Friday, November 21, 2014

         Happy Birthday to my amazing mother who provided the foundation and example for all the things that are important in my life—service in the Gospel of Jesus Christ, devotion to her sweetheart of 50 years,  dedication to her family, a sense of responsibility, a strong work ethic, importance of education and learning, a sense of self reliance with good old fashioned basic skills—sewing, gardening, preserving, saving, cooking—and adherence to the old adage “use it up, wear it out, make it do, or do without!  Also included must be a love of music and a dedication to working hard and sacrificing for a worthwhile outcome.  I learned to love Family History, keep scrapbooks, and how to prepare a lesson for a Church class while watching her prepare posters and handouts (made on a home-made mimeograph tray) with meticulousness (that may not be a word, but that is what it describes!).  She made good use of her time and read encyclopedias during spare moments as well as Church books and literary works.  She often answered my questions about how to do something by telling me where to look it up or where to find it out.  I didn’t like that a bit at the time, but she taught me about resources.  Happy Birthday, to my mom!

         At a few minutes after midnight last night something triggered the fire alarm and it started screaming in our room and throughout the building.  The flashing light in the darkness was blinding.  I just put fingers in my ears, hid under the covers, and waited while Glade found the Boze headphones we keep close for just such occurrences and brought me a pair.  The alarm kept up its message for nearly 20 minutes.  There have been so many false alarms that we never even consider that there might actually be a fire or an emergency.  We just wonder how long it will take for someone to turn it off!  It’s like the story of crying “wolf” and I hope we don’t ever really have a fire or we’re in trouble.

         Tomorrow is our early morning and we’ll be “up and at it” by 4:45 a.m.  We are so hoping for better sleep tonight!  Love to everyone!  Good Night! 

Mostly cloudy and 73 degrees at 8:47 in Tegucigalpa, Honduras

I missed posting this picture last night with the others.  This is the back of the temple.