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The San Diego Temple Open House is the talk of the Town

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The Public Open House for the San Diego Temple just started last week.   Lots of volunteers help the large crowds visit and enjoy the refurbished beautiful building!!  And beautiful it is!!! It is such a landmark and a great blessing for greater San Diego!!!! (see pic). We met a young sailor last week.  Kimberly works on Navy Base San Diego (one of the largest bases in the country).  She was a media referral and wanted to attend church.  We picked her up on Sunday morning outside the gate.  She was dressed like a sister missionary and carried a well marked bible.  She had attended services once in boot camp and was thinking...  She enjoyed Sacrament Meeting and Relief Society. After the meetings she had time to drive with us to look at the San Diego Temple (this was a few days before the Open House started) . (see pic). On Monday we took her to a Young Single Adult Ward FHE where she met and was...

Memorial Day and the Rosecrans National Cemetery

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A few Senior Couples were able to participate with Veteran Families and other volunteers in placing a flag on each of the 50,000 plus military graves in the Rosecrans National Cemetery on Point Loma.  It was a memorable and reverent event!  Place the flag, read the name, and salute or place hat on heart.  Several graves just read US Solider. (see a few of the pics). Brendda who was baptized two months ago is in Officer Candidate School in Rhode Island. She wrote us a nice letter and in part told us she feels surrounded by her church family there.  The Senior Military Relations Missionary couple there and others have been great ministers to this great sister! (see pic) April joined the church at Easter time this year.  As Senior Missionaries we can leave the mission boundaries to attend the Newport Beach Temple.  We were able to take April (center sister in photo) and her friend and fellow shipper Em...