Erin picked us up at the airport and we headed to West Valley City to take a few items to Andrew. Most importantly, his driver's license which the USPS lost TWICE! I wasn't trusting them to deliver it to him. Since we were already headed in that direction, we dropped it off at the Mission Office.
While in the office, we saw the companionships for each zone. Elders Pleshek and Wells are in the Granger East District. We heard Sister Caldwell call Andrew and tell him his things were delivered. We got out of there!
We attempted to go the the Provo City Center Temple on Friday afternoon. Who knew that it would be so busy??? The standby line was a 1 1/2 hour wait at a minimum. One sister told us that if we came back in the morning at 7am, we would be able to get right in.
Pat wanted a good hamburger so Erin took us to the hospital cafe and he got his burger.
We attended the open house the following morning. What a spectacular building! I will write about that in my next post.
When we finished at the open house we drove to Payson and attended the temple there. Another beautiful place.
We spent some time with Sharla, as Dean was at school working on a project. We decided we needed a D.I. run. So off to American Fork we went. Some very successful shopping was accomplished.
On Sunday morning we attended Erin's former single's ward. This is where Bishop Manwaring and his wife Melanie are serving. They are incredible people and I understand why Erin loves them so much.
We also attended Sacrament meeting with the Bohls but with Erin not feeling well, we left afterward and headed to Salt Lake to our hotel.
We had time to spend with Erin so we walked temple square. We spent some time roaming through both visitor's centers before we headed to the Tabernacle. There we spoke to this wonderful sister missionary.
After sitting in the Tabernacle for some time, I decided that the Conference Center is much more comfy. The acoustics are incredible though. I was careful not to be too loud or laugh as the sound carried.
Pat gave Erin a father's blessing before she went back South to Provo. I really wanted to bring her home with me. It broke my heart to leave her. That's not normal for me.
On Monday morning we worked out again and after showering, had a wonderful breakfast at the hotel. We packed everything and since we didn't have to be out of the hotel until noon, we walked back to the Square and visited the Church History Museum.
There we saw an inspiring film of the First Vision. We all know what surround sound is, but this was Surround Vision. It was as though you were walking through the Sacred Grove.
We spent 1 1/2 hours touring at our own pace and not really being able to take everything in. A person could easily spend the better part of a day in order to see everything.
One of the things I really enjoyed was the artwork. Someone painted the above picture. I love the story of Peter going out to meet the Savior as He walked on the water. This shows how we all need to lean on our Savior more than we may recognize.
We walked back to our hotel and grabbed our bag and headed to the airport. A wonderful weekend to be able to be with Erin. So many instances during the days where I felt the Spirit very profoundly. Again, in the next post.
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