Utah Salt Lake Temple Square Mission

March 29, 2014

This was my birthday week and I have never felt so loved.  As we came home on Tuesday at least twenty sisters came down the hall singing, “Happy Birthday.”  Our door was covered with hearts and there were cards and goodies at the doorstep.  The next day other gifts were given and many hugs.  I’ve never felt such an outpouring of love in my life.  Of course, my family remembered my birthday too.  We celebrated at Becky’s with dinner and a small cake.  On Tuesday April took me to lunch and Taggart bought a birthday cake for me.  All in all, it was quite the birthday.

 

 

What's that on Elder Frost's nose?

On Tuesday Taggart had surgery on his nose.  He had a cancerous growth and it had to be removed.  There was cutting and scraping, but the doctor felt he had gotten it all.  His wound looks good but it will take time to heal.  Until then he has a bandaged nose and because of that he gets a lot of sympathy.

On Friday I said goodbye to the sisters in my twelve week English class.  I really feel that they progressed a great deal but need to continue to learn.  We had such fun and I will miss our lively conversations and activities.  It is still uncertain if I will have a new class because the President wants to do something different with the English classes now.  Hopefully I will know something more next week.

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We had a great visit with Diane, our investigator in New York.  As was mentioned before, we thought we would drop her from our teaching pool, however, her responses were more promising as we talked to her on Thursday.  She seems to have a desire to know if the Book of Mormon is the word of God.  We really have been praying for her and hope the spirit will be with us as we prepare for the next lesson.  Our other investigator, Jason, was unable to meet with us again.  He is always so apologetic for missing an appointment but seems to always be busy on Saturday.

General Women’s Conference was held on Saturday.  Initially we had gotten tickets to go to the event, however, some sisters needed to be there so we gave up our tickets.  But the story is not over yet.  Divine intervention occurred when we received tickets from Sister Stephens, first counselor in the Relief Society General Presidency.  Sister Curtis and I sat up front and had a view of everyone, including the First Presidency.  It was a terrific conference and as always tears were shed.

Cesar on the day of his ordination to the MP

Taggart was able to ordain Cesar to the Melchizedek Priesthood on Sunday.  What a thrill it was for him to become an Elder.  He has been going through trials of late, Satan is eager to lead him astray, but he is holding fast to the iron rod.  Taggart gave him his Priesthood Session ticket for next week because he is eager to attend conference.  He is continually thirsting for knowledge.