OUR FAMILY: Monday, January 13th, 2020

Thursday, January 23, 2020

Monday, January 13th, 2020

Meridia, Mexico

92nd operating temple

Dedicated: 8 July 2000

By: Thomas S. Monson

Jesus Christ, Jehovah

Moroni 10:34

And now I bid unto all, farewell. I soon go to rest in the paradise of God, until my spirit and body shall again reunite, and I am brought forth triumphant through the air, to meet you before the pleasing bar of the great Jehovah, the Eternal Judge of both quick and dead. Amen.

Book of Mormon/"Come Follow Me"

1 Nephi 8:1-20

"Lehi's Dream and You"

Elder Boyd K. Packer

BYU Devotional Dec 2007

Oct 2019 General Conference

"Standing By Our Promises and Covenants"

Elder Ronald L. Rasband

" When we partake of the sacrament, we renew that covenant to take upon us His name and make additional promises to improve. Our daily thoughts and actions, both large and small, reflect our commitment to Him. His sacred promise in return is "If ye do always remember me ye shall have my Spirit to be with you."

James's cousin, Max Lambson, who is his age passed away. This is the what is helpful about Facebook. He was looking on the Lambson Family page and found this out.

I was up at 4:30 this morning. I love getting up early and getting a headstart on the day. As I was at my desk in the bedroom studying the "Come Follow Me" lesson, I could hear the wind blowing outside. Usually it is more quiet in the morning and the wind doesn't start blowing until later.

I got up and fixed James some breakfast before he left for his court date in New Mexico. He was only gone a few hours and came back with good news. Two of the charges were thrown out. As he left this morning the last thing I said to him was, "Be sure you are totally honest." He said he remembered me saying that. When the judge asked him if he passed in a no passing zone he said he didn't think he did, but he couldn't be sure. Because of that he was given a ticket. It cost $25.00. A small price to pay for keeping you integrity intact. He will also have to pay court costs. They will send him his ticket and the court charges in the mail. He came home pretty happy. He has been worrying about this since it happened. It will be nice for him to have total closure.

James worked inside for awhile and then he went outside to load his truck for the valley tomorrow. The truck couldn't make it up the hill where the forms and stakes are so James had to carry the forms one at a time and he takes several armloads of stakes.

I cleaned downstairs, vacuumed, dusted, and cleaned the bathroom. I bought 3 books today and I sold 3 books. Kathy Heshelow, my book hero, had an $8,000 day. Is she the first? I'm not sure.

I paid bills and balanced both checkbooks. We were supposed to have our "Come Follow Me" group over, the Goodman's and the Peeler's, but I was not feeling up to it. The Peeler's were in the valley and didn't get back until 5:00 pm and they were tired too.

Sheri told me that while she was talking to Ben today they began talking about Max and they both cried.

My blog today took over 3-4 hours. Part of the reason it took so long is because of our internet. We are seeing about getting a different provider. We didn't start "Come Follow Me" until 9 p.m., an hour late.

James got a call from a friend he wrestled with in college and has not seen since college. His name is Barry Brown. I guess he was talking to his brother-in-law Dave Westbrook about his wrestling days and mentioned James's name. Dave said James was in his ward and Barry asked for his number. While James and Barry were talking they made another connection. Barry is JoAnn Bradshaw's brother. JoAnn is the sister who is being released from her temple calling to care for her mother. She was a dear friend to me. She has 10 brothers and sisters and Barry is one of them. It's a small world.

Today I began watching "Love in Winterland" starring Italia Ricci, Jack Turner, and Chad Michael Murray.