Thoughts for the week:"Acceptance begins in the family. Home should be the place where you can dare to bare; to just be yourself without worrying about being rejected."
"Your child is what will keep you holding on, when everything else is falling apart."
"It's true that money doesn't buy Happiness, but it does buy CHOCOLATE...which is kinda the same thing."
It finally happened, the summer heat and humidity finally arrived in full force. The last few days have been in the 90's with high humidity. My least favorite weather, next to freezing cold. It's only suppose to last a few days and then back into the 70's. I can't complain too much since this summer has been delightfully cool with a lot of rain to keep everything so lush and green.
Today in our Sunday School class the air-conditioner wasn't working and we really felt the heat. Thank goodness it worked in the chapel and the R.S. room since I taught my lesson. It was on the sealing blessings of the temple. I felt really good about the outcome and the sisters joined in with comments and really seemed interested. Yea! Another lesson over, I can breath this week and enjoy being relaxed. Our sacrament meeting was especially good today. Three sisters spoke and they all did a wonderful job. Sister Melton(Robin, formally from Tremonton) gave an outstanding talk on our eternal rewards and celestrial glory. I wanted to say Amen when she finished since it was so much along the lines of my lesson. I asked her to email me her talk because she related some excellent stories I want to keep in my file. We are becoming such good friends. She works at the temple twice a month and is so inspiring. Our closing hymn in sacrament and in R.S. was so perfect for the talks and my lesson. We sang "How Beautiful Thy Temples, Lord" Page 288 if you want to read the words. I got a little teary eyed singing it at the end of my lesson and so did a few other sisters.
Last Monday night we had a special FHE dinner and program with all the temple missionaries. I made a yummy new recipe for lasagna. It turned out great! The dinner was really nice with salads, french bread and desserts made by all the sisters. The program was all musical. The choir sang, and many missionaries shared their musical talent. They also displayed other talents like painting, handicraft works, poems and other interests the missionaries have.
Tuesday night we were so excited to have Phil Diederich stop by for a visit. He was on business back her in the Midwest and dropped over for fresh peach pie and lots of updates on the family at home. What a great guy he is and so thoughtful to include us in this agenda. That's the second time he's come to see us. Next time we hope Hugo will come with him and spend a few days visiting and seeing Old Nauvoo. Anina you're so welcome to come also!
On Thursday it was extremely slow in the temple and so I asked if I could leave the main office where I serve on that day to do an endowment session. I was so glad to be able to do something of service. After getting my new name I quickly went upstairs to find out I was the only one on the 12:00 session. I told them they didn't need to hold the session just for me but they insisted. I was the only patron along with the witness couple who were temple missionaries. It really was a special session and I felt fortunate to be able to help another one of my ancestors. Today in my lesson I read a quote that said we shouldn't think of doing work for the dead but think of them as living and accepting the gospel plan. If they would have lived during the time when the gospel was on the earth they would have probably accepted it then. Sealing powers are really coming to life for me as I continue to serve in the temple. Another quote that keeps coming back to me is, "As members of Christ's restored church, we have the covenant responsibility to search out our ancestors and provide for them the saving ordinances of the gospel. "They without us should not be made perfect. "And, neither can we without our dead be made perfect."
I seem to be spending a lot of time in clothing lately. Two days this week. I love serving there but it's so slow right now that I've read a lot of scriptures. I'm trying to get through the Old Testament. Maybe by the time I come home I will have completed it. I love lofty goals!
We went to dinner with some close friends Friday night at Angelini's in Keokuk. Fun as usual and great food! Rudi loves the pasta bar. He gets to order all his favorite veggies, meats, sauce, and pasta all cooked together to make a huge plate of delicious eating. It makes enough to serve three people but he manages to finish it all by himself.
I don't think I left anything out of our week of activites. We continue to love serving in the temple and enjoying our rich friendships with so many wonderful missionaries. We love hearing from our family and friends and continue to pray for your health and happiness.
With love to all for a great week ahead.
Rudi and Kathy (Nauvoo Missionaries)
Rudi and the Moller's in front of our favorite restaurant in Keokuk, Angelini's. Great Italian food!
Inside Angelini's with the Moller's, Wasum's, Gorrelle's, and Wades's. Great food and fun. We'll be sad to see all of them go home in October.
Kathy next to our tomato tree, the one we about pulled up and threw away at the first of the summer. We get about 4 or 5 tomatoes off it each day. Good thing we love tomatoes!
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