Monday started with a day at the "Big Picture Event" presented by FamilySearch. Steven Rockwood the managing director of Family History Department came and spoke with us for a few minutes. What a treat. It was an all day event with both breakfast and lunch served on site. We learned from Rod De Giulio, senior VP of FamilySearch International and Director of PAS "The Lord has especially prepared you for the work you will do." I have found this statement to be true in my life. I am so grateful to have the health to be able to serve him in my retirement years.
It is starting to feel like winter is coming. I even pulled out my light jacket to break the cold wind. We see snow on the mountain tops. This picture was taken as we drove into Bountiful returning from the Family History Center. It has not yet frozen on the valley floor but the snow on the mountain tops seems like it is here to stay.
Friday was our research and temple day. We decided to drive to Layton and do our research at the Layton FamilySearch center.
This is part of the discovery center. We timed it just right to run into the director of this new facility. He was interested in our missionary tags and gave us a tour of the building.
This picture is looking toward the computer center, where you do your research. There is also a large computer lab where classes can be taught and a classroom that holds large groups. The director said they often have groups of forty plus youth visit the facility. It was busy today with guests who were doing their own family history work. Elder Koberstein and I hope soon there can be a Regional FamilySearch Center built near our home in California. It is a great place to teach the youth and adults about family history work.
We finally made it to the Brigham City temple, third try since it was dedicated. This is the eleventh of the seventeen operating temples in Utah we have visited since arriving in Utah. We hope to be able to visit the six remaining dedicated temple before our mission ends. This temple has nice underground parking, amazing in the wintertime. It is one of the few temples in the world to have fruit bearing trees growing on the grounds. A big part of the economy in Brigham City has been the fruit grown in the area. Peach blossoms play a big part in the temple's interior design. When we finished at the temple we drove down highway 89 and bought a few of the last peaches this year and a butternut squash to bring back to Bountiful.
The flowers that Susan's children planted in their flower garden last spring are just starting to bloom.
They are a beautiful variety of colors.
Each night we wonder if it will be the night that freezes.
Saturday evening was a hard decision. We had bought tickets for the BYU football game in Provo & there was a Zone Leader Social at the same time.
We chose to give our tickets away and attend the social which was held about two blocks from the Family History Library parking lot. It was an amazing walk with the Conference Center on one side and
the beautiful Salt Lake temple on the other side of us. I still marvel at the blessing we are enjoying serving here. I never get tired of Temple Square.
This is a beautiful home we passed on our walk.
We enjoy visiting with other couples that serve as zone leaders in the Family History Library and a wonderful potato bar dinner. On the walk back to our car we saw the Salt Lake Temple with a crescent moon near. Heavenly Father has blessed us to be able to enjoy such beauty.
When we returned to Bountiful we listening to Brigham Young Universality vs Hawaii Football game. It was a fun game to listen to which ended with a decisive 49/23 win for BYU.
A THOUGHT FOR YOU
If you give your heart to God and walk in faith and compassion, He will use you in ways you cannot now imagine. -Dean M. Davies
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