The "Mini" Mission

Written by Uncle George:  April 26, 1907 Rose soon after 5:00 a.m.  Albert Thatcher, janitor of the "Rock Church" (RLDS) assisted me in getting ladders and to the top of the two-story brick building and I secured some negatives.  Very difficult climb we had in the church tower.  I have felt all day that I should have more time to get views of the important points in Church History; so telegraphed W.C. Spence (transportation agent for the Church).  Bed about 10:30 p.m.  Still cold.  Weary tonight. Val:  April 26, 2012 I was not a "water girl."  I was a "water distribution engineer." Apparently, someone somewhere saw me chug more than my fair share of the crack-laced BYU hosting punch on April 25th because today I had water duty at the temple open house. Me and Adam Sandler, we get each other. No one lavishing me loving punch-craving looks.  No one in my debt for distilling that nectar of goodness. "Water?"  I said with my best girly vo

Written by Uncle George:  April 25, 1907 Dull and cloudy and some mist.  At temple ground, then to class meeting.  Civil and religious law continued by Elder Evans.  President Bennion asked me to be the mouth in prayer.  Made view of Examiner office and Liahona office and the Reorganized Stone Church.  Wrote up diary for the past two days.  I feel so impressed with the necessity of making the views.  I can see what a blessing they would be to our people in arousing an interest in this land and the work that is before us as a people in the building up the center stake in Zion. Let me just say it.  Those last two sentences have hit me right between the eyes.  Which, by the way, is currently pretty sunburned. Feeling " so impressed." The word "necessity."   (insert dramatic music here) I have had THE exact same feelings...which began in October 2010. They weren't my feelings, actually.  I borrowed them initially from one beautiful chick named Cheryl.