Week 2-May 5-12, 2018

This is a picture of our district at the MTC, l to r Elder & Sister Koberstein (Utah Salt Lake City Headquarters Mission), Elder and Sister Freeman (Michigan Detroit Mission to serve in the city of Flint), Elder and Sister Cowleys (Japan Fukuoka Mission to serve in Okinawa).  We really enjoyed our time with them there.

On Saturday, May 5, Terry and I biked the Jordan River trail from Bountiful to Salt Lake City.  We then took the bus back to Bountiful.  It was a fun ride.

 It seems unbelievable that we are here in Salt Lake City.  This is a picture I took on our car ride in on Tuesday morning of the State Capital Building.  

 Our assigned parking is under the conference center for now.  We have two weeks of training before we are given our assignment for this next year.

This is the Salt Lake temple looking across the street for the conference center.

We have a beautiful morning walk to the Joseph Smith Memorial Building.  The tabernacle is on our walking path. 

On Tuesday morning as we were walking through the lobby in the Joseph Smith Memorial building Brother Haws, recorder for the Oakland temple, appeared.  He was in town for the temple recorders seminar.  They were having Breakfast in the Joseph Smith memorial building.  It was fun to receive an update with pictures on the progress of the work on the temple in Oakland.  He had pictures to share.  We enjoy our visit.

 On Thursday we took a tour of the top of the Church Office Building (COB).  It is the second tallest building in Salt Lake City.  This is a picture looking toward the Utah State Capital building.

Another view a different direction.

A view of the Salt Lake City temple.  Notice the copper roof, it has a blue cast to it.  It is a very unusual roof for a building but adds to its beauty.

Terry and I drove to the Ogden temple on Saturday morning.  It is quite a large temple with two exits which were confusing to me as I did not remember which one I entered through.

I received beautiful tulips from our oldest son, Lynn, for Mother's day and was priviledge to talk to each of our children on Mother's day.  We attended our ward in the Joseph Smith Memorial Building and then enjoyed dinner with Maylyn's family.  

Elder Koberstein and I are looking forward to another week of training and then receiving our mission assignment on Friday.