Vancouver, British Columbia
131st operating temple
Dedicated: 2 May 2010
By: Thomas S. Monson
Jesus Christ, Relationships with the Father
D&C 76:43
Who glorifies the Father, and saves all the works of his hands, except those sons of perdition who deny the Son after the Father has revealed him.
Book of Mormon
Moroni 1-5
"Come Follow Me"
He will someday return to earth
1 Cor. 15:19-23; Moro 7:41; DC 50:24; 84:44-46; 93:7-10
OctGenCon
Personal Peace in Challenging Times
Elder Quentin L. Cook
Of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles
Personal peace can be achieved despite the anger, contention, and division that blight and corrupt our world today. It has never been more important to seek personal peace. A beautiful and beloved new hymn, written for today's youth by Brother Nik Day, titled "Peace in Christ" declares, "When there's no peace on earth, there is peace in Christ." We were blessed to have this hymn just before the worldwide Covid-19 pandemic.
It was raining this morning when we walked to A.J.'s cafe in the main building of the hotel. We got wet. James tried to find a shortcut but the door he would have gone through went to the kitchen.
This was my view during breakfast, and my breakfast, stuffed French toast with strawberries and cream cheese.
I am so frustrated that these are videos. I wanted them to be photos.
I'm not sure why these are videos and I don't know how to open them. Anyway, the stuffed French toast was delicious. James got a steak and potato skillet which was yummy too. The room was very nice and there was only one or two other couples eating when we did.
There was a basket of umbrellas by the front door when we left so we took one. A nice service for a hotel in the desert to provide.
We went back to our room to relax and have scriptures. We already had prayer. I did some blogging.
This afternoon, in the rain, we delivered Christmas gifts. We went to Sheri's first because James wanted to take the venison steak for tomorrow morning and put it in her refrigerator. No one was home when we got to Sheri's except Ollie and Ziggie. They barked at us a few times and then settled in to looking out the window for when Sheri would come home.
When I would talk to Ollie he would start
howling but my camera wasn't quick
enough to catch it. Ziggie was too busy sniffing the
meat James brought in to put in the frig to be worrying
about when Sheri would be home.
As we were headed out of the neighborhood, Sheri called. She asked where we were. When I told her she asked if we could go back and bake her rolls for her because she was taking Evan and Joshua to see the new Spiderman movie. I told her we would. We baked two batches of rolls before leaving Sheri's house.
On the way to Stacy's we stopped at Culvers on the corner of Willis Rd. and Arizona Ave. I got a cookies and cream mixer.
At Stacy and Paul's Stacy didn't feel well so she was upstairs. Paul was downstairs cooking beans and playing a video game on the TV. We put their packages under the tree when Adam came in with a drink for Paul. We said our goodbyes and went on to Kim's house. After leaving packages at Kim's we went to the Walgreen's on Dobson and Williams Field Rd. to get Amazon gift cards for Lois and Dawn to go with their calendar.
At Lois and Dawn's we had a nice visit and took some pictures.
That angel on top of the tree has been
around the Lambson family as long as I have.
Lois pieced the beautiful quilt together and
then had it quilted. Sheri offered to buy it
but it's not for sale.
Dawn got it at the dollar store.
After leaving Tempe we drove to Mesa and got a Whataburger. That was our Christmas eve dinner. When we got back to Chandler I said we should make a Walmart run to get some snacks. James agreed. I actually found some Ande's mints!
Back in the hotel room we heard fireworks most of the night. I think they may be legal now. We have seen several tents set up selling fireworks.
James and I finished our audio book, had prayer and then James went to bed. I stayed up to blog and walk. Oh yes, we also watched a movie before James hit the hay and we opened our gifts from James's mom and Dawn. We both go wooden boxes with designs decoupaged on top. I also got a smaller box with homemade greeting cards inside, a teapot, and a purple robe. We each go a Visa gift card. Wow! Lois and Dawn always give sooo much!
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