Sat, June 11, 2022: Temple Shift, Rain, Finish S'mores cake w/Ruby & Lola, Addy's puzzles, Razr Ro, D's dinner, Charlie, Lola's hair, Sunset

 

Oquirrh Mountain, Utah

130th operating temple

Dedicated: 21-23 Aug 2009

By: Thomas S. Monson

Jesus Christ, Second Coming

Zechariah 12:10

And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplications: and they shall look upon me whom they have pierced, and they shall mourn for him, as one mourneth for his only son, and shall be in bitterness for him, as one that is in bitterness for his firstborn. 

Book of Mormon

Alma 14:6-22

"Come Follow Me"

FSS & FHE and Samuel 3

AprGenCon

"Is The Plan Working"

Elder Adrian Ochoa

Of the Seventy

If you look back on your life, I believe you will see that you have exercised faith many times. Joining the Church is an act of faith. Speaking with Heavenly Father in prayer is an act of faith. Reading the scriptures is an act of faith. Listening to my message in this general conference is an act of faith. As President Russell M. Nelson has said, "Do not minimize the faith you already have."

"Then Will I Make Weak Things Become Strong"

Elder Kevin S. Hamilton

Of the Seventy

While it is indeed good to be authentic, we should be authentic to our real, true selves as sons and daughters of God with a divine nature and destiny to become like HIm. If our goal is to be authentic to this divine nature and destiny, then we will all need to change. The scriptural word for change is repentance. "Too many people," President Russell M. Nelson teaches, "consider repentance as punishment - something to be avoided except in the most serious circumstances. . . . When Jesus asks you and me to 'repent,' He is inviting us to change."

I believe my most favorite assignment today was sealings. As I came into the room a brother came up to me and said, are you Sister Lambson from Chandler. Yes. My family was in your ward when your husband was in the bishopric, I am Kirk Zoellner. Val Gale was the bishop and two of his sons lives here in Snowflake. I said that I knew they lived here and there mother lives here too. 

Brother and Sister Zoellner, Brother Colter, a temple worker, and Sister DeSpain the sealers wife were the proxies. Brother DeSpain was the sealer. I was assigned to do sealings for one hour, which was an entire session. I have not done sealings for a couple of years and it was such a nice change.

Now we are taking not only appointments for ordinances but walk-ins too. Once when I was assigned in initiatory there were no appointments but we had a sister who missed the endowment session so she decided to do initiatory. Nancy Bowen who comes nearly every time I am here was not here today but a friend of hers was here doing Nancy's Scandinavian names.

James is the assistant baptistry director. He was finished at 11:00. I was scheduled until 12:30 with one break. After my last assignment in initiatory I had a break and then the celestial room was my last assignment. I asked my coordinator, Mindy Hamblin, if someone could cover the celestial room for me so I could leave at 11:30. I told Mindy that James had been off since 11 and that I had company at home. Her response was, "Get out of here." 

I texted James when I got outside not knowing if he was in the parking lot or had gone to get food. He met me on the walkway and I was so glad that I didn't have to wait. I had ask for a burro from El Cupido's but he had gone to the Chinese food place instead and gotten me orange chicken. It was hot and delicious but difficult to eat in the car without a knife because the chicken chunks were huge. We stopped at Walmart to get some marshmallow creme to put in Ruby's cake and James bought a pocketknife for me to use. 

When we got home I told Ruby I was going to take a nap and that I would meet her in the kitchen at 3:00. I also told her she did not have to help with the cake but she insisted. 

There are more components to this cake than any other cake I have made. The graham crackers, the cake, chocolate ganache, marshmallow filling, marshmallow fluff, and the buttercream frosting. 

There was rain around us and some lightning this afternoon. The internet went out while James was indexing and it never came back. The satellite part of the television worked but our phones did not. 

It was taking so long for Ruby and Lola and I to finish the cake, Trina came in to help us. When the cake was finished I asked Trina if she wanted us to wait until after dinner before we ate it, but she said she didn't care. We all got a piece and went outside to eat. We all decided that there was too much marshmallow fluff on the top of the cake and it was too sweet. 

Addy loves math and this is one of the reasons that she wants to be an electrical engineer, they use lots of math. Ruby's birthday is next week. She is going to the beach for the day. 

Lola found some animal bones while out on the Razr today. Now she wants to find some antlers because I told her they were worth money.