122824, Saturday

 Daily Vitals: Weight: 228.1, GMI: 6.8, Steps (previous day) 3,898

Journal Entry

I served in the temple yesterday as a substitute for Dennis Gauger. The temple was extremely busy. Each of the Endowment sessions had at least 80 patrons. The Mt. Timpanogos temple is one of the largest temples in the church. We have about 4,000 ordinance workers. The Endowment sessions are held every thirty minutes. There are four "Instruction" rooms that each have at least 98 seats. Some say that the closing for rebuilding the old Provo Temple had contributed to that but we have the Provo City Center Temple and the new Orem temple as well as the Saratoga Springs and Payson temple. The new Lindon Temple should be up and running in a few months and the new Lehi temple will soon follow. It will be interesting to see how these new temples, Lindon and Lehi, impact attendance at Mt Timpanogos.

The attendance, while huge, is being handled quite well.

The weather is terrible with rain and some snow. It's miserable to be outside but our home is cozy and warm.

Come Follow Me 

Matthew 2:11 And when they were come into the house, they saw the young child with Mary his mother, and fell down, and worshipped him: and when they had opened their treasures, they presented unto him gifts; gold, and frankincense, and myrrh.

"For a few moments, may we set aside the catalogs of Christmas, with their gifts of exotic description. Let’s even turn from the flowers for Mother, the special tie for Father, the cute doll, the train that whistles, the long-awaited bicycle—even the “Star Trek” books and videos—and direct our thoughts to those God-given gifts that endure. I have chosen from a long list just four: 

1. The gift of birth.

2. The gift of peace.

3. The gift of love.

4. The gift of life eternal."

President Thomas S. Monson, Second Counselor in the First Presidency, April 1993