OUR FAMILY: Friday, September 22nd, 2017

Thursday, September 28, 2017

Friday, September 22nd, 2017

Madrid, Spain

56th operating temple

Dedicated: 19 March 1999

By: President Gordon B. Hinckley

Jesus Christ, Appearances, Antemortal

Deuteronomy 5:24

And ye said, Behold, the Lord our God hath shewed us his glory and his greatness, and we have heard his voice out of the midst of the fire: we have seen this day that God doth talk with man,, and he liveth.

Helaman 7:13-8:10

*When have you raised your voice in support of the living prophet?

-Some of my thoughts: "By my sustaining vote in General Conference, by listening to their counsel and trying to follow it, bearing testimony and standing as a witness. I try to remember them in my prayers and speak out against those who are critical of them.

DC 138:1-10

*How can pondering the scriptures be a prerequisite to receiving revelation?

-Revelations come to those who are prepared spiritually and mentally. "When we are relaxed in a private room we are susceptible to revelation. My best thoughts come in the morning when I am relaxed and thinking about the duties of the day." -President David O. McKay. Studying and pondering the scriptures prepares one's mind and heart to receive the things of the Spirit. Under those conditions one can be taught from on high.

General Conference

Let the Holy Spirit Guide

Elder Ronald A. Rasband

"If we let the Lord know in our morning prayers that we are ready, He will call on us to respond. If we respond, He will call on us time and time again and we will find ourselves on what President Monson calls 'the Lords errand.' We will become spiritual first responders bringing help from on high."

"Following gospel standards and keeping the commandments set us apart as true disciples of Christ. When we make that step to go from good to even better, we truly please our Father in Heaven. We need to rely on Jesus Christ and the power of His Atonement to improve at least a little bit each day. There are no fence-sitters in the gospel. We are either moving forward or falling back, and the idea of 'I'm doing well enough right now' will inevitably cause us to fall back." - Elder Neal A. Maxwell

The Church, because of some generous donors, was able to acquire the printers manuscript of the Book of Mormon from the Community of Christ Church for $35 million.

The inauguration was held for the 17th BYU-Idaho President. President Henry B. Eyring formally installed his son, Henry J. Eyring.

Trump declares disaster in Puerto Rico and makes more federal funds available.

The Church is grieving the deaths of several LDS during the recent quakes in Mexico while providing temporal and spiritual support.

I had lunch at my friend Pam's today. I am her visiting teacher and she invites me to lunch. She made the most delicious minestrone soup. After we finished eating we went to visit Mary C. who is my visiting teaching companion. We came away from the visit trying to figure out how we could help Mary. She has four small children at home and one of them is a little boy who has autism. He does not sleep well at night and is quite a handful during the day. Mary is exhausted and we feel like she could use some help. I am going to talk to the Relief Society president and see what can be done.

While I was making egg salad sandwiches for our potluck at the temple tomorrow James went on a Razr ride down to Chocolate Lake. He ran out of gas. I had to stop what I was doing and take him some gas. Oh the things we do for those we love.

We watched Heartland, "Sweethearts of the Rodeo."