Sunday, February 23, 2014

           For three weeks, all of the people who serve in the temple in our ward have been practicing a hymn that they sang in Sacrament Meeting today.  It is one we haven’t heard before and translated means “Return your Heart.”  There were about 20 voices and I accompanied.   I also played the Sacrament hymn, the hymn to start the Sunday School class, which is quite common, prelude and both songs for Relief Society.  Playing is fine with me, but sometimes I wonder if there aren’t others who are missing out on an opportunity to participate.

          There was a two-hour training meeting in the temple this afternoon and Glade attended for both of us.  After three hours of Church in Spanish, I wasn’t up to two more when I wouldn’t get anything out of the presentation.  We have already attended 220 forty-minute training meetings that are held every day and it was mostly a review for those who are late or miss the meetings.  Glade said there was nothing new, so that eased my conscience a little for not attending.  I baked oatmeal chocolate chip cookies for him while he was gone—something I haven’t done for about four months or so.  He was grateful for something home-made.

          I spend lots of time reading the Ensigns and have to say the messages are great, so appropriate to our needs, encouraging, instructive, and motivating.  They are like a lifeline in our troubled world and I recommend them whole-heartedly!