Thur, Mar 24th, 2022: Vernal Utah Temple, Ty's reason for going on a mission, Bro. Matthew's talk,Sis Naduld quote,Spiderman, James has CUC, Sue Hubble visit, Max's text

 

Vernal, Utah

51st operating temple

Dedicated: 2 Nov 1997

By: Gordon B. Hinckley

Jesus Christ, Rock

Matthew 16:18

And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.

Book of Mormon

Jacob 5:49-69

"Come Follow Me"

Exodus 4-6; The Lord's purposes will be fulfilled in His own time.

OctGenCon

"Personal Peace In Challenging Times"

Elder Quentin L. Cook

Of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles

"As we rely on the Atonement of Jesus Christ, He can help us endure our trials, sicknesses, and pain. We can be filled with joy, peace, and consolation. All that is unfair about life can be made right through the Atonement of Jesus Christ." - Preach My Gospel

Inklings

Live with Emily

Liahona

"Lean On Me"

I love this quote by Sister Margaret D. Naduld given in General Conference, October 2000:

"Women of God can never be like women of the world. The world has enough women who are tough; we need women who are tender. There are enough women who are coarse; we need women who are kind. There are enough women who are rude; we need women who are refined. We have enough women of fame and fortune; we need more women of faith; we have enough greed; we need more goodness; we have enough vanity; we need more virtue. We have enough popularity; we need more purity."

I got up at 6:30 this morning. I guess because I went to bed late last night. I wonder if I will ever see 5 a.m. again. Last night while talking to Tamara she shared with us why Ty decided to go on a mission. He admitted himself he was basically an atheist in high school. He started "hanging out" with the missionaries assigned to our ward and became good friends with them. As Ty's testimony grew and he was debating on whether to go on a mission, one of the elder's said to him: "There is a person out there that only you can reach." That sealed the deal for Ty and he decided he wanted to go. I love this story. 

I listened to a talk today be Brother Robert J. Matthews entitled, "Why a Savior is Necessary, and Why Only Jesus Christ Could Qualify."   This is the talk I have been looking for and I loved it. I want to share parts of it with my family as part of my Easter message to them. One of the things Brother Matthews said was that Jacob is the great doctrinal teacher in the Book of Mormon. He quoted 2 Nephi 9:6-9 which are my favorite scriptures to explain why we need a Savior and what would happen to us if we didn't have a Savior.

I asked James what he was doing to treat his internal bleeding and he said nothing right now. I encouraged him to call the doctor and to see what happened to his prescriptions, which he did.  When he called he found out that they had sent his prescriptions three times to Walmart instead of CVS. One of the prescriptions is for an antibiotic and the girl in the doctor's office said he needed to start taking them today!

I had an appointment with Sue Hubble who lives off Stanford Rd. I told him if he came with me I would go to town with him afterwards. He didn't want me to be rushed in my visit with Sue. He took the truck and went to town on his own. James had chronic ulcerative colitis, which sounds pretty serious to me.

My visit with Sue was awesome. She has had many trials in her life but she is a positive, upbeat person. She lived with an alcoholic husband who also had PTSD and was quite mean when he was drunk. She stayed with him for 42 years. Her son Scott joined the Church and Sue wanted to too but her husband wouldn't allow it. He passed away a couple of years ago and Sue was baptized by her son. 

Recently Sue's only daughter, Tabitha, was diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumor. My cousin Randy passed away from this very thing a couple of years ago. Sue and I visited for about an hour. She lives alone and I think she is a little lonely. I so enjoyed talking with her. I think we will become good friends. It was such a beautiful day today with the high around 70. Sue loves to garden and she is anxious to be outside working. She is taking Tabitha to go visit family in New Mexico this weekend so she won't be at our RS activity on Saturday.

On my way home from Sue's I saw Spiderman riding his bike around the Vernon park. This is the second time I've seen him. He always waves at me. 

We got money from Rico and from Rademeyer today so we can pay bills! James has been working upstairs the past few weeks. It is nice that the dining room table stays clean, but I miss him being down here with me. 

I texted Tanna to see if she was okay and to invite her to the activity on Saturday. She said she was fine and that she would love to come on Saturday but she has to work. 

I got a text from Max today saying he wanted to come up this weekend to take some pictures for his photography class. 

Swim lessons for Scarlett!

Fresh mint, chocolate chip cake

Marijuan dispensary in Vernon...I hope not.

The town lake that I love!

Sunset

Sweet Charlie!