Relief Society's General Women's Conference

This is my new friend, Clemencia Berteaux. She is from Pleasant Grove, UT. She works at the temple on Saturdays. I used to see her when I attended the temple in the afternoon shift. I would visit on an off day of my own shift, and also check out the shift staff to see if I wanted to be on their shift when I started back at the Mt. Timpanogos Temple.

The sisters are so kind and sweet. I met Clemencia and we became fast friends. I, on occasion would substitute for her and she would for me as well. We'd help each other out when we went out of town. It is always a pleasure to help someone else if they are willing to return the favor. She has for me and it makes it nice to have someone you can depend on in those cases.

We ended up visiting and I invited her to go up with me to the Relief Society meeting in the Conference Center in Salt Lake City. She had never been and was thrilled to go, she said she never thought she would ever get the chance to go by herself. We had a great visit, I drove. She is eighty-four and very spry for her age. She is a sweetheart! She talks like my mother, with a Spanish accent and is petite, like Elena. She does so many things as acts of service and loves people.
Clemencia and Me at the Conference Center, Sept 26, 2009, Salt Lake City.



We have a lot in common and will keep in touch. She told me when I first met her, that she had a daughter who passed away at 24 years old, whose name was Ana Maria, like mine. We have a kinship toward each other. Her husband used to be a temple worker, only he has Parkinson's now, and cannot work in the temple anymore as a regular temple worker.