Because of going to a family ward last week I did not go to Music and the Spoken Word. Today I entered the Tabernacle as Tenebrae, an English Choral group was singing. It was very nice, but it did not touch me especially.
Then during the regular rehearsal the organist solo was a very light-hearted version of "Sing Praise to Him", which ended in a way to bring a smile on my face. As "Morning Has Broken" began, I thought, "I guess today I will just find the broadcast to be cheerful"--and I was immediately overwhelmed with tears. The broadcast was not just nice--it was Spirit-filled!
In my indexing this morning I had a hard time finding work to do in the United States marriage records, both in indexing and arbitrating. I hope this means that the project will be completed in the hoped-for time-frame of the end of the year.
While I was eating brunch I decided to make a half-batch of peanut butter cookies with coconut sugar to take along for dinner tonight. They were definitely not typical peanut butter cookies, but they were sweet and nicely-formed. That was a glad surprise, because the batter was thinner than I am used to. [My Cuban sister really enjoyed them, and I was glad about that.]
Choir practice seemed to go well, and we sang "This is the Christ" for sacrament meeting. I sang this before for stake conference in Missouri, and I like it a lot.
After sacrament meeting I learned that feeding the young elders will not happen the Sunday after Thanksgiving, nor on Christmas Day, which is on a Sunday. The branch will have a Thanksgiving Dinner on Thanksgiving, and a Christmas Dinner on Christmas Eve. Since several sisters had already signed up for 27 November, it took a bit of doing, but I think we got everything straightened out. We also have a branch potluck coming up tomorrow.
My Cuban sister and I will host a set of young elders next week with a little help from our friends from the MTC. We ought to have a nice time together.
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