Sun, Mar 28, 2021: Sydney Australia Temple, Palm Sunday the Triumphal Entry, Charlie, Scarlett, Stacy here and leaves, Razr, meetings, wildlife, venison gravy

 

Sydney, Australia

28th operating temple

Dedicated: 20 Sept 1984

By: Gordon B. Hinckley

Jesus Christ, Only Begotten Son

Moses 2:27

And I, God, created man in mine own image, in the image of mine Only Begotten created I him; male and female created I them.

Book of Mormon

Jacob 7:21-Enos 1:10

D&C

Review Section 29

"Come Follow Me"

Review "Jesus Christ Will Gather His People"

OctGenCon

'Ask, Seek, and Knock'

Brother Milton Camargo

First Counselor in the Sunday School General Presidency

The Lord promises, "He that seeketh, findeth." Seeking implies mental and spiritual effort - pondering, testing, trying, and studying. We seek because we trust the Lord's promises, "For he that cometh to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of them that diligently seek Him" (Hebrews 11:6). When we seek, we are humbly acknowledging that we still have much to learn, and the Lord will expand our understanding, preparing us to receive more.

'Preparation for the Second Coming'

President Dallin H. Oaks

April 2004

Restoration Proclamation

P5 S1

We further witness that Joseph Smith was given the gift and power of God to translate an ancient record: the Book of Mormon-Another Testament of Jesus Christ.

The Living Christ

P2 S7

He walked the roads of Palestine, healing the sick, causing the blind to see, and raising the dead.

James went to our ward meeting this morning and I stayed home with Stacy and watched the McQueen 2nd Ward on YouTube. It's almost like being there. I wish they could learn how to do YouTube in our ward.

First there was a youth speaker, Will Butcher. A scary name, but a good speaker. The crux of his message was: "Living a Christ-like life is the key to joy."

The next speaker was Nate Hawkins, a former member of their bishopric, who is now on the high council. He mentioned seeing the Butcher family at "Lamb of God" last night. He highly recommends going to see "Lamb of God."

Brother Hawkins talk was about Centering our lives around Christ and sharing our knowledge and testimony of Christ with others. He asked us to pond the question, "Have you had any special moments with Christ"? Are we listening to Christ's voice? It is the most prominent voice we hear? In Lehi's dream as recorded in 1Nephi 8, it says many went off on strange roads. Brother Hawkins thinks this means they lost their focus on Christ and other things became more important. They became distracted and stopped centering their lives on Christ. How can we keep from doing this?

Brother Hawkins said he had two favorite conference talks, both given by President Nelson. One was the "Hear Him" talk and the other was from this last conference, "Let God Prevail." Am I letting God prevail in my life and do I hear Him?

James said he got permission from Bishop Hunsaker to minister the sacrament to us here at home. I am so grateful for a worthy husband who honors his priesthood. 

After the sacrament Stacy went downstairs to rest and James and I each chose our particular resting spots and took our naps. 

James began fixing "dinner" around 1:45. Stacy wants to eat at 2:30 and then head for home sometime after 4. I made some Bisquick biscuits and James made his venison gravy. We had a delicious early dinner.

Stacy wanted to go on a Razr ride before leaving. James was still resting so I took her. She is very good at spotting wildlife. We had just gotten to the top of the hill on Forest Rd. 61 when she spotted three deer under a tree. We drove on a little ways further and then we noticed we were low on gas so we turned around. The three deer we saw earlier ran right in front of us. Stacy also saw an elk that was way across the flat at the top of the hill. She tried to get a picture but he was too far away. On the way home she saw the antelope in the field off the 60 across from the Vernon post office.

This evening James attended the "Come Follow Me" discussion at the Crane's. I was just too tired and pained to go. The Goodman's were not there either. Kathy sent home some strawberry shortcake for me and a loaf of her famous cinnamon bread.

James and I watched the newest episode of "When Calls the Heart." It was a little disappointing, at least that's what we thought.

Today is Palm Sunday

Mary has lost four people close to her in the

last year.