HAPPY BIRTHDAY
Had a wonderful birthday. This morning seemed to drag a bit, but the
afternoon was full. To celebrate my birthday we went the Brigham City Temple Open House. It is a lovely temple, but I still like Oakland best. 
As we were getting ready to get on the shuttle bus back to the parking
lot, I met a older lady with the last name of Frahm She and her husband
came over from Germany in 1952 to be sealed together. She is from the
same part of Germany that my grandfather was from. After the temple tour we came back to Logan to eat dinner at Chuck-A-Rama. It is a buffet and they had some great choices. I tried to eat just a little, but I still came away feeling stuffed.
17 September 2012
Job Offer!!!
One of our candidates received a job offer today and it is for a job placement she has wanted. She had interviewed for an HR position at USU a couple weeks ago and didn't get the position. They called her today for another HR position that had just opened. She was second in line for the job offer on the first interview, so they decided to offer her this one. Hurray, there are success stories! It just takes patience.19 September 2012
Job Fair/Tech Expo
Today there was a Job Fair at Bridgerland Applied Technology College (BATC). LDS Employment Resource Services and Department of Workforce Services (DWS) worked together with BATC to present it. I guess it has been ongoing for a number of years. Sister Bews and I were able to attend it this afternoon. The center wasn't very busy because a lot of people were at the Job Fair. It was fun and enlightening. I have a better understanding of what some of the businesses do (not that I'll remember that tomorrow) and some ideas for DI associates. We ran into our AJS candidates and they were dressed for success with résumés in hand.22 September 2012
Road Trip again
Today we went to see the autumn leaves in Logan Canyon. They are suppose to be very beautiful. There is color there, but not as much as I had expected. Maybe we can check again in three weeks. The drive was interesting and fun. It filled our afternoon. I think I wore out Sister Bews.
23 September 2012
Brigham City Temple Dedication
Today church was the dedication of the Brigham City Temple. There were three services: 9am, Noon, and 3pm. We went to the noon service. They were showing temples, inside and out, before the services started. I was getting teary-eyed while watching then I realized I was homesick for the Oakland Temple. Who knew you could be homesick for a temple.The service we went to was very nice. President Boyd K. Packer presided; he also presided over the ground breaking for the temple. He and his wife were born and raised in the Brigham City area so they have special feelings for this temple. Elder Russell M. Nelson conducted and spoke.
Brother Steed, 1st Counselor in the Temple Presidency, spoke about entering the temple with an attitude to be taught and learn and go for the personal blessings you receive. His wife spoke of making service in the temple be a priority.
Elder Allan F. Packer (son of President Packer), a member of the Quorum of the Seventy, spoke of doing family history and ordinance work. He said they go together and quoted President Howard W. Hunter regarding everyone being temple worthy.
Elder Whitney Clayton, President of the Quorum of the Seventy, importance of baptism and the joy it brings of feeling clean. He went to say that temples provide an opportunity for all of God's children to be baptized and in the temple we can find peace from the world.
Elder Nelson said that temples were only for the living before Jesus was born and for the dead too after his death. He went on to say that temples are essential to the restoration of the gospel. He said that Joseph Smith epistle to the Saints in Doctrine and Covenants 128 about temple work, in particular verse 15 where it says our salvation is tied to the salvation of our dead. He also referred to Doctrine and Covenants 138 reemphasizing the importance of temple work by President Joseph F. Smith.
President Packer spoke next. He shared that he was born and raised in Brigham City and met his wife there who was also from Brigham City. He said the purpose of the temple is the purpose of the celestial kingdom.
Elder L. Tom Perry gave the dedication prayer. The whole service took just under 90 minutes.
29 September 2012
Busy Saturday
We started the day out going to the Providence Stake Center for a Humanitarian aid day activity. They had a continental breakfast and quite a few projects going on. We could chose between making file folder games, tying a quilt, sewing baby nightgowns, stuffing fabric ball toys for babies, or sewing t-shirt dresses. There might have been more, but I can't remember. I worked on the t-shirt dresses and learned some new sewing techniques, besides how to sew a t-shirt dress. I learned an easy way to gather is to sew a zigzag laying cotton crochet thread down the middle. Instead of pulling thread and having break, you pull the cotton thread. I also learned the it is easier to sew on the inside of circle rather than the outside. This is especially nice when sewing gathering with the gather on the inside.We were at the the stake center from 8:30 to noon. We rushed back to the apartment, ate a quick lunch, and headed to Salt Lake for the Relief Society's General Women's Conference. I wanted to be sure we were able to find parking because I had been told it was harder to find the closer to the start it became. We actually found a parking lot on So Temple and N 300 W that was free for the day. We had time to do some sightseeing before heading over to the Conference Center. We arrived in SLC about 2:45pm. We toured the South Visitor's Center and the Beehive House, then went over to City Creek Mall for an early dinner. We had to be in our seats by 5:30pm. I was worried about crowds so we were there by 4:45pm. We had an assigned section, but not seats. We were able to get seats close down in our section (Terrace) and I had an isle seat. We were just a couple rows up from the reserved section for the deaf; I could actually see the screen with the text on it. If I missed something I would look at it, but it went pretty fast.
Needless to say, there were lots of cars and people and traffic when it was time to leave. We decided we weren't in a hurry so we brought up the rear leaving the conference center. I used the restroom before leaving. It was a huge restroom with lots of stalls. No waiting! We stopped in Brigham City for cheap gas and a treat at Sonics on our way home. I'm tired!
While getting gas in Brigham City, we met Harry Potter. His name is actually Harry Potter. He works with young adults and has fun doing Firesides with the aid robes and broom stick.
