Utah Salt Lake Temple Square Mission

June 15, 2014

The Fountain in front of the Church Office Building

This has been quite the week, one of the busiest we have had on our mission.  Because the Curteses have been gone, we had to pick up our assignments plus theirs.  But to make matters more complex, Taggart has had terrible pain in his back.  He was trying desperately to keep up the pace but he felt miserable.  Hopefully he can be diagnosed and we can get to the root of the pain and something can be done for him.

Taggart had an interesting experience on Thursday.  As he was rushing from one hospitality tour to another, a car stopped on South Temple and a lady came rushing out.  She came up to Taggart thinking he was Dallin H. Oakes.  Apparently she was good friends to his wife and she just wanted to say “hi.”  This has happened several times being mistaken for the apostle.

We have had numerous tours this week, people from all over the world.  The Chinese love to take pictures of everything and so are always stopping here and there.  The Australians and English are a little standoffish and don’t ask a lot of questions, but the French ask every kind of question, they are really inquisitive and love to kiss.  We have had tour guides that have been so accommodating to us and then there are those that are rude and uncaring.  It has been a study in human nature being on Temple Square.

We were so happy to hear from Ron, Tressa’s soon to be husband.  We have tried to call and text her but she never has returned our calls.  As Ron called he told us she was a bit embarrassed about her situation and didn’t think she should call.  He told us that they are getting married in September and then after a repentance process she wants to be baptized.  We so look forward to that day, a chance to celebrate before we go home.  Also, we called Diane several times this week but because Taggart has been down we did not give her a lesson.  Her circumstance at the moment is very dire because many unfortunate things are going on in her life.  I know we give her comfort but we realize that the real comfort should come from the Lord.  Hopefully she will come unto Him in mighty prayer with great faith.

Husband/Wife and Buddies Forever

We celebrated our forty-sixth anniversary this week.  To honor this event we decided to go to the Roof Restaurant for dinner.  How fun it was to look over the city with the temple as the focal point and enjoy a delicious dinner.  Also, to be the Joseph Smith Memorial Building where we held our wedding reception was memorable.  

opefully they can always stay in touch because they have very similar personalities and H