Glen and Lynne Tolman Missionary Blog

Here is a picture of the Logan Temple.  We traveled to Logan on Wednesday and returned to Salt Lake City on Thursday. Sunday September 22 We attended Music and the Spoken Word in the Tabernacle.   We were directly in line with the center of the building in the balcony.  Lloyd Newell was right next to us as he gave the spoken word during the broadcast.  An assistant asked us to be still and not move as he spoke so we wouldn't distract him.   We will keep up our streak of attending weekly as we were given tickets for the Sunday morning session of General Conference on Sunday October 6.   We went to Sacrament meeting at 12 noon at the Rose Park Stake center to hear Elder Bartholomew speak as he finished his mission recently.   He gave both of us hugs before and after the meeting.   We enjoyed our association with him.   President and Sister Fenn were there as well. We missed Sacrament meeting at our City Creek branch but attended the Priesthood and Relief Society ther

Pioneer Children's Memorial at This is the Place Heritage Park Sunday September 15 Music and the Spoken Word was held in the Tabernacle and the building was full.  We arrived at about 8:35am and the main floor middle section was already full.  We sat in the balcony and had a good view.  The sounds are sharper in the Tabernacle due to the better acoustics and the smaller building compared to the conference center. We had a very enjoyable Sacrament meeting.  I found out on Saturday that we were having a General Authority Seventy attend our meeting- J Devn Cornish.  He did not have a stake conference assignment this weekend but due to his own stake having stake conference, he was asked not to attend his stake.  When we arrived at about 12:45pm, President Fenn indicated that Elder Cornish might want to speak.  He did want to speak so we rearranged the speakers and asked one of them to not speak (he was happy to oblige).  Our topic for the meeting was patience.  Our

Sunday September 8 We really enjoyed Music and the Spoken Word this morning.   It was a special treat to have President and Sister Nelson attend the broadcast as well.   He greeted the choir members and said a few words to them after the broadcast thanking them for their participation in the birthday celebration on Friday.   Here is a picture of them.    Here is what Lloyd Newell gave for the spoken word today.   “Our Decisions Determine Our Destiny - Sunday, September 8, 2019 “Every once in a while, a series of choices, experiences, and circumstances combine to create a person who seems to stand out, someone we naturally look to as a role model. Russell M. Nelson is one of those uncommon men.  He recently celebrated his 95th birthday, which for most of us would be an accomplishment by itself. But it’s the content of his life, not just its length, that makes Russell M. Nelson a remarkable person. He has spent much of those 95 years helping others—as a husband and father, as a