Thought for the week:"I'm not a perfect person. I make a lot of mistakes. But I really appreciate those people who stay with me after knowing how I really am."
"We will always be friends until we are old and senile...then we can be new friends."
"The most precious jewels you'll ever have around your neck are the arms of your children."
Tami have a wonderful birthday. We will be thinking about you. Eat cake for me!
Another busy week with lots of memories to remember. We started the week with going to dinner at Texas Road House with the Terry's. What a way to spend FHE with friends and good food. Rudi spent the day working on fixing chairs at the temple for his P-day. Monday is my day to wash, clean, grocery shop and catch up on correspondence. No rest for missionaries on their day off.
Tuesday after we served in the temple I came home and baked six dozen, applesauce chocolate chip nut cookies for the Christmas Walk on Friday night. Yes, I froze them all in my little freezer.
Wednesdays Rudi and I get to work together on both the morning and night shift. We felt so fortunate to officiate an endowment session. It's so good to see him once in awhile instead of wondering what floor of the temple he is on. The engineers can be found anywhere in the temple.
Thursday night we had our pictures taken outside the temple in the dark. Sure hope they turn out. A fellow temple missionary took them and reassured us they would work. We shall see(oh, me of little faith). We may have Christmas cards and we may not!
On Friday I got to follow an endowment session, with Elder Miller before he leaves on Tuesday to go home. On that session was a 94 year old lady who needed a lot of help. She was so sweet and really depended on me to assist her. It was such a pleasure to help her and see how happy she was to be in the temple. When she got to the veil she came to my veil. She was so excited that she was assigned to me because she felt comfortable with me. She said how much she appreciated the help since it had been a long time since she had gone through. Those are the choice memories of service in the temple.
Friday was the Old Nauvoo Christmas Walk. Luckily we don't work on Friday night so we went with the Smith's to the program. It was so fun and the music was great. The Warsaw Jazz Band played and their chorus sang also. The site missionaries performed beautiful songs and lite the tree. All of the audience sang Silent Night and like a boob I sobbed through the whole song. It's my children and grandchildren's fault. I made the mistake of thinking about another Christmas without them. After the program we went to the Family Living Center for hot chocolate, hot wassail, cookies, cheese and crackers, and relishes. So much food! We then went to the live nativity at the Old Cultural Hall. It was very well done. They performed this every half hour for hundreds of people. It's a great missionary tool for visiting tourists and community people. In many of the sites missionaries are telling stories of the early saints. It's really a wonderful and fun activity that they do every year.
After all these activities we went to Hamilton for a Mexican dinner with our new friends the Smith's from Brigham City. Really nice people and great temple missionaries.
Saturday is our marathon day. We start at 6:00 a.m. and finish at 1:00. Then home to kick our feet up, but not this Saturday. We came home and cleaned the cottage for our Break the Fast on Sunday. I also made two batches of caramels. Then back to the temple at five. We made arrangements to leave a little early from the temple so we could attend the Messiah at the cathedral. It was so well done! Our temple recorder, Bro. Marshal, was the conductor and our good friend Elder Miller was the tenor soloist. They both did outstanding. What a way to get in the Christmas spirit. Two nights of special programs helping to bring the true spirit of Christmas into our hearts.
Today went made our trek to Canton. Today being fast and testimony meeting Sunday Rudi and I both bore our testimonies. This little branch has become such a close part of our weekly activities. Rudi also taught the Gospel Principals class with a little help from me. I spent the last hour in the nursery helping out. Pres. Depperman asked us to start teaching a temple prep class, starting the first of January. Another new challenge for both of us. We look forward to the challenge, I hope!
Today in about 15 minutes we are hosting three other couples for dinner. Baked chicken please be done soon. Hopefully it will turn out O.K.
Well friends and family I have to close and get the dinner on the table. Have a great week!
We love and appreciate you all.
Rudi and Kathy
Happy Birthday to our baby daughter, Tami. Have a wonderful 37th birthday on Saturday the 13th.
Enjoying the Christmas Walk and lighting of the Christmas tree at the visitors center, with Dale and Karen Stevens new missionaries.
Carriage rides through the streets of Old Nauvoo.
Nativity scene in the visitors center.
In front of the huge tree at the visitors center. Really wonderful program and lighting ceremony.
Pres. and Sister McArthur at the celebration.
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