Fairview, Texas
Planning and approval phase; site location announced;
exterior rendering released; final plat approved;
legal action ongoing; groundbreaking not announced.
Book of Mormon
Ether 3:17-28
D&C
138:38-60
Come Follow Me
D&C 138:25-60
The Savior's work continues on the other side of the veil.
October General Conference
'Be Reconciled to God'
Elder Kelly R. Johnson
Today would have been Nannie's 120th birthday. Happy birthday in Heaven, Nannie!
James and I left the house at 8 a.m. to pick up Virgil Cooper and go to the temple. This will be my 29th endowment session this year.
When we got to Virgil's, he was not outside waiting like he normally is. James called him and he said he would be right out. We waited for over ten minutes. We were going to give him until 8:30 which was about five more minutes when he came out. I hope we are not late.
Virgil asked us how we liked Brother Lauritzen's presentation on Sunday. We told him we went home after the first hour because we had company. He said the presentation was about the family and he quoted some statistics. He said that the country of Japan is going bankrupt because they have an aging work force and since very few people are having children, there is no one to take their place. They are becoming a consumer rather than a producer society. China is going down the same track with their one child only policy. Brother Lauritzen said the statistics in the U.S. show the birth rate going down, even in the LDS community. Brother Lauritzen has a bag full of statistics. He was the same way in our marriage class. I remember somewhere hearing that someday it would only be LDS women that would be having children. It looks like the world is slowly going in that direction.
When we got to the temple we had to wait for Virgil to find his recommend and get it out before going upstairs. James and I both made the session, but Virgil did not. He was able to do initiatories though.
We had lunch at Eva's. I decided I was going to try the poblano relleno, the dish that Kim likes so well. I was disappointed. I did not like the rice and black beans, and the stuffed poblano was okay. I wasn't a big fan of the red sauce or the cream sauce. I took most of it home. Next time it will be a chile relleno.
Virgil is an interesting conversationalist. He talked about the ill-effects of LED lights. He also talked about majoring in music in college and changing his major to business. He played the trombone and found the only really good job he could get would be playing in a bar late at night and he didn't want that lifestyle.
On the way to the temple James started telling me about 80,000 Somalian's in Minneapolis who Trump is trying to deport for fraud. He said they collected money for charities and then used the money to support themselves. I asked him if we could listen to a conference talk instead. We listened to Elder Kelly Johnson's talk, "Be Reconciled to God."
We stopped at the distribution center in Snowflake but they don't open until 1 on Friday and it was noon when we were on our way home. I told Kerri I would try to pick up some garments for her mother. Sorry I couldn't help.
I did not wear my new temple dress today because it is still too hard to zip. I need to do more practicing at home.
I did two blogposts today and wrapped two gifts. I also noticed that Tom and Sam are getting fat. I guess I am feeding them too much.
I am not really in to decorating for Christmas this year. The only other thing I want to put up besides the tree is my nativity set.
This place was advertised at Eva's.
It's actually located in Clay Springs.
My lunch
It smells like Christmas!
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