Sunday, January 26, 2014

          Glade had a leadership training meeting tonight from 5:00 until 7:00.  (He is the secretary for the High Priest Group.)  Afterward, we walked outside, in the dark, for about 45 minutes to get a little activity after a day of mostly sitting.  It was a little breezy but very pleasant.  There are awesome lamp posts all around the compound, so it didn’t seem that dark.  It is a beautiful view to look out over the city at night and see the light display showing just how big the city really is.  We have the landscape memorized but never get tired of seeing it.

          During part of Sacrament Meeting, the Seminary youth were asked to come and sit on the stand.  There were about 18 of them.  School starts Monday and the meeting was basically about Seminary and Institute and what the courses of study would be for this next year.  The bishop was firm in announcing that it would begin at 5:00 a.m.  I remember when we were walking a few months ago, that if we went out at 6:00 a.m. the kids were just leaving the chapel after Seminary.  So they have early-morning Seminary here, too; and the faithful just keep coming!

          We have found our lives touched often with spiritual experiences that imprint Heavenly Father’s love for His children in our hearts.  I encouraged your dad to write in a personal journal on his computer since he has moved his “typing” spot from the dining room table where he could only sit for a short time, to his recliner where he can sit with a pillow in his back and type without pain.  It is good for each of us to look for and recognize how the Lord has blessed us either through our own experiences or the experiences of those around us.  Reading them later on can bring the feelings back fresh to our minds and strengthen our faith.  Journals can be a blessing to us.