Tuesday we watched the funeral for Pres. Russell M. Nelson. The Tabernacle Choir sang. There were tributes from a daughter and a son, Elder Holland, and Pres. Eyring. We chuckled about Pres. Oaks differentiation between a surgeon and an attorney leading the Church. All were appropriate for this extraordinary man. He had a tremendous influence on us personally.
We have heard that our replacements will arrive in France on April 25. We have also heard that Christy has been accepted to the Max Planck Institute in Germany from March 15 to June 15. We are hoping to visit them in Berlin for a few days and then join a Collette Tour (bus and train) with stops in Eastern Europe, ending in Krakow.
We are planning to be in Raymond on July 1 with our kids and grands who can join us. Most of our grandchildren have no recall of being in Alberta because they were so little. We will spend a few days in Waterton and some of us may make it to Banff where I worked in High School. Booking ahead is very tricky but essentiel for twenty people.
Several other good things happened this week. Alban blessed the Sacrament for the first time. I bore my testimony in French without a translator for the first time. Sr. Schow returned to Lyon after necessary eye surgery in Utah. The Nevilles visited for a day and copied some branch history materials, which led to a walk and a round of golf. We celebrated Tom’s 76th birthday, eating raclette at Landre’s, with Alban, and Sr. Lewis and Sr. Rasmussen. I walked 18.5 miles this week although I did something to my calf that I had to ice.
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| View of the golf course from the walking path |
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| Views in the countryside |
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| Relief Society yesterday |
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