Saturday, March 3, 2018

Wow!  It is so hard to believe that this mission has ended.  Our last night in the temple was awesome and had such an element of closeness with both the patrons and the temple workers.  Glade served as Initiatory Director all evening and I worked at the veil doing several Spanish veils and loved it all.  We double-teamed at the end so that each worker had a chance to help at least one patron at the very last veil of the day.  Tears flowed as workers who have worked together for years said their good-byes.  I spent a little time in the beautiful Celestial Room just before leaving and tried to soak in the beauty and sacredness of the room which was filled with patrons and workers.  It was a perfect ending to a very wonderful and rewarding experience here.

We worked on packing this morning and are worried that we still have more things to take home than our suitcases can accommodate—especially since we cleaned out our temple lockers tonight and have all those clothes to add to the mix.  We’ll worry about it tomorrow. 

We have great neighbors next door to us who actually live in St. George.  They have been chauffeuring us to and from the temple and will take us to church tomorrow.  It's hard to not have a car and Glade keeps wondering how the trek across the country is going and if it is safe.

We felt bad to have missed Louisa’s baptism but hope it was a wonderful day.

Love to everyone!  😊