Catch up. . .

This last week is almost a blur. I have been incommunicado with the blog. Gone from my familiar surroundings. My time has been well spent being grandma. Some of my little ones have been sick, and I was called upon to go into to help out for a couple of days last week. Then I had three more days this week to be with four others, two of whom where sick with coughs, and sore throats. I find it amazing that I can go in and be unscathed with what they have.

I must say though, I have a cold of sorts about ready to clear any day. Sneezing myself mostly yesterday and today. I consider myself very blessed under the circumstances. No one really knows how not sleeping in my own bed keeps me from sleeping very well. I took a three hour nap out of the loss of sleep but not necessarily from being gone and need the rest.

I worked at the temple this morning and had only about four hours sleep. However, I run on empty fairly well for the time I am there serving. But I usually come home and take a nice nap. If feels so good and does the trick.

The weather was a snowy wet rain when I left this morning to go to my assignment. I noticed the last couple of weeks going on the way I only had one or no red light signal to pass through. Some days I get all green lights. Life is kind of like this too.

I noticed that when we get a green like or the go ahead to do what we do, and sometimes a red light shows up and it takes time to stop and regroup. Every day is not always smooth sailing. But I have a knack for rolling with the punches and I get a lot more accomplished with that kind of attitude.

All in all I had a great day, even with the start of the day driving in the wet rainy snow. I count that as a blessing since it could have been a soft powder snow with inches and inches of snow on the walks or my car. I did not even have to scrape my windows. That in and of itself was a blessing.

I was on time for my prayer meetings. I go to two. I found such a boost in the scripture of the month in Doctrine and Covenants 109:22-24. It was a reference to Elder Bednar's talk from May Ensign for 2009. It was from "A Name and A Standing."

I know we are given so many blessings as stated in Section 109. We are promised protection, to be armed with power, the veil being thinned and that Angels will have charge over us. The last blessing promises in verse 24, is that as we go regularly and honorably go to worship in the temple we "have a name and a standing that will bless us and our posterity for all generations and for eternity."

Today I saw the peace and comfort in the faces and eyes of the sisters I ministered to this morning. I saw some who were touched by the Spirit and tears in their eyes as they listened. It makes my day as I share the same sweetness of the Spirit touch me at the same time. They come and are comforted by what takes place in the Lord's house.

I came across a name in my genealogy for one of my great-grandmothers from several generations back. The name is Magana. There is supposed to be a "~" over the "n". but I am not sure how to type it in here. Nevertheless, it reminded me to do more searching for this family line. I am pleased with the new family.search.org program and the opening it gives to do more of our own ancestral work. I will report back later what I can find.

I met the most humble, sweet sister (hermana) at the temple today. She could barely speak English. I assisted her and she repeated in ENGLISH each phrase and words. I was thrilled for her willingness to not ask to say it in Spanish instead, her first language. I felt the love the Savior has for her, and the blessing she was to be there today and worship, even though it was in English. My heart was touched, and I felt a bond to this good sister as the Spirit touch our souls. I praised her for trying and said it in Spanish, she smiled back to me. I felt honored to help her, and be the instrument to help her at that moment in time. I know Father in heaven was pleased, for sure, I know I was.


"I have a strong testimony that as we do this work, more will be given to us to do and make it possible for us to find our ancestors who wait in the wings for our actions to do this in their behalf. I know that my, our ancestors are busily working on the other side as counterparts to what we are doing here to further this work in the kingdom. This is my testimony, in the name of Jesus Christ." Amen.