Sun 8/16/20 "CFM" with Darrel's family; Luna joins Trina's Zoom mtg; Luna loves Starla; Goodbyes;Charlie; Lambson Study Group; Ben's Letters

 

Calgary, Alberta

140th operating temple

Dedicated: 28 Oct 2012

By: Thomas S. Monson

Jesus Christ, Light of the World

DC 93:9

The light and the Redeemer of the world; the Spirit of truth, who came into the world, because the world was made by him, and in him was the life of men and the light of men.

Book of Mormon/"Come Follow Me"

Alma 53-63 lessons with Darrel's family; We watched David Bowman in "Drawn In".

April General Conference

"United In Accomplishing God's Work"

Jean B. Bingham

In 1842, when the women of the fledgling Church wanted to form an official group to help in the work, President Joseph Smith felt inspired to organize them "under the priesthood after the pattern of the priesthood." He said, "I now turn the key to you in the name of God . . . this is the beginning of better days." And since that key was turned, educational, political, and economic opportunities for women have begun to gradually expand throughout the world.

Trina had a Zoom meeting around 9 a.m. She went outside and sat behind her car so she could put her phone on the ice chest. Before she knew it, Luna was standing beside her. She said she heard a horse trotting and when she looked up there was Luna. James tried to bribe her with some watermelon, which she ate and then immediately went back to Trina. Finally Trina had to move to the porch. When someone in the meeting noticed the scenery had changed Trina said, "I had to move because of the horse." The brother said, "That's the best reason I've ever heard."

Luna loves Trina's new car, Starla

She also loves Trina

Lola told me she is going to miss Luna more than anybody but I think Ruby will miss her too.

Addy does not trust Luna and she thinks Luna doesn't like her so she didn't ride her or pet her, or even to close to her. Maybe next time.

I couldn't decide which family photo to use, so I posted almost all of them. We decided since Luna loved this family so much we would take their photo with her instead of in front of the door.

Luna saying goodbye to Starla. I think she is going to miss her. I wonder if she sees her reflection and thinks Starla is a horse. 

We had the sacrament with Darrel's family. James and Darrel blessed the bread and water and Rowan passed. After the sacrament we all went in to the family room and watched "Drawn In" by David Bowman on the Redheaded Hostess website. I used the HDMI cord from the satellite and connected my computer to the TV. The first video was about Helaman and the stripling warriors. The Lord blessed them because of their faith and courage. The next video was about Moroni writing a scathing letter to Pahoran and Pahoran's gentle response and their fighting the kingmen. There was also a segment about Teancum. Brother Bowman makes the scriptures fun and I think the kids really enjoyed his lesson.

I heated up the baked ziti for lunch and everyone ate some except for Trina and Addy. Darrel and Trina took the sheets off all of the beds they used and washed them and put them back on before they left for home. They had the kids clean upstairs where they stayed and they cleaned the basement. Wow! I certainly do appreciate them.

After we said our goodbyes, James laid down for a nap. It was a short one because he had been asked along with his partner Dave W. to take the sacrament to Barbara Austin who lives in Angel Wings, an assisted living home in our ward. The interesting was that the bishop and Colter had already taken the sacrament to Sister Austin so Dave and James just had a nice visit with her. Their next visit was to Anthony. They took him the sacrament and had a nice visit with him. James was gone about three hours, he didn't get home until almost 5:30 so we missed our FaceTime call with Jared and Kacey. 

Our Lambson family study group Zoomed in at 6:00. The topic this week was being a disciple of Christ and all the talks were by Elder Holland. Jared was in charge. Here are the talks:

1.) "The Bitter Cup and the Bloody Baptism"

Jeffrey R. Holland

BYU Speeches Jan 13, 1987

2.) Christ's Invitation: "Come Unto Me"

Jeffrey R. Holland

BYU Speeches: Mar 2, 1997

3.) "The Inconvenient Messiah"

Jeffrey R. Holland

BYU Speeches

Feb 2, 1982

4.) "Remember Lot's Wife: Faith Is For the Future"

Jeffrey R. Holland

BYU Speeches

Jan 13, 2009

Those attending: Jared, Kacey, Charlie, Sheri, Kim, Brian, James, Karen. It was a great discussion! Charlie asked where Stacy was.

This evening before going to bed James and I both wrote a letter to our missionary, Elder Trezise.

Smiling inspite of her infected mosquito bite

The many moods and faces of Charlie