Temple Week #18, 6 - 13 October 2014

Monday evening we had a Hi and Bye.  What fun it was with all the hi's.  So many more missionaries are coming to our corner of the world.

Sister Pilgrim is here from Belgium for her second mission at the temple and is on the B shift.  Top:  Brother Head (his wife was ill), from England, is here for a second mission at the temple and is on the A shift.  Sister & Brother Key are here for six months from Jersey and are on the A shift.  They come for six months and then go home for six months for tax purposes.  Middle:  Brother and Sister Prentice, from England,  are going home from their service in the temple office, him was an assistant recorder.  The Crosslands are in the photo with them.  Bottom:  President and Sister Crocker are here for a second mission and will be on the B shift.

Our week in the temple was busy with patrons and we were on the afternoon schedule.  We were in sessions together here and there and worked in other areas of the temple as well.  Saturday I was in clothing/till.  It had been awhile so I refreshed my memory with looking through the user binder.  Patrons were steady in and out and things went well with Sister Davis and I working together.  We enjoyed visiting and getting to know one another more.

Brother Vowels helped Dad get the car to the mechanic and in two day's time he had it repaired.  By this time, though, Dad was deciding he needed a larger, newer car, and bought Brother Roger's Peugeot.  While our car was down, we hired a taxi to take us to Jimmy Chop Chop in Crawley where I had my haircut scheduled.  Dad shopped while I was there.  We ate out and by the time we got home, it was 7 p.m.  It was quite the experience with a £33 haircut and a £28 taxi fare!

2005 Peugeot, four-door.

I made phone calls concerning Milton's passing.  I talked with Sonia and asked that she notify the Farar extended family.  I also called Uncle Ralph and Aunt Shirley.  I had a wonderful conversation with the two of them.  They were sad to hear the news, but they are doing well.  We reminisced on days gone by and family members that are now gone.  I also called Katie and asked that she let Delma and Janet know.  She did and then let me know the sad news that Janet's daughter Camille, collapsed outside a Circle K on 5 Sep, and went into a coma, then passing away on 7 Sep.  Causes are unknown.  She was 35 years old and left two children.  What a sad time for all of them.

We went to family night on Wednesday and learned about beauty from within and that the outside is not all that matters.  We also learned and played a British parlor game, "The Minister's Cat."  Everyone stands in a circle and the leader is in the middle.  He begins the phrase:  "The Minister's cat is a . . . . .cat."  Using the alphabet and beginning with the letter a, each person is to use an adjective beginning with that letter to fill in the blank.  If you do not come up with an adjective that has not been previously used, you have two tries before you are out.  When the letter is missed, you begin with the next person using the next letter of the alphabet, b, and so forth clear to z unless only one person is standing before then.  The phrase is spoken in rhythm while everyone claps to it.  We had a lot of fun playing and you guessed it, I was the winner!  (I think it was because I was the only American playing and I have a different vocabulary.)

We called our son Bob for his birthday on Friday to wish him a happy one.  We had a great conversation and it appeared he was having a wonderful day with greetings from family members.

We enjoyed a talk by Brother Steven Vowels, Anthony's father, in church on Sunday.  The Goose Story has many truths that can be applied in many different aspects of life that will help us learn the art of loving and caring for others.

The Goose Story

Next

fall, when 

you see Geese

heading South for 

the winter, flying along

in V formation, you might

consider what science has dis-

covered as to why they fly that way:

as each bird flaps its wings, it creates an

uplift for the bird immediately following.  By

flying in V formation the whole flock adds at least

71% greater flying range than if each bird flew on its own.

Family members who share a common direction and sense of unity

can get where they are going more quickly and easily

because they are traveling on the thrust of one another.

When

a goose falls

out of formation,

it suddenly feels the drag

and resistance of trying to go it alone

and quickly gets back into formation to take

advantage of the lifting power of the bird in front.

If you have as much sense as a goose,

you will stay in formation

with those who are headed the same way you are.

When

the Head Goose

gets tired, it rotates back

in the wing and another goose flies point.

It is sensible to take turns doing demanding jobs

with people or with geese flying South.

(He mentioned here how a father and a mother work together

in sharing the workload of raising children and keeping

a home together.)

Geese

honk from behind to

encourage those up front to keep up their speed.

What do you say when you honk from behind?

(Are they words of encouragement or words of criticism and bullying?)

Finally,

and this is important,

when a goose gets sick, or is

wounded by gunshots and falls out

of formation, two other geese fall out with that

goose and follow it down to lend help and protection.

They stay with the fallen goose until it is able to fly, or until

it dies.  Only then do they launch out on their own, or with another formation

to catch up with their group.

If we have the sense of a goose,

we will stand by each other 

like that.

Word for the Week:  Flu jab, not shot.  We have been trying to get a flu jab and the surgery schedule has not been able to fit our working schedule.  We were at Boots pharmacy and saw they give them out, so we took advantage and got them without having to wait.  It was quick and easy and we were on our way.