Wednesday, October 31, 2018

The End of the 3 years- Second Councilor in Monticello Temple

Wednesday- Oct. 31, 2018

This was an emotional day this day. It was our last day to serve in the presidency of the Monticello Temple and has been the best last 3 years of this part of our lives. I can't believe the couples and people we have met in the temple district.  It goes as far as Green River to Grand Junction and over to Durango and all those small towns between in Colorado, Cortez,  Moab, Monticello, Blanding and Bluff.    This last 2 months we have served on the 4 day schedule and has been wonderful to be with so many wonderful workers.  Out side the temple as we left we did a selfie of us leaving and I was sad this would be the last time we would be in the Monticello Utah Temple as in the Presidency. Jim will be the sealer on Tuesday nights and I will be an Ordinance worker starting in Dec. We love the temple and the peace we fill there. May we all feel His spirit in our homes that we feel in the temples.

Finishing of the shifts with the sisters

Friday pm--
Lois Bayles and husband Lloyd, Elida Numbers & husband, LaNell Stringham & husband-- Blanding, Ut.
D. Bawden & husband, Marsha Miller & husband-- Bayfield, Co.
JoDee Pace & husband-- Grand Junction, Co.
K. McMillen & husband-- Delta, Co.
Marilyn Olsen & husband, Pat Nielson-- Moab, Ut.
Eirin Wilkerson & husband -- Cortez, Co.
Shift Coordinator-- Vicki Nebeker & husband-- Summit Point, Ut.
Office-- Karen Wells- Monticello, Ut.

Saturday am--
Diane Romesha & husband-- Eastland, Ut.
Marsha Miller & husband-- Bayfield, Co.
Marilyn Olsen & husband-- Moab, Ut.
Ann Francom & husband, Lorali Andrews & husband, Merna Johnson & husband Ron is the Sealer am shift-- Monticello, Ut.
Helen Fuller & husband-- LaSal, Ut.
Sherry Porter & husband, Elida  Numbers & husband, S. Grover & husband-- Blanding, Ut.
K. McMillen & husband, S.Thompson & husband-- Delta, Co.
Shift Coordinators-- Ann Francom & husband--Monticello, Ut.--JoDee Pace & husband-- Grand Junction, Co.
Office- Early- Louise Jones
Mid- Carol Forrest- Monticello,Ut-- Norma Hobbs- Cortez, Co.

Saturday pm
Karen Roberts, Sharon Peine & husband-- Red Mesa, Co.
Susanne Anderson & husband Lyle, Amber Young, A. Montgomery, Terri Morrison-- Monticello, Ut.
Carole Gomez & husband-- Durango, Co.
Ruth Neff & husband, Cheryl Tennant & husband, N. Hymas & husband-- Grand Junction, Co.
LaVerne Cabell, Maxine Baumgartner--Cortez, Co,
Shirley Story & husband, Yellow Jacket, Co.
Joyce Adair & husband-- Moab, Ut.
Shift Coordinator-- Lois Bayles and husband Lloyd- Blanding, Ut.
Mid Office- Carol Forrest- Monticello, Ut.- Norma Hobb- Cortez, Co.
Afternoon office- Roma Young and her husband is an ordinance worker-- Monticello, Ut.
Sealer pm shift--President Vaughn Johnson-- Durango, Co.





Special sisters I have served with--

Wednesday- Oct. 31, 2018
Here are the many different shifts that I served with these special sister for 3 years in the Monticello Utah Temple from 2015 to 2018.

Tuesday am--
Candis Wall, J. Hedburg, D. Maxfield, S. Alexander & husband-- Grand Junction, Co.
Odetta Gines, Marie Maughan-- Moab, Ut.
Gwen Tanner & husband is the Sealer on this shift, Deborah Mikkelson & husband, Eirin Wilkerson & husband--Cortez, Co
Liz Goodsell--Durango, Co.
Jody Lyman, Sallie Hughes & husband Jim-- Blanding, Ut.
Shift Coordinator-- Dorine Eberhard & husband--Blanding, Ut.
Office- Sandra Skouson/Debra Halls-- Monticello and Blanding, Ut.

Tuesday pm--
Terrie Card, Beverly Harris & husband Jim Sealer on this shift, Shari Guymon & husband, Hollie Sanford & husband, Wendy Black & husband--Blanding, Ut.
Joyce Morehead & husband-- Grand Junction , Co
Alaine Hattaway & husband-- Dolores, Co.
Carolyn, Marshall, DeEtta Johnson, Sister Robb-- Cortez, Co.
Georgia Hamblin,-- Moab, Ut.
Kristin Thomson & husband, Carol Huff & husband, Rebecca Peart & husband , Lois Hill & husband--Four sisters and husbands work 4 shifts once a month from Co.
Shift Coordinator-- Tina Murdock & husband-- Monticello, Ut.
Office-- Debbie Frost-- Monticello, Ut.

Wednesday am--
Kristin Thomson & husband, Carol Huff & husband, Rebecca Peart & husband, Lois Hill & husband-- Four Sisters from Co.
Mary Ann Pugh & husband, Maya Stringham, Joey Holliday, Lou Nell Chamberlain & husband, Candis Mahon-twin sister comes with her- Philis Mahon- not a worker-- Blanding, Ut.
Pat Nielson, Rachel Vancil, Chris Shumway-- Moab, Ut.
Joyce Morehead & husband-- Grand Junction, Co.
Jolene Williams & husband-- Castle Valley, Ut.
Susan Ricks and husband-- Grand Junction, Co.
Pam Holder-- ?- Grand Junction, Co.
Judy Echols & husband-- Cortez, Co.
Shift Coordinator-- Claudia Smith & husband-- Red Mesa, Co.
Office- Kathy Holyoak and husband ordinance worker, Moab, Ut.

Wednesday pm--
Merry Palmer & husband, Jenice Palmer & husband, Pamela Bronson & husband-- Blanding, Ut.
Ann Daughtery, J. Stoddard, Jan Blair-- Grand Junction, Co.
Jolene Willams & husband,-- Castle Valley-Moab, Ut.
Nita Walston & husband, Bonnie Hawks & husband-- Moab, Ut.
Shirey Case & husband, Carol Huff & husband, Rebecca Peart & husband, Lois Hill & husband-- 4 Sisters- Co.
Dorothy Brinck & husband-- Grand Junction, Co.
Colleen Jones and husband Pres. Jones-- Monticello, Ut.
Shift Coordinator-- Relva Bowring & husband-- Blanding, Ut.
Office- Katie Hall-- Monticello, Ut.

Thursday am--
Linda Plummer & husband- past away while serving, Candice Lyman & husband Jed the Sealer for this shift, Doris Guymon, Kimberly Hiatt, Janet Bradford & husband, Claudia Black & husband,
all from Blanding, Ut.
J. Bowen & husband, Ann Daughtery, J. Stoddard- 4 sisters- Shirley Case & husband, Carol Huff & husband, Rebecca Peart & husband, Lois Hill & husband, from Co.
Sheri McMurtrey & husband, Dorothy Brink & husband-- Grand Junction, Co.
Judy Pierce & husband--Moab, Ut.
Karen Greco & husband-- Pagosa , Co.
Jolene Williams & husband-- Castle Valley-Moab, Ut.
Shift Coordinator-- Lou Ann Hansen-- Monticello, Ut.
Office-- Jacque Moses & husband is an ordinance worker-- Monticello, Ut.

Thursday pm--
Cynthia Muhlestein & husband, Nedra Bunker & husband, Carolee Curtis & husband, Kay Francom-- Monticello, Ut.
Lori Swapp & husband-- Bayfield, Co.
Melissa Palmer & husband, Ileene Black, Dianne Carroll & husband-- Blanding, Ut.
Diane Romesha & husband-- Eastland, Ut.
Karen Greco & husband--Pagosa, Co.
Sue Cook and husband the Sealer for this shift, Sandy Bastian-- Moab, Ut.
Shift Coordinator-- Anna Englebright & husband-- Moab, Ut.
Office- PamWheeler-- Monticello, Ut.

