Beehive House and Luz De Las Naciones
Monday started with a Mission Devotional. We don't normally have a devotional on the 5th Monday, but President Holmes wanted to talk to us about the two talks he asked us to read the week before. I don't remember exactly what he said; but, I do remember how it made me feel.
The day was slow so I was able to work on my list some more. It is coming along just fine. Monday evening we had a wonderful Family Home Evening. The Durrant's were in charge and we had a wonderful discussion. After the discussion we played a very fun game. Instead of the Newly Wed Game we played the Oldy Wed Game. We all laughed so hard. The Beeches won, getting nearly every question right. We managed to get three right and two others almost right. I think we were about average with everyone else.
Tuesday we started with a nice Zone Devotional. The rest of the day was about the same as Monday. We left early so we could go to the Temple. We got to be the witness couple again for our endowment session. After our session we had a wonderful sealing session. Our sealing was so great. We managed to get all our names done. The Spirit was so strong. I love the Temple.
Wednesday was a bit unusual. It was drizzly and a little colder then it had been. I didn't check the weather before I left so I walked to work in the drizzle and got damp. By the time I got up to the 28th floor it was snowing. However, it was only snowing up high. It never managed to snow at street level. At noon I went to a lecture about Eliza Snow and Emmeline Wells. It was fascinating. Not long after the lecture we had our team meeting. It went well and didn't go too long over our time.
Wednesday evening Sister Linford and I left Elder Linford and Elder Wilcox to support the Utah Area Presidency and Elder Christofferson - November Message - Video Recording event while we went on a tour of the Beehive House with the Relief Society. Because of the bad weather we didn't get that many sisters, but it was actually a perfect number. It had been years since I last visited that house so it was fun to see it again. They have opened up several new areas and added a lot to the tour. We enjoyed it very much. I took lots of pictures.
On Thursday we had another Zone Devotional. It was a beautiful day with lots of sunshine but still very cold. We had three events that day but only one we actually had to support. That event had two sessions; one in the afternoon and one in the evening. The Linfords did the afternoon session and we did the evening one. It was called Life Resources Test. It informed 12 different Stakes about a new addition to the Tool app that will have lots of resources to different callings. Eventually it will role out to everyone.
Friday was spent like the rest of the week. I continued work on my list and helping Interpreters with their invoices. Elder Wilcox took care of things he had to do for a few events coming up. Elder Wilcox was done by 4 and went home. I didn't finish what I was doing, but decided I could complete it on Saturday.
On Saturday I worked for about 1 1/2 hours on HawkSoft before I finished up what I was working on with my list. Steve went shopping. It works out so nice because I hate shopping and he loves it. I'm happy to stay home and work and he is happy to get out and shop. It's a win win for both of us.
He got home just in time for us to get ready for the event we had that evening. For the first time since COVID started we were able to do an in person Luz De Las Naciones event at the Conference Center. Last year was the first time I had ever heard of the event. In English it is called "Light of the Nations" and apparently they do it every year. It is all in Spanish, and we interpret it into English and Portuguese. We actually get to hear our interpreters since we get it in English.
Last year the event was prerecorded and we interpreted the recordings as if they were live. One of the stars of the production is also one of our interpreters and he actually did the interpretation into English last year. This year, Alex was again one of the stars; but since it was live, he couldn't do the interpretation too. he sang three fantastic songs. There were lots of songs and dances. It was a beautiful event. Elder Soares was the main speaker. It was a really fun evening.
There was another event that started just about the time we were ending. The Linfords covered that event. It went from about 11pm to 1am. It was Elder Andersen Pacific Area Member Devotional. Normally it would have all been done in country, but for some reason Samoa couldn't do it so we had a couple of Samoan interpreters come into the COB to cover the event.
Sunday Church was good. I always love Testimony meeting. After our meeting we had our monthly Break the Fast on our floor. It is kind of sad as the Hiltbrands are leaving this coming week and they have been in charge of our Break the Fast every month. We have enjoyed them very much since they had joined our family home evening group.
I hope you have a wonderful week.
All our Love,
It sounds nice to have a quiet week. That final picture must come from the light of the nations event?
ReplyDeleteYour work sounds so good and you are accomplishing so much. Very happy you got to tour the Beehive House. My grandmother lived there while going to U of U. I always love thinking of her there. She was strong and loving and helped so many people.
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