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I took Mom and her friends Ruth and Fred to the Twin Falls Open house today.  (I was so happy Mom felt good enough).

The host Stake treated us like royalty..helping us with 2 wheelchairs and speaking so kindly.  They bent over backwards to accomodate us! Where could you go in this whole world and be treated like that?

Fred is Jewish.  He wrote on the comment card.  "It was so light and warm in there.  I'm impressed. " Then gave his name, address and when the missionaries could come see him.  Exciting huh?

Food Club

My calling is to help the sisters "get prepared!"  I thought it'd be fun to have a breakfast using basic food storage items, to encourage the sisters  to begin to incorporate their long term foods into their diets. 

This is beneficial in three ways:  a.   helps them practice with them before the "crunch" b.  helps their family get used to them and c. because it's healthy and economical eating, (saves money so they could buy more food storage).

It was a huge success!  46 women attended.  We served them, 7 grain waffles, german pancakes using powdered eggs and milk, rice mush, steel cut oats and apple oatmeal.  I made cinnamon rolls and granola for them to take home.   They samples cannery powdered milk and cocoa and Moo's milk.   I had some wheat sprouts too..."to throw on cold cereal!"  They talked and talked and seemed to have a good time. 

Took me 2 days to get ready but worth it all, cuz it turned out!

(Bad picture cuz I'm looking into my window...but you can see..."if you feed them...they will come!")

Here's the recipe for 7 grain waffles..they are hearty, no sugar! and absolutely delicious.

Basic 7 Grain Mix:

5 cups wheat, 1 cup oat groats, 1 cup hulled barley, 1 cup rye, 1cup brown rice, 1 cup millet, 1 cup corn.  Mix all the grains together...this about stores in a #10 can.  After grinding grains into flour, store remaining flour in the freezer. (1 cup grain grind to appox 2 cups flour)

(I don't know if the already prepared 7 grain mix you can buy at Winco would work or not...I'm going to try it before I buy each grain separately.)

Manti House In Waffles:

2 eggs separated, 1 tsp bake powder, 1tsp salt, 2 cups water, 1/4 cup melted butter, 2 cups grain mix flour

Mix dry ingredients. Mix egg yolks, water and melted butter.  Whip egg whites till stiff.  Add wet ingredients to dry ingredients.  (Batter will be thin).  Fold egg white into batter.  Cook on hot waffle iron.  Serves 6-8.

This was their take home....

So Long, Elder Hunter...

Time to say "So Long" to Elder Anthony Hunter.  He has been living with Mom for the past 7 months.  OH! how we'll miss him.  He is a real gem.  He has the bluest eyes and the sweetest disposition. 

One of the things we loved about him, is that he made a real effort to "check in" with Mom as he came and went each day.  (She loved it!) And he'd sit down and talk to her about "the work" too.  Such a sweet gesture.   Since Mom has been sick this past week, he has been especially attentive. "How are you today, Sister Hilterbrand...anything I can do to help you?"

I bought him a tie and wrote him a note. I told him that sometimes Mom would get kinda mad at him...he left  lights on....but the minute he would walk in with his great big smile and teddy bear heart, she melted like butter and forgot "the lecture."   

This Elder loved to cook..Spanish food of course...and he'd take out some of the spiceys to give Mom a taste.  She got excited about the flavor of lime juice!  They use it on everything. 

Yip, he's been pure joy to have and we are very sad to say good bye.  He was hard working, trustworthy and a true representative of Jesus Christ.

Twin Falls Temple

 

We are excited to have a temple near us!  Our Stake hosted the open house last week and what a wonderful experience it was!  500 workers arrived in the chapel of the adjacent Stake house at 7:00 a.m.  That alone touched me.  The site of so many faithful Saints willing to serve and be part of "the temple!"

We received instructions from Elder Brent Nielson, area authority.  He told us how positive everything had been so far...such as the number of interested people now being taught by missionaries because of how they felt as they walked through his Holy House.   One or two will be baptized by the time it is dedicated. 

He helped us feel the responsibility to make it a wonderful experience by our pleasant serving attitude, afterall, this might be the only time some people ever have contact with a Mormon...and some members are bringing their "golden" friend...to have you help him testify of this marvelous work.

He said that with a group of  30 guests going through every 5 minutes, the most we could get through would be 4800 people in a 12 hour day.  Yesterday, 6000 people went through! It's building momenum as people come and feel...they go home and get their friends and come back.

