It was a great time to be at home. Friday we went to the temple and that was just amazing. We were stuck in traffic and so were late for the session, but they put us in sealings. It turned out to be a real blessing. It was truly neat to experience and we did some large families all at the same time. We also learned a great deal while being there.
I am on the way to Lebanon Mo for a training class this week. As we drove through St. Louis I saw the arch and thought of mom. And her band trip stories she has always shared with us.
We got to hear from Austin at sacrament today. He had a wonderful message and it was great to hear a bit of his mission. It will be awesome to hear from Kieren in a few weeks and all the stories she will weave in to bring the talk to life.
After that in gospel principles we had Joy ask another honest question about the form God is. It was wonderful to have the missionaries, Kieren, Lauren and Austin in there to hear all the unique insights to help everyone learn.
I was showing Kieren about cars and we changed a sway bar link grommet. Wouldn't you know it but that simple thing turned ugly fast. First the lugnut would not tighten. So when undoing it it actually broke off. I took it to a shop and found it has a strange type of assembly (captive rotor) and instead of a simple stud bolt replacement it would be $300. No thanks, I will look into that. So I research and decide I can do this. I get it mostly apart and have only one nut left to go. But it is the axle nut and is large. I borrow a 36mm socket and proceed to bend my high dollar breaker bar trying to break it loose. I used special fluid, I even used heat from a torch. But nothing. Finally in desperation I actually had to grind the nut and the end of the shaft off. So instead of a $5 fix I had to buy a $60 shaft also. Then on putting back together the tie rod end would not allow the cotter pin back. So then I had to get a new tie rod end. What should have been a couple hours turned into 6-7 hours. But in the end I feel blessed that I know how to do them (or can remind and learn from the amazing web) and that we still have a great deal of a car and I still spent less than the shop would have charged. Plus they would have had the same issues and charged me for more parts and labor.
Skjelse, it was so nice to see you end of this week.
Kieren, what a pleasure to have you home. That is for bringing me so much joy.
Gavin, we keep praying for you and your investigators. I hope this week is better in your outcomes but always remember how you can know if you are successful. (Look in what is my purpose section of PMG).
On Saturday afternoon we actually got to see Ty At his science Olympiad regionals. That was a treat since usually you cannot "spectate". So we had fun watching his mission possible and then the awards ceremony. Ty got a first, second and third place for his events, and Centerville is the regions champ. Yea Ty. Mom even wanted to document that he put his arm around a girl! Really he was just being kind and appropriate for the picture as a team mate. But we had fun laughing about it.
Finally we had a fun time on Pi day at the church then Ty brought friends home for more pie. Once in a century event and it was fun to celebrate.
Work hard again this week, and pray hard.
Love you,
Dad
3 John 1:4
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