Durban, South Africa
168th operating temple
Dedicated: 16 Feb 2020
By: Ronald A. Rasband
Jesus Christ, Prophecies about
Alma 7:10
And behold, he shall be born of Mary, at Jerusalem which is the land of our forefathers, she being a virgin, a precious and chosen vessel, who shall be overshadowed and conceive by the power of the Holy Ghost, and bring forth a son, yea, even the Son of God.
Book of Mormon
Alma 51:1-12
D&C
88 Review
"Come Follow Me"
"Establish a House of God"
AprGenCon
"This Is Our Time"
Elder S. Gifford Nielsen
Of the Seventy
When winds blow in our lives, where is our focus? Remember, there is always one reliable source of strength and courage. The arms of Jesus extend to us, just as they extended to Peter. As we reach for Him, He will lovingly rescue us. We are His. He said, "Fear not: for I have redeemed thee, I have called thee by thy name; thou art mine"(Isaiah 43:1). He will prevail in your life if you let Him. The choice is yours.
#13
We believe in being honest, true, chaste, benevolent, virtuous, and in doing good to all men; indeed, we may say that we follow the admonition of Paul - We believe all things, we hope all things, we have endured many things, and hope to be able to endure all things. If there is anything virtuous, lovely, or of good report or praiseworthy, we seek after these things.
Inklings
"God Loves His Children"
Taniela B. Wakolo
Jeremiah 29-31
We watched part of our ward's Zoom meeting. Brother Reynolds was the speaker. He is our ward's preparedness expert and he talked about being prepared both temporally and spiritually for what lies ahead. It was a good talk. They had the sacrament part of the meeting first and we missed the first speaker. James prepared, blessed and passed the sacrament here at home. He has the permission from our bishop.
We got an email from our stake president today, President Beeler. He spoke about some horrible events occurring in our community and I was not sure what he was talking about. He spoke about the resurgence of Covid and how many are suffering. He talked about President Nelson's message and the importance of staying on the covenant path and following the Prophet. He sent a picture of the United States rain levels showing saturation levels in our area being the highest anywhere in the United States, which is really hard to believe. He attributes it to the fact that we are doing indexing, temple and family history work.
I finally had to tell my friend Pam that I have Covid. She had been trying to get me to get the vaccine for several weeks now. Here is the message I sent her when she asked who in our ward was sick:
Pam, because you are a dear friend I am going to share with you what is going on with James and I. James has been diagnosed with prostate cancer and was ready to start treatments when we both got Covid from a friend. I have an autoimmune disease and because of the medicine I am on, my immune system is compromised. The CDC page says it is not known yet if it is safe for people with autoimmune diseases to take the vaccine. Just as a side note, the friend who exposed us to Covid had taken the vaccine. My daughter has a friend who had Covid, waited three months and had the vaccine and was hospitalized and almost died. Because we have Covid hopefully we will have immunities built up in defense of getting it again. As far as others in the ward who are sick, I don't know because I have been quarantined for the past ten days.
Sister Wilhelm reached out to us today to ask if there was anything she could do for us. She wanted to bring dinner. I told her neither of us have much of an appetite right now but if she wanted to get us some apple juice, that would be great. She said she would be going to town tomorrow and would definitely bring us some. Hurray for good friends!
Owen brought back James's skidsteer today. He fixed it and then instead of charging for fixing it he used it for a project he was doing. I haven't seen James so happy in quite some time.
James and I finished "The Blue Orchid Society" and I finished "His Lady in Hiding." Listening to audio books is our favorite pasttime right now.
James and I both decided tomorrow is going to be a good day!
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