We have had some surprises this week. One big surprise to us was that President and Sister Galvez, second councilor in the temple presidency here, are going to become the temple President of the Xela temple in Quetzaltanango, Guatemala. That is the temple we went to see when the temple here in Guatemala City was closed in January for maintenance.
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| President and Sister Galvez |
Another surprise that we had, not this week, but last month, was that President and Sister Harris will be leaving next month. Originally they were called to serve in the Panama Temple and that call was changed, just when they received it, to come to the Guatemala City temple as councilor and assistant matron to President and Sister Burk. So they had two release dates. April and September. We are not sure which date is which, but President Harris's father is not doing well and they need to go home to help take care of him. We don't know all there is to know about that, but that was a surprise to all of us.
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Guatemala City Temple Presidency
President and Sister Harris, President and Sister Burk (center) President and Sister Galvez |
We are all praying for President Burk right now. Two new councilors at a time. Wow!
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| Sister Dick with some ladies from Patzicia on the steps at the temple. |
Never in my life have I thought I would translate from English to Spanish. Not even in my worst nightmare! But at our prayer meeting before the first session of the day at the temple this past Friday, President Harris asked Sister Dick to give a spiritual thought. Sister Dick is a single sister missionary from Mesa, Arizona. She was widowed about four years ago. She has been here for 23 months now and has completed her mission here as a temple missionary and will be returning home this next week. While she has been on her mission she has had four new grandchildren and has not seen one of them. Sister Dick has taken Spanish classes and really could have given us her message in Spanish, but she was not sure about doing it in Spanish. So the surprise was - she asked me to translate for her. She even started out in Spanish and I asked if she wanted me to translate that into English. I did my best and it seemed like everyone understood. Amazing! Anyway, her spiritual thought was good. She told about a man that was over-weight and was not very good looking. He was asked by his Stake President to be a worker in the Houston Temple. He was obedient and went to be a temple worker. After his first day he went to the temple president and told him that he had never in his life felt so good. For the first time he could remember, he felt like a king. That is how our Heavenly Father thinks of each of us. We are kings and queens to Him and that is how we should help others feel about themselves, especially at the temple.
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| Xela Temple |
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