Sunday, December 28, 2014

         Just before Sacrament Meeting, Gina told me that I was on the schedule to play for the meeting.  I told her that I didn’t have a schedule and she just smiled at me and chuckled and then we went into the chapel and I played.  Her 12-year old daughter was the chorister and did such a great job.  One of the songs they sang was in their Spanish hymnbook, but not in the English one and I had never heard it before.  Glade said he had sung it in Priesthood Meeting before, so he hummed a few bars to give me the tempo since sometimes they ignore the metronome meter listed and sing their own speed. 

         The night air on our evening walk-about was punctuated with more fireworks—really loud fireworks.  One brother at church said that most people, however, have exhausted their supply by now and that New Year’s might be much quieter than Christmas.  We’ll see.

         The Mission President spoke in Sacrament Meeting today and talked about setting goals and how important it is that we include with the goals, specific steps and plans to follow that will get us to those goals.  If there is no plan to follow, the goal is just a dream and will not come to fruition.  He said a lot of things I didn’t quite catch, but that was an important part of his message and it was good to hear as we approach the New Year and its accompanying goal-setting activities.

         We were without water for a little while today while a new pump was set, and late this afternoon we lost our Internet connection.  It reminds us how grateful we are for such great blessings as clean running water and instant access to family and a myriad of resources that keep us in touch on the Internet. 

         Hope your Sabbath was spiritually strengthening and renewing.  Good Night!