This past week has been another roller coaster week.  However, I have learned as we exercise patience and wait for Him who can solve all our problems as He sees best.

Thursday started out great as we traveled to the Temple in St. George.  Before heading home we discovered that Lorene lost her pearl necklace.  After a couple of trips to the Security Office we left not knowing whether it would show up.  Calls on Friday were fruitless.  However, a call to St George on Saturday boosted Lorene's spirits as it has been found and is currently waiting in a safe.

Friday we headed up to Cove Fort about 75 miles from here with three of our grandchildren in tow.  Arriving about 60 minutes later to discover we were a week too early.  To take advantage of our trip up north we stopped in Beaver to visit a friend from San Bernardino that we have not seen in over a year.  While visiting we received a text from our daughter with a picture of a car remote with the key missing from the case.  Seems the key had fallen out of the case and would cost $175 to replace.  We hurried back to Cedar City to join the search for the lost key, and lo and behold I discovered behind the tire of a car in the parking lot where it had fallen.  Rushing to the locksmith I was able to get it fixed for $30.

Earlier we discovered one of our children was having major issues that seemed to be unsolvable.  It seems the harder we try to prepare ourselves for our mission, the more problems keep popping up.  This problem has taken some time to be addressed by those directly involved and at least for this moment there seems to be a path that can lessen the friction.

As we strive to be more patient we find that our problems are in deed solvable and are reminded that there is someone who loves us to help us see that there are always better days ahead.