Tuesday, June 21st, 2022: James in Globe, Breadn'Basics Debbie Vance, new veil, Temple session w Ruth Gale who knows Ladawn Warner,

 

Calgary, Alberta

140th operating temple

Dedicated: 28 Oct 2012

By: Thomas S. Monson

Jesus Christ, Second Coming

Matthew 24:3

And as he sat upon the mount of Olives, the disciples came unto him privately, saying, Tell us, when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign of thy coming, and of the end of the world?

Book of Mormon

Alma 19:22-36

36 Thus the work of the Lord did commence among the Lamanites; thus the Lord did begin to pour out his Spirit upon them; and we see that his arm is extended to all people who will repent and believe on his name.

"Come Follow Me" 

2 Samuel 5:17-25 The Lord can give me direction. 2 Samuel 7

AprGenCon

"To Heal the World"

Elder Ronald A. Rasband

Of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles

From our beginnings, many seeking God were drawn to this Church because of its teachings of divine doctrine, including faith in Jesus Christ and His Atonement, repentance, the plan of happiness, and the Second Coming of our Lord.

After family prayer this morning James left for Globe. I was up early but I got a slow start. I am leaving for Snowflake at 1:30 and I want to get at least 6,000 steps before I leave. I studied the "Come Follow Me" lesson, listened to "Don't Miss This" and read from the Book of Mormon. This week's "Come Follow Me" lesson is a sad one as another King of Israel falls from grace, this time both David and Solomon. I also tried to blog but the computer was slow and sluggish.

I left around 1:30 for Snowflake. The temple session isn't until 3:30 but I have a couple of errands to do. Some rain, some smoke. Hoping the rain puts out the fire. 

First stop, the Distribution Center in Snowflake to get a new veil that I don't have to tie under my chin. Mission accomplished. I went next door to Bread n' Basics to see my friend Debbie Vance. Debbie is a Tarwater from Chandler and we worked in the temple together for awhile and got to be good friends. She owns Bread n' Basics and Tuesday is spudnut day and I want a spudnut for old times sake. I grew up next to a spudnut shop when I was a teenager in Show Low. And the smell in the morning when they were baking was amazing!

I ended up buying a loaf of homemade wheat bread and an individual box, 5 at the most, spudnut holes. I think a spudnut is a donut made with potatoes. They were delicious but next time I want them right out of the oven! Now, on to the temple!

I am early so while I am in the parking lot I look over at the mountains near Vernon. I still see smoke...and dark clouds. 

I am already in the endowment room when Ruth arrives. She apologizes for her call earlier today when she asked if she could skip out on our meal after the temple because a group of friends are getting together to play cards. She begins apologizing to me before the session starts. I tell her it's fine and sounds like more fun than going to dinner with me. I ask her for the name of some of her friends. She starts off and no one sounds familiar until she says, "LaDon Warner." I started laughing. "Do you know LaDon"? Yes, I know LaDon very well. She pulled the wires from my car one day in the school parking lot and I was scared to death until she walked up laughing her head off. She immediately fixed the problem and my car started right up. Or I should say, my mom's car that I was driving. I told her LaDon was a practical joker in high school but her sister, who lived in Show Low was one of my mutual advisors and she was very spiritual. I told Ruth to have fun with her friends with my blessing. She said she felt a little guilty going directly from the temple to a card game. I just laughed (quietly). We have five sisters and six brothers in our session, just enough for the prayer circle. 

On the way home I stopped at Sonic and got a corndog and some onion rings. The onion rings were a mistake, not only for the added calories, but they were greasy and just didn't taste all that great. Definitely not worth the calories. I listen to Brother Halverson and his long-winded podcast on the "Come Follow Me" lesson this week. I do like him but I wish he could make his podcasts a tad shorter. The one this week is over 7 hours. I don't think I'm going to make it to the end of this one.

Debbie's bread is delicious and James loves it. He is hungry because he didn't have anything to eat on the way home so I fix him some pot stickers to go with his slice of homemade bread. 

James indexes at the end of the dining room table while I go into the bedroom and turn on the TV while I do my nightly blogpost and my walk. I got some Deep Blue cream today in the mail. I'm glad James check the post office before he came home.