23 Sep 2017
Today is
Bob’s birthday (the big 7-0). He’s treating himself to a massage, and
then he’ll get his cards (and a couple gifts) after lunch. Since tonight is the
women’s session of General Conference, and I have a ticket to be in the Conference
Center for that, we’re going out for lunch to celebrate his birthday.
In Salt
Lake City, they begin hanging Christmas lights on the trees, in and around
Temple Square, on the first of August - because it takes 3 ½ months to put
them all up. But, imagine our surprise when, earlier this week (on Sep 18) we
entered the Assembly Hall for our mission’s Book of Mormon conference, and saw
this:
The rumor
circulating was that The Piano Guys were going to be filming in there the next
day, for their upcoming Christmas album. I assumed someone was planning to film
something, but who it was, I don’t know.
All that
aside, we had a great conference and my appreciation for the Book of Mormon and
for the prophet, Joseph Smith, was strengthened. What a miracle it is that we
have this book! And, how grateful I am for Joseph Smith, and for all the
latter-day prophets since. What a blessing to have a prophet, Thomas S. Monson,
to guide us today. It will be wonderful to attend general conference, this
weekend and next, and to hear from modern prophets and apostles!
We got a
chance, this week, to attend the Ogden Temple. What a magnificent place!! (It’s
about 40 minutes north of us.) We hadn’t been to that temple before and it was
great to be there with several members of our zone.
On Thursday, we took the underground route to go from the Joseph Smith
Memorial Building to the Church Office Building and happened to see six members
of the Quorum of the 12 Apostles as they were walking between the Salt Lake Temple
and the Church Administration Building. (Elder Holland, Elder Bednar, Elder
Cook, Elder Andersen, Elder Stevenson, and, Elder Renlund) We’re not likely to
top a siting like that one!
We’re
enjoying cooler weather and the feel of fall in the air.
1 comment:
Cowabunga! That was quite an Apostle sighting! I hope Bob had a great birthday. I would love to see the new Ogden Temple. So glad you got a chance to go. Have a great week!
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