Wow, we are just getting further and further behind on this blog. We find ourselves more busy that ever. But I guess that is a good thing when you are on a mission.
On August 2nd we served at the Visitors’ Center. We were the 2nd of 2 couples serving so we weren’t stuck at the desk all night. We were able to meet visitors and discuss the church with them. And we met a family from Louisville, Kentucky who had just returned from Guatemala where they served with their 12 children on a 6 month mission that lasted 8 months. They went to all the central american countries teaching on strengthening marriage. We met a couple of recent converts and had a good visit with them. Then the next Saturday we were able to work with them in the baptistry. It was a great evening.
August 3rd we were invited to one of the couple’s for dinner. After that we went to the Visitors’ Center to hear Dave Checketts speak. He was once general manager of the Jazz. And has been involved with a lot of national basketball teams over the years. He is now (or at least was in 2012) a Stake President in the New York area.
We get to see and hear a lot of famous people here at the Visitors’ Center. What a great opportunity!
August 6th (Sandra’s birthday) we went to the Pentagon. We were actually trying to go to the Twilight Tatoo presentation at Fort Meyer. But we couldn’t find it. We did find it later in the month and we will tell you about that further down in this blog. The memorial from the 911 terrorist attack was really interesting. There were open end bench things that kind of moved up and out (kind of looking like an airplane wing or a wave in the water, with trees beside so you could sit in the shade and meditate. Then underneath each bench was a trough of circulating water with a light at one end. On the end of the bench was a name engraved of a person who died in that crash. At night the lights all reflected off the water and onto the metal under the bench and had a shimmery light for each person. It was really neat.
Monday August 11, We went to Gettysburg, Pa. We went to the cyclorama (a huge painting of the battlefield 360 degrees around us and we stood in the middle and heard facts and saw the cannons go off and the smoke and fire crash around us. It was really a good demonstration of the battle.
Then we ate at General Pickett’s Buffet.
Wed. night Aug 13 we made it to the Twilight Tattoo. It was really something.
Monday 18th we went to the Chesapeake Bay Bridge. We thought it was the famous long tunnel. But as we learned later on there are 2 bridges with the same name. But we had a good time with our friends the Nielsens.
Then we stopped at a crab place and tried our hand at eating crab.
A lot of work for very little meat.
Sunday 24th Jay & Liz Crandall and Barbara & Kenny Osborne came to Church with us. Jay & Liz were on their way back to Idaho Falls in preparation for serving as visitors’ center directors at the Mormon Trail Center at Historic Winter Quarters we think.
Sorry we don’t put more about our experiences in the temple. Seems like we have more and more as we serve and learn more about the temple. We have been working in the baptistry on Saturdays for about 5 months and have really learned to love that. The Temple Presidency has made arrangements to have the un-endowed members come in the front of the temple to see the famous mural here in the Washington D.C. Temple. And there have been so many spiritual experiences related to that. We have groups every hour and a half come in and Bro. Rydalch gets to greet them. Sometimes as he talks about the work they will be doing in the temple the veil gets very thin.
We are loving the work and doing very well health wise.
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