What Child Is This?

The Sister missionaries asked me to accompany them in Sacrament meeting.  They sang Sally DeFord's 'What Child Is This?'  Sister Whitby and Sister Faupula sounded very good together and helped to make the meeting a very nice one.  Elder and Sister Brinkerhoff spoke.  They told the YSA branch about their mission and Elder Brinkerhoff spoke wonderfully about the Savior.

Mendenhall Glacier has been a wonderful attraction for us while we have been in Juneau.  It is so beautiful and so deadly if not given proper caution.

The Institute class was attended by three again this week.  It didn't stop us from having a wonderful discussion on Alma.  Diane's meals continue to be a looked forward to activity by those who attend. 

This is Nugget Falls in the lower middle portion of the picture.  In the summer it roars with runoff water.  It is so cold you wonder where there is water that is not frozen on that mountain.  But the ground is saturated with water and it just runs out in numerous springs and gather at the bottom of Nugget falls.

Today in the Thursday Institute class we started our new course, "The Pearl of Great Price."  All of us in our lifetimes question who we are, why we are here, and what happens to us after this life.  A most wonderful statement made by the God of this world to Moses brings a great amount assurance to me: "Thou art my son."  How wonderful.  We are the sons and daughters of our Father In Heaven. 

Mendenhall lake is completely frozen over.  The temperatures in the valley below the glacier is typically 8-10 degrees colder than where we live which is around the mountain in Lemon Creek.

The snow has dropped on us today.  The humidity is lower than usual for Juneau.  Consequently the snow has been light and fluffy.  It appears to have accumulated an additional foot on to of  that which had already fallen earlier in the week. 

The blues in the glacier were amplified by the sun on this day.  Glacier blue is such a stunning color.

I took a drive up to Mendenhall Glacier yesterday.  The sun was shining without a cloud in the sky.  The temperature was 4 degrees Fahrenheit.  I tried to capture what I was seeing with my limited photographic skills.  But it was beautiful and had it not been so cold, I would have spent more time soaking up the beauty of the place but the cold drove me back to the car.

The snow was falling today at least by an inch an hour and sometimes more.  The snow removers have their work cut out for them on days like this.