Temple Square At Night

We love to walk around Temple Square whenever we can so last night before the storm moved into the city we walked over after dark and took some time exposures - it's such a beautiful sight. I can't get over how a bunch of poor exiles found the energy to build one of the country's premier pieces of architecture in a wasteland. Only their deep faith in the Savior could have helped them through all their trials and tribulations during the 40 years that it took to build such a marvelous place of worship....and they did it by hand and without modern equipment of any kind. Oxen pulled sleds of raw cut granite for two days to get it from the quarry to the building site where it was cut to shape and hand finished to specification. We can't get over its beauty and never tire of looking at it - day or night. We can't wait for the Christmas lights to be turned on the day after Thanksgiving.

Stake Conference

We belong to the Salt Lake Stake, the original Stake that was organized when the pioneers began arriving in the valley. Our Stake Conference Sunday morning was held in the Assembly Hall - we arrived an hour early so we could get good seats, and we did.

Office Cubicle

Here we are in our cubicle for two - Sister Porter on the left and Elder Porter on the right. We're beginning to make it a bit more homey with a few family photos.

Language Interpreter Teams

On Oct. 1 7 and 18 we worked with teams from Korea and Vietnam for a stake conference broadcast to 109 South Salt Lake Stakes. When we arrived at the Conference Center about 1 1/2 hours before the event began people were already lining up at the entrances to get Plaza Level seats

5th Mission!!

The couple we got closest to at the MTC was Dr. Merrill and his wife who are beginning their 5th medical mission - this time to south and eastern Africa. Previously they served in Tahiti and twice in other African regions - they love serving young missionaries as well as the native populations. In one of the major hospitals in Nigeria there hadn't been running water for TWO YEARS! Makes you wonder where all our foreign aide goes doesn't it?!

New Friends Gained

The Abneys from Spanish Fork (seated) were assigned to Turkey and the Burkes from Payson are going to Chili - both couples will be serving Humitarian missions.

A Missionary's World

The mandatory photo for everyone is standing in front of the large world map and pointing to where you will be serving. Here we're pointing that we're traveling ALL THE WAY from Denver to Salt Lake City...........