Salt Lake City Temple Square Mission

May 11, 2014

Our Beautiful Grandchildren - Families are Forever

We just got back from “Music and the Spoken Word.”  Today was a tribute to mothers a “Mother’s Day” special.  It was a beautiful program and I thanked my mother for loving me unconditionally.  I realize that her life was not easy and I’ve just recently learned to appreciate that fact and to see her in a different light.  I too felt loved by all the sisters, with many hugs and well wishes for a happy Mother’s Day.  I also opened up my own daughter’s cards with well wishes and am so grateful to be their mother.  Cesar stopped by the apartment and gave me a gift too…..a gift to his adopted mom.  This “Music and the Spoken Word was also a day to say goodbye to four sisters leaving the mission.  How we will miss them.

We had our first of the season hospitality tour this week.  We were able to tail a couple of these tours, one group was from China, the other from the UK.  We nodded heads and signed a lot with our Chinese friends and were able to have some good conversations with those from England.  These tours will only increase over the weeks and months.  A lot of work is ahead of us and our service in the mission has changed.  But, service is service and we are grateful for this great opportunity that we have.

We talked with Nick this week.  He is a young musician from New York and was referred to us by Sister Jen.  He was baptized several years ago and then went inactive because he had concerns about the truthfulness of the gospel.  This was our second visit with him and indeed he questions, although he is studying the Bible intensely.  He just doesn’t believe that the Book of Mormon and Bible line up.  We are going to send him some articles but we don’t think we can change his mind on certain things.  Hopefully the Holy Ghost can be a testator to him and he can come back.

Transfers are coming up next week.  About thirty-five sisters will be returning from their outbound experience and six new sisters will enter the mission.  We will have about two hundred sisters on the Square during the summer.  Next week will be busy for us because the full time couples will be in charge of several lunches, new sister’s luncheon, outbound sister’s luncheon and Tour of the Mission luncheon.  It is always so busy at the beginning of transfers.

Elder and Sister Frost - A couple forever!!!