The rose bed hasn't changed much.
Going into the Family History Library each day we see more color.
More color at the Church History Museum also.
Facing North is looking good.
So is facing South.....also, more people are coming out now with the weather warming up.
Last week had some exciting events.
First of all, the fire alarm in our building went off on Tuesday at about 10:30pm.
Now you have to understand that this building is an apartment building with mostly retired people, some missionaries, but others are just retired. We go out into the hallway and there are at least three 80+ people in their pjs who just say, "I can't go down the stairs!" Some of the residents never even opened their doors.....they probably couldn't hear the alarm. Ed is getting all excited because I had to put on clothes and shoes...I had been in bed talking with my mom on the phone. Then we are in the hall and looking at these women who can't go down stairs and Ed says, "I'll go down the stairs and see what I can find out." So he disappears down the stairs and I'm in the hall with three women who can't move very well here on the 8th floor (the top) of the building. It was such a hilarious moment.
In a few minutes the elevator doors open up and here comes one of the men from our floor with a big grin on his face and he tells us that it was his son who accidentally hooked the fire alarm with a hanger while carrying clothes down to his car. (His son was moving into his own apartment). In a few seconds the alarm was shut off by the fire department and the women went back into their apartments. It was several minutes before Ed arrives back on the floor via the elevator. He had no idea what had happened but he knew there was no fire. Just a lot of confused people in the hallways of the building in their pajamas. I told him what had happened and we laughed and laughed.
The second thing that happened last week was an interview with a Mission Presidency member. This interview happens with all missionaries when they are 4 months away from their release date. Ours was July 29th so we had our interview last Thursday and I have to say it was very weird. I can't believe that we have been here that long! We have extended our mission by 3 months so our new release date is the end of November. Can't believe the time has been going by so fast. I have waaaay to much to do still to be thinking about leaving!
The third thing that happened was our first hike into the mountains. It was Saturday morning and we were free until about 2pm so I talked Ed into walking up into the canyon right here by us that begins at Memory Park. We hiked through the park and up into the watershed area maintained by the county. I kept wanting to go deeper and deeper into the canyon and explore. It will be so beautiful in the spring and summer to go up there. Right now there is still some snow at the higher elevations. I am looking forward to hiking there again. By the time we turned around and headed home we realized that we had been walking for about 3 hours. We clocked it later and found I had walked a little over 7 miles. My feet were very sore. I thought my legs would be very sore today, but they aren't. I am good today so.....I am very happy about that.
I have a fun story to share from St. Patrick's Day last week. It was given in one of our devotionals:
Nine Famous Irishmen
In the Young Irish Disorders in Ireland in 1848, the following nine men were captured, tried and convicted of treason against Her Majesty, the Queen, and were sentenced to death: John Mitchell, Morris Lyene, Pat Donahue, Thomas McGhee, Charles Duffy, Thomas Meagher, Richard O'Gorman, Terence McManus, and Michael Ireland.
Before passing sentence, the judge asked if there was anything that anyone wished to say. Meagher, speaking for all, said,"My lord, this is our first offense, but not our last. If you will be easy with us this once, we promise, on our word as gentlemen, to try to do better next time. And next time sure we won't be fools enough to get caught."
Thereupon the indignant judge sentenced them all to be hanged by the neck until dead and drawn and quartered. Passionate protest from all over the world forced Queen Victoria to commute the sentence to transportation for life to far, wild Australia.
In 1874, word reached the astounded Queen Victoria that Sir Charles Duffy who had been elected Prime Minister of Australia was the same Charles Duffy who had been transported 25 years before. On the Queen's demand, the records of the rest of the transported men were revealed and this is what was uncovered:
Thomas Francis Meagher, Governor of Montana;
Terrence McManus, Brigadier General, United States Army;
Patrick Donahue, Brigadier General, United States Army;
Richard O'Gorman, Governor General of Newfoundland;
Morris Lyene, Attorney General of Australia, in which office Michael Ireland succeeded him;
Thomas Darcy McGhee, Member of Parliament, Montreal, Minister of Agriculture and President of Council Dominion of Canada;
John Mitchell, prominent New York politician. This man was the father of John Purroy Mitchell, Mayor of New York, at the outbreak of World War I.
You can draw your own conclusions about this story, but I quite liked it!
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