Santiago, Chile
24th operating temple
Dedicated: 15-17 Sep 1983
By: Gordon B. Hinckley
Jesus Christ, Rock
1 Samuel 2:2
There is none holy as the Lord: for there is none beside thee: neither is there any rock like our God.
Book of Mormon
2 Nephi 18:1-22
"Come Follow Me"
Genesis 27:1-29; Gen. 26:18-25, 32-33 Jesus Christ is the well of living water.
OctGenCon
"The Temple and Your Spiritual Foundation"
President Russell M. Nelson
President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Temple ordinances and covenants are ancient. The Lord instructed Adam and Eve to pray, make covenants, and offer sacrifices. Indeed, "whenever the Lord has had a people on the earth who will obey His word, they have been commanded to build temples." The standard works are replete with references to temple teachings, clothing, language, and more. Everything we believe and every promise God has made to His covenant people come together in the temple. In every age, the temple has underscored the precious truth that those who make covenants with God and keep them are children of the covenant.
Thus, in the house of the Lord, we can make the same covenants with God that Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob made. And we can receive the same blessings!
I got up at 4:56 this morning. At 7:55 it was 19 degrees. I listened to "Book of Mormon Central" and to part of "Talking Scriptures" with Mike and Bryce. I watched a couple of episodes of the first season of "Grantchester" about the priest who solves murder mysteries. I like him but the show is just a little too liberal for me. It's on Amazon Prime and I wanted to take advantage of having Amazon Prime but I don't think I can watch it anymore. I was watching while working on the computer.
I texted Chelsea MacArthur, our neighbor who provides us with eggs and told her we needed to buy a couple dozen eggs. She said that her husband Jared would be right over with the girls and the eggs.
A few minutes later the doorbell rang. James beat me to it so I went back in the bedroom. Peyton who is 5, and Scotlyn who is 3, each brought in a dozen eggs and handed them to James. He handed them two empty cartons and a $5 bill. Such a cute family. We are so glad they are our neighbors.
I wanted to make a treat to take to the Grapp's this afternoon. The only muffins I had were chocolate chunk so I made them. They turned out well and tasted quite good. I also tried to make some yellow cupcakes and then I was going to put some fudge frosting on them but they were all over the place and were a mess when I tried to take them out of the pan. I guess I put too much batter in each cup. I ended up making some frosting when I got home from visiting the Grapp's and frosted some of the cupcakes but threw most of them away.
Benson was outside when I drove up to the Grapp's so he came outside and opened the gate for me. Everyone else in the family was inside the house in the living room. I sat down in "my" chair and the first thing that happened was Emsley's dog Pinky, jumped right up on my chest. It caught me by surprise. She wasn't there long because Cammy grabbed her and scolded her. She's just a puppy and was overly excited. Next everyone took a muffin out of my basket. Benson took two or three. Later I noticed that Malea, the one year old had taken her muffin and squashed it on the floor. It looked like she was trying to make a cookie out of it.
I asked Benson what he did for his birthday. He turned 12 on February 14th. He said he decided that he wanted to go to the Mesa temple and do baptisms, so his dad took he and Liana down and they did baptisms. Cammy stayed home with the younger children. He then told me what he got for his birthday. It's a scooter you stand on and push with your leg and foot. He got a harness for his husky dog Scout so that Scout can pull him around. There are actual competitions for this and Benson is very interested in participating.
After talking to Benson for awhile I asked the other kids what they have been doing. Liana has been doing a lot of indexing. She indexed the entire time I was there. I asked her what kind of project she was working on and she said, muster rolls for the army. I told her those were my second favorite after directories. Before I could ask Tildy what she had been doing she asked me if she could play something on the piano for me. It was a simplified hymn and she did very well. Benson then asked me if he could play a song from Pirates of the Caribbean, which he did and did very well. Liana has been teaching Emsley so she played a little tune for me too. Leland had a little set of tools and he was going around the house hammering on things like he was fixing them. Malea's job is just to be adorable, which she is.
We talked a little about how spotty the internet is in Vernon and Thomas said he signed up for Starlink. I said we wanted to but really couldn't afford the $500 signup fee right now to get on the waiting list. Thomas said it only cost $100 to get on the list and then they charge you the other $400 when you actually get on the satellite. I am excited and will definitely sign up asap.
As I got up to leave the kids gave me a hug just as they did when I got there. Cammy had given me a couple of puzzles and a container I left there. Benson carried them out for me and also opened the gate. He was asking me a question about why Brother Lambson had to send picture over the internet so I had to explain to him that it was a job for water damage in someone's house and the insurance company wanted to see pictures. I had been talking about this with Cammy and Thomas. When I explained things to him he said, "Oh, okay, now I get it." He is a very curious young man and asks lots of questions.
I so enjoyed my visit with the Grapp's. I did not come away feeling sad like I did last time because they no longer attend our ward. After talking to Kerri the other night at our presidency meeting I have a feeling everything is going to work out the way it should. I still miss seeing them on Sunday though.
Back at home I walked with James while we listened to "The Slow March of Light." Bob Inama is in a prison in east Germany. He has been there about six months and has endured endless beatings during his interrogations. He has made a good friend with one of the guards whom he calls Adolf. This was chapter 30. The next chapter, 31, was about Louisa and her grandmother. Louisa went over to east Berlin to get her grandmother and bring her over to west Berlin in the escape tunnel which ends in Louisa's apartment building. Unbeknownst to Louisa, her father follows her and he is captured by the east German police. Louisa manages to escape into the tunnel which begins in the basement of a bakery, with her grandmother. It takes over two hours to crawl through the tunnel and about halfway Oma, the name Louisa calls her grandmother, says she can't make it. They stop and rest and then Louisa gives her grandmother some encouragement and they manage to make it across the border. Later Louisa finds out her father was arrested and sentenced to 5 years in prison. She is heartsick about this and feels very guilty because she feels like it is her fault. She is grateful to have her grandmother staying with her in spite of her father's situation. She is not alone.
To bed by nine because tomorrow we leave for the temple at 5:25 a.m.
Macaroons on parade
I loved reading this story in the Liahona
No comments:
Post a Comment