Sun, May 29th, 2022: Accra Ghana Temple, Record attendance of 323 in Vernon sacrament mtg, Emer. Prep, Leave for SDO, Arrive and go to bed, Charlie, Scarlett, Lola

 

Accra, Ghana

117th operating temple

Dedicated: 11 Jan 2004

By: Gordon B. Hinckley

Jesus Christ, Second Coming

D&C 88:104

And this shall be the sound of his trump, saying to all people, both in heaven and in earth, and that are under the earth - for every ear shall hear it, and every knee shall bow, and every tongue shall confess, while they hear the sound of the trump, saying: Fear God, and give glory to him who sitteth upon the throne, forever and ever; for the hour of his judgment is come.

Book of Mormon

Alma 8:1-17

"Come Follow Me"

Review: Joshua 1-8; 23-24 "Be strong and of a good courage" 

AprGenCon

"Our Heartfelt All"

Elder Dieter F. Uchtdorf

Of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles

"For all they did cast in of their abundance; but she of her want did cast in all that she had, even all her living."

With this simple observation, the Savior taught us how offerings are measured in His kingdom - and it's quite different from the way we usually measure things. To the Lord, the value of the donation was measured not by the effect it had on the treasury but by the effect it had on the heart of the donor.

Inklings

1) Walking the Covenant Path, coupled with daily repentance, fuels positive spiritual momentum 2) Larry S. Kacher "Ladder of Faith", 

Alma 4-5; John 2:1-11, 3) Trust - Hebrew: Chacah - to confide in, have hope, make refuge 4) We recognize that obedience to God's commands enables us to be trusted of Him. With His trust comes increased light. Luke 5:9.

We had 323 people in our sacrament meeting today. Both overflows were opened and all of the chairs in the building were used. Even though the room was this full, there were still some seats upfront. The Grombach's asked us to sit by them, which we did.

It took so long to pass the sacrament that there was only 20 minutes left for speakers. Tina and Steve Allen were the speakers.

Tina was assigned to speak on Becky Cravens talk, "Careful vs. Casual". She spoke about being committed to the Savior. She told about Steve's accident in January 2019 when he fell off a roof he was working on and then Jackson's accident where he suffered a traumatic brain injury which did not allow him to go back on his mission. When she prayed to the Lord to ask him why these things were happening she said she was told that the Lord had told Steve not to get on that roof and he had prompted Jackson not to get on that ATV. Tina said that through a friend, Trudy Rawlings, she has learned how to draw closer to the Savior, to forgive, and to let go.

Steve used Elder Lynn G. Robbins talk, "Seventy Time Seven" as the basis for his talk. Brother Allen told about Jackson's experiences getting beat at wrestling and what he learned from his defeats. The Savior always allows us second chances. The Savior's boundless love and mercy is available to us as we repent. 

Since this is a fifth Sunday, the bishopric was in charge of the second hour. They ask Brother Ken Johnson, the stake preparedness "expert" to come and speak to us. It was excellent. He named some recent disasters around the world and then asked us what kinds of disasters we could experience in our area. Our biggest potential disaster is fire. He mentioned several websites including providentliving.org and ready.gov. He said we could go to the Apache county website and sign up for disaster alerts at Ready, Set, Go. He said that one of the most important ways we could prepare is to have a 72 hour kit for everyone in our family. Part of our 72 hour kit should be important documents which can be downloaded onto a flash drive, kept in a notebook or a fireproof container. 

 James fixed us some shrimp for lunch and then we both took naps. I needed one since I didn't get much sleep last night. 

We got ready to go to the valley after our naps. James is taking his truck and I am taking my car. It was around five when we left. James followed me until we got to Payson where he said he needed to stop to get gas. I am sorry he has to buy gas on Sunday. That is something we usually avoid doing. 

As we dropped down into the valley their was lots of either dust, or smoke from a fire. I arrived at the resort first with James right behind me. He went inside to check in. We have been assigned room 2061-62 in the Palm Court. The resort is packed and it was difficult to find a parking space close by. James carried most everything up from both vehicles while I tried to create some semblance of order by putting things away. It was after ten when we went to bed. We were both very tired, but the bed is wonderful.

Sheri was not able to get us a temple time to take the boys to do baptisms this week, but she scheduled one one the 14th so I guess we are coming back down.