Friday am--
Blanca Westrum & husband, Nancy Munger & husband-- Monticello, Ut.
Patricia Faulkner-- Cortez, Co.
Pamela Coppinger & husband-- Mancos, Co.
Marian Nielson & husband Dana works Wed.am shift, Trudy Shearer-- Blanding, Ut.
Odetta Gines, Sandy Bastian, Terri Jenson & husband worked for awhile-- Moab, Ut.
Lori Swapp & husband-- Bayfield, Co.
Carolyn Scarbrough- husband is the Sealer for this shift-- Grand Junction, Co.
Shift Coordinator-- Carol Jack & husband-- Blanding, Ut.
Office-- Tanya Lowery--Monticello, Ut.







Saturday, October 27, 2018

Preston and MarDawn Palmer's foster child was adopted and was sealed to them that day.

Saturday--October 27, 2018

This day was not on a day that we worked at the temple but MarDawn was a class mate to Kimberly and this couple is in our 8th ward now.  I was talking with MarDawn one day and she told me what a special day that was to have her adopted son sealed to them and the wonderful feeling she felt there. The sealing was at 10:30 am.

Friday, September 7, 2018

Another couple special day-

Friday- 7 September 2018

This couple was married civilly and would be sealed in a few weeks at the Provo City Temple but they came to the Monticello Utah Temple to receive their Endowments.  The girl, Makynna Adams was raised in the Second Ward in Blanding, Utah and I knew her when she was a young women.  I was thrilled she came on my shift to receive her own Endowments.  Her husband Hayden Hurst Black I knew his parents very well and it was such a joy to see them all in the temple this day.  They would be on the session at 7:15 pm. I really enjoyed giving Makynna the Endowment Instructions and to feel the joy in her heart that this was really happening. They are both 26 years old and didn't have any children yet. When we are finished with this calling the own Endowments will be the thing I will miss the most and helping with the couple sealings and children being sealed to their parents. O! what a joy it is to see Families can be together forever!!!

Tuesday, September 4, 2018

A young man receiving his own Endowments

Tuesday- 4 September 2018
Matthew Thomas Decker came today to receive his own Endowments.  He would go on the 10:00 am session.  President Harris gave the Endowment Instruction to him and I think he was going on a mission but I'm not sure since we are not to ask if they are going on a mission. He had a nice accountinence and seemed quite.  It is wonderful to be with the young men and women when they are receiving their own Endowments.

Saturday, September 1, 2018

Another Sister Endowment- 1 Sept. 2018

Saturday- 1 Sept 2018
Meysa Sierra Mulford came to the Monticello Utah Temple for her own Endowment at 1:00 PM.  She was a wonderful frightened young women.  She  really never put on that she was frightened but someone told me later on how scared she was.  When I talk to them I try to help them relax and feel the spirit that is in the Temple.  I hope and pray that she will come back often and feel the love that the savior has for her.  I love being in the temple and is a wonderful blessing to serve there.

