We’ve moved

Now that so many of the other missionaries have been released, we desired to be in a different apartment, giving us more room. So we moved. We now live on Parley Street. That was the street that the early pioneers left Nauvoo by, to go down to the river to start their trek across the plains to go to Utah. The new apartment did not come without a few quirks. When we got here, we had no hot water. After making a phone call, it was turned on for us. But the next day, I was still surprised to step into a cold shower. It didn’t take too long to figure out that the shower valve was installed backwards so that when you set it for hot you get cold and visa-versa. Now that we got that figured out, things are a lot better. We still haven’t seen any snow. But the temperature has dropped significantly. Today we got up to note that the thermostat was reading all of 9 degrees Fahrenheit. We are told that it is known to drop to as low as 25 below. And when the wind starts blowing that even feels worse than it sounds. I suppose that I can pray for a mild winter and that the Lord will help me endure whatever comes. We are now back in full swing at the temple. While there are only 6 shifts at the temple now instead of the 12 that occur during the summer, it still seems like the same for us, since we still work 5 of the six shifts, the same as we did when there were 12 shifts. We are still shift coordinators, but now our shifts have fewer workers on them, making it more challenging to make ends meet. But we do note that somewhere, sometimes out of nowhere, the workers show up just when they are needed. The Lord is indeed helping us out and we always return home knowing that He is in charge and it is His work that we are doing. Today, Becky assumed her role as the director of the temple choir. We had our first rehearsal this morning. She enjoyed the experience as did the two dozen temple workers that showed up to be in the choir.