at?" and Jeremy would look at you like you were a little slow and reply, "Luke, you know Luke Skywalker..." So one day we were driving down the highway and I pointed out into the field and said, "HEY!" Jeremy looked out and said, "What?" To which I pointed to the hay bales in the field and said, "Hay, you know hay bales..." Later Robyn took Luke hostage and never got around to returning him.

Just telling the story at work brought back so many memories, that I had to fight back tears.

If it is this hard for Robyn and I, I can only imagine what Donna, Rose and Leroy are going through.

Donna, Rose, and Leroy, we just want you guys to know that we haven't forgotten and we are thinking of you and praying for you.

Jeremy we miss you a lot.

Announcement

Robyn and Kendal have a baby! On Wed, Jan 10, 2006. Robyn gave birth to our son. He was 6 lb and was healthy. We got out of the hospital on Friday, but The baby had to be re-admitted on Monday because he has jaundice. We were released this morning and just came home. The baby's name is Jeremy Liam Jones. Click here for pictures.

Help Ron fight Cancer for Jeremy

Good day,

Today you are given a chance to fight cancer on the behalf of those suffering with and/or died from it. Cancer attacks, most often, without warning leaving people suffer with little hope of regaining a normal life and often taking the life of loved ones. Cancer doesn't prey on just a few, and we can all see it's effects. Our family and friends have suffered because of cancer in it's many forms.

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Thank you


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Robyn's memories.....

I have so many memories of Jeremy. It is hard for me to know where to start. I met Jeremy at a very fragile point in my life. I had just left an abusive relationship, and I was very pregnant with my daughter Breanne. I had just started to go to New Life Church (Where Jeremy was) and I really didn't have many friends.
I met Jeremy at a baptism the church had out at Blue Lake. Jeremy offered to drive me home. All I remember was trying to squeeze my VERY pregnant body into Jeremy's little Camero, and staring at the hole in the floor thinking I was going to fall out the bottom! and that was the beginning of a very long friendship....
Despite my circumstances at the time, he never looked at me as THAT single mother, or treated me any different then he would have treated anyone else...he simply accepted me, at a time when many other people didn't. More then that he wanted to be my friend.
The next few years with Jeremy were anything but boring....Water fights in the middle of the night running through fields, paintball, hiking....man could I tell you some stories about that.....bad jokes, and nothing like watching the video of Jeremy eating cereal....ugh.....


Trips in the blazer....

Tender talking time....raiding the Jones kitchen.....Star Wars, campfires....trips to Likely. (That's a Likely story-he would say)....playing guitar....or rather...I would play, and he would bug me...how do you do that chord?
Juicing! Remember that guys? He made me really sick one night when we were all juicing at the church...he made some green concoction he swore would make me "grow hair". Man was I sick. (LOL)... oh...and CLEAR! "Jeremy can't you do that somewhere else?"
Kendal. I started hanging out with Kendal because of Jer. They were best friends.... we have been married ten years now! He was the best man at our wedding....


Donna's favorite song Mr. Frump (insert sarcasm here)

Todd's wedding (and a first dance for Jer and Donna)
Jeremy's wedding and Donna...a new stage in his life.




Jeremy as daddy....Man I looked foreward to seeing that.
Scott's wedding.

Prayer.
I have spent sooo many hours in prayer with Jeremy, praying for our friends, the church, revival. For change in our lives. More then anything else, Jer wanted to be right with God, and to do his will. In that he was an example for me and many others. Nothing came before God in Jeremy's life.
Because Jeremy accepted everyone and wanted them to know Jesus, he was always bringing someone new around, and I am still friends with some of these people today...Sandi, Tracy.
He inspired people to be better then they thought they could be.
Jeremy was an uncle to my kids who loved him to death. Uncle Jeremy could always be counted on to make them laugh with another corny joke, and he was a lot of fun. He was at most of their birthdays...
There are so many other things I could add....but I won't.
There are some people who touch your life in a way that doesn't leave you, and Jeremy was one of those people for me. I really miss him alot, but I am glad that we will also see him again some day...
We miss you Jer....
Robyn, Kendal, girls (and baby Jones)

Kaylyn Sarah Faye Nelson Pics

Kaylyn & big Brother Judah!

