Tuesday, July 26, 2016

It's not a temple but I love castles.

This reminds me of Hogwarts.

Alma 40:1-14

Christ brings to pass the resurrection of all men - The righteous dead go to Paradise and the wicked to outer darkness to await the day of their resurrection - All things will be restored to the proper and perfect frame in the Resurrection.

What happens to our spirits after we die?

If we have been baptized and have repented of our sins, and considered righteous, we are received into a state of happiness, which is called Paradise, (See Alma 40:12).  A place called Spirit Prison is reserved for 'those who have died in their sins, without a knowledge of the truth, or in transgression, having rejected the prophets' (D&C 138:32).

GC: "Opposition In All Things" Elder Dallin H. Oaks

'Some things can only be learned by faith.'

My dear friend Anne Reber passed away today.  Now she can be with her sweetheart Alvin.  I served with Anne back in the seventies when we were still part of the Mesa West stake in the stake Primary presidency.  She was fun-loving, spiritual, and very talented.  We were in a car accident together traveling to Casa Grande to visit a Primary in our stake.  I loved Anne very much and will definitely look forward to seeing her again.

Anne Reber

On Sunday the ward handed out the instructions the bishop used in our last 5th Sunday meeting on how to find ancestors on Family Search.  I used those instructions and found, just on one line, four people who need temple ordinances done.  One was a baptism.  Thank you bishop for your help!

I love this picture that Trina posted of Darrel:

It is hard to get a picture of Darrel, but

one where he is smiling is a real bonus.  He would

only do this for Trina.

We went out on the porch today while the weather was nice, just before it rained, to read.  We noticed that bees had taken over our humming bird feeder not allowing the birds to drink.  James found a weapon and began shooing them away.

He's lucky he didn't get stung.

I used my new electric skillet and made the best stirfry I have ever made using no oil, water, or butter.  I had onions, red potatoes, broccoli, asparagus, zucchini, snap peas, and an orange and a yellow bell pepper.  James said he could eat it everyday.  Sorry I didn't take a picture. 

Now I am sitting on the deck outside our bedroom enjoying the cool weather, rain and thunder around me, and the hummingbirds.

I just read from Fablehaven, Discovering the Word of Wisdom, The American Covenant, while eating grapes.  This is the life.

It was a gorgeous afternoon and evening thanks to the rain.

This picture was actually taken in 2014.

James and I planted two Gerber daisies in the pots on our front porch.  I also cleaned bird poop off our two rocking chairs on the porch. (Thank you Kim and Brian for the rockers!)

Today was a productive day.  I changed sheets on two beds, cleaned our bedroom and bath and washed all of the towels in our bathroom.  There are six. 

For dinner I made pesto flatbread on whole wheat flatbread with grilled fresh tomatoes and mozarella cheese.  I had one and a half flatbreads and James had two and a half.  They are delicious.

While I was studying this evening James went for a walk up on the hill.  He thought he heard someone shooting guns on our property, but they were across the road.  I told him to be careful in case they weren't good shots.

Here is a picture of the fire pit and patio that James wants to build.