St. Patrick's Day (An Irish Blessing)

Here is a short video I created for St. Patrick's Day.

An Irish Blessing 

May the blessing of light be upon you.
Light on the outside, light on the inside.
With God's sunlight shinning on you, may your heart glow with warmth like a turf fire that welcomes friends and strangers alike.
May the light of the Lord shine from your eyes like a candle in the window welcoming the weary traveler.
May the blessing of God's soft rain be on you. Falling gently on your head refreshing your soul with the sweetness of little flowers newly blooming.
May the strength of the winds of Heaven bless you, carrying the rain to wash your Spirit clean sparkling after in the sunlight.
May the blessing of God's earth be on you. And as you walk the roads, may you always have a kind word for those you meet.
May you understand the strength and power of God in a thunderstorm and winter and the quiet beauty of creation in the calm of a summer sunset.
And may you come to realize that insignificant as you may seem in this great universe, you are an important part of God's plan.
May He watch over you and keep you safe from harm.

 

Troll Canyon, aka Rock Canyon with a twist

Days remembered from my past as a Scout leader over the 11 year old scouts. We spent time hiking and identifying plants and animals and the evidences there of. When we were joined by the cubs, I made a twist on our hike and they had to identify evidence of artifacts left by a previous existing Troll civilization. The following are some of the many things attributed by Trolls we would point out:

I would start by pointing out the remains of a roadway which existed long before there were any indians, trappers or pioneers living in the valley. As you can see they did specialize in road building capabiliies that was valuable to make getting in and out of the canyon easier.

Further evidence, shows thier transportation byway was more of a well contstructed track, rahter than using a flat service.

It's undocumented, but this might have been part of the machinery used during their trips to the valley to haul back the items needed to store during the longer winters than we have now so they could stay underground.

The Trolls made thier existence mostly in underground caverns and caves, so one of the biggest pieces of existing evidences was pointed out in way of some existing entrances to their places underground.

With the evidence presented, some of the still unbelievers started to question our explanations.
As they explored the blocked entrance to the Troll's underground caverns, their imaginations began to run rampid on thier own. Now, they were coming up with new and wild things.

This particular cap seems to represent the Shower rooms of said Trolls. They will enter the room, or cavern, under ground and flood it to clean them selves and is usually done in groups.

 

As you walk along the trail you will see some of the Air hole pipes that lead under ground to the larger caverns. At certain times you may hear movement like the shifting of furniture coming through the pipes. Also the emergency hatches have been kept locked for centuries. These artifacts make good stories as you take time to examen them and ponder why they are there.

This was a recently constructed bridge which leads to other blockd entrances and posiible new opens to thier caverns. Since it can't be crossed at this time, there is no way of knowing.

Provo Temple

Working at the Provo Temple

My wife and I started working at the Provo Temple at the beginning of January of this year as Temple Ordinance Workers. We have enjoyed this call a lot. Our scheduled hours are on Tuesday nights between 5:30 and 10:30. We have found our experiences there to be wonderful so far and love to see old and new friends come in. They don't give us enough time to talk but we do enjoy a worm smile and a wink of an eye.