It was my turn to have a medical appointment this week and on Thursday, February 18th we drove downtown to St. Paul’s hospital for me to receive a bone density scan. The parking was a nightmare. It becomes worse every time I have to go and so this time Tom just dropped me off and kept moving around until I was finished and met him outside again. So glad he was with me or I would have been late because of the parking dilemma. They want you to be tested on the same machine each time but Tom says never again and we will now be moving my testing to Langley.
We had our zoom meeting with the Bellingham YSA on Wednesday evening and answered questions about the Temple. I hope it was helpful. It is difficult to talk or teach by zoom and know how you are being received. It is nice, however, to feel useful and to be keeping busy.
The Sanderson’s called this week and asked if we could come over to the Temple to be set apart as ordinance workers. We went over Thursday evening and were able to meet with them. It was very nice. They also gave Tom his letter from President Nelson stating that his sealing authority had been returned to the Vancouver Temple from London. He is now able to function in our Temple as a sealer again and hopefully perform Ross and Sarah’s sealing when the Temple is open enough for Sarah to receive her endowments. Such a blessing to be called back into the Temple. It touches our hearts.
Tom’s leg bothers him quite a bit and he has been doing shorter outdoor walks. We are hopeful that the addition hormone treatments will improve that situation. He listens to presentations and conferences on metastatic prostate cancer. We have an appointment with Doctor Vrabec today and hopefully he gives us some direction. Tom still continues to help me around the house, do his exercises and keep himself busy reading and such. We watch our programs and movies in the evenings. We really, really love to be together.
We had our family zoom on Sunday, our meeting with Carol on Friday this week, and our regular meetings and sacrament to Carol on Sunday.
President Irwin, from the London Temple, deposited the money we had left in our Lodge apartment #16 into our UK bank account and had our three coats, one men’s suit and two skirts mailed to us. We wanted them to give the clothing away or to allow us to pay for the mailing but he refused, saying others had much more to mailed back than we did. The box arrived yesterday. We were so sorry to cause a fuss but we truly had been hoping to return and praying that we could return. Our sacrifice with this mission has been not being able to complete it.
We received a lovely basket of flowers from Joanne and Dave on Saturday and that brightened our day. The Deyells asked if they could drop by on Sunday and when they arrived they had the Sugdens with them. We were thrilled to see all of them and curious to know what was in the big box they presented to us. The cardboard box contained a large plexiglass box containing many, many beautiful origami cranes. They had asked various people to fold and then send cranes to them, for us. In Japanese culture, when someone is seriously ill, friends or family seek to obtain 1000 paper origami cranes from others as an offering of love, support and good wishes for the recovery of their loved one. There were about 1500 cranes in our box and they said they had stopped counting. The box and the cranes were spectacular and we were overwhelmed. Donna Deyell, herself Japanese, had organized this project, written a letter explaining the meaning of the cranes and listed the people who had participated. We were overwhelmed and when we finally bid them farewell and came inside and looked at our beautiful box, we had a little cry. So many have been so kind. We receive messages, gifts, phone calls and prayers and we feel very blessed. We are truly being carried on the shoulders of others and strengthened by the Lord.
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