Sunday, 8 September 2019

It's been another good week at the ROC.  On Friday, I worked on a new project--Maine births, death and marriages.  It looks to me like it's scanned from a family Bible.  The handwriting takes some serious pondering to recognize just what is written.  The information is very sketchy. We index what we can decipher, asking each other to help decipher words.  The Lord is helping us to begin recognizing how letters were written (this is in the 1700s-1800s) and to make sense of what was written. We can't make assumptions, such as whether a child is male or female by the name.  We just index what is written to the best of our ability.

I'm hearing of the coming of Fall at home and realizing that Fall (meaning cooler temps) will come in November some time.  And things are backwards:  looking forward to walking to the ROC and for exercise, in the winter months.  My mind still forgets, as I am leaving an air conditioned building, that it's hot outside.  We went to a program a week or so ago, in the evening.  As I was getting ready to  leave, I wondered if I should take a sweater, and then remembered where I am--no sweater needed.

I'm thankful I have some deciduous trees outside my windows, so I will be able to enjoy the Fall colors.  Or do they turn here, with no cold temps?

I've been asked to give a devotional thought on Wednesday--9/11.  The theme at the ROC this month is "Did You Think To Pray?"  It's been inspiring to hear the thoughts others have shared thus far this month.  I have chosen to talk about the importance of recognizing and acknowledging how our Heavenly Father blesses us each day.  The blessings can be very small, or large.   I am thankful to be able to find my way around, and for protection from the fire, of my family and home two weeks ago, and so many things in between.  

I have enjoyed reading Paul's writings in the New Testament and have been able to understand them this time through better than ever before.  His writings used to seem so confusing to me but now they are very clear.  He was a powerful Apostle of the Lord Jesus Christ.  I'm also gaining an ever deeper understanding of the Book of Mormon as I study it each day.  Helaman 14 and 15 this morning were particularly powerful.