26 Oct 2021, Tuesday

 26 Oct 2021, Tuesday

Prioritized Daily Task

Today in Budapest, Hungary; Mirko, Ljubica, and Bojana Jelicic go back to Novi Sad and turn the rental car back to Sixt.
9:00 AM We ate breakfast at our hotel, checked Mirko, Ljubica, and Bojana out, and paid for their room and parking, Debbie and I saw them off and said our goodbyes.  They are going to Banje Luka, Croatia where Mirko grew up and some of his family is still there they want to see and visit the family graveyard before going back home to Novi Sad.
2:00 PM - Debbie and I had a picnic lunch in our room eating up the food we brought 
We listened to Come Follow Me, D&C Section 124 with Jared Halverson
7:00 PM - Debbie and I had dinner at the hotel

We received this today from one of Debbie's friends, Colleen Pole.                  THE TRAIN: 
At birth we boarded the train and met our parents, and we believe they will always travel by our side. As time goes by, other people will board the train; and they will be significant i.e. our siblings, friends, children, strangers and even the love of your life. However, at some station our parents will step down from the train, leaving us on this journey alone. Others will step down over time and leave a permanent vacuum. Some, however, will go so unnoticed that we don't realize they vacated their seats. This train ride will be full of joy, sorrow, fantasy, expectations, hellos, goodbyes, and farewells. Success consists of having a good relationship with all passengers requiring that we give the best of ourselves.
The mystery to everyone is: We do not know at which station we ourselves will step down. So, we must live in the best way, love, forgive, and offer the best of who we are. It is important to do this because when the time comes for us to step down and leave our seat empty we should leave behind beautiful memories for those who will continue to travel on the train of life.
I wish you a joyful journey for the coming years on your train of life.  Reap success, give lots of love and be happy.  More importantly, thank God for the journey!
Lastly, I want to thank you for being one of the passengers on my train!  ❤️ 

October 26th, 2021                                                                                  While in Dubai,  Elder David A. Bednar of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, his wife, Susan, Elder Patrick Kearon of the Presidency of the Seventy and his wife, Jennifer; Elder Randy D. Funk of the Middle East/Africa North Area Presidency and his wife, Andrea; Relief Society general president Jean B. Bingham and her husband, Bruce and her First Counselor, Sister Sharon Eubank; and the leaders of the Abu Dhabi Stake visited Expo 2020.                                                                             As announced in April 2020, a parcel of land on the expansive property of Expo 2020, will one day be the site of the Dubai Temple. Following a gracious invitation from the Dubai government to build the temple, it will be the first to be built by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the Middle East.  
The temple will serve 8,000 Latter-day Saints living in two stakes in the Gulf states and a number of congregations in the Middle East, northern Africa, eastern Europe and western Asia. Currently members who want to worship in temples need to travel to places such as Ukraine, Italy and Germany.

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