OUR FAMILY: Tuesday April 2, 2024: Judy Hunter service project, Tom locked in years supply room, temple cleaning, Tom watches a video of himself, Earthquake in Taiwan

Thursday, April 11, 2024

Tuesday April 2, 2024: Judy Hunter service project, Tom locked in years supply room, temple cleaning, Tom watches a video of himself, Earthquake in Taiwan

Palmyra, New York

77th operating temple

Dedicated: 6 April 2000

By: Gordon B. Hinckley

Book of Mormon

Jacob 2:1-16

Come Follow Me

Jacob 1:6-8, 15-19; 2:1-11 "I have an 'errand from the Lord.'"

April General Conference

"Put Ye On the Lord Jesus Christ" Sister J. Anette Dennis

Book

Visions of Glory

There was a service project at Judy Hunter's this morning that James participated in. She is moving all of her belongings out of her house into a connex container. It will be a couple of months before she will be able to move back into her house because of her broken waterline and flood.

Before James left he went downstairs to check on the basement leak. He didn't realize that Tom had followed him down when he shut the years supply room door. I didn't realize Tom had gone downstairs either. Yesterday he went upstairs and went to sleep under the bed in James's office. That's where I thought he was this morning.

James was gone for a couple of hours. When he returned I asked him if he would go upstairs and check on Tom. He came back down and said, "He's not there." Where is he? Maybe he went downstairs with me this morning. He came back with Tom and a disgusted look on his face. "I locked him in the years supply room and he tore up the carpet trying to get out." Poor Tom! He deserves a treat.

We had another service project this evening that James participated in. He helped to clean the Snowflake temple. He picked up Collin and Wendy Dewitt to ride with him. Wendy asked him where I was. He said I wasn't feeling well. Wendy said, "Oh, I'm disappointed."

Others who helped clean the temple from our ward:

Cress & Richard Miller, Stefani & Sean Hunsaker, Alicia Hunsaker, Willy & Janna Grombach, Ralph & Cheryl Sedig, Chris & Becky Skousen, Sam & Amy Gordon, Lindsay Shaw, and Bob Hipps.

At home I bonded with Tom. He jumped up on my desk while I was looking at photos and videos on my computer. Tom was interested in watching a video of himself playing with his bird. He followed me around most of the evening and we ended up sleeping on the recliner.

There was an earthquake in Taiwan today. It reminded Collin of them serving in Taipei on their temple mission and living in a ten story apartment.