As I walked through the apartment complex on my way to the Tabernacle Choir broadcast, I thought, "It is a shame no one has built a snowman with this great snow!" In a few minutes, as I passed Temple Square on the West side, I hit two icy patches. I did not fall, but I slipped. [On my way back from the broadcast I saw that someone did build a snowman, complete with a carrot nose!]
The Choir broadcast was quite touching. Earlier in the morning I talked with my daughter about losing a loved one to death, as her father-in-law recently died. The Spoken Word portion of the broadcast dealt specifically with that situation, and the Music, especially "Be Still My Soul", was also in line with that topic.
When I walked to church services a little after noon, the sun was shining brightly. I was glad to see my new friend and I walked a little way with her, finding out that she is coming to the same floor in the Library that I serve on! Then I did have to hurry on to do a rehearsal for the Double Trio plus 1 singing "May I Serve Thee" in both branches today. All of us had been in the same branch before the mission changed, but now we were split up, so we presented the song in both branches. I got a lot of positive feedback, so our 3 months of practice was apparently worth the effort! I have not done much if any small group singing before, so this was a somewhat different experience for me.
In Relief Society I presented a contingency plan for the Young Elder Dinners--I asked for people to sign up if they were willing to do a dinner on short notice. Only one taker so far, but one is better than no one! Three sisters signed up who have not yet been involved in the program due to lack of space or finding others to do it with. So maybe the three of them will be able to be a companionship and enjoy hosting a couple of the Young Elders.
I was able to host such a dinner myself today, and I actually need not have done any cooking! The two sisters I invited on short notice [one of the scheduled hosts was sick] each brought very tasty dishes--the Japanese sister brought chili, and the sister from Louisiana brought a dish with shrimp and sausage and all other kinds of items, along with a berry cobbler. I did serve carrot sticks, oranges, rice and sliced chicken breast, also. The elders ate heartily and were most pleased to take home leftovers, even though the one elder is a very good cook. We also enjoyed the spiritual thought that was presented.
On the way back from our services, the snow was falling pretty heavily, although by now it seems to have stopped. It will be interesting to see what happens on that score tomorrow.
I enjoyed talking with my daughter and granddaughter this morning, and I look forward to a talk with my Sweetheart tonight.
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