Still snow in Salt Lake

Another week has come and gone;  it's hard to believe how quickly time is passing. We have new missionaries in our zone from Tasmania and Australia to add to our already diverse group that includes missionaries from Ireland, England, Canada, California, Oregon, Washington, North Carolina and of course Arizona.

On Tuesday night we went to a lecture by Andrew Skinner entitled "The Dead Sea Scrolls and the Emergence of Early Christianity" that was held at a building called The Leonardo which is a museum converted from the Public Library.  There were many other missionaries there and the lecture hall was filled to capacity.  Much of what Brother Skinner talked about was over my head but interesting nonetheless. Brother Skinner is one of Byde's favorite authors so it was a special treat to get to hear him.

Our daughter-in-law, Heather sent us a picture of the Flatley Family (flat from a fall from a bulletin board) and asked us to take them with us to the Temple so that she could share it with the primary. Apparently they were having a lesson about Temples and wanted as many "visits" as they could come up with.  The Flatleys visited both the Salt Lake and Bountiful Temple while they were with us and got to see lots of snow in the process.

The Flatley Family

Flatley family with us at the Bountiful Temple

Snow outside our back door

More Snow

Taken from the car window

On Saturday night we had a Zone Social at Sister Kathy Mickelson's home in Sandy.  There were about 30 of us there and we had a wonderful potluck dinner, good visiting and sharing stories. One of the Elders brought his clarinet and serenaded us with a couple of songs. As a young man he played in a dance band.

Dessert Table

Salad and rolls

Sisters Murdock and Barwick

Elder and Sister Rust (He is a brother to our former Arizona neighbor, Marvin Rust)