Why are you pointing that thing at me?

It's a Girl!

Donna had a baby girl on Sunday July 23 at 1:21AM. Her name is Kaylyn Sarah Faye Nelson weighing in at 6 lbs 14 oz. and 20 1/4 inches long. She has reddish brown hair and may have blue eyes. She has the same round face that Donna does. She looks more like Donna but has a similarity of her brother Judah. Judah is not to sure about this tiny little bundle. He will kiss her but when she cries he gets very worried and upset.

Donna is doing very well. She has had her moments of missing Jeremy but otherwise her spirits are very up. Donna started labor about 11 PM but did not recognize it as labor, just a very steady back ache. She finally told her best friend to take her to the hospital at about 12:30 as something was very wrong. When she got there they told her that she was 6cm dilated. Donna was shocked. We were camped at Fort Langely campground so she call us at 12:50 that we needed to come right away. We arrived at the Hospital only to find out that we were 2 min. to late. We had been praying that she would have an easy birth and quick and GOD honored that.

Thankyou all for your prayers.

The meaning of Her name is Crowned Princess(Kaylyn) Beloved(Sarah) Remembered(Faye) the 23 is also significant as Jeremy's birthdate was the 23(Dec)

Tracy's Thoughts

I lost my brother Derek to leukemia in 1988, he was 14 years old and I was 11. Finding out Jeremy had leukemia and then that he had passed away was like losing a brother all over again. When I met Jeremy in 1996 it was like gaining a brother. I remember him and Kendal coming into the music store I worked at and inviting me to watch Star Wars with them. They had gotten a projector and were going to watch it on the big white wall at the church they went to. I was pretty excited because I had lived in Williams Lake for about nine months and hadn't met anyone yet. And that's how it started. I remember thinking of us as the lucky seven, Lynn Anne, Robyn, Kendal, Mark, Karin, Jeremy, and myself. This group of friends had been friends for so long but they just excepted me in like I had always been there. It was awesome. Jeremy did not only become my friend but he also became my roommate. I could tell you so many stories about Jeremy but I won't. I will tell you that we went through a lot of other roommates in the few years we lived together. Brad, Scott, Tamara, Josh. But it was always Jeremy and I. I went through a lot of trying times but Jer was always there to help pick me up and get me back on track.... he was my brother, trying to look out for me. I do remember a necklace he gave me once, He gave one to all of us I believe.... The lucky seven. And it came with a little note "brother to sister, yours in life and death" I still have it today. I know Jeremy is in a better place, a place that he belonged. But I can't help but believe the world lost an angel the day he left. The world was a better place with Jeremy in it, my life was better with Jeremy in it. Jeremy's faith is an inspiration to me. I remember wishing that I could have the faith he had, wanting it so bad. Jeremy was so special, you couldn't knock him down. The last time I saw him was in the hospital in Edmonton. It was right after Josh passed away, I was so nervous going into see him. I hadn't talked to him in awhile and I wasn't sure what it would be like. But it was like we had been all the time. No different. We looked at pictures from when we were in Williams Lake, talked about old times laughed and laughed. I hadn't realized how much I missed him. Jeremy will always be one of those people you never forget in a lifetime. I know that life moves on, people move and life happens but I wish I could have been a better friend to him. Been there for him more. So Jeremy, I miss you and love you. Sister to brother, yours in life and death.

Donna Baby update!

