Wed. 2-27-08

SUNSHINE!!!
Yesterday, we had sunshine but is was still quite cold, today, a truly spring feeling.
Good news!
Sam was moved yesterday to the new IHC hospital. He is located on the 12th floor in room 15. He was so happy, they have all sorts of gadgets there to help him maneuver himself. He has a flat screen TV and a great view of the city. Even a shower , a real plus. I think he gets a wheel chair today. He was up (emotionally), happy and looking forward to moving along. The nurse said in that wing, the patients work. So from 8 to 3 it is therapy, 3 to 4 rest, and after 4 visitors. Also, he was able to move his wrist side to side, this shows progress toward getting his hands going. They said it could be up to 6 months until they are able to see how much recovery there is for him. We are all encouraged. Tomorrow, I will bring you his address at the hospital so you can write him.
The house is coming along, the tile man finished the laundry room, my bathroom, and office, today he was going to work on the other bathroom and then the dining room. He is waiting until the tape and texture men were finished in the kitchen before he started in there. It is coming together. The window for the spare room should be here on Thursday and they will install it on Friday. I think he will do some grouting on the finished floor on Friday.
On Monday's we have a mission devotional at 7:30am. It is always very interesting, once a month we usually have a general authority come and talk to us. This Monday it will be Elder Gary Coleman. He was my director in Farmington, NM, when I taught seminary in Grants, many mellennia ago. Right before Easter, Elder Quinten L Cook (Q12) will talk to us at the Tabernacle. What I really wanted to relate was, most every Monday, the missionaries (8- 10) serving here (500plus) give a short 3 minute talk (you never graduate from primary) about their lives. Some of them have amazing things happen in their lives that bring them to the gospel of Christ and then on a mission. Many of them have had many difficulties in life and here they are serving the Lord. Anyway, in the closing prayer, the Elder said "Thank you, Father for the touch you have in each and every life. It has struck me much and stayed with me to contemplate all week. Sometimes we don't take time to see the Lord's hand in our lives and the chain of events to bring us to the gospel and into the fold. If we don't harden our hearts, if we are trusting, amazing things can come into our lives that make our life wonderful. As I look back on my life, I can see the Lord's hand in many things that have happened to me. I have been truly blessed, I hope I can be obedient to the commandments and the honor the covenants I have made. I am truly blessed to have wonderful children, and brothers and sisters. How I love them and their families.