Happy birthday BRETT!!!!! It's your day!! TODAY!! Hooray!! Go by the BAY. Make some clay. Have a hay day. What do you say?- First Presidency Christmas Devotional! We get to go to this very special night!! Hooray!!
- Savior of the World-- the Musical drama. Personally, I loved this performance. Sister Mettra and I went to the show last Wednesday night. We arrived to the Conference Center theatre with our tickets and no expectations. I enjoyed it so much! It was wonderful!! The music was fantastic. Costumes were charming. The Shepards were my favorite. I am grateful for them. And for Mary. Overall, just what I needed to kickstart Christmas.
- Inger the Dane. I spotted this lovely grandma on her way to the restroom. I was at the North Visitor's Center desk. In high traffic hour. Christmas lights were on. It was night. About a gagillion people. And she just strolls up to yours truly. Well...Sister Harmer knows a danish accent when she hears one. But without assumption, I asked her where she was from. B-i-n-g-o. Viva la Danmark!! I loved her! She came back from the restroom and proceeded to listen to the various choir performance, whilst knitting a sock. I asked her how long it took her per sock. 6 hours...if you were curious. She was ranting that people here in the US all love knitted socks
- Barbara and Joseph!!! Sister Moore says you were here! Sister Mettra and I would like to officially give you both cyber hellos. And to tell you that we adore Red Robin and the Christmas Club (but we were sworn to secrecy about the latter).
- Thanksgiving was incredible. Turkey. Rolls. Turkey hands. Fun. Pretty sure there was a little line dancing and limbo involved. And Beauty and the Beast. I saw the last half of How to Train a Dragon. I thought the dragon was adorable. I was too distracted to pay attention to the rest, but loved that sniffly, fierce dragon.
- Preston!! I'm sure Sister Mettra's blog will be a far better description of the Preston miracle. He's in Iowa. Seeking lots of answers. We kept promising him that he would only find truth on his own. We wouldn't be able to convince him about anything. But the refreshing piece to learning more about the gospel, is the promises from God. We are promised that if we seek, we will find. Preston had heaps of questions. And he found answers through personal study, prayer and experience.
- Pillow cases--Thanks Grandma and Grandpa for the cozy pillow cases!! We love them! They go with our matching pajamas now!!! And the poem to match was just practically perfect. I'm very much looking forward to having our next fishing trip. We must catch up on about 18 months worth of life.
30,000 visitors a day--that's the projected amount of people we expect here. 1 million over the course of 30 days. True life--I serve at Temple Square. - Family--I think my FAVORITE people of the week would be a darling family. A mom. A dad. 4 little boys. Bundled in scarves and winter gear. We went through the family presentation here called God's Plan for Families. (Still my favorite). The whole time, the boys were SO respectful. Offering a "thank you" here and a "oh...excuse me" there. Holding the doors for the group. Just super sincere. And honestly, at the end, Sister Mettra and I couldn't help but feel what a solid family they were. I want that. Respectful. Sincere. Good.
- I feel like my experiences here at Temple Square are preparing me for a life filled with JOY!
Well. I love you all VERY much!!
