Vernal, Utah
50th operating temple
Dedicated: 2 Nov 1997
By: Gordon B. Hinckley
Jesus Christ, Examplar
Hebrews 4:15
For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin.
Book of Mormon
Alma 19:12-21
New Testament "It is finished"
Matthew 27:44-50; Mark 15:33-38; Luke 23:39-46; John 19:25-30
General Conference
Christ: The Light that Shines in Darkness
Sharon Eubank
"Christ tenderly told the Nephites, 'I have commanded that none of you should go away.' Peter had that powerful epiphany in Acts 10 when he declared, 'God hath shewed me that I should not call any person common or unclean.' It is an unwavering requirement of Christian disciples and Latter-day Saints to show true love to one another. Jesus extends the same kind of invitation to us that He did to Zacchaeus: 'Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if you hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to you, and will sup with you, and you with me.' Christ sees us in our tree."
I got my books into the car so I knew that I could get them out. One of the boxes weighs 31 lbs. and the other weighs 33 lbs.
I drove to the post office and got my mail which included four books. I went on to Nita's house. When I got there I knocked on the door and rang the bell beside the door but no answer. I called. Again, no answer. I could hear the TV and saw her car was in the garage so I knew she must be home but for some reason she wasn't answering the door. I texted Pam and asked her to call Nita and after sitting on the porch for awhile I went back to sit in my car. After being there a minute or two I looked up and saw that the door was open.
When Nita got in the car she was apologetic for making me wait. I told her it was no problem I was just glad that she was all right.
We had to go through some road construction to get to the hospital but when we got to the hospital we found a parking spot in front immediately. Pam had told us it was packed today and we would need to get valet parking. Pam met us inside the door and we went and picked up Jenny and then we all walked down to the cafeteria. Pam gave both Nita and I a meal ticket for one item and a drink. Nita got a chicken sandwich and I got the salad bar.
As the four of us sat visiting we talked about Pam's dad and her son, Jenny's daughter who has a brain tumor and Jenny's son Robbie who is playing football for Monte.
Soon the conversation turned to Nita and her recent divorce. She was teary-eyed. She did not want a divorce and she is grieving.
After we said our goodbye's and going to the UPS store we made our way back to Vernon. Nita told me what happened to her from the time she left Vernon last year until coming back a few days ago.
She lives in Yuma during the winter. Let me go back to last summer when she and Calvin were here. Calvin began taking the missionary discussions and was baptized here last summer. Brother Howard was one of the ward missionaries who helped teach him.
Nita had cancer and had just come home from the hospital when about a month ago Calvin came to her and said that he didn't want to be a Mormon anymore and that he wanted a divorce. Nita and Calvin are both 85 years old and have been married before. Nita's first husband wouldn't allow her to join the Church. Their daughter joined and when her husband passed away, Nita joined.
When Calvin was baptized last year Nita was hopeful that she had found her eternal companion. Everything was fine as long as they were up here surrounded by members of the Vernon ward. When Calvin returned to Yuma and with Nita in the hospital with cancer, he began spending time with his old drinking buddies. They made fun of him being a "Mormon" and urged him to smoke and drink with them. I guess the peer pressure was too great for this 85 year old man and he went back to his old ways.
Nita is heart-broken and is grieving. I tried to comfort her on our trip back to Vernon. At one point she asked where I lived and I asked her if she wanted to come and see. She said yes, if I had the time.
Nita loved our house and kept going on and on about it. On our way back to her house we passed and stopped to talk to James who was on his way home from the valley.
At Nita's we exchange addresses and I give her a hug goodbye. She is going back to Yuma for doctor's appointments and won't be back until the end of July. I told her when she got back I would take her to the top of the ski lift at Sunrise. She seemed excited.
Nita's daughter, Dana, says Nita has alzheimer's but I did not see any indication of it today.
We saw lots of smoke from the Woodbury fire again this evening.
James and I watched the movie, "Wedding March 5, My Boyfriend's Back," starring Jack Wagner and Josie Bissett and Cindy Busby.
I drove to the post office and got my mail which included four books. I went on to Nita's house. When I got there I knocked on the door and rang the bell beside the door but no answer. I called. Again, no answer. I could hear the TV and saw her car was in the garage so I knew she must be home but for some reason she wasn't answering the door. I texted Pam and asked her to call Nita and after sitting on the porch for awhile I went back to sit in my car. After being there a minute or two I looked up and saw that the door was open.
When Nita got in the car she was apologetic for making me wait. I told her it was no problem I was just glad that she was all right.
We had to go through some road construction to get to the hospital but when we got to the hospital we found a parking spot in front immediately. Pam had told us it was packed today and we would need to get valet parking. Pam met us inside the door and we went and picked up Jenny and then we all walked down to the cafeteria. Pam gave both Nita and I a meal ticket for one item and a drink. Nita got a chicken sandwich and I got the salad bar.
As the four of us sat visiting we talked about Pam's dad and her son, Jenny's daughter who has a brain tumor and Jenny's son Robbie who is playing football for Monte.
Soon the conversation turned to Nita and her recent divorce. She was teary-eyed. She did not want a divorce and she is grieving.
After we said our goodbye's and going to the UPS store we made our way back to Vernon. Nita told me what happened to her from the time she left Vernon last year until coming back a few days ago.
She lives in Yuma during the winter. Let me go back to last summer when she and Calvin were here. Calvin began taking the missionary discussions and was baptized here last summer. Brother Howard was one of the ward missionaries who helped teach him.
Nita had cancer and had just come home from the hospital when about a month ago Calvin came to her and said that he didn't want to be a Mormon anymore and that he wanted a divorce. Nita and Calvin are both 85 years old and have been married before. Nita's first husband wouldn't allow her to join the Church. Their daughter joined and when her husband passed away, Nita joined.
When Calvin was baptized last year Nita was hopeful that she had found her eternal companion. Everything was fine as long as they were up here surrounded by members of the Vernon ward. When Calvin returned to Yuma and with Nita in the hospital with cancer, he began spending time with his old drinking buddies. They made fun of him being a "Mormon" and urged him to smoke and drink with them. I guess the peer pressure was too great for this 85 year old man and he went back to his old ways.
Nita is heart-broken and is grieving. I tried to comfort her on our trip back to Vernon. At one point she asked where I lived and I asked her if she wanted to come and see. She said yes, if I had the time.
Nita loved our house and kept going on and on about it. On our way back to her house we passed and stopped to talk to James who was on his way home from the valley.
At Nita's we exchange addresses and I give her a hug goodbye. She is going back to Yuma for doctor's appointments and won't be back until the end of July. I told her when she got back I would take her to the top of the ski lift at Sunrise. She seemed excited.
Nita's daughter, Dana, says Nita has alzheimer's but I did not see any indication of it today.
We saw lots of smoke from the Woodbury fire again this evening.
James and I watched the movie, "Wedding March 5, My Boyfriend's Back," starring Jack Wagner and Josie Bissett and Cindy Busby.
The Grapp's: Liana, Cammy,
Tildy, Leland, Emsley
The fire that destroyed our Pinedale cabin.
Love the "Welcome to my crib"
sign.
San Diego sunset
Love these sweet girls!
Photography by Kaufmann
San Diego fun!
San Diego entertainment by Michael
Phil's in San Diego the sandwich that
lasts a week.
San Diego sunset
Vernon sunset
The little girl with the big personality
