Isn't Love Wonderful?!!! 20 December 2016

During this morning's prayer meeting we had an emotional treat--one of the Church Service Missionaries, a widower of four years, gave one of the full-time sister Missionaries the engagement ring they picked out yesterday!  The zone leader prefaced this by letting everyone know that the couple had gone through proper channels to get approval not only from the Mission President, but from higher officials, who were happy to give approval.  The couple would have waited until she is released in December of last year, but now they will marry February 1!  I am so happy for them.  The first time I had a conversation with the elder I thought--"He ought to get remarried."  And the sister is so very sweet, and I think she has been alone for many years. I am certain they will be very happy together.

Yesterday my Sweetheart and I celebrated the 8 month-anniversary of our engagement, and today is five months until our wedding.  Like I said "Isn't Love Wonderful?"

I spent the last half of my lunch hour at Escalation, turning over the messy situation with my almost last-generation Frey line to those who can untangle the merges. I also found that there are even more duplicates in that line that hadn't been merged, and the Escalation person suggested that I go ahead and merge them while he watched.  I got quite a few done, so I feel good about that.

I was out of the Library at 4--but not until I had eaten more goodies.  Then I went to the temple briefly, since my Sweetheart was in the St. Louis Temple at the same time. Once I got back to the apartment I ate supper and then decided to do a load of laundry, so that on my P day I can get new tires.  Then my youngest texted me with her new phone--and I called back.  We have been talking ever since about this and that. I will enjoy a second call with my Sweetheart later this evening, when he is finished with his temple shift.