Sunday, July 12th, 2020

Guadalajara, Mexico

105th operating temple

Dedicated: 29 Apr 2001

By: Gordon B. Hinckley

Jesus Christ, Lamb of God

 DC 76:85

These are they who shall not be redeemed from the devil until the last resurrection, until the Lord, even Christ the Lamb, shall have finished his work.

Book of Mormon/"Come Follow Me"

"Come Follow Me" lesson at the Peeler's

April General Conference

"The Power of the Book of Mormon in Conversion"

Elder Benjamin M.Z. Tai

Elder David A. Bednar taught: "Knowing that the gospel is true is the essence of a testimony. Consistently being true to the gospel is the essence of conversion. Conversion requires us to be "doers of the word, and not hearers only. The Lord's action plan for us - the doctrine of Christ - is taught most clearly in the Book of Mormon.

Inklings
Strengthen, Beautify, Nourish
Inklings Institute with Emily

Lambson Study Group
 Discussion on Responsibility 
with Jared, Kacey, Kim, Brian
Sheri and Stacy

James studied the "Come Follow Me" lesson, listening to Book of Mormon Central "Come Follow Me" Insights while I worked on my blog. I already listened to Book of Mormon Central.

The Crane's were scheduled for our "Come Follow Me" group but they have family here so we met at the Peeler's again this week. James and I picked up Pierce on the way. Barbara isn't coming because she is still recovering from shoulder surgery. She had a rough night and was asleep when we picked up Pierce. 

After the opening song, prayer, sacrament song, and blessing and passing of the sacrament Owen started the discussion on Alma 30-31. He said he wanted each of us to share a spiritually defining moment in our lives and he would share first. He told about believing in the gospel since he was six although his family was not active. When he was 14 he was working in a hardware store and wanted to know for sure if God was real. He knelt down and said a prayer asking Heavenly Father if He was real. He felt something undeniable and knew that his prayer had been answered. He has never forgotten this experience.

Pierce said he went through a divorce and couldn't understand why because he had tried everything he knew how to make his marriage work. He prayed for peace and felt the comfort of the Spirit like he had never felt before. 

James said when he was 12 years old he was at a meeting where the song "I Stand All Amazed" was sung. This was a spiritual awakening for him.

 Donna shared how her dad would take her to church every week but neither of her parents ever went with her. Through attending her church and then later when she joined our church she has felt the whisperings of the Spirit. 

I told about the time I was preparing to teach a Spiritual Living lesson about the Holy Ghost and could not remember feeling the Holy Ghost in my life. I kneeled down to pray and the most power was feeling came over me and I knew it was the Spirit.

This afternoon in our conversation with  Jared and Kacey they said Summer was sick and had gone down to be tested for Covid-19. Her boyfriend has it but Summer tested negative. There are lots of false negatives so she may still have it. Jared may have to miss two weeks of work and he and Kacey will probably get it. I hope Charlie doesn't get it though. 

We had our Lambson Study Group discussion at six o'clock. We started out on Skype but we couldn't see Sheri and there was lots of background noise. When we went to Zoom things were much better. We had studied one of Ben's favorite talks, "100 Per Cent Responsible" by Elder Lynn G. Robbins. This talk was given at a BYU Devotional. We also read and discussed talks by Elder Christofferson and President Monson. Stacy joined the discussion today which was nice. 

This evening while James was writing his letter to Ben I listened to Emily on Inklings Institute and started a Lambson Study Group journal and a "Come Follow Me" group journal. I also made some dark chocolate brownies with walnuts. We ate a couple and put the rest in the freezer.

I still remember this day so vividly

Couldn't resist another one

Little Miss Charlie makes our Sabbath!