Richmond, Virginia
177th operating temple
Dedicated: 7 May 2023
By: Dallin H. Oaks
Book of Mormon
Brief Explanation
Come Follow Me
"The Coming Forth of the Book of Mormon" by Elder Ulisses Soares, April 2020 General Conference
October General Conference
"Love Thy Neighbor" by Elder Ian S. Arden
I woke up at 3:48 but didn't actually get up until 4:25. These early morning hours are sacred time. It's my time to pray, study, plan and prepare and hopefully receive some personal revelation.
At 7:25 James and I left for the church. The first two weeks of the year we are always assigned to cleaning duty. We work with Tina & Steve Allen and this year Ken & Anne Johnson. Nicolette Gardner is also assigned be she is totally inactive now.
We met Tina Allen who has a key and unlocked the door. Her husband Steve is the first counselor in the bishopric. He won't be here today to help because he is gone hunting with their son Rusty.
Such a polite, kind, and fun young man. He always held the door for me or offered to carry things for me.
The Allen's are a wonderful family.
James always wants to clean the chapel. It took him twice as long to do the chapel as it did for Tina and I to do our chores. Tina emptied garbages, cleaned windows, and did spot vacuuming throughout the building. I cleaned the bathrooms. I know, I know, I'm slow. Tina and I visited a few minutes before she left. She offered me a donut which she was offered by Teresa Heinz who is in charge of the RS sewing activity this morning. I declined and boy am I glad I did. I told her I had already eaten, which I had. Tina said she only ate half of her longboy but it made her lightheaded and woozie. She was going to go home and make some scrambled eggs to counteract all of the carbs.
It was great to see young women participating in the RS basic sewing class. I saw Lily Flake and the Jameson girls. Some of the sewing experts from our ward were there to help; Catherine Halcomb and Pam Wood. Pam Wood is known for her gorgeous quilts. Here is her latest project.
it will take her 3-5 months to finish, working
on it sporadically.
I offered to help James but it's really a one person job. He is determined to get every piece of lint off those brocade benches.
As I was waiting for James, our Relief Society president, Cheryl Sedig came in to the foyer and mentioned that she needed to take down the Christmas trees. There is one in each foyer. I told her I would help her. Brother Lauritzen, who was at the church to provide security for the Relief Society activity offered to go to the storage room on the other side of the parking lot and get the required boxes to put the trees and decorations away. He is our executive secretary so he has a key.
I started taking down the ornaments in the south foyer. Soon James was finished in the chapel and he helped too. He "stuffed" the Christmas trees back in their boxes and taped them up using scotch tape and caution tape because that's all we had.
When everything was out of the south foyer I vacuumed up debris from the tree and moved the furniture back in its proper place.
Cheryl and James were already in the north foyer finishing up. I came over and vacuumed that foyer too. Cheryl was very appreciative for our help as she was going to do it on her own. We were happy to help.
It was late morning when we left the church. James had promised me lunch in town after our cleaning. He also needed to go to Home Depot to exchange some screws. While waiting for James outside of Home Depot I finished up a Christmas movie I had been watching on my phone.
We went to Culver's for lunch. Neither of us wanted to go inside so we went through the Drive-thru. I ordered a vanilla waffle cone and a chicken cashew salad. I had to eat the cone first because it was melting. James ordered a chicken sandwich. James ate his chicken sandwich and finished up my salad when we got home.
After my nap I decided to start making reservations for our Disneyland trip with Ruby and Lola on the 22nd of this month.
I made a reservation at Embassy Suites on Harbor. Afterwards I realized I had made a one room instead of the standard two room suite reservation. I asked for an upgrade and they said they would give it upon availability. This is hanging over my head. One of the things we like about ES is their two room suites.
Next I went on the Disneyland site to buy tickets. I got all the way to checkout when there was a credit card offer for a premium Disney card where they would deduct $300 from your bill for the first three month usage. I applied and am waiting to hear back before I order tickets.
While I was working in the bedroom on my computer, Jimmy & Tamara Applegate came over to meet with James about the building of their new home. They met for over an hour at the dining room table. I gave them each a glass of water and Tamara a pen, pencil and pad of paper so she could take notes. Ty is working in Tucson as an apprentice to an electrician. He wants a job where he has to use his brain not just his brawn. He will be a good influence on his brother Jace who also lives in Tucson.
This evening James and I worked on taking down the Christmas decor. The hardest job is getting all of the strands of lights off the tree. Also, it came with lights which are clipped on and no longer work. You have to work around them when taking off the other lights. So many strings of lights. Kim loves lights. We did not finish.
Walking stories, "Lily of the Manor" for me and "A Hopeful Christmas" for James and I.
I started watching a new Hallmark movie, "Love on the Right Course" starring Ashley Newborough and Marc Rosner.
We are fasting for our adult grandchildren who no longer attend their meetings or partake in the gospel.
RS Activity
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she has one she will sell to me for $10.
I told her it was worth more than that.
Pam's quilts
Brian Maxwell
Jared Ammon posted these pictures. He was so sad to
here that Tabby ran away.
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