Papeete, Tahiti
25th operating temple
Dedicated: 27-29 Oct 1983
By: Gordon B. Hinckley
Book of Mormon
2 Nephi 31:1-21
Come Follow Me
D&C 20:38-60
Priesthood service blesses Church members and their families.
(Same as yesterday, oops!)
October General Conference
'Aligning Our Will with His'
Ulisses Soares
"One of the most glorious moments of mortality occurs when we discover the joy that comes when doing always those things that 'work for and please the Lord and 'what works for us' become on and the same. To decisively and unquestioningly make the Lord's will our own requires majestic and heroic discipleship! At that sublime moment, we become consecrated to the Lord, and we totally yield our wills to Him. Such spiritual submissiveness, so to speak, is beautiful, powerful, and transformational."
We left for the valley at 6:40 this morning. Tom was asleep on the chair again so inside he stayed. I talked James into going the Payson way convincing him we would come back the Globe way.
We stopped at Arby's on Southern & Country Club again so James could use the restroom. This time he came out with a Reuben sandwich. I had a couple of bites but I'm saving up to go to Cafe Rio for lunch to get a sweet pork taco.
We met Armando at the Landings where he and Henry were working on a fence. Armando gave us a check for $3,790.00 from the Landings. We brought some cash to deposit so we headed for the Chase bank on Chandler Blvd. and Alma School. James ran in to Armando who was cashing the check James wrote to him. After the bank we went to Circle K to get a drink and then on to Sheri's to check out her leaky roof.
James examined the leak and told Sheri how Ian could fix it.
Sheri gave me lots of gifts from Italy and Switzerland. She gave James some dark chocolate.
James and I agreed that these were the best chocolates we have ever had!
Chocolate box and two little lambs, Sheri knows I collect them
The best basalmic vinegar andolive oil on the planet
Deep purple Italian leather purse.Tom approves!
Thank you Sheri, so much!
After leaving Sheri's we dropped off some dry cleaning at Monterrey Cleaners which Sheri will pick up for us. We then went to the Chandler Costco. We walked in, picked up four cartons of Premier Protein shakes and got in line to pay for them. James sold my little trailer to Paul Peeler for $100 and then gave me the money. We spent them on these shakes which were still on sale, $6 off a carton, $25.99 each. James said this was the quickest trip we have ever made to Costco and he was right!
From Costco we went across Chandler Blvd. to the Cafe Rio north of the Chandler mall and had lunch. There were one or two people having lunch when we got there so we beat the crowd. I ordered my sweet pork taco and James had a fire-grilled chicken tostado, only this time he made the mistake of getting a hotter pico de gallo and didn't really enjoy it as much as last time.
I like getting some guacamole to go on my taco
After finishing our lunch and the place was beginning to get crowded, we left and headed north on the 101 freeway for Tempe.
We had seen Dawn leave Sheri's neighborhood when we were going in so I asked her what she was doing in Chandler. She said today was Terry's birthday and she was taking him his gifts. Cathi had hernia surgery yesterday so he is staying home with her. I'm glad she mentioned Terry's birthday because it gave James a chance to wish him a happy one.
We gave Carmen a hug and enjoyed visiting with Dave, Laura, Rebecca, Dawn, Lois and Carmen. Dave was replacing a shower head and he and James had a nice visit. The women, except for Lois who was in her chair, were all seated around the dining room table making greeting cards. Laura said she wasn't making any cards because her hands were too shaky but she was sitting and visiting with everyone else. Dawn helped me make a "hearts" card. Carmen made some Christmas cards and gave them to me. I should have thought and made a couple of Easter cards to give to Charlie and Scarlett. Why do I always think of the good ideas after the fact.
Carmen told some interesting family stories and I am so glad we came because this time helped me to feel closer to all of these sweet "sisters" of mine. I'm sorry Cathi couldn't be here.
The card I made was supposed to look like this one.
The outside of the card. Dawn did this for me.
I did not take any pictures of anyone. I am so miffed with myself. You can see Carmen in this picture. Everyone is getting together to play dominoes on Monday and I am going to ask Laura to take some pictures for me.
We said our goodbyes and left around 3 pm. James needed to stop at White Cap, a construction company located on McQueen and Baseline, before leaving town. He picked up what he needed and we headed out on the 60 towards Superior into a dust storm.
Visibility was okay because the dust storm was in the distance.
In the mountains past Superior it began to rain, and it rained hard.
We stopped at the Walmart in Miami/Globe to get a new charger cord for our phones as the one in the car no longer works and we want to listen to our book. It was raining and the wind blowing so hard it turned my umbrella inside out. James fixed it and we trudged in to the store.
You would think this would be a busy, messy Walmart like the one in Show Low. Not so. It was quiet and clean and we enjoyed shopping in it. James picked out a 6 ft. pink, sparkly cord. I picked out a pair of sweat pants in a size smaller than I have worn in years and after checking out we trudged back to the car in the rain and wind.
Lois had given us a container of her enchiladas when we left her house and I munched on them instead of having to stop for dinner. James said he wasn't hungry and would wait to get home to eat.
Raining hard but out visibility is still ok We are so grateful for the moisture our state is receiving!
Just before getting in to Show Low it began to snow. Between Show Low and Vernon it was snowing so hard, the visibility was limited. The line of cars we were in were going about 20 mph. Some of them turned off at the Y and we went a little faster, around 40 but no faster.
It was past 7:30 when we got home. Tom was so happy to see us!
We were grateful to be home safe and sound. James was going to leave the car outside of the garage but I reminded him we were going to the temple in the morning and we didn't want it to be covered with snow.
