OUR FAMILY: Tue, May 10th, 2022: Birmingham Alabama Temple, Autumn's news, Catherine H. Globe, Elrey's, Fry's, Home again,

Birmingham, Alabama

98th operating temple

Dedicated: 3 Sept 2000

By: Gordon B. Hinckley

Jesus Christ, Savior

Moses 5:15

And as many as believed in the Son, and repented of their sins, should be saved; and as many as believed not and repented not, should be damned; and the words went forth out of the mouth of God in a firm decree; wherefore they must be fulfilled.

Book of Mormon

Mosiah 27:1-17

"Come Follow Me"

Numbers 11:11-17, 24-29; 12 Revelation is available to all, but God guides His Church through His prophet. Numbers 13-14.

AprGenCon

"Is The Plan Working"

Elder Adrian Ochoa

Of the Seventy

Recently I had a conversation with a young adult who served a mission several years ago and was now involved in his professional work. In some ways, his life was going well. But his faith was in decline. He was sinking into a sea of doubt about the Savior and His Church. He explained that he wasn't receiving the blessings he expected from the restored gospel. He didn't feel that the plan of happiness was working in his life.

My message today is for all those who might have similar feelings. I speak to those who at one time "felt to sing the song of redeeming love" but do not "feel so now."

"Then Will I Make Weak Things Become Strong"

Elder Kevin S. Hamilton

Of the Seventy

One of Satan's greatest lies is that men and women cannot change. This untruth gets told and retold in many different ways as the world says that we simply cannot change - or worse yet, that we should not change. We are taught that our circumstances define us. We shoudl "embrace who we really are," the world says, "and be authentic to our true selves."

When I got up this morning at 4 the refrigerator was off. I went over to the switch and pushed it and the electricity came back on. I wonder how long it had been off.

My favorite place to walk is around the dining room table. I can walk at a good pace and listen to my conference talks. This is all before James gets up. Once he gets up and takes his place at the table, I need to find another place to walk. The kitchen island is another place but if James comes into the kitchen, I am in the way again. I went into the high table near the entry way. That is a good place to walk but it messes up the floor and I usually have to redo the finish when I am finished, which I did today. Another place I walk is in the bedroom on the carpet. I usually take my shoes off. I like to walk in the bedroom when my feet hurt. It isn't as good as the other places but I probably do most of my walking here because it is private when James is in the other room.

I got text from Kacey this morning. This is what it said:

Autumn was accepted to ASU and will begin working toward her Masters in Family and Human Development. this summer! Go Devils!!

I responded: That is so awesome! I assume she will be taking online classes.

Yes, online.

I am excited for her!

They found out yesterday that Palmer will be transferring to Dallas with his job. Jul 5th is his starting date. She has a lot going on with getting the house ready to sell and moving and all. She may stay with us for a while until they can find a place. Palmer has a sister in Dallas that he may stay with through the week and come here on the weekends. Not really sure yet what's going to happen. All of it came at the same time so she's stressed!

Wow! She has a reason to be stressed! That is a lot. Extra prayers for Autumn, Palmer, and Scarlett.

I also got a phone call this morning from Catherine Halcomb. She wanted to talk about the Grapp's moving. She is mourning the loss like I am. She felt like a gramma to those kids just as I did. She is upset because she had them over for general conference and because Thomas had given some things to Kerri, old troughs, etc., so Catherine had asked him if they were moving. He said no. That was a month ago. Cammy did not come for conference. Thomas said she was at a friends house in Eagar. Catherine was also making a new dress for Tildy. She just finished it and she is going to act like she doesn't know they have moved and ask Cammy to come and pick up the dress. She put the entire family's names on the prayer roll at the temple. She is just as upset as I am, if not more.

While I was talking to Catherine, James came in and asked if I wanted to go to Globe with him. Even though he was there yesterday he forgot to get one cabinet measurement. I told Catherine I needed to go because James wanted me to go with him. We said goodbye and I began getting ready to go. It was 9 a.m. and I already have 15,000 steps.

James was so excited that I was going with him. That in itself made it all worthwhile. About 10 miles the other side of Show Low he announced that he had forgotten the key to the house. My first thought was, don't we need to turn around and go get it, but he just kept going. He said every time he has been there the door has been open and he was going to take a chance that would be the case today. He was right, the door was open when we got there. I waited in the car while he did his measurements. I brought my new Mother's Day book with me. It's called, "Cake by Courtney."

Courtney's story, tips, and recipes

James was only gone about 15 or 20 minutes. Our next priority was to get some lunch. Globe is famous for their Mexican food. Instead of going all of the way to Miami to get burros at Burger House, we went to Elrey's and parked in the shade of a big tree, probably one of the only big trees in Globe. The last time we were here was about 18 years ago. James, Paul, and I were on our way to the cabin to work on it, it was not finished. We stopped at Elrey's and James got a toastado mundo, which is a huge, loaded toastado. He mentioned it as we were going in but I didn't see it on the menu. I ordered a taco and a chicken enchilada with red sauce. The taco was better than LaCasita's but the enchilada paled compared to theirs. James got a green chili burro and refried beans. He liked them both.

Before going home we stopped at Fry's for gas and then to get some cranberry celebration, a watermelon, Twizzler Bites for me, and tea for James. On the way home we listened to our story and I slept.

When we got to Show Low we drove to Walmart to pick up some prescriptions and do a little shopping. James goes over to Lowe's to make another cabinet appointment for the Peeler's.

When we get home James carries the groceries in and then head's to the bedroom for a nap. I put the groceries away and then get a piece of German chocolate cake and a glass of milk and watch part of the movie, "Yellowstone Ranch" on Up TV. For dinner I steamed some broccoli, which was delicious, almost as good or even better, depending on how you look at it, than the cake. This was around 6 p.m. and was the last thing I ate today. Tomorrow I won't eat until around noon.

James called bishop tonight and told him about Sue's daughter and Sue's request for a walk in shower. Bishop said he would call the bishop of the ward Tabitha is in.