Waller Family: Family History Mission week 20

Hello all;

This past week we celebrated President Day by working all day. The Library stayed open to accommodate the Roots Tech visitors. We really were not very busy but still had a good day. In honor of President's day Sister Dearinger gave a morning spiritual thought with quotes from past President's.

Abraham Lincoln:
"Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power."

"America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves."

John Adams:

"Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other."

These were just a few that she quoted. How fit for today when we see so much corruption in our government. It has been a good week filled with opportunities to assist others with their search for ancestors. Monday evening we welcomed in new missionaries at our bi monthly Aloha dinner. Stan and Suzi Young were among the new missionaries and continued their Family Search Training this week. Friday they will receive their assignment with in the mission. We are anxious to here where they will serve.

Friday evening we went to the Assembly Hall to hear " American Piano Duo". Jeffrey Shumway and Del Parkinson played a number of wonderful pieces. My favorites were; Bolero by Ravel and Waltz of the Flowers by Tchaikovsky. We enjoyed all the pieces and just sitting their letting the music envelop us.

On Thursday we did a Temple session at the Jordan River Temple, it brought back fond memories of serving as ordinance workers. I sat by President Richard Barker, who serves as a sealer in the Temple. What a great man! After all these years of us being away from the area, he still remembers us.

As we serve in the Library we must keep reminding ourselves that we are literally the "face" of the Church. For many this is their first exposure to the Church, therefore we must present a welcoming face. This brought to mind a poem about your face. The author is unknown;

You don't have to tell how you live each day;

You don't have to say if you work or you play;

A tried, true barometer serves in the place-

However you live, it will show in your face.

The false, the deceit that you bear in your heart,

Will not stay inside where it first got a start;

For sinew and blood are a thin veil of lace-

What you wear in your heart, you wear in your face.

If you life is selfless, it for others you live,

For not what you get, but how much you can give;

If you live close to God in his infinite grace-

You don't have to tell it, it shows in your face.