Stake Conference, Skyping with Grandchildren and Feeding the Young Elders. 23 October 2016

A minor miracle occurred for me last night at the adult session of stake conference.  Despite the fact that I was worried almost the whole time that the meeting would run late [and it did] making my talking and prayer time with my Sweetheart very brief; I did not take notes at all; and I did not pick up the handout that was available at the close of the meeting; when I was writing in my journal I could recall the main points that were being made,

Then this morning the stake president reviewed those points and I did take notes through that meeting. I might not have, but the first speaker was the wife of the mission president who had been injured in the suicide bombing  this spring in Brussels.  Her story was inspiring.  Then her husband also talked.  One of the most memorable things he said was that he knew that in the end, everything would turn out all right.  And if things were not all right, it was not yet the end.  I felt there was great wisdom in that statement.  I plan to remember that when things are perhaps not to my liking--"It is not yet the end."

I got to see and talk at least briefly to each of my Arizona grandchildren through Skype.  I especially enjoyed talking with my teenage granddaughter about her interest in Asian languages.  She shared with me also some music that she really likes.

My home and visiting teachers came.  I was glad to have a Esnack to offer them, which I had prepared for the Young Elder dinner tonight:  Apple Crisp.  They seemed to enjoy it, which was nice because neither of the young elders chose to have any!  One of the other sisters brought cookies, so that and cantaloupe is what they had for dessert.  Everyone liked the rotisserie chicken, which I had decided to de-bone.  That worked out better than other ways I have served it.

As I was making the Apple Crisp I was thinking that I probably needed to get more aluminum foil.  The sister who brought the cookies also brought me aluminum foil, and plastic wrap and parchment paper.  She is going home to Arizona after 7 years serving here at the Library, and did not want to transport them.  Truly I receive blessings in many ways.

This afternoon I downloaded 10 batches of United States marriages to arbitrate--only one batch had more than one image, so all of them were quickly done.  I enjoy finding some of the families for whom the names are not written clearly by doing searches on FamilySearch or through Google.