Well, another week has passed. It just seems like time is racing by. We started the morning shift at the temple this week and will do that for four weeks. I don't love getting up at 5 a.m. but I do like getting finished while it is still light and we have time to do things after we are finished. Our week was filled with training new workers as we have been called to do, training Ordinance Workers in our Prayer meetings and helping with any weddings that may be happening. I really the variety of things we get to do. Like the scripture says, "All these things shall give [me] experience"...
Tomorrow (March 21) is my and Larry's eighth anniversary. Again, I am not sure where this last eight years have gone. We have been able to so do many things and travel quite a bit for which I am very thankful. When we got married, he was still living in Las Vegas and working there so I moved there with him for about two and a half years. I made many trips between there and Ogden and back to see children and fulfill a job commitment with Weber School District to mentor new teachers. When he retired, he sold his house and we moved back to my house in Pleasant View. Soon after that I was called as Relief Society president in our ward. We had planned to buy a home in St. George so put that on hold for about a year. We still only use that home as a get away home for the most part. Since we got married, we have traveled to Israel, Turkey and Greece; taken a British Isles Cruise, Mediterranean Cruise, Alaskan Cruise, a Baja Cruise and a Carribean with my family; a trip to Disney World, Disneyland two times, two trips to Oklahoma, South Dakota, Nauvoo and Chicago, Monterrey CA, San Diego a couple of times, China for a dental/humanitarian endeavor, Mesa and Sedona Arizona, to many trips between Ogden and Las Vegas to count, at least three trips to Hawaii and of course our mission here, and a few camping trips. We have another cruise scheduled for Panama this fall. I feel so very fortunate that we are able to travel so much and hope that through the next many years, I will be able to continue that trend. My patriarchal blessing says I will have the privilege of travel and that I will have the opportunity to speak about my religion. I know that as I travel, I have an obligation to Heavenly Father to help build His kingdom through example, conversation and being prepared to answer questions. We were able to do that to a degree on some of the cruises and even in China when our tour guides didn't know anything about our religion but were curious about why we didn't drink coffee or tea.
The death of Carl was certainly a rough time in my life but I have been so blessed to have Larry in my life for the last nine and a half years (eighteen months of it was dating). I love him and the joy he has brought back into my life. I know he feels that same way about me as he tells me this almost daily. So great to be appreciated! I also know that when the time comes for us to pass beyond the veil and meet those loved ones who have already passed, we will still be great friends even though we have eternal companions waiting for us.
Today in Relief Society we journeyed to the Visitor's Center to watch the video called "To This End Was I Born." It is a very moving video of Christ's last few days spent in Gethsemane, the last supper, and of course the events leading to His crucifixion and resurrection. I have seen it before but each time I see it, I gain a new appreciation for Christ and the example He set for us and me in particular. I can't even imagine the pain and suffering, and all for the benefit of mankind in helping us to return to our Father, THROUGH OUR OBEDIENCE to the laws of God. I am sure I still have much work to do in this life to be worthy of this great blessing but I hope I am at least moving forward.
Well, it is late so I think I will close for tonight. More next Sunday.
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