Donna is still very pregnant. We were hoping that she would have had this baby before we went to Abbotsford for our holidays which start this Friday July 21. I know her due date is July 20 but we were hoping before then. Donna is doing good except for the fact that she is tired of being pregnant. The baby dropped about 2 weeks ago and she is having lots of back ache and very uncomfortable. One thing that she told me is that she is now nervous and very sad that Jeremy is not there. She is having many a weepy day (not all day but off and on). That is to be expected. Please pray for her. The baby is now in the right position now for a correct delivery.
Donna now has a apartment that she and the children can move into Aug 1. It is just down the hall from Jeremy's cousin Yvonne. The apartment has laundry outlets right in the apartment so that she doesn't have to go anywhere to do laundry and you don't have to wait for someone to finish their's before you can do yours. With a new baby this is ideal. She has a washer and dryer in High Level that can be moved down. She will be going to High Level in Sept. to pack her belongings and move them to Abbotsford. That is going to be another very hard week on her. Rose and Leroy are going to join her up there so they can see where Jeremy enjoyed living and meet some of the people he worked with and to also help Donna sort through all his stuff. She will then come here and use this as a base until Oct. 21 weekend when her best friend from Bible School gets married. After that Donna and the kids will head back to Abbotsford to set up home.

If this baby doesn't come before we start our holidays Friday evening I will try and get to a computer and email of the blessed event somewhere from Abbotsford. It might be just a short note to say it's a GIRL (I am hoping) or it's a BOY.
Email you all later. Just keep praying for Donna and thankyou for those prayers.

Love
Colleen

Thoughts from Sandi Jessee

I met Jeremy when he was doing security at Boitanio Mall almost 10 years ago. I had just returned from Maternity leave and we both worked Sundays at the mall. Back then, Sundays were very boring to work, so Jeremy would come to SAAN where I worked and we would chat. Most of our conversations were about what God was doing in our lives. I was going to the Anglican Church and he invited me to his bible study group. I said, "Are you sure they'll let me come because I don't go to their church." He said of course. So that night I went and met the Jones' and had a spiritual encounter with God and new that I would never be happy just going to the Anglican Church. This one invitation from Jeremy changed my life forever. I became really good friends with Robyn and Kendal Jones. I decided to start attending the Full Gospel Church in Williams Lake and became friends with everyone there including April Dell and Shirley Jessee. I am now married to Sean Jessee (Shirley's son) and would have never met him if it had not been for Jeremy.

We had many great times at the mall. After work we would have water balloon fights out back of the mall. Jeremy and Dave would end up getting soaked. I guess I had it made because I had an endless supply of balloons from SAAN and we would fill them up and store them in a shopping cart. Jeremy and I had lunch together almost every work day. Of course that was before Donna came along. I remember meeting Kendal and Robyn for Coffee at McDonalds and Jeremy would come. I spent a lot of time with Jeremy and people would ask if he was my husband. One time Rebecca's mom said that my son looked like Jeremy. Jeremy and I both laughed. (This was before Rebecca and Ron were together and before she really knew Jeremy.) Jeremy and I were good buddies. He started early morning prayer at the Church and then we brought it to the mall. We had our own prayer room and we prayed for people that worked at the mall and the troubled youth that we knew about. Jeremy would bring his guitar and we would sing some of our favorite chorus' out back of the mall. I would sometimes play my flute. I remember him telling me about his fear of spiders, so one time I went to the dollar store and bought some fake spiders and put them inside the wrapper on his favorite chocolate bar, Nestle Crunch. It was so funny to watch him when he found those spiders because he would try to shake them off as he did not want to throw out his chocolate bar. I think I pranked him a couple of times and then after that he would always check the wrapper before he ate a Nestle Crunch.

Donna started working at SAAN, and shortly after that Jeremy and her were engaged. He decided to go to the Pentecostal Church with her and that was sad for all of us at Full Gospel, but we understood. Later on, I took a job at the Tribune and was no longer a mall employee. Jeremy and I still kept in touch. Then our Church closed and I attended Calvary Church for a while, but decided that was not to be my home Church. I was able to see Jeremy , Donna and Judah before they left for Alberta. Then when I heard the news about Jeremy having Leukemia, I was very sad. We kept in touch over the email and on his blog site. He was always encouraging everyone even when he was feeling his worst. His faith in God was so amazing. He left a big mark in a bunch of peoples' hearts and changed a lot of peoples' lives through his prayers and encouragement. I miss him very much, but know that he is in Heaven with the Lord and has no more pain and suffering!!