Today it is cloudy and looks like it may rain again, we haven't gotten any rain since the one storm I told you about, funny thing about that storm, we thought the miracle was that it didn't rain until the roof was done. Turns out the miracle was the storm itself, because of the storm it was discovered the roof leaked and had some problems that would not have been discovered until later when the storms really came and the roofing crew was gone. The President did some checking and found that in the last 30 years it has not once stormed on that date or that early! Sometimes what we think of as a miracle or an answer to a prayer is in reality or hindsight a completely different answer! This to me is such a testimony that God truly is aware of us and what is going on in His Kingdom and in our lives and that He is indeed involved in all the details. The problems have been taken care of and the roof is now ready for the rains and the crew is wiser and ready to do the next five temples the right way.
Monday we were going to go on an excursion but no one was really up to it, Chris is still recovering from her knee surgery, Jan wasn't feeling well (turns out she had strep and was sick in bed all week), and Ross was still recovering from his cold, so we stayed home and rested up. Part of that resting up included going to the movie Cinderella at noon, matinees here are pretty reasonably priced, for just over $7.00 we can both go to the movie. What a cute show, we all enjoyed it so much, if you haven't seen it, we all recommend it, even President Atkinson went and liked it, all week our catchphrase has been be brave and be kind! We also ate dinner together at the Norman's, he made two kinds of Chinese and I made fried rice, sister Peña made a delicious mango desert. I will have to make it when I come home. It turned out to be a wonderful day.
Tuesday and Wednesday were pretty normal temple days, we really enjoy the missionaries Wednesday mornings, one of the girls from the states told me how much she likes to visit with me because I remind her of her grandma, that made my day! Thursday we had no busses scheduled so the temple was closed until 3:30, Ross is coordinator Thursday and I was subbing as the coordinator, it was really slow so they sent us home early since we had to be back by six in the morning. Friday we had 4 busses and were programed to have 3 Primera Vezes, quite often they don't make appointments and we had a lot more than that! Plus they had a bunch of sealings.
Saturday was incredible - We worked 13and1/2 hours,10 straight of that dad was in the baptistery, they did around 3200 baptisms and confirmations and a total of 4200 ordinances, we had 12 busses and a group of 100 young single adults that came in cars for the evening. We had 22 first time endowments and 7 sealings. This day broke every record for our little temple. You would not have believed the quiet and reverence and the beautiful feeling inside with that many people, it was amazing. Also the spirit of love, unity, and cooperation. We truly can accomplish great things through and with Christ.
We got to see our friends the Avilas on Saturday, they were here from Pachuca, it is always good to see them. We also saw a young man we worked with in Mexico City while he was waiting for his visa, Elder Rincon, he is of course home now, he is engaged and working at the CCM in Mexico City. His English is now really good and he was so happy to see us. It has been so great to see so many of the people we knew from our first mission and such a fun surprise.
Today we went with John and Chris Norman to the other Universidad Ward, John was teaching the joint Relief Society and Priesthood class for the Ward Conference. It was such a great meeting, he is a master teacher, he taught about being yoked with Christ through our temple covenants, and how we truly become His as we take His name upon us. Oh how we love the temple and learning about the importance of the temple in our lives.
We love all of you so very much, take care of each other and of yourselves, hugs and loves to all.
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| This week they got the water cistern in and covered, see the new concrete in front. But they have piled dirt back on top of what was leveled in back. |
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