Palmyra Temple Winter Schedule Begins

Check out Katie and Kory's blog site. She and her sister, Leslie, have a wonderful digital scrap booking business going. You will love what they do. She also has some great pictures of my grandchildren. Katie has become quite the family photographer.

Paul and I will be serving on all of the Winter schedule shifts. Tuesday we go in at noon and help clean the temple and work in the office until 5 pm when the evening shift begins. Wednesday is P-Day and I have started to walk in the mornings with some of the sister site missionaries at 7 am. We now have a house to clean and a yard to take care of so that takes some of our time. Thursday morning we are at the temple by 7:30 am and serve until 1 and then come back for a 5 pm preparation meeting. Friday evening we are there around 4:30 until closing and Saturday 7:30 am till 5 pm. We get lots of variety in the ordinances. I believe we were followers on at least three sessions this week and Saturday I got to help in the baptistry all morning.

It was such fun walking through all these leaves in the sacred grove, so crunchy

The Hill Cumorah

We decided we needed to get over to the Sacred Grove before all the leaves were gone. We went on the tour with Elder Beal and met another missionary couple who were on their way to the Utica New York Mission to work in the office. I can tell you this is the most wonderful thing to do, serve a mission for the Lord. Our love for the gospel and our Savior has grown so very much and our love for each other continues to grow. We recommend this to you all. What a glorious way to spend your time.

We drove by Zion's Camp and they have locked the gates for the winter. Seems so strange. We got the trailer covered and winterized before the Crookstons left on Monday. The last of our group, the Hutchinsons, left on Wednesday. We have made some lasting friendships.

Empty Zion's Camp

The trailer winterized, the Harmons and Crookstons

Today was Stake Conference and Elder and Sister Marvin Jensen were the visiting authorities. Elder and Sister Jenson were mission presidents in the Rochester Mission in the early 90's so it was a wonderful homecoming for them.

In the Saturday night meeting he left us with this thought from President McKay. "that man is most truly great who is most Christlike. What you sincerely think in your heart about Christ will determine what you are and what your actions will be". He also told us that on the first Thursday of each month the Presidency, Quorum of Twelve and all the Seventies who are in SL attend a meeting in the temple. Pres. Hinckley never falls asleep. Pres. Hinckley's son said he asked Pres. Hinckley's, "Why don't you ever fall asleep" and he answered "I won't let myself fall asleep." What a remarkable Prophet we have. We are so very blessed.

Sister Jensen spoke about families and said we need to enhance our role in our families. We need to save some of the good stuff for our families. Say "I love you", express your feelings, rethink how we act and make family the most important part of your life, give them your best.

We feel very edified and ready for another week. We express our love and appreciation to our family who whole heartedly support us. We are grateful for so many friends who are also our family and are constantly expressing their great love for us. May God bless you for your goodness. Now go out and have a "perfect week". A quote from Pres. Jones, a member of our temple presidency. He always says, "let's have a perfect day in the temple."