i am: worried about too many things
i know: it'll be ok
i want: to live where my grandkids live
i have: everything i need
i hate: it when my children are hurting
i miss: my grandsons
i feel: grateful i stayed home with my children
i hear: swear words that hurt my ears everytime i go to the H.S.
i smell: bounce from the dryer
i crave: 5 guys
i search: for vacation deals
i love: my family
i care: about people
i always: worry about my teenagers
i believe: god knows whats best for me
i sing: rarely...and you are glad
i write: my missionary in the MTC
i lose: the same 5 pounds and not a drop more
i win: at scrabble when I play my husband
i never: watch scary movies
i listen: to my husbands work woes
i am scared: of losing one of my kids
i need: to run more often
i am happy about: going to rexburg to visit my son and his new bride
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I appreciate your quote from brother Packer. I recieved this letter from my friend from CA. God bless to all you saints in CA during this most riviting time. I am praying for all.
Dear family and friends,
>
> I had a very disturbing experience yesterday that I would like to share
> with those of you that live outside of California (or outside of the San
> Francisco Bay Area).
> This weekend we have stake conference. Our stake conference always begins
> with a stake temple session on Friday or Thursday night. Early Friday
> morning I received a call from the second counselor in our bishopric to
> let me know that there would be numerous protesters outside the temple,
> and to remind everyone to stay calm and to drive carefully. The beautiful
> Oakland Temple is located right across the bay from San Francisco, very
> close to the city of Berkeley. Apparently the opposition to proposition
> 8, the amendment that seeks to make marriage in CA between a man and a
> woman again, has realized the deep involvement of the church and begun to
> protest right outside of the temple and harass temple patrons. The
> fastest way to get to the temple from our house is to take the 680
> freeway, but the exit is a bit tricky. The off ramp is extremely short
> and straight uphill. You then make an almost blind left turn, an
> immediate right and another left into the parking lot. As we!
> approached the off ramp, I realized there would be trouble. There was a
> backup onto the freeway from cars stalled on the off ramp. As we moved
> forward inches at a time, we realized this was due to a large group of
> loud protesters who were standing on both sides of the street, yelling,
> screaming and waving signs. When we got to the top of the offramp, ready
> to make our turn, one protester jumped out right in front of our car. It
> took my husband all his self control to carefully maneuver around him to
> the left and proceed to the temple. I tried not to listen to all they
> were shouting at us, but I was shaking as I got to the temple front door.
> Several of the sisters, especially the ones driving on their own, were
> crying (which made me snap out of it and go into RS President mode to
> comfort them). Later, as I was sitting in the perfect quiet of the
> chapel, I couldn't help but think of Lehi's dream, and the people who
> mocked the Saints from the big spacious building but !
> "we heeded them not." It was a truly surreal experience, I'd !
> never thougth that I would have to go through an angry crowd to get to the
> temple. As we left late at night, the protesters had dispersed, temple
> security (who all looked very large and Tongan) stood by the gates. I
> never saw a single police man.
> Please pray for those of us in California fighting for prop 8--it's
> getting kind of scary out here!
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