Monday we did our usual exercises, my physical therapy, bike ride. We went to the Arrival Center for training with Elder and Sister Cornish who are the baptistery team coordinators for Saturday. The story:
Elder Cornish was teaching us how to manage the arrival center. The arrival center is nice with two large rooms, a children’s area where one parent can watch while the other parent attends the temple. There’s a small hall size kitchen for fixing sandwiches or bottles for children, along with two shower rooms for preparing travelers for the temple. Our responsibility is to make welcome and prepare patrons for doing baptisms, taking their recommends, giving them pink or blue cards and making sure they have their names so they are ready for the recommend desk. Elder Cornish had just finished telling us about the showers when this group of men about nine, nicely dressed with dark complexions and dark hair. Our leader was welcoming them and telling them that we have two showers. They were finally able to get him to catch his breath and let him know that they were a group of students studying comparative religions and wanting to see the temple. Then we were able to direct them to the real visitors center where they could get more information. After they left, our group could hardly keep from laughing. Our leader was so focused on his presentation that he was the only one in the group that didn’t notice they were not church members but Muslims. But they did find out we have showers.
After training we went to the chiropractor hoping to get some help with my leg that did not have surgery. Nothing 😒. In the evening we had a catered picnic, tacos with all our senior temple missionaries at the Nauvoo State Park. Many couples just walked over from their apartments and the weather turned to thunder, lightening, and rain but not until we had some fun singing and jokes from a newly created quartet among us. We gave one set of housemates a dry ride back.
Tuesday our regular 6 am shift at the temple. Ray was involved in sealings that day with Sister Albright and he was part of the group as Sister Albrights mother, who has crossed the veil, was sealed to her parents (Sister Albrights grandparents). He said it was very tender in that room.
I could hardly walk by the end of the day so Ray began rolling my leg with a juice bottle from the winery.
Wednesday, Ray started the day with rolling the juice bottle on my leg. After our temple service we rode the bike 5 miles and went through the Mansion house and Emma and Joseph’s house and then the front tire went flat just before we got home. And then he massaged my leg again before bed.
Thursday we have morning temple shift again, went home after for lunch (right now, the temple is closed for two hours between shifts). Then we went back at 3:15 to attend an endowment session. I’m less dizzy now so when my legs both work, I’m going to be great! But I was pretty discouraged at the end of the day as I could hardly walk and was in a lot of discomfort. But the Lord ent me a lot of love via others: Charity sent a picture of Resa with an Eiffel Tower shirt that said “I want to go to Paris”. She said, “that’s the temple where Grandma and Grandpa live”💕. She knows we don’t live upstairs and every time she asks her mom, she tells her that we’re at the temple—so we must live there.
Friday we rode our repaired bike 4 miles around and stopped at the Browning Gun Shop and found Brother Davies and his wife of two years serving there in between his work for the pageant. That was really fun to reconnect with him. He use to be in charge of the country fair before each night of the pageant. Then we had our shift from 2-7 at the temple. I again saw the Lords hand in my life as the temple coordinator complimented me on my handling patrons at the veil and I also received a messenger note that from Sister Cagape with love and saying she could see me in Lillie, my beautiful granddaughter. Heavenly Father filled up my well.
Saturday more exercise, bike riding 4.6 miles, of course daily scriptures and prayer. We served in the baptistery 12-5. And after clean up, we went to eat at the Nauvoo buffet and joined another couple, the Despains who were also there. During our shift at the temple, a man who makes cool things, had made me one and brought it to me at the temple. It’s a white picture that you hold up to a light to see. We went to the Dollar General and bought a small kiddie pool and it fits in the shower so I can soak one leg at a time which I used.
I’m so grateful to see and feel the love of my Heavenly Father in my life. Thanks for being part of that through calls and texts and your friends we meet here and the dear people we have met on different missions and different places.
Sunday 9:00 church. Groberg’s came for lunch, ham and cheese waffles, berries and lemon curd whip cream on waffles. And tonight elder Groberg’s came over to assist Ray in giving me a blessing so I’ll be all well soon.
Be good, do good and see the Lords hand in your life each day. He likes to be recognized. I love you, grandma Robinson with some help from Ray this time.
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