OUR FAMILY: Tue, Aug 16th, 2022: James drywall Globe, Hailstorm cancel temple w/ Ruth, Poor Luna, Chicken croissants, Finish "Where the Crawdads Sing"

Wednesday, August 17, