Week 29 - November 12-17

Monday evening was our branches "Hail and Farewell" dinner.  It is a Monday evening when all the full time missionaries in our City Creek Branch have a pot luck dinner and welcome new full time missionaries who have arrived in the mission the past two months and say goodbye to those who will be going home in the next two months.  One of the highlights of the evening is when the young Elders in the branch sing "Called to Serve" to the senior missionaries.  This is a picture of them singing.

Elder Koberstein and I had the opportunity to walk from the Family History Library to the Joseph Smith Memorial Building on Friday with a couple from Russia that are interested in serving a mission.  They have been members of the church for twenty years in Sochie, Russia.  Fun to share a few minutes with them.  On the walk back to the Family History Library the sunlight was beautiful on the Salt Lake Temple. 

Saturday we drive to Logan and attend two of our grand children's piano recital at The Red Balloon Toy Store.  I took this picture of the Brigham City Temple as we drove through Brigham City.

Our five year old grand daughter played "Old MacDonald" and Dancing Drums".  She has been playing since September.

Our eight year old Grandson played "My Best Friend" as a duet with his mother and then "Tarantula's Twist" alone.  He has played for about a year.  After the recital we were invited out to "The Pizza Place".  It was fun to sit, visit and eat together at a favorite place for the grand kids.

Sunday I was given the opportunity to cook dinner for my sister and her husband.  I chose to cook Honey-Mustard Chicken with roasted winter vegetables.  I generally do not like Brussels sprouts but his recipe has made me a believer that sometimes they are meant to be eaten.

Look what we found on the way to sacrament meeting this afternoon.  Temple square is getting ready for Christmas.  This manger scene looks like it could be from Japan using Kokeshi dolls.  Wikipedia defines "Kokeshi (こけし, 小芥子 kokeshi), are Japanese dolls, originally from northeastern region (Tōhoku-chihō) of Japan. They are handmade from wood, have a simple trunk and head with a few thin, painted lines to define the face."

A THOUGHT FOR YOU

And it came to pass that I (Nephi) said unto them (Laman & Lemuel) that I knew that I had spoken hard things against the wicked, according to the truth; and the righteous have I justified, and testified that they shall be lifted up at the last day; Wherefore, the guilty taketh the truth to be hard, for it cutteth them to the very center.

And now my brethren, if ye were righteous and were willing to hearken to the truth, and give heed unto it, that  ye might walk uprightly before God, then ye would not murmur because of truth, and say:  Thou speakest hard things against us.  -1 Nephi 16 2-3