The morning sky in Vernon
"Put Your Trust in the Lord"
Elder Ballard
"The light of Christ radiates in the faces of our missionaries. There is an urgency for all of us
to be engaged in sharing the gospel."
My gospel study lasted about four hours this morning and was so enjoyable to me. Studying the gospel is probably my favorite thing to do!
I had a conversation with Rita my cousin who is the same age as I am and has rheumatoid arthritis. She was recently diagnosed with leukemia and the doctor thinks it is a result of taking methotrexate and so he has taken her off of it. She felt good for about six weeks and now she is miserable and is looking for a rheumatologist who can prescribe something for her. Her family doctor has her on steroids (prednisone) but she can't be on that forever. I told her about my doctore and gave her the name of Darrel's doctor but the problem is she probably won't be able to get in until January. I wish her luck. I am glad that I am no longer on methotrexate and neither is Darrel.
The clouds are moving so swiftly across the sky today. I am grateful for my well-built comfy home which shelters me from the wind. I carried more boxes from the basement to the upstairs today. I am trying to make room downstairs for our canned goods from the cannery which are still in the garage. I also put more of my Easton Press leather bound books on the bookcase in our bedroom.
As I looked out my bedroom window today, enjoying the view, I noticed a piece of trash. It really bothered me so I bundled up to go outside and pick it up. It's a good thing I bundled up. It was windy and freezing cold!
On the way home from work James stopped at the post office and while he was there he saw Ed Miller who installed the heaters in our home. He told Ed our heater in the bedroom still wasn't working so Ed said he would be out today. The post office is the social hub of Vernon, next to the church, of course.
Ed came and got the heater running but I'm not confident that it's fixed. Sure enough, it worked for about 15 minutes and then stopped again. Ed said he would have to order a new control board for us. In the mean time, thank goodness for space heaters!
Snow! I attended Young Women's presidency meeting and then Mutual this evening. The missionaries serving in our ward, Elder Boyer and Elder Westover spoke to the young women. Sadie Westbrook, who leaves for her mission in January also spoke. Afterwards I noticed Trenda Wilhelm had tears in her eyes and was talking about serving a mission! Diana Curtis made a delicious cake for dessert. It was a great evening.
Watched the Christmas movie "Three Days" with James. It's a good one.
Stacy and Paul's family having dinner at Floridino's
with Tara, her fiance, and Trisha.
