Family HistoryWeek 28

Hi everyone;

Slow on the blog this week, but we are still here a doing great.  This past week we had the opportunity to do a number of things that were exciting. To start with; we had an
Aloha Branch dinner Monday night.  We welcomed all the new missionaries and said goodbye to those leaving.  It was then followed by a musical fireside with Janice Kapp Perry.  She is one funny lady.  we laughed and cried with her stories.  It was a very enjoyable evening.

Saturday evening we attended the Temple Square Spring Concert.  The Chorale and orchestra were fantastic!! Although the Choral song were in Italian and we had to read the handout to follow along, it was great.

The Library continues to be busy and the numbers of missionaries gets fewer and fewer, but we are surviving.  Here is a thought from Gordon B Hinckley:

" It is tremendously significant to me that... this repetition of the wondrous words of Malachi concerning the work for the dead, was given to the boy Joseph four years before he was allowed to take the plates from the hill.  It was given before he received either the Aaronic or Melchizedk Priesthood, before he was baptized, and well before the Church was organized.  It says much concerning the priority of this work in the plan of the Lord".

May we all continue to search out our ancestors.

Tchau for this week

E/S Waller, Mom & Dad, Chuck & Sharon, Bama & Bampa

Family History Week 27

Good Sabbath to everyone;

It has been the usual busy week here in Salt Lake City. We actual got one day of rain, which we have all been praying for.  We had many visitors from around the world this week, following General Conference and the Library was kept quite busy.  I had one gentleman ask if he could donate to the Library as he was not a member of the Church.  When I told him everything was free except print he said " Yes I know but this must cost a fortune to run".  There are some really great people in the world.

Because of the shortage of missionaries at the Library they have discontinued the Men's Choir and Sister's choir; we now have just the one choir " The Elijah Choir". This makes most of me sad, as I really enjoyed singing with the Men's Choir.

Last night we had our Hosting Zone Spring Social.  We had a great attendance and President Klopfer spoke after a great dinner.  Elder Hinckley had asked me to put together a special musical number for the program.  So I got together all the young Elders and we sang " Brightly Beams Our Fathers Mercy".  I started off and singing alone and then gradually the Elders came and joined in; as if entering a safe harbor.  It came off well!

President Klopfer gave a great talk about his families experience in East Germany and their escape; I have included Part 1 of a 3 part story,it is a very inspiring story.

Spring still is in full bloom around temple Square and we enjoy the walks daily walks.

Sister Missionaries on Temple Square. It is always fun to stop and talk a few minutes and find out about them and their mission.

                                                                                 Love the flowers

Well everyone have a great week, Love to All!

E/S Waller, Chuck & Sharon, Mom & Dad, Bama & Bampa

Family History Mission Week 26

Hi everyone,

Well it has been a busy week and especially a busy week end.  The number of missionaries has drop significantly over the last month and scheduling at the FHL has become difficult.  I get the preliminary schedule on Monday and then work through all the problems of meetings, classes, leave of absence , sickness and just plan request not to work, this leaves the schedule sometimes really short of people.

Sharon has been invited by President Koplfer to practice on the Joseph Smith Memorial Building organ.  He has given her a brief overview of the organ and she has had two practices.  Wow what an instrument!  It can produce some remarkable sound.  Sharon is a little rusty on her organ performance skill s and needs some more practice time.  She is trying to schedule twice a week,and then uses the small keyboard at the apartment to get her fingers back in shape.

Conference was a major hit and the weather was absolutely perfect.  the flowers were gorgeous and the crowds overwhelming.  We had many visitors from around the world coming into the Library to do work, and it was fun speaking to all the different nationalities. One of my favorite quotes from conference was by Elder  Renlund as he quoted Nelson Mandela;

Dec 2013, the world mourned the death of Nelson Mandela. After 27 yrs. of imprisonment for his role in the apartheid struggle, he was the 1st democratically elected Pres. of So. Africa. His forgiveness for those who imprisoned him was remarkable. He received widespread praise & acclaim. Mandela frequently deflected accolades by say, “I’m no saint; that is unless you think a saint is a sinner who keeps on trying.” This statement, “A saint is a sinner who keeps on trying” should reassure & encourage members of the Church. Altho’ we are referred to as Latter-day Saints, we sometimes flinch at the reference. The term “saints” is commonly used to designate those who have achieved a level of holiness or even perfection. And we know perfectly well that we are not perfect. God cares less about who we were & more about who we are becoming. God cares that we keep on trying. If we don’t repent & keep on trying, then we are just “Latter-day sinners” OR Latter-day Hypocrites.


Hope you all have a great week and stop to smell the flowers!

E/S Waller, Chuck & Sharon, Bama & Bampa, Mom & Dad