Wed, May 18th, 2022: Perth Australia Temple, James hooksup pump to water yard, Michael got the job!, James hits his head, Cheese Danish cake with Kim,

 

Perth, Australia

106th operating temple

Dedicated: 20 May 2001

By: Gordon B. Hinckley

Jesus Christ, Second Comforter

2 Nephi 31:14-21

14 But, behold, my beloved brethren, thus came the voice of the Son unto me, saying: After ye have repented of your sins, and witnessed unto the Father that ye are willing to keep my commandments, by the baptism of water, and have received the baptism of fire and of the Holy Ghost, and can speak with a new tongue, uea, even with the tongue of angels, and after this should deny me, it would have been better for you that ye had not known me.

15 And I heard a voice from the Father, saying: Yea, the words of my Beloved are true and faithful. He that endureth to the end, the same shall be saved.

16 And now, my beloved brethren, I know by this that unless a man shall endure to the end, in following the example of the Son of the living God, he cannot be saved.

17 Wherefore, do the things which I have told you I have seen that your Lord and your Redeemer should do; for, for this cause have they been shown unto me, that ye might know the gate by which ye should enter. For the gate by which ye should enter is repentance and baptism by water; and then cometh a remission of your sins by fire and by the Holy Ghost.

18 And then are ye in this strait and narrow path which leads to eternal life; yea, ye have entered in by the gate; ye have done according to the commandments of the Father and the Son; and ye have received the Holy Ghost, which witnesses of the Father and the Son, unto the fulfilling of the promise which he hath made, that if ye entered in by the way ye should receive.

19 And now, my beloved brethren, after ye have gotten into this strait and narrow path, I would ask if all is done? Behold, I say unto you, Nay; for ye have not come thus far save it were by the word of Christ with unshaken faith in him, relying wholly upon the merits of him who is mighty to save.

20 Wherefore, ye must press forward with a steadfastness in Christ, having a perfect brightness of hope, and a love of God and of all men. Wherefore, if ye shall press forward, feasting upon the word of Christ, and endure to the end, behold, thus saith the Father: Ye shall have eternal life.

21 And now, behold, my beloved brethren, this is the way; and there is none other way nor name given under heaven whereby man can be saved in the kingdom of God. And now behold, this is the doctrine of Christ, and the only and true doctrine of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost, which is one God, without end. Amen.

Book of Mormon

Alma 2:1-18

"Come Follow Me"

Deuteronomy 15  "Beware Lest Thou Forget the Lord."

AprGenCon

"Love, Share, Invite"

Elder Gary E. Stevenson

Of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles

Imagine with me, for a moment, standing on a mountain in Galilee, witnessing the wonder and glory of the resurrected Savior visiting His disciples. How awe inspiring to consider personally hearing these words, which He shared with them, His solemn charge to "go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost." Surely these words would empower, inspire, and move each of us, as they did His Apostles. Indeed, they devoted the rest of their lives to doing just that.

James checked with Kim and I this morning regarding turning the water off so he could hook up the yard pump to the well. We all agreed that 9 a.m. would be the time the water would go off. He said it could be off an hour, or if he has to go into town and get a part three or four hours. We are all praying for one. Our prayers were answered. James said he had a tender mercy, or a little miracle when the cross-threaded pipe didn't leak.

I mentioned to Kim that I wondered if Michael got the job he interviewed for. She said that he told Joe that he did get the job and would be making $60,000 a year which is a substantial, what Michael calls, life-changing raise. I texted Michael and congratulated him and he seemed very happy and excited. I hope he does well.

Kim and I made our Cheese Danish cake today. After getting the cake layers out of the pans I decided I would make a trip to Dollar General to see if they had any powdered sugar. I got ready and left and when I was getting out of my car at Dollar General I heard a woman yell at me, "They aren't open." I looked up and saw the big banner across the building, "Closed for remodeling." At this point I wonder if Stanford Store would have powdered sugar. On the way in I saw a guy with a pink mohawk. Interesting. They don't have powdered sugar but they do have an interesting array of people.

Back home, Kim makes the cream cheese filling for our cake adding a small amount of Eagle Brand milk. I make the frosting. The cake, the filling, and the frosting all have cream cheese in them. We can't go wrong with this cake.

Here is Kim frosting the cake and then the finished product. We didn't decorate or worry too much about how it looked because we were just going to eat it anyway and no one would see it. I forgot about taking pictures. Next time we will freeze for 15 minutes before putting the final coat of frosting on.

Kim cutting the two cake layers

horizontally in half in order to get

three layers of filling.

Finished!

I think this cake is my all-time favorite. Kim loved it too. James would have liked it more if I had added almond extract. 

James had an accident while working outside today. He came to the door and calmly asked me for a damp rag. I did not know the seriousness of the situation and said, "Just a minute." When I took the damp rag to him I noticed that he was standing outside the back door and blood was dripping profusely from his forehead. Here is the culprit:

This came down and hit James on

the forehead.

It doesn't look bad now that the bleeding

has stopped. My man is a real man and

he's got the scars to prove it!

This evening Kim and I watched a Hallmark move, "The Nature of Romance" starring one of our favorite Hallmark actors, Brandon Daughtery. His wife played the role of the leading lady. As much as we like Brandon we did not feel like his wife was a very good actress.

Cute couple,

One we like, the other, not so much.