Utah Salt Lake Temple Square Mission

July 6, 2014

Elder and Sister Frost in the Tabernacle

This was the Fourth of July week.  We remember so well last year and our celebration with the sisters.  It seems like only yesterday to us.  This year we had a picnic in the Brigham Young Park with barbequed J dogs (a specialty in Provo), chips, salad and Bog Boy ice cream sandwiches.  It was a terribly hot day so it was nice to sit in the shade of the trees and just associate one with another.  It was a little break from the routine and the sisters really needed that.  Lately because of the demands of summer, standing so long and the heat the sisters have all sorts of aches and pains.

 

Jenny and children

This was also the week when Jenny and her family were here.  On P Day we went to the “This is the Place Pioneer Heritage Park.”  April and Alec accompanied us and it was fun to go back to the pioneer period and be enveloped in that culture.  The children got to do a variety of activities and be real pioneers.  Taggart was unable to go because of the pain in his back, but it was fun for me to be with my daughters and grandchildren.  It was a beautiful day, the last of the not-to-hot days.  On Tuesday we spent the morning with Jenny and then she went with April to Lagoon for the rest of the day.  We have to admit we got a little trucky being with the grandchildren and look forward to spending quality time with them when we return from our mission.

We talked with Diane earlier this week.  She went to church for the first time in many months.  Again, we hope she is going for the right reasons.  She is in desperate circumstances and the church may be a crutch for her.  We love her but she has some real concerns in her mind about the church.  The Spirit is the only one that can testify to her of the truth, not us or anyone else.  We pray for her every day.

As we went to “Music and the Spoken Word” today there was another celebrity siting.  Mitt Romney came through the front door with his grandchildren.  Of course, he wanted to remain anonymous, but the announcer introduced him to the audience and he got a standing ovation.  As we were waiting to cross over to Temple Square, there he was in front of us.  Of course, everyone spotted him and he crossed on a green light and so did all of us too, just following him.  It was a really a crazy thing to do because our eyes were all on him.