Utah Salt Lake City Temple Square Mission

September 7, 2014

Our Beautiful Flowers on Temple Square

The days are getting cooler and the leaves are beginning to change.  The flowers are at the height of their beauty and in a short few weeks will be taken out.  The visitors to the Square are always amazed at the gardens and the care that is given to these beautiful plants.  How I wish my flowers could look like these.  Because Temple Square is sacred ground, maybe the plants are blessed.

Our Church History Building 

 

At the Church History Museum this week they had a collection of treasured documents on display.  We were able to go and see them.  Of particular interest to us was a page from the original Book of Mormon manuscript.  These pages were watered damaged and found in the basement of the Nauvoo House.  What struck me about this document was the continuous writing of the scribe without cross outs.  This is another testimony to me of the authenticity of the Book of Mormon.  Also on display was Joseph Smith’s diary in his own hand, a letter written from Liberty Jail and signed by all who were imprisoned there and an original copy of the Book of Mormon from 1830.  Apparently, most of the items had never been viewed by the public before.  This was a really great experience for us.

Our new senior couple came to the mission this week.  Their names are the Bradshaw’s and interestingly when Taggart saw him he knew that he had seen him before.  They traced themselves back to Iowa where he served on the high council and Taggart was in the stake presidency.  They had lived in Cedar Rapids for eight years.  They are living below us in the Deseret Apartments and will be here for two years.  We look forward to serving with them for a short period of time and being our neighbors.