Sunday evening I heard that Elder Richard G Scott was speaking at a fireside for portuguese speaking members and returned missionaries. Our neighbor also served a mission in Brazil - so the two of us drove up to the Tanner Building at BYU to listen in. It was a cool thing to see an apostle in a small fireside setting - speaking portuguese and cracking jokes.
Afterwards he asked if everyone would take a minute to come over and shake his hand. That is when Larry snapped this photo of me and Elder Scott. Not a bad way to spend a Sunday evening. Laura and I went to a CES Fireside last month at the Marriott Center and saw Elder Jeffrey R Holland.
I've heard a number of good people say that they would not consider living in Utah. They have lots of reasons. However, I scratch my head when a Latter-Day Saint says they won't live here because there are "too many Mormons". That logic confuses me when I think of all the Mormons that will probably be in the Celestial Kingdom. I don't know. . .
We are surrounded by great mountains - with good hiking and awesome skiing. We are in the presence of prophets and apostles several times each year. Our kids go to school and play with friends that share the same values - although there are a couple in our neighborhood that need a good swift wedgie. We have season tickets to BYU football. In an hours drive from home we pass 6 temples and 17 places that serve fry sauce. Maybe I'm missing something, but it seems there are worse places we could raise a family.
Understandably, not everyone can live under the Wasatch Mountains, but to borrow a New Testament phrase, I am thinking - "it is good for us to be here". . .
Afterwards he asked if everyone would take a minute to come over and shake his hand. That is when Larry snapped this photo of me and Elder Scott. Not a bad way to spend a Sunday evening. Laura and I went to a CES Fireside last month at the Marriott Center and saw Elder Jeffrey R Holland.
I've heard a number of good people say that they would not consider living in Utah. They have lots of reasons. However, I scratch my head when a Latter-Day Saint says they won't live here because there are "too many Mormons". That logic confuses me when I think of all the Mormons that will probably be in the Celestial Kingdom. I don't know. . .
We are surrounded by great mountains - with good hiking and awesome skiing. We are in the presence of prophets and apostles several times each year. Our kids go to school and play with friends that share the same values - although there are a couple in our neighborhood that need a good swift wedgie. We have season tickets to BYU football. In an hours drive from home we pass 6 temples and 17 places that serve fry sauce. Maybe I'm missing something, but it seems there are worse places we could raise a family.
Understandably, not everyone can live under the Wasatch Mountains, but to borrow a New Testament phrase, I am thinking - "it is good for us to be here". . .
