Medford, Oregon
79th operating temple
Dedicated: 16 Apr 2001
By: James E. Faust
Book of Mormon
3 Nephi 23
Come Follow Me
3 Nephi 23:5-13
October General Conference
'The Man Who Communed with Jehovah'
Elder Kyle S. McKay
"Joseph Smith was 'blessed to open the last dispensation,' and we are blessed that he did."
After I finally got to sleep I was able to sleep through most of the night. Thank goodness for Prednisone.
We left for the valley at 7:25 after prayer. We listened to scriptures, "Come Follow Me, and "Follow Him" on the way to the valley.
We had several construction stops between Heber and the Rim and afterwards the traffic was backed up and slow.
We still arrived early at AARA, around 11pm. My appointment is at 11:30. Wyatt, the new boy I met last time I was here, called me back before 11:30. We chatted like old friends. The best part was Rana came in on time! She has never done that before. I told her how miserable I had been until after I took my first dose of Prednisone. I was grateful that it worked so fast. Much faster than the last time I took it.
Rana said in order for me to feel better she was going to up my dosage of Leflunomide. I said I didn't like the medicine and I definitely don't want to take more of it. She said okay and we discussed new medications. We came up with Orencia, a once a month infusion. Rana will try to get it approved by my insurance before my next appointment on October 28th.
We drove over to the Hatch job in Tempe to meet Armando. He and James went inside and looked at the job and talked to Armando about what needed to be done and hoped he could meet with Greg Hatch so we didn't have to stay around waiting for him to get back from Scottsdale where he took his wife, Florence, to the doctor.
Armando collected $4000 from David Chacon and gave it to James. Well, that was worth the trip down here.
We were both hungry and I didn't want to get fast food. I told James my choices were Olive Garden or Cheesecake Factory. He drove to Olive Garden. The entire time we were there, James was on the phone with a windshield replacement company the entire tie we were in Olive garden. He is trying to set up an appointment for the 28th when we are down here again. The problem is James set up payment by our old insurance company, National General, way back at the beginning o f September. Since it has been so long it seems as if all of our information has been lost in the system. The person on the phone was from the windshield company. They are tenacious.
James ordered chicken marsala fettucine and I ordered soup, salad and breadsticks. I don't know how James could enjoy is meal with that distracting phone call. My first soup was Zuppa Toscana. It had a good flavor but was a little watery. Next I ordered Chicken Gnocchi. It was better but I didn't eat it all. I guess I was full from the salad and two breadsticks I ate. I tasted James's dish. It was delicious.
James called and spoke with Greg Hatch. He was fine with meeting with Armando instead of James, so we headed home. We went the Globe way because that is James's favorite way and he says it is 20 minutes shorter. I'm not sure about that. We got home around 6 pm. Tom was very happy to see us. We had left him outside with his food and water and he was ready to come in.
James walks and listens to 'The Secrets of Stonebridge.' I worked on my blog and watched a Casey Elliott Christmas movie on GAF. Casey is an LDS singer in the group called Gentry. He also plays Satan in one of the temple films. I also watched an episode of 'Ruby and the Well.'
Tom followed James while he walked and then slept on our bed.
BTW, I feel great, like in my 30's great. It's been a long time since I have felt this good!
I got a text from Rosie Lauritzen this morning. She missed me on Sunday. It is nice to be missed!
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Olive Garden
Chicken Marsala Fettucini
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