For August, this is sure wet and cold
Dear family and friends
It has been a wet and cool start to August. (Nice and dry and warm in the Temple, however.) We have even run our heater several times this week.
FHE on Monday, Sister Black, the Matron, talked about the art in the Palmyra Temple, both paintings and stained glass. The Temple has three original paintings (one church Headquarters doesn't realize we have). Also we have many prints that are famous and familiar, especially by Carl Bloch and Minerva Teichert. All of these painters have sacrificed for the wonderful art they created. Sister Teichert, who studied in Chicago and New York, painted while raising five children on a ranch in Cokeville WYO. All of her art shows a love of the Lord and express Gospel themes, as do the others we have.
The stained glass was produced by a brother who had little formal training, but learned working on the Palmyra Temple, developing a layering technique. He has since worked on other temples and has a full shop with people working for him. The Palmyra Temple's grove motif was discussed between him and President Hinckley. It is throughout the baptistry, glass doors and outside glass. It is both uplifting and beautiful.
We did two service projects Tuesday, and Grandma will discuss them and put in the pictures.
Wednesday we had worked two shifts. I had several insights on the ordinances that day. Simply, the Lord asks much of us, and if we respond with a full heart, we will be blessed. He is bound to carry out his promises, this is much of the meaning of the endowment of power we receive.
I also enjoyed watching the birds take advantage of a mud puddle by us. I have a video, but it won't download into the blog.
Thursday we surprised the Temple by all the six month missionaries going on a session together along with Brother Bisig.
It was full of the Spirit. Later, for John Atherton's birthday, we went to lunch together. The portions were enormous. One of the other missionaries got the pancake that filled a dinner-sized plate. The eggs benedict were mine.
Friday was more baptistry and serving in other areas. Felt the Spirit especially strongly when we did one brother in particular in initiatory. Saturday was long and fruitful. In sealings, I was representing a son named Harry and the mother was Fannie. I was amused because I have never thought of myself as a Harry. Suddenly someone kicked my foot and I became more serious and then saw this sweet family as they were in life standing together. In the baptistry, I told this youth group from Vermont that the temple is the Lord's university and he will instruct us if we let him. That is when I remembered John 14:26, which says that precisely, that he will teach all things by the Holy Ghost.
Later we spoke with Ellora about her baptism and how the feeling of having the Holy Ghost cannot be described, but it makes you happy. We were sorry not to be there, but happy she had such a special experience.
Elder Richardson, Mark and Lynn Richardson's son, who has been in Oneida since we arrived, is transferring Wednesday. We will miss him.
Our Sunday School class was on the treasures the Lord gives us each day and which we should record in our journals. It was very touching. We visited with Tony Turbee in the VA hospital on the way home. We gave him a blessing last week. He will likely we getting out of the .hospital Thursday, weeks early. He was in good spirits. I am grateful for having the opportunity to participate last week in that blessing. It was a wonderful week.
Love Grandad
It has been a wet and cool start to August. (Nice and dry and warm in the Temple, however.) We have even run our heater several times this week.
FHE on Monday, Sister Black, the Matron, talked about the art in the Palmyra Temple, both paintings and stained glass. The Temple has three original paintings (one church Headquarters doesn't realize we have). Also we have many prints that are famous and familiar, especially by Carl Bloch and Minerva Teichert. All of these painters have sacrificed for the wonderful art they created. Sister Teichert, who studied in Chicago and New York, painted while raising five children on a ranch in Cokeville WYO. All of her art shows a love of the Lord and express Gospel themes, as do the others we have.
The stained glass was produced by a brother who had little formal training, but learned working on the Palmyra Temple, developing a layering technique. He has since worked on other temples and has a full shop with people working for him. The Palmyra Temple's grove motif was discussed between him and President Hinckley. It is throughout the baptistry, glass doors and outside glass. It is both uplifting and beautiful.
We did two service projects Tuesday, and Grandma will discuss them and put in the pictures.
Wednesday we had worked two shifts. I had several insights on the ordinances that day. Simply, the Lord asks much of us, and if we respond with a full heart, we will be blessed. He is bound to carry out his promises, this is much of the meaning of the endowment of power we receive.
I also enjoyed watching the birds take advantage of a mud puddle by us. I have a video, but it won't download into the blog.
Thursday we surprised the Temple by all the six month missionaries going on a session together along with Brother Bisig.
Later we spoke with Ellora about her baptism and how the feeling of having the Holy Ghost cannot be described, but it makes you happy. We were sorry not to be there, but happy she had such a special experience.
Elder Richardson, Mark and Lynn Richardson's son, who has been in Oneida since we arrived, is transferring Wednesday. We will miss him.
Our Sunday School class was on the treasures the Lord gives us each day and which we should record in our journals. It was very touching. We visited with Tony Turbee in the VA hospital on the way home. We gave him a blessing last week. He will likely we getting out of the .hospital Thursday, weeks early. He was in good spirits. I am grateful for having the opportunity to participate last week in that blessing. It was a wonderful week.
Love Grandad
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