The Pumpkin and Honey...

I was Surprised today by my Visiting Teacher, Sister Emily Lynn.

From her garden she brought me a very Beautiful Pumpkin for the holidays, and a bottle of honey from their bees.

Sister Lynn and I were visiting teacher partners about eight years ago.  I always had the feeling she didn't like me.
After finding out who my new visiting teachers were going to be, I have been carrying a grouchy attitude around with me since.

I realized I needed to change my attitude and have a more Christ like love inside.  Adding my appeal to the Lord for help, my feelings have been slowly changing.

My heart could not believe my eyes, when I saw the pumpkin.

How grateful I am for heavenly help of change.  I realize this is something I have to keep working on every day. It will take a while to completely change the love in my heart.  But the Lord knows I am working on it and He helps me.

New Lg Washing Machine...

I have noticed the last few weeks that every time I have used our washing machine it has been getting noisier.  It sounded pretty loud to me, like perhaps a transmission, or the motor.
I mentioned it to Lynn, and told him to start saving for a new machine, as this sounded worse than any others we have had before.

About two weeks ago we were lucky to have completed a small wash load, before the washer was screaming to stop.  Realizing it would cost more to fix then to buy, we decided to look for a new washer which we might be able to afford.

We decided to stop at Home Depot on our way to Salt Lake City,  to see what they might have, and was surprised to find out they had a nice sale running on appliances.

I have dreamed of having a front load washer, where the door was on the front side.  I realized,  I struggle getting cloths out of the dryer, because of the trouble I have with my back.  The washer would need a stand for it to sit on, and that would cost another $250 which we don't have.

We did find a Lg upright washer which has everything the Lg front loader does, including a window in the lid.  As one of the new washers, it does not have a agitator in the middle of the tub.


This last week when we were shopping at Walmart. I was checking out the soaps and rinses that are low sudses, which have to be used in the new machines. A young lady and I begin to talk about the soaps, I found out she had just bought the same washing machine a week before, and loves it.

It was fun to talk to her and to learn more about my machine, I am looking forward to when it comes, in five more days.

In my mind I remember with warmth, the excitement we both had as we talked.


UPDATE:

It was delivered Sat. Oct 4.....Oh, what a Machine!!!   I was surprised mostly, that it uses very little water. I am use to a washer filling up the tub, with water to wash cloths.  This machine weighs the cloths and then decides how much water to use.  Often the water does not cover the cloths.   Most of the time it runs for about a hour, going through many cycles.  I am surprised how clean the cloths come out.   It has a computer inside that does most all the decision.  It locks the lid to keep children from accidentally getting in and getting hurt while its running.  It makes all kinds of sounds as it goes through its cycles, not loud just sounds, like sounds going from bottom pitch to a high pitch, and back down again.  These new sounds are just on the other side of the wall, where the bird room is. And they are scared of them, not knowing what it is, that's invading their room.

We definitively have reached a modern age in washing machines.  Kind of scary to think that something so technical, and expensive, could be destroyed very easy by some over powering electrical power surge.

So far so good,.....after time passes I will make up my mind more....how ever, its here and we are paying for it.  I just hope its not like a lot of choices I have made in the past... and regret my decision...


Oct 28....I am very impressed with this washer....I am still spell bound with the way it works...however the cloths come out very clean.

Brand New Baby Girl....

A brand new Baby Girl came to our family this morning to Jodie and Will Jolley. Sept 24, 2014

Hailey Anna Jolley born at 11:11am at Utah Valley Hospital, in Provo Utah. She weighed 8 pounds and 11 ounces. and 20 inches in length.

Hailey is the second little girl to their family.  Her older sister, Bella, is almost two.

Jodie mentioned her water broke in the hospital elevator.

Re-dedication of Ogden Temple...

As I was laying in bed tonight trying to go to sleep, my mind kept reflecting on the feelings I had during the session I attended with Lynn, of the re-dedication of the Ogden Temple yesterday.

No regular church service was held because of the Temple re-dedication.  We had attended the middle session at our Stake Building and were reminded that the chapel was a extension of the temple and we were to respect it as if we were in the temple.

President Henry B. Eyring presided over this session.  President Monson had been at the morning session.
Several speakers spoke, and the music was touching...most of it was from the Primary songs testifying of the love for the Lord, and how special our families are.  The speakers also spoke from their heart and expressed the important of family and the temples on the earth.  Some families may have only one chance to go to the temple in their lifetime, and others can go many times.

Also was expressed that only a few people were able to have their work done during the time of Joseph Smith life.  And latter in Utah when temples were built there were only four temples to do all the work for the children of the world, both living and the dead.  While the Salt Lake Temple was being built, People could get their own Endowments done, but not for their dead relatives until the Temple was finish.  It has only been the last few years since Pres. Kimball said the Temples would dot the world and now we have 143.

Temple work has to be done here on earth, as its a world ordnance.

When President Eyring spoke, The feeling of the Spirit was so strong it was hard for me to keep tears from falling, as he spoke there were times he felt the sweetness of the Holy Ghost, and his words struggled to come out.  It was wonderful to feel how strong the influence of the Holy Ghost testified of the truth of the things being spoken.  I had a tingling feeling all over my body.

As we all stood in our places and the meeting came to a close, not a word was spoken, no one moved.  No one wanted to leave.  We stood there in silence.  After the doors opened, we slowly walked out, not a word was heard until we were completely outside the building.

I didn't want to leave, I felt tingling all over...

As I came home and changed cloths, I had the strong feeling I needed to go be with Paulette in the last session.  She lives in a different Stake than myself.  I kind of dismissed it, and again it came, get dressed and go.....I didn't know if I could make it in time, but I quickly got dressed again and drove over to their church stake building.  After showing my Temple Recommend, I found Paulette on the second bench from the front and surprised her, She did not know I was coming.


My Stake President, Stephen Collings, is a very spiritual person.  He has great influence on everyone he meets.  He has always asked us members to  prepare spiritually for any special meeting that comes, including attending the Temple before Conferences, Stake or General, so we can be in tune with our Heavenly Father.
I am not surprised that the influence of the Holy Ghost was present with us.

Lynn's Mom....

I am going to a viewing for Lynn's Mom, Edith Powell Walker, tonight at the Sunburg Mortuary in Orem Utah.

She died the 24 of Aug. in American fork, at the age of 92.  Lynn was asked by the Bishop-rick of her ward, to offer the family prayer tomorrow at the viewing before her funeral.
She was buried beside her husband Bernard William Walker in the Orem City Cementary, Sept 3 2014.

As I looked upon her body in the casket I did not recognize her.  She had lost a lot of weight. My guess would be she was some where around 240 the last time I saw her alive.  In her casket she was very thin.  No matter how I looked at her face,  she was unrecognizable to me.  I even wondered if the mortuary had made a mistake and put the wrong body in the casket. My feelings were, that I did not know this person.

The viewing at the mortuary was very nice. Lots of family, friends, and neighbors of hers came.
The funeral was held Sept 3, in American Fork at her ward where she was living.  Despite all the hostile feelings, the funeral went well.

Paulette and James and the boys were in attendance, also David, his kids Melody and Darren with his xwife, were there.  Our friend Larry Johnson, who we went to school with, was also there.
Jodie and Will and Bella came to the viewing at the mortuary the night before.

Lynn      Troy      Kay      Terry

Family gathered before the viewing at the mortuary started.
Judy sitting in a chair with Cathy and Terry behind her