Thursday, August 29, 2013

          Today offered a variety of responsibilities that made it interesting and fulfilling.  There were more people in the temple today and four buses are parked in the parking lot tonight, so tomorrow will start out busy and continue that way through Saturday afternoon. 

          Glade is reading “The History of the Church in the Fullness of Times” which is a 740-page 8½ x 11-inch size book for Religion 341-343.  He purchased it at the Distribution Center for about $1 and felt guilty that that was all he had to pay.  It is in Spanish, of course, and he loves it.  He reads with a dictionary in his lap and a notebook next to him and is expanding his vocabulary.   We read together in Spanish from a conference talk in the evenings which is helping my pronunciation as well as understanding.  Along with each of you, we are reading the Doctrine and Covenants (SS Course) and feel how important it is to recognize the thin tendrils of pride that seep into our lives unnoticed and can become large fissures if the tide is not stemmed.      Pride will probably be a bigger downfall for many of Heavenly Father’s children than what we consider the “big sins.”  Every day should include something to help us remember our purpose and ponder on Lehi’s Dream to keep us holding to the rod and headed towards salvation.

          It was much warmer today and humid so we walked just before dark.  Glade went earlier to the bakery only to find that our favorite bread was sold out!  He did get banana bread and some white rolls.  It’s a good thing that they bake every day—we will be there tomorrow much earlier.  Their wonderful bread is our “staff of life” and we eat it every day.  It’s whole-grain and has flax seed in it.  It almost tastes too delicious to be healthy, but it looks healthy!! 

          I hope you all have a fun “date-night” tomorrow!  It’s Friday already.