Thursday, January 21, 2010

Last time I had any time on the computer we were still in Provo Utah, since then we have had more visiting time in the Salt Lake area with Grant Fisher's two older sisters and their husbands, a lovely dinner there, and a relaxed Sunday afternoon visit and another great dinner with my cousin Betty Tanner Mertz. While at Deter and LaDon Gehmliches we visited with Grant's nieces and nephews, went to Stake Conference, and a temple sesson in the Salt Lake temple. Here Grant and I got separated and he spent the whole time waiting and looking for me. This was a dissappointment to both of us. It had been 50 years since I was in that beautiful temple. When we arrived for the late morning session the foyer was a beehive of activity, weddings, sealings and gatherings, so many people - quite a change from our Cardston temple. I was quite in awe at the large rooms , another thing I have not been used to. I must say that when I went into the celestial room I was quite swept away with awe. The magnificance, grandeur, was beyond my ability to express. I wondered if Uncle Henning had done any of the painting and gold leaf?? We have pretty much caught up on family news from all sides of both Grant Gehmlich and Grant Fisher and Bridge families.
Always when we visit /stay with Deter and LaDon we are well fed, and taken care of, we so enjoy being with them and they are great hosts to us.
Sunday we left for the east and as we drove through the canyon outside of Salt Lake City and saw the sign of Coalville - I was reminded that my maternal grandfather, John Henry Bridge, was born there. I knew my grandfather very well as he was a large part of my growing up in Magrath. We were greatly blessed to have bare and dry roads until we travelled through Illinois. Here we had some morning ice on the roads and beautiful frost on the trees for miles and mles. Fog but not so bad that we could not see far down the road. Little snow in Nebraska and onto Iowa and finally here we are in Michigan. About an hour out of Detroit.
We will be here at the Marriott for about a week and if anyone wants to call - we are home in the evenings and our number here is 248-553-0000. room 269

We have had intense training today and were sent out on assignment into the community to do an interview with a person who does the hiring for the company/business. Tonight we must write a 200+ word commercial about ourself. One that tells what were the conditions we worked under, what we accomplished, why this new employer would benefit from hiring us. thats it in a nutshell. There were 8 job seekers in the seminar today - a trust company manager, an electrical engineer, marketing specialist, musician, 3 laborers and so on. What a wonderful training is offered in the career program. The director of employment here in Farmington Hills, Michigan, Doug Mallory, told us that last year the employment centre helped to place 2400 people seeking employment. The church as a whole has placed over a million people in employment over the past 5 years. Not bad eh? Well its time to tackle my assignment. Love to all Elaine