Wednesday, March 04, 2015

    We met a couple in the temple today from Farmington, Utah.  They came to pick up their son who is finishing his mission here; and the three of them were in the session that Glade and I led, along with two other elders—one from Mississippi and the other from Sandy, Utah, who are also going home.  We had enough time to visit with them for several minutes after the session and it was like a breath of fresh air to talk to someone from home and in fluent English!

     The winter weather in the U.S. is making me a little nervous about our trip home after seeing that hundreds of flights have been cancelled again.  We are only a week away from heading out and I really don’t want to spend the night in a Marriott someplace on the way.  

    A very sweet girl who recently returned from a mission was in the temple again today and told me that she and her mom, who is a temple worker, want to take us to lunch before we leave.  We are really out of days and out of time, but she wrote down our phone number and said she would call.  She speaks English very well and it was such a pleasant experience to be around her and talk to her. 

    The rough draft of my talk is finished, but it is a little long unless I talk very fast.  At least the hardest part is done and now it just needs some refining. 

     Every day is so busy and the time goes by so fast that I can’t figure out when we are going to get a break to pack and finish up here.  But I am ready to start putting things in the suitcase!

    Good night, everyone.  Love you all so much and can’t wait to see everybody!  Take care and we’ll see you soon!