November 9

Woke up this morning cold.  Was huddled under the bedspread.  When I did not get warm, I began to wonder what the temperature was.  Scott made two Celsius to Fahrenheit charts; one he put on the end of the kitchen cupboard, the other on the AC unit in our bedroom.  We do not turn the power off to the AC unit in our bedroom as it is the one we had trouble with and do not want anymore trouble nor do we want to live without the AC when we need it.  So I got up and checked the digital temperature reading on the AC.  It said 25.  Now I have been here long enough to know that 25 celcius is what we set the AC at in the institute.  If we set it lower the kids freeze.  Get to it, La Nae, I can hear you say!  Well, 25 is 77 degrees Fahrenheit.  77 and I am cold?   Alleluia!  Hopefully this means when the real heat comes we will have adjusted and it will not seem so hot.  Am wearing a sweater today.

Taught our final Pearl of Great Price class last night.  I was to covered Joseph Smith History--all of it in one lesson.  Couldn't do it.  Joseph Smith is a favorite.  I love his story.  I am so grateful for the work he did under horrible trials.  So coward that I am, I took the easy way out.  I took all the principles that we learn from those 75 verses and had the students teach them.  They paired up, and I had them read a sections of verses to get the story line, then they reread just the verses that the principle came from and additional verses from all the scriptures that explained the principle and helped them understand it.  They were to then give a short lesson of three to four minutes explaining what happened in Joseph's life, what the principle we learn from what happened, how the principle affects our lives today, tell an experience they may have had with the principle, and bear their testimony.  It turned out so good.  These kids do not know it all, but they know the gospel is true.  The testimonies and personal experiences were amazing.  Much better coming from them than from me.  I had a hard time with my testimony when I ended the class.  It is such a privilege to be in their midst.