January 27, 2008

What a glorious week in Palmyra. We have been very busy in the Temple with lots of patrons. Saturday we served in the Baptistry and had two large groups. It was just wonderful to be so very busy.

Thanks to the Taylors, our landlords who are serving a mission in Washington, we have a lovely home to invite friends into.

Today, Sunday, after Church we invited the Harmons to dinner and then took a tour of the Smith Farm. See our beautiful temple in the background? The Harmons are temple missionaries who are going home on Friday. We have loved serving with them. He is sealer and they live in Sandy, UT. We will be very close to them when we get home. The Harmons are on the left and the Crumps were our site missionaries. They are from SL and have been out a couple of months. We are on the old Stafford Road walking down to the Smith Frame House.

This is the 4th floor of the Grandin Bldg. Sister Saxon and Porter gave us the tour of where the Book of Mormon was published. We see the hand of the Lord in its coming forth.

We stopped at WalMart after the temple on Saturday and we had this nice snow storm going. The flakes were so very large. It was all melted by today. In fact I believe it is suppose to be in the 40's by Tuesday

Last Wednesday the Rikers invited us to dinner at their home in Rochester. We serve in the temple with them. She also works in the office with me on Tuesday evenings. They just received their call to the SL Family History Center where they will serve for a year. They are so excited and report to the MTC in March. Their daughter, Donna, will stay in their home while they are gone. We have met such great people and made so many friends here.

Thought for the week: King Benjamin taught that "never-ending happiness" comes from keeping the commandments of God.