Not your typical Sunday

I've been going back to church and becoming more active.  The goal is to go back to the temple and to be sealed to Heather.  It has been such a long time that there is some relearning to go through.

Part of going back to church is to take a temp pres class as part of a refresher coarse.  I have the added blessing of taking the class with +Heather Lane Foster.  I love spending time with her.

In the class, the teacher wants to devote time equally between the temple and also teaching genealogy.  That makes sense since they go hand in hand.  While discussing Malachi 4:6, we where talking about what it means.   As I was discussing what it meant to me, the teacher asked me if I knew my great grandfather.  I responded "yes"and I gave his name "Rudolph Hilbert".  She pulled out a couple of sheets of paper.  One had his obituary on it and the other two had pictures of when he was a child.  I was floored.  I recognized the obituary right off the bat.  It took me a bit to compose myself.  She had felt impressed to pull that information and she had ask the bishop permission to look at our family history.

I remember as a young child sitting on the floor as he told stories about his time back east on the Mississippi.  It was such a long time ago that I don't remember the stories themselves but the memory is something I treasure to this day.

Sadly we don't have much information beyond him but it is something that I would like to research more and see where that leads.

I have been blessed greatly today and I am so blessed to have been able to share this with my wife.  I am very happy with the journey I am on and I am excited to see where this journey goes.