Bill and I entered our missionary work today--Friday, December 5, 2008. It was a very unusual day for the mission. Elder Joseph Wirthlin died this week and his funeral was today--so we had a "Meet the Presidency" breakfast instead of a lunch. Met the mission presidency, branch presidency, and some office staff and the other new missionaries--I think there are six couples and about 6 singles--two young elders and a young sister and some senior sisters.
We were given a stack of tickets and such--to the funeral today, the First Presidency broadcast on Sunday, our schedule for the week-end and where to report on Monday morning at 7:30am. Can I just say, "It is COLD here at 7:30am." We walked over to breakfast this morning and I was freezing!
We attended the funeral at noon, with all of the General Authorities and President Monson conducting. Temple Square was closed and locked down except for people with tickets to the funeral. We sat in the balcony, second section, left-hand side---nice seats.
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