Week 23 - September 31- October 7

Tuesday this past week we had the privilege to work at the Family History Library on the Tuesday PM shift.  That means we work from 1pm to 9pm.  We love that time of day as we can sleep in, shop and exercise etc. before going in to the library.  Tuesday morning I tried my knee on the bike again.  We rode a little over six miles and it did okay.  It felt good to be on the bike again.

We saw the Bountiful temple on our ride.  It is the little white steeple on the mountain side above the school.

Friday some of our MTC group rode the FrontRunner train to the BYU vs Utah State football game.  We also invited our son, Louis, who graduated from Utah State, to go with us.  Elder Koberstein was sure it was a good ideas as we could all be happy.  If BYU won we would be happy and Louis would be happy for us.  If Utah State won Louis would be happy and we would be happy for him.  Elder Koberstein was happy for our son.

Our cousin Ida Beth and husband Larry stopped by on Saturday and visited with Susan and I for a few minutes between conference sessions.  They were headed back to Star Valley.

Elder Koberstein and I had the opportunity to attend "Music and the Spoken Word" this morning before the morning session of General Conference.  The Spoken Word's message was by Lloyd D. Newell titled "Set Our Hearts at Liberty".  He told the story of Valjean fron Victor Hugo's classic Les Miserables.  Jean Valjean spent 19 years in prison for stealing a loaf of bread.  When he was released he could not find employment or housing-or even a friendly word.  He stops by a cathedral and is offered a place to sleep and a meal.  He steals the church's silverware and the police catch him and bring him back.  The clergyman reports that he gave Valjean the silverware and wanted him to take the silver candlesticks too.  The police leave and the cleric challenges Valjean to use this gift to become an honest man.  The stunning act of grace, a gift some might say wasn't deserved, forever changes the course of Jean Valjean's life.

"God's love is 'pure, unbounded love' and He grants it not because we are strong but because we need strength, not because we are good but because He is good." Music and the spoken Word, October 7, 2018.

A THOUGHT FOR YOU

People are often unreasonable,

Irrational, and self-centered.

Forgive them anyway.

If you are kind, people may accuse you

Of selfish, ulterior motives. 

Be kind anyway.

If you are successful, 

You will win some unfaithful friends

And some genuine enemies.

Succeed anyway.

If you are honest and sincere 

People may deceive you.

Be honest and sincere anyway.

What you spend years creating, 

Others could destroy overnight

Create any way. 

If you find serenity and happiness, 

Some may be jealous.

Be happy anyway.

The good you do today, 

Will often be forgotten

Do good anyway.

Give the best you have,

And it will never be enough.

Give your best anyway.

In the final analysis,

It is between you and God.

It was never between you and them anyway.

-this version is credited to Mother Teresa