Glen and Lynne Tolman Missionary Blog

Elder and Sister Tolman at the Mount Timpanogos Temple Sunday August 4 As per our normal Sunday morning activity we started our day with Music and the Spoken Word.    For our City Creek Branch Meetings this month it is my turn to conduct Sacrament Meeting.   Sister Tolman is the chorister for the month also.   So I conduct the meeting and she conducts the music.   Since it is Fast and Testimony meeting, I started the testimony portion of the meeting by sharing my testimony and to my surprise Sister Tolman was next. We went to Seniors for dinner and had a good visit with them.   One of the benefits of being here in Salt Lake City for 18 months is being able to see family. Michelle and Brooks called and we enjoyed a fun video conference with them and their children. We were still at the Senior’s so they were able to talk to them as well. We talked to our daughter Janny.    She was in St George visiting friends.   Her ...

Picture of the sunset on Friday Aug 2.  Notice the sliver of moon Sunday July 28 One year ago today we left our home in Tempe and drove to Salt Lake City to stay with mom and dad Senior before going to the MTC on Monday July 30.  We attended Music and the Spoken Word and enjoyed the broadcast as normal.    Notice the American flag spot lighted on the left We attended our Branch Meeting from 1 to 3pm.   The Sacrament meeting ta lks on gifts of the spirit and were well prepared and inspiring.   This is the last Sunday with speakers from our Help Services Zone. The s pecial musical number was excellent.   Starting next week Elder Tolman will conduct Sacrament meeting and  Sister Tolman will lead the music as the chorister. Since this is the fourth Sunday we had our Fifth floor dinner social.   Elder Bartholomew and his companion were at our table.  Sister Tolman has a special connection with him developed while he work...

Sunday July 21 We enjoyed breakfast with my sister JoAnne Barlow and her husband Craig.  They stayed overnight with us so they could attend Music and the Spoken Word before returning home to Santaquin, Utah (about an hour drive).  Music and the Spoken Word was amazing.   Choir with Sissel and her family in the front center An emotional Sissel as the choir sings God Be with You 'Til We Meet Again Here is a link to the Pioneer concert that we attended on Saturday night.   Pioneer Concert YouTube   A copy of the program is shown below.  We saw Dave & Julie Curtis and Richard and Ann Ray for a short visit in front of our apartment.   The Ray’s flew up from Arizona to participate in the Pioneer concert on Saturday night and Music and the Spoken Word Sunday morning.  The Ray's stayed with the Curtis' for the weekend. We really enjoyed Sacrament Meeting.   The subject was “The Gathering of Israel on Both Side...

Sunday July 14   Today was the 90-year anniversary of the Tabernacle Choir broadcast.   The first song sung by the choir was “The Morning Breaks“.   This song was sung to start that first broadcast in 1929.   There have only been 3 announcers since the start:   Richard L. Evans (41 years), J Spencer Kinard (18 years) and Lloyd D Newell (since 1990).   We had our picture taken in in the Conference Center lobby in front of a commemoration display.  July 14 is also the French Independence Day called Bastille Day.   I enjoyed three of these holidays while on my mission in French Polynesia.   They have a lot of singing and dancing and the celebration lasts for about a month.   Sister Tolman and I also participated in Bastille Day in 1998 when we visited Tahiti together on a 10-day vacation. We had six young Elders for dinner.   Sister Tolman fixed egg drop soup and chicken chow mein.   We have just enough lefto...