I was helping with the tour guides and was able to help take a few groups through.  It was so touching to be able to see a crusty old cowboy, whose wife MADE him come, (I could tell) turn into a soft marshmellow as he felt the Spirit and love of his Heavenly Father. 

The Spirit in the Celestial room...when no words were spoken...was so tangible!  "You could cut it with a knife!  And to be able to see a worldly person who probably had never had the opportunity to be in such a setting Stop and Feel...it brought a tear to my eye.

I felt like Heavenly Father was reaching down to that 'ole cowboy's spirit and said..."Hey Crusty, remember me...it's Father...this is your way home."

I loved watching little Mormon families talking to their little kids about "this is where you will come to be married!" too.  We appreciate and feel the responsibility and trust that comes with this blessing.

Steve walked the temple for 12 hours straight...keeping things going.  He felt such a weight to be in charge of what happened in the Lords house that day. His collapsed when we were done...but wow! what a privilege!

Here's some pics of the Hosting Center where we took the guest to have refreshments and questions answered by the missionaries.

A wall display showing other temples throughout the World.

We took our friends the Mooneys through a tour.

 

A beautiful wall display of pictures of Jesus.

Afterall, We ARE Christians you know!

This display showed the history of temples through the ages.

Do Good Things come in threes?

I think so!  Here are three nice things that happened to us.

Ty has been called to serve with President Sagers as his assistent executive secretary.  He's excited.  President Sagers is a great leader.  He told Ty that he was called by revelation.  His set apart blessing was beautiful. 

Happiness is good kids...no matter where they serve!  Just serving and remembering who they are.

  Happiness is having 7 of the cutest grands in the whole wide world! 

This was taken on Megans Baptism Day. Pretty girls wear pink!

What a wonderful surprise to Grandma Lois and the Aunties. Thursday, Brad and Julie came to see us having been to the Twin Falls Temple Open House.  We had a barbecue on Moms back porch and had a wonderful visit!

The next day they stayed and worked  in Moms yard...pulling and hoeing weeds, trimming rose bushes and making it look so good. (A mans willing muscles are worth pure gold!)

Pretty touching gesture of love, I'd say.  Thank you Rumseys!   

How much can one heart take?

I don't know how to put this utube link on my blog, like I've seen others do, but here it the link and I'd love for all of you to click on it and enjoy a heartwarming... tear jerking ...video clip about a wonderful woman named Emma Smith.  Here it it....

http://www.ldsmag.com/youtube/080626emma.html

How much CAN ONE heart take? 

   

                                                                                         

 

  

I did something really fun today...I got to watch my granddaughter take a swimming lesson!  I couldn't believe how well she did!  She loves it and even jumped off the diving board (yes...in the deep end...gasp!) and swam to the side. 

 Then to make everything even a little sweeter, my "big guy" held on to my hand and gave me loves while we watched sister swim.

About noon I walked into Dr. Bodily's office and watched him work on Grandma Lois teeth, (I know, this isn't a picture of Grandma Lois in the chair! ...with a 5 o'clock shadow! hah hah..that's funny, huh)

I couldn't take my camera into the dentists office and take  a picture! but I wanted to.  I was afraid of what everybody would think!  They might think I was a MOTHER or something!) 

But this "at home dentistry" picture captures what I saw of skilled hands, a kind voice, expert intent eye, and PROFESSIONAL counseling offered and evidenced in that office today. Such a thrill so see! 

While Gr-ma and I were sitting in the office waiting our turn, I could hear the drill going in a back room. I thought..."Ty's on the other end of that thing!  He's really a dentist...a real. live. honest to goodness, "people come to him!" DDS Dentist. My heart went a racing! 

I held a tear in my eye and thanked Heavenly Father for the opportunity to live by some family and share some daily happenings! 

 

Joseph F. Smith said:

"   ...If we could see, by the enlightening influence of the Spirit of God...beyond the veil that separates us from the spirit world, surely those who have passed beyond, can see more clearly through the veil back to us than it is possible for us to see to them from our sphere of action.

 

   

I believe we move and have our being in the presence of heavenly beings.  We are not separated from them. 

...We cannot forget them; we do not cease to love them; we always hold them in our hearts, in memory and thus we are  associated and united to them in ties that we cannot break, that we cannot dissolve or free ourselves from. 

I claim that we live in their presence, they see us, they are solicitous for our welfare and love us now more than ever!"