Saturday, August 25, 2018

A special moment with our Grandson Derek

Saturday--  25 August 2018

On this day our Grandson Derek Joseph Bonney came to Monticello Utah Temple to receive his own Endowment.   He and his parents, Ken and  Tami Bonney drove to Blanding Friday about 5:00 pm, President James and Beverly Harris were serving am and pm shifts that day.  We stayed up that night late to visit with them since we didn't get home until 10:30 pm.   On Saturday morning about 10:30 we drove to the Monticello Utah Temple to do our pm shift and then Derek and his parents would be there around 12:30 pm to visit with and Ordinence Worker who has spent 12 years in the area where Derek will spend his mission in Mozambiqua, Africa and he will speak Porsche on his mission.  He has his Grandpa's middle name Joseph and wanted to be here with his Grandparents. Jim is in the Monticello Utah Temple Presidency and so he got to give a special talk to Derek about the temple.  We got Lloyd and Lois Bayles to cover our position at the temple because they were shift coordinators and we went on the endowment at 3:15 session with him.  It was so special for me to sit with our daughter Tami in the session.  Jim sat by JB and Derek was on the front row with his father, the escort.    We really appreciated Derek coming to the temple so we could be with him otherwise we wouldn't been able to be with him.  He is so prepared to go in the mission field and we are so proud of him.  The people in Mozambiqua are very black, is what the Ordinence couple said and Derek is fair and blond and about 6 feet -2 inches tall.  Derek said it helped him so much to talk to the couple that answered his questions and is so excited to go, he doesn't go until October 14, 2018.  The wife really stressed to being obedient to the mission rules.  Well it was a special day for us as Grandparents to be with Derek and his parents.  I love the feeling you feel as you are in the temple and how close you feel to Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ it was a perfect day and then the family left to travel to Orem right after and we stayed while the Delta Ward and Bishop Chris Johnson cleaned the temple.  It was great to see Chris Johnson because he was a really good friend to Jed, our son in high school.  He also talked Jed to be coming a dentist so now Jed is a dentist in Wisconson and Chris is a dentist in Delta, Colorado.

Saturday, August 18, 2018

Another Sister going on a mission- 18 Aug. 2018

Saturday- 18 August 2018

Rylee Paige Martin came to the Monticello Utah Temple for her own Endowment at 1:00 pm on this day and she was the sweetest and friendly young sister that I have had in a while.  She just glowed with the spirit of the Lord and was truly so excited to be in the temple.  She is from Fruita 1st Ward, Grand Junction West Stake.  I didn't get to do her garment instruction,  Sister Livingston did it because I was doing our training meeting to our Ordinence Workers at 12:00 pm. She would be going on the 1:00 pm session and I would help her from that time on.  She was so excited to serve her mission in California and her mother with her was also excited to be with her first child which would be serving a mission.  It is so neat to be with those missionaries when they come for their own endowment.  When we are released in 2 months this is what I'm going to miss this special time with the sisters.  I  love serving in  the Monticello Utah Temple and I want all to know that reads my blog that I love the Lord and how often He helps me with tender moments.  I know that my Heavenly Father lives and that Jesus Christ is my Savior and has died for me.  I am humbly that he hears and answers my prayers.  I have shared my experience what happened to me on Wed. driving to the Monticello Utah Temple for Presidency Meeting at 12:30 pm.

Another missionary was also at the temple receiving his own Endowment for his mission at the 1:00 pm session.   His name was Zurel Michael Matteson, and he was a good friend to the Grandson of President and Sister Yarbrough in Cortez, Colorado. Their Grandson had just received his own Endowment a few weeks ago and he was his best friends escort so the Bishop who was President and Sister Yarbrough's son was also their to help in the session because it was blind leading the blind.  It looked like they all had a special experience in the session that Saturday afternoon I know I did being with all the own endowments.


Wednesday, August 15, 2018

Special Tender Moment- 15 Aug. 2018

Wednesday- 15 August 2018

I was driving by myself because Jim went to the Monticello Utah Temple Presidency Meeting from the farm at Dodge.  As I was driving to Monticello I was at the top of Devils Canyon and the light came on and said "Low Gas Level", Oh why don't I remember to look at my gas when I leave home I thought. I thought I'm don't going to make it to Monticello because I'm out of gas so I started to praying " please help me Father to get to Monticello and not run out of gas".  Just shortly after I prayed out loud the gas register went half way up between the fourth of a tank and empty.  The message that said I was out of gas was all gone in the front and on the radio spot.  So I drove all the way to Monticello not wearing if I would make it or not but when I got to the block I turn on that takes me to the school which is close to the temple the gas register dropped to empty and I knew the Lord had helped me once again with His tender mercies.  I thank my Heavenly Father for helping me to arrive to my Presidency Meeting safe and I was able to get gas after my meeting and everything was OK!!!  I shared this experience with the Ordinence Workers in my meeting because I wanted them to know the Lord does help us when we humbly ask Him.  We all had a good cry with the spirit close to us all.  It is so wonderful to have spirit to spirit in the temple.