Great Friday.

Here we are at Friday, a decent day outside, I was nearly 60 degrees. I have had an interesting week. Yesterday, two of the guys found the blackberry cell that belonged to the HR lady, she had left it at a meeting. They had a great time with the phone, they took it to many places on campus, covered the face of the phone with a scarf as if she was being held hostage,they took pictures and emailed them to the owner. They set up an email site for bblackberry, it was fun and funny. They were so creative with the emails it is great to work with people who can have fun and work too. Anyway, she got her phone back today after paying the ransom of chocolate. She was a very good sport about it all. They had fun conjuring up the plot.
Last night was the quarterly devotional for the Headquarters Missionaries. We take a potluck and get together to become more acquainted and have a speaker. The speaker was one from our department he works in our filming service. He had taught seminary for 20 years and then was asked to work in production. He helped create many of the church films, the most recent is the Emma Smith movie. It came out in theaters here on the 11th. If you are interested in when it will be in your area go to the website emmasmithmovie.com and you can find out. He told of many things that happened to show the Lord's hand in helping them to accomplish their goals. Once when they were getting ready to film a scene on a river boat in the Emma Smith movie, they found only one riverboat that was still available, the other was lost in hurricane Katrina. They needed three days to set up, film and clean up, and the boat had only 3 times available for the setting. He chose a day in early spring, they tried to dissuade him for a later date because the weather there is still not good, but he felt that was the day they should use. On Monday when they were setting up, it was a bad rainy day, it didn't look good for the shoot. Everyone was praying for a good day the next day, he said he didn't sleep much that night as it was pouring all night. They got things together and set up and were prepared, and the sun came out and it was a beautiful day, all day while they were shooting, and they were able to get all of the work done, and the next day when they were cleaning up it was back to rain. He said it was the only good day in that area in over a two month period. Another time, they were doing a shoot in the holy land with President Hinckley, they had made arrangements for the shoot at the garden tomb. Everything was in place and space was limited. He said he gave Sister Hinckley a small portable screen so that she could see what they were filming. When the were finished, she said, Isn't he the just the cutest. He thought that might come from a teenager not a person that had been married many years, he was so impressed with their love and care for each other. And one more story, I wish I could tell them as good as he did, since I wasn't there and my memory isn't what it used to be, I will do my best. The department was making a film on each of the 12, and they were going to do a part for Neal A. Maxwell, it was when he was undergoing chemo and he had become considerably weak. Elder Maxwell wanted to do his at an observatory in Southern Calif, they arranged for everything to be there and Elder Maxwell was escorted from SLC to Calif. He wanted to show that this is a world wide church. When they arrived, they were greeted by a woman there who was extremely knowledgeable about the universe. As they were walking down the hall, there were murals along the hall and Elder Maxwell began to tell her about each picture as they walked passed it. She was very impressed with his knowledge and sent and aid to fetch all of the other professors on the compound to come and hear Elder Maxwell. They all came and were very impressed and finished the shoot. Then when they were finished, Elder Maxwell asked him if he had the names of all of those who were there, he said when he got home he wanted to send them all "The Book". And many other things I have forgotten. There was also a missionary there who sang a song that his son had written when he was in the Holy Land at the Tomb. "He is not here!" he is risen. It was very impressionable and the missionary had a great voice, we were all moved.
Earlier that day (Thursday) I had picked up ingredients to make a fruit salad with instant Jello pudding in it. I ran to the house a noon time to put it together so it would be relatively fresh for the potluck. Well, somehow the Jello had not gotten into the grocery bag at the market.And then I cut my finger on one of the cans and had to go the the market for jello AND bandaids, and this took much longer that one hour for lunch. It was a great day anyway.
Poor Jared ( my helper at the condo) was trying to remove this 120 X 48 inch mirror. He stumbled on a board we have had there (I don't know where it came from) and the mirror broke every where. That's one way to get the mirror out. I am just happy no one was hurt.
And, yesterday, I talked to Taylor. He was traveling from PHX to Silver City, we had a nice long talk as he was driving thru Safford. I so much enjoy talking to my children. He had done very well and I am proud of his effort to do good.
I also talked to Ashley this morning, she said maybe Whitney would come up here and stay with them for a while. This would be good as she does need help, she has been having to go to the hospital each afternoon for a couple of hours to learn what she needs to do to take care of Sam when he goes home. They need someone to take care of the baby. By the way, he sure is cute and is really growing. This Saturday, Sam will be going home for dinner. Everyone is quite excited and I am sure he is too, that ole hospital must get pretty tiring..
Marissa is feeling much better, and has been going to work part time, the cake is still baking.
My friend YLonni went to St. George this weekend, I sure would have like to have gone with them. I get to teach a Sunday School lesson on Sunday so was unable to go, I would have enjoyed the warmer weather.
Love you,
Zgranee