Wednesday, August 24, 2011

Two years and an eternity to go...



Monday 8/22/11 was the 2nd anniversary of Jacque and I's sealing for time and eternity.

Actually, both of us forgot about this anniversary until tonight Jacque found a gift we had received from Joe and Janice Ahuna on our sealing day.

Pictured at left, it was the book Eternal Marriage and the Parable of the Silverware and a set of Cambridge silverware.

Happy Anniversary, sweetheart.

Wednesday, August 17, 2011

Michael is here

Jacque's oldest brother, Michael, arrived on Oahu today from Monterey, California.  He is here to take care of business regarding the estate of Jacque's mom and dad.

Michael just retired, so we spent some time talking about retirement, social security, and the like.  He's staying with Jacque's brother Freddy and family in Mililani tonight and will be staying with us tomorrow.

Meanwhile, we are still climbing Michi's Ladder and doing well with that diet.  Jacque has lost ten pounds and I have lost ?? (I dunno because I have not weighed myself).  But I'm sure I have dropped some pounds.

Thursday, August 4, 2011

An Ode of a Dishwasher

Today is one of those days that I feel like I'm a janitor who cleans up the messes people leave behind.  I wake up, after saying my prayers, and find a sink full of dishes.  Lately, my morning ritual is to wash dishes before I drive Jacque to work.  Then I come home and eat breakfast.

So that day starts with a clean, empty sink and by day's end, the sink is full.  (Almost) invariably.

But there's a reason that I took a job as a janitor in a men's college dorm (@ NAU).  It was to humble myself and to always remember that clean-up work would never be beneath me.

And it certainly isn't.  :-)

I take from Moroni 7:5 which reads:
For I remember the word of God which saith by their works ye shall know them; for if their works be good, then they are good also.
Amen.

Tuesday, August 2, 2011

Farewell Elder Limb

Today, we bid farewell to Elder Justice Limb, who served honorably, humbly, and well in our ward for the past several months. He was called to serve in the Hilo area of Hawaii Island.
We had developed a special love for this young man, and we were sad to see him go.  But we wish him the best and God speed!

Grandpa Paul Turner

This morning, Jacque and I attended the temple yesterday and after the endowment session we did some sealings in a room that looked like this one.

During the sealing session, which we enjoyed,  the temple sealer, Brother Chong, asked me if I was related to Paul Turner.  "Is he your father?" asked Brother Chong.

"He's my grandfather," I replied.

Come to find out, Brother Chong, as a young man, worked for my grandfather ("a good man," said Brother Chong) as an apprentice electrician at Pearl Harbor during the Korean War years (i.e. the 1950s).  He mentioned how Grandpa helped him get on the fast track to journeyman at the shipyard.

I was thankful to hear this about my grandpa, who I know very little about because he died in 1965 when I was just seven years old.

After the temple, we went ate lunch at windblown Pounder's Beach and then drove down the coast for a swim at Kahana Bay, where my dad taught my home to swim (using the swim or sink method) and perhaps that is where his dad, Grandpa Paul, taught him how to swim.