Thursday, June 27, 2013

          Wow!  The day has finally come when I am hard up for something to write that won’t be redundant! 

One thing particularly noticeable, however, is that the weather here is much cooler than in Texas, Utah, Idaho, or Nevada right now.  It is quite pleasant outside and nowhere near the 90-degree mark.   This means our outdoor exercise is bearable and very doable.  Hope you all endure the heat where you are!

The evening walks are interesting with the grounds full of travelers and their families, those who are attending activities at the church, and the temple workers coming and going.  After we get to the top of the hill, we walk in the parking lot and try to stay away from the groups who are dressed up since we feel very inappropriate in our casual attire.  They are friendly and make conversation anyway and we love the whole scene.

Glade is reading Neil A. Maxwell’s book, Even As I Am and is having a great experience with it.  It takes time to read and digest Elder Maxwell’s writings and there is time here to do that.  He is sharing thoughts from the book with me and it is so enlightening.  It is a great book to add to your library.  I tried to get it on my Kindle, but couldn’t figure out how to do Deseret Book’s “Bookshelf” thing today—maybe tomorrow.  I already have the Bookshelf and have purchased other books on line that have downloaded to my Kindle almost immediately.  But this is different.  I’ll get it though!! 

You are all in our prayers every day and we are “upping” the intensity as you travelers start your journeys to Utah and Idaho.  Justin and Kim are first and then everyone else will fall in line.  Please be careful and safe and don’t drive when you are tired and sleepy.  My experience with the Lexus was terrifying even though everything turned out okay—that’s not always the case.

Love you all so much!     

           

Temple Visitors