Thursday-- Temple Trip

Thursday was our Stake Temple Day.  It started out here without any rain.  About two miles from Tina's, the radio gave the weather alert signal and said we were in for bad weather.  It didn't start raining until we were just about to leave Tina's and then it started to pour down rain.  The closer we drove to the temple the better the weather until no rain at all.  Then the traffic began to slow and then we were on a parking lot.  We found out that there was an accident and if we got through that that there was flooding on the road to the temple (4 feet).

We got out the GPS and found an alternate route to the temple that was interesting in itself because of all the lines being down, no stop lights, no electricity, etc.

We got to the temple in 3 hours instead of 1 1/2 hours.  We were told if we hurried we could make the 11:30 session and that was it for the day.  No electricity in the temple. The Baptistery was flooded and the compressors could only keep some of the rooms lighted.  No air conditioning.

We decided to make the session.  I saw a old friend from Delta, Loreen, working in the women's dressing room.  We actually dressed in the dark.

 The session was packed with people from our ward and stake.  There was such a special quiet feeling during that session.  You could forget the outside world and feel the peace the temple brings and know that everything would be okay.

This picture was taken after the session.  The sun was shinning and it was beautiful.  Lincoln, Tina and I ate our lunch in the car with the A/C running and then went over to the bookstore, where we met people from our ward shopping that had gotten the message that stake day had been called off because of no electricity.

On the way home it started to rain again but not as bad as in the morning.  Sid said it stormed pretty bad at our house also but at least we had electricity.