Memories

I'll begin to write this, though i can't think of a good enough title to name it. I am so grateful for my work that I am able to see my home town newspaper on the web while I am at work. Today I just looked over the Obits and found a name I hadn't forgotten, but I knew them well. There was an older couple in my home ward of California, their names are the Melgers. They are German immigrants that came here to get a life for themselves. They are also converts to the church. I can't fully remember the situation, but Brother Melger was in the hospital one time, and i was there visiting someone else or something, I don't remember, but i happened to their room and visited with them for a while. I remember Sister Melger told me of their conversion story, how the missionaries knocked on their door and they joined right there. They knew it was true. She had also told me the first time they went to the temple, and that for the next several months, they had to keep getting new garments, due to the fact that all the Irish coffee they drank, that the alcohol in their system was coming out in their pores, so that the garments stunk like coffee and alcohol. This happened for a month or so after they went to the temple, after they had given it up. Their bodies were purifying themselves again, from the normality they were accustomed too. After their bodies were purified, they no longer had the smell or their garments were no longer stained by their old habits. That has always stuck with me. To let you know, it is Sister Melger who has passed away. She used to make German potato salad for all the church functions. Man they were good. She used to bake with her grand kids whenever they came over. She always had something they were doing when I would go to their house to visit. I wonder if Arnold is going to be like President Hinckley, when his beloved Sister Hinckley passed away. The Melgers were the sweetest couple I have ever seen, next to President Hinckley. I pray that she is at rest now, with family before her, prophets and apostles. I pray Arnold will be at peace too, and the family and know that the Lord has called her home.