March 7th
through March 13th: Monday we did the usual P-day things and
finished up the day with a farewell Family Home Evening for the Wilson’s. They still have a few weeks, but they shared
with us what they have learned on their mission. They are both devoted temple workers and will
be sorely missed. They both shared their
testimonies and Elder Wilson expressed his gratitude for the change in policy which
allows youth to come to the temple whenever they want to in order to perform
vicarious baptisms. Before they could
only come with their ward or stake and Elder Wilson found it very hard to turn
them away. Now that the youth can receive
their own temple recommends, they can come as frequently as they want, just
like adults.
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| Farewell Family Home Evening for the Wilson's. |
Sadly, we got word this
week that the Winkfield’s will probably not be coming in April. They had lined up Eve’s sister to stay in their
house and help their son who would live downstairs. They found out the sister has stage 4 cancer
and with treatment, has maybe a year to live and without treatment has about 6
months. Life can be hard and throws us a
few curve balls now and then. Our
prayers are with Ken and Eve and their family.
Tuesday we had the evening
shift and we finished up just after 10:00pm. Wednesday I went over early
and did some initiatory and then got ready for presidency meeting. Thursday
we had the morning shift. Friday we had the afternoon shift and
we had a number of stakes come and celebrate the birthday of the Relief
Society. We had 10 sessions and most
were full. It is the busiest I have seen
the temple on a Friday afternoon. Saturday I again went over and did
initiatory in the morning. I have so
many names being held up in initiatory.
Mom went to the stake celebration of the Relief Society in the afternoon
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| Relief Society Celebration Cakes |
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| Relief Society Celebration Cakes |
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| Relief Society Celebration Cakes |
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| Relief Society Celebration Cakes |
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| Relief Society Celebration Cakes |
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| Relief Society Celebration Cakes |
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| Relief Society Celebration Cakes |
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| Relief Society Celebration Cakes |
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| Relief Society Celebration |
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| Relief Society Celebration |
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| Relief Society Celebration |
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| Mom with one of our temple workers. |
and then we finished up the evening by taking the Wilson’s out for their farewell
dinner.
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| Farewell dinner for the Wilson's |
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| Farewell dinner for the Wilson's |
Sunday we went to the Palmita stake conference. Elder Duncan presided. It was a reorganization of the stake
presidency, so we only were asked to bear our testimonies. It was a wonderful stake conference and we
enjoyed the Spirit of the meeting.
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| Palmita Stake Conference |
We
talked to all the kids except James. They
all seem to be doing fine and we feel so blessed. The more I am here and see how difficult life
is for many of the members in Guatemala, the more I realize just how blessed we
are as a family.
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