Our week has been a good one with shifts in the temple each day. Patronage is still slow but just being in the Lord's holy house is special. We continue to complete our own family file cards.
We have had very nice weather. The sun has shone, the wind has blown, and the clouds seem to nudge across the sky. We usually see beautiful clouds and sunshine when we go into the temple at 7 a.m. I think of what the saints must have felt watching the temple being built when they lived here. They were so anxious and desirous to have temple ordinances.
Monday was family home evening with author Lee Nelson. He is a teamster missionary here at present and wrote The Storm Testament series. They are an historical novel about the saints when they lived in Missouri, moved to Illinois, and then on to the west. I really enjoyed them and was excited when I saw he would be doing family home evening. He shared many more insights into the early saints living here and traveling west.
P-day was quiet. Bob headed to Normal, IL, to have the tires rotated on the car. He then went to Peoria and got the oil changed. I opted to stay home and spent the day cutting quilt squares and doing family history. It was great getting the family I am working on more together.
We didn't take many pictures this week, which amounted to only ones of three ash trees being cut down just past our apartment. We can see the spot right out our kitchen window. Bob enjoyed watching the progress of the two day event. They are cutting the trees down because they have a disease.
The end result and view from our window.
A local temple worker texted me on Saturday that they were at the Mule Festival in Kahota, MO. Now, I never knew about mule festivals, but we have decided they have festivals for just about anything here in the midwest. They are fun.
Now here's a real cowboy tryin' to get that ornery cyoose to jump the rail. Supposedly he will.
He's a pretty good looking' mule.
We enjoyed our Sunday trip to church with the McBride's. With them being from Arizona and knowing some of our family, we seem to always find plenty to talk about. Meetings went well. Sad news was 10 year old Hattie Jackson passed away. They were in the branch at the first of the year and I remember her coming to Primary. They moved to Iowa City. Last Sunday when her parents went to wake her up for church, she was dead. How hard that must be for the family. The Lord's timing certainly is not our timing, but his marvelous plan and love does soften the heart ache. We stayed for the potluck and enjoyed good food and visiting with branch members.
Temple Face: The administration of the endowment to the general adult membership began after the dedication of a fully furnished space in the attic council chamber of the Nauvoo Temple. The work began on December 10, 1845 with 1,000 being endowed by the end of December. The saints were broken up into companies and one by one they entered the temple for the ceremony. Designated church authorities and their wives, together with others, guided the members through the ritual, using a variety of teaching techniques - lectures, representations, and symbols. Brigham Young and other members of the Twelve directed the work. All who entered the temple were expected to be physically, morally, and spiritually clean. Candidates for the ordinances were expected to bathe before entering the temple and to arrive in a spirit of fasting and prayer. The endowment administered in Nauvoo pertained only to the living recipient. It was not until 1877, in the St George Temple, members were permitted to participate as proxies in endowing deceased ancestors.
From Home:
We celebrated from a distance, the wedding of Saranie and Ty. Kendal was sweet enough to send us a photo at the reception.
Nick saying hello to Uncle Spencer.
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