Ogden, Utah
14th operating temple
Dedicated: 18-20 Jan 1972
By: Joseph Fielding Smith
Jesus Christ, Messenger of the Covenant
John 8:42
Jesus said unto them, If God were your Father, ye would love me: for I proceeded forth and came from God; neither came I of myself, but he sent me.
Book of Mormon/"Come Follow Me"
Review of 3 Nephi 12-16
AGC/LSG
"Go Forward in Faith"
President Russell M. Nelson
Dear brothers and sisters, I express my love for you. During this time of tension and uncertainty, and invoking the authority vested in me, I would like to confer upon you an apostolic blessing.
I bless you with peace and increasing faith in the Lord.
I bless you with a desire to repent and become a little more like Him each day.
I bless you to know that the Prophet Joseph Smith is the prophet of the Restoration of the gospel of Jesus Christ in its fulness.
Should there be illness among you or your loved ones, I leave a blessing of healing, consistent with the will of the LOrd.
I so bless you, adding once more my expression of love for each of you, in the sacred name of Jesus Christ, amen.
A Bicentennial Proclamation To The World
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God the Father has given us the divine birth, the incomparable life, and the atoning sacrifice of His Beloved Son, Jesus Christ.
I still have a sore throat and exhaustion so I stayed home from the first sacrament meeting we have had since March 8th. James went early to usher. Afterwards he went to the Peeler's for "Come Follow Me." He said the sacrament meeting was awesome. Both Bishop Hunsaker and President Beeler spoke. He said there were 150 attending and they went into the overflow because of the every other row rule. Back at home I slept, and studied the gospel. I felt a little better by afternoon.
This afternoon I worked on my blog, checked out my list on Family Search, and did some indexing. James also did some indexing. I think he wants to catch up with me. I've indexed around 2,000 records and he is around 1,500.
We FaceTimed with Jared, Kacey, and Charlie. The first thing Charlie asked when her face came on the screen was "Where's Luna and where's the other gramma. She calls James the "other gramma."
James took my phone out to see Luna and Charlie was happy.
We had our Zoom Lambson Study Group meeting at 6 p.m. Sheri wasn't there because she was at Ian's parents house. I'm not sure why Stacy didn't join but it was just Jared, Kacey, Kim, Brian, James and I. Before we started discussing the last session of April conference Kim gave us an update on her health condition. She had an MRI last Monday. I had already texted her on Friday so James and I knew, but Jared asked.
Kim has acute sinus disease. She has it on both sides but it is way worse on the left with 50% blockage. Some has calcified. She may need surgery but wants us to pray that she won't have to have surgery. She told the doctor that she felt like she had had a sinus infection for a month and a half. She said that it had been much much longer than that. She is seeing an ENT on Monday.
These are the talks we discussed:
"The Great Plan"
President Dallin H. Oaks
"The Blessing of Continuing Revelation to Prophets and Personal Revelation to Guide Our Lives"
Elder Quentin L. Cook
"Finding Refuge from the Storms of Life"
Elder Ricardo P. Gimenez
"Come and Belong"
Elder Dieter F. Uchtdorf
"The Finest Homes"
Elder L. Whitney Clayton
"Sharing the Message of the Restoration and the Resurrection"
Elder D. Todd Christofferson
"Go Forward in Faith"
President Russell M. Nelson
The crowd favorite seemed to be Brother Gimenez's. One of my favorite quotes was from Elder Clayton's talk:
The finest homes are refuges from the storms of life. The Lord has promised that those who keep the commandments of God "prosper in the land." God's prosperity is the power to press forward despite the problems of life.
The last thing we did was read President Nelson's apostolic blessing. It is recorded above under his talk, "Go Forward in Faith."
This evening I blogged while James indexed before going to bed.
While James was gone to meetings I looked outside and saw
Luna in the backyard. I bribed her out with some feed.
When James got home he discovered how she got in.
She steps on the front porch, walks over into the
planter and jumps down. He put a string across so
she wouldn't do it anymore. If there is a string or wire
on the ground she will not walk over it. James tied
this one to the post and the fence.
Sweet Charlie
Paragon falcon on our backporch
Good idea!
This was a Saturday post
Courtney Pannell and her fiance at
a lantern festival in Utah.
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