San Salvador, El Salvador
135th operating temple
Dedicated: 21 Aug 2011
By: Henry B. Eyring
Jesus Christ, Son of man
John 8:28
Then said Jesus unto them, When ye have lifted up the Son of man, then shall ye know that I am he, and that I do nothing of myself; but as my Father hath taught me, I speak these things.
Book of Mormon
Ether 4:1-19
"Come Follow Me"
Haggai 1; 2:1-9 "Consider Your Ways" Zechariah 1-3.
Names of Christ
Holy One of Israel - Isaiah 5:19
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OctGenCon
This Day
Elder Ronald A. Rasband
Of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles
"The truths of the Book of Mormon," President Nelson has said, "have the power to heal, comfort, restore, succor, strengthen, console, and cheer our souls." I have watched as these copies of the Book of Mormon has been clutched in the hands of those who have received them from our prophet of God. There could be no greater gift.
We left for the Gilbert temple from Darrel & Trina's around 9 a.m.
I thought it would take us at least 20 minutes but it only took ten so we were early. We finished up our scriptures and listened to a conference talk while waiting in our car. We started for the door around 9:30. The first person we saw while waiting in the foyer was Wes Smith from our ward in Vernon. He and his wife Teresa come down to Apache Junction in the winter. He said Teresa was already inside. Stacy came in as we were talking to Wes so we introduced them. We waited for Sheri and I texted her. She said to go ahead and go in the dressing room and she would meet us there and get her name from me. She got her name, went through the new name booth and went up to the waiting area. I waited for Stacy. Stacy and I rode the elevator up. The session was about two thirds full. Kelsey Folz and her husband were the witness couple. Kelsey visits in Vernon quite often and eventually they want to move up. Her mother Kristine Hipps, is in our ward.
James and I were in the prayer roll. I knew he would want to be, he almost always does. The young man who was the officiator of the session looked like he was maybe 20 or 21. He did a great job.
Sheri told me she was going to hurry back to work so I didn't even get to talk to her at all. I saw Teresa Smith in the celestial room. Stacy and I sat and talked for awhile until James came in and we all three left to go back to the locker rooms. As I was leaving the locker room I saw Betty Bogle and her daughter Elise who is visiting from North Carolina. We visited a few minutes and then I left to go to the foyer. James was there. I sat down and we waited for Stacy. I texted her and she was already outside. I guess my trip to the bathroom took longer than I thought. We talked a few minutes outside and she gave me back my slippers and my dress, which was way too big for her. She ended up renting one. We gave Stacy a hug and wished her well with her foot surgery on Thursday.
It was almost noon by the time we left the temple. Where to eat? James wanted to wait until Globe and go to the bistro where he ate with Owen Peeler a few weeks ago. I didn't want to wait that long. I suggested Cafe Rio and he agreed. I love their sweet pork tacos. He got a beef taco and we both got a side of refried beans and a drink. We saw four sisters who were in our temple session there and I said hello to them. James got a phone call so he went outside. I told him I was going to Deseret Book because I wanted to look at the calendars. I got one with Simon Dewey paintings. I also got the following:
We left Deseret Book and headed back to Eastmark to Darrel and Trina's. Ruby was the only one home. She had the door locked and was watching TV so she didn't hear us knock on the door. Luckily I knew the code for the garage door so James opened it and we went in. We went upstairs, changed our clothes, gathered up our things, said goodbye to and hugged Ruby and we were on our way.
These two days were some of the best days we have had for quite awhile. We visited with James's mom and Dawn, shopped at Costco with our rewards check, saw the temple lights and international nativities, and attended the Gilbert temple with two of our daughters. Ate at one of my favorite places to eat and shopped at Deseret Book. The weather was perfect. Everything about this trip was wonderful.
The main priority for James when we got home was to feed Luna. She was waiting for him. After putting everything away I walked until I got 10,000 steps. James and I listened to "Healing Hazel" while we walked.
Yosemite in the winter
Shaun & Anna
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This one is for the clouds
Courtney and some of her Christmas cakes
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