Barranquilla, Colombia
161st operating temple
Dedicated: 28 Oct 2018
By: Russell M. Nelson
Jesus Christ, Lord
DC 10:70
And now, remember the words of him who is the life and light of the world, your Redeemer, your Lord and your God. Amen.
Book of Mormon/"Come Follow Me"
Review Helaman 13-16 with Stacy, Paul, Joshua, and James
Lambson Study Group
Saturday Afternoon Session
April 2020 General Conference
I was running some things off for our "Come Follow Me" lesson only to find out that the color is not working on our printer. It took me about two hours to finally fix it. I went to hp technical assistance online and the virtual bot told me to uninstall and reinstall the printer, which I did. Finally color!
"Drawn In" with David Bowman was only 15 minutes long today. I was going to use it for part of the lesson but didn't end up doing so.
We started our Sunday meetings at 10:30 as we normally do. For the opening song we sang, "Lead Kindly Light." Stacy said the opening prayer and then we had the sacrament song, "Jesus Once of Humble Birth." James blessed the bread, Paul blessed the water, and Joshua passed both of them.
This week's lesson was Helaman 13-16 "Glad Tidings of Great Joy", the story of Samuel the Lamanite. We went through the personal scripture study section of the lesson, each person reading a section and the scriptures listed in that section. We got in to some good discussion and I handed out a paper listing the things that will happen before the Second Coming. Many of them have already happened. I also shared with everyone the list of things President Nelson asked us to do in the last conference. Here is an outline of what we discussed:
I. Helaman 13 The Lord gives warnings through His prophets.
II. Helaman 13-15 The Lord is merciful to those who repent.
III. Helaman 14; 16:13-23 Signs and wonders can strengthen the faith of those who do not harden their hearts.
After our meeting some took naps, James heated up some chili beans and I watched the conference talks we will be discussing today in our Lambson group study from the Saturday afternoon session of General Conference.
"The Coming Forth of the Book of Mormon"
Elder Ulisses Soares
"Come unto Christ-Living as Latter-day Saints
Elder John A. McCune
"A Living Witness of the Living Christ"
Bishop Gerald Causse
"Consider the Goodness and Greatness of God"
Elder Dale G. Renlund
"The Power of the Book of Mormon in Conversion"
Elder Benjamin M.Z. Tai
"A Good Foundation against the Time to Come"
Elder Gary E. Stevenson
Much of our discussion centered on the truths taught in the Book of Mormon and the Atonement of Jesus Christ, and the goodness and mercy of both Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ. We also talked about how strong our spiritual foundation needs to be to face the future. We discussed the promises President Nelson gave as we read and study, and PONDER the truths taught in the Book of Mormon. The teachings of the gospel can TRANSFORM us. The two capitalized words were ones that were used several times in many of these talks.
At the beginning of our Zoom call Charlie started singing "The Wiseman Built His House Upon a Rock". She was so shy she didn't finish the song but Jared says she knows all of the words. I didn't realize until later when we were talking about Elder Stevenson's talk, "A Good Foundation Against the Time to Come," how appropriate this song was. I'm sure Kacey knew and that's why she had her sing it.
James started around 3 o'clock to prepare the meat for our venison gravy. As soon as we were finished with our gospel discussion he began cooking the meat with the gravy. I put the biscuits in. Paul cooked bacon and eggs and before 5:30 we were ready to eat.
James and I ate quickly and then left for the Grapp's for Malea's baby blessing and Emsley's 7th birthday. The Grapp's are also serving dinner but we did not stay for dinner.
the head chef today.
Brother Grapp invited all Melchizedek priesthood holders up to help bless the baby. He gave a very sweet blessings. Malea fussed a little. She has a bit of a rash on her face and I think maybe she was uncomfortable and the rash is why she did not have on her white blessing dress.
After the baby blessing we let Emsley open her gift from us. Her mom and told me that she loves Calico Critters. So that's what I got her along with a book. I think she liked the critters better than the book.
Besides family there were several people from our ward who
attended this blessing/birthdayparty/dinner.
The Gillespies, the two sister Halcombs, the Peelers, the Goodmans, and the Morrison family. I got to see Amaron who just turned 11. He is growing up!
We left after Emsley opened her gift. When we got home there were cows all over our property. They are Brother Gillespie's cows. Stacy, Paul, and Joshua were on a Razr ride so James just went outside and yelled at them. He chased one bunch off and then another one came. While he was chasing the second bunch off, the first one returned. The cows are getting to be a nightmare. The break out of their field which has a big pond of water and then when they get thirsty they come over and drink Luna's water. They aren't too smart. When the Razr returned he had to chase them again.
Shipley is my new friend. She loves me. I was laying down on the bed when James opened the door to the bedroom while Stacy and Paul were gone and Shipley jumped up in bed right beside me. Vader tried to but he had a little harder time. James was upset because he doesn't want dogs on his bed so he called for them to come with him. He took them outside and almost lost Shipley. Stacy got back and she was pretty upset but calmed down quickly when Shipley came running off the hill when she called.
What a Sabbath this was, packed with lots of activities. One of the highlights of our Sabbath is always seeing pictures of Charlie. This time Molly was in the pictures too. I am embarrassed to say that we totally forgot that this was Fast Sunday. How embarrassing!
Sisterly Love!
Jared scared her
roses
holding Malea after the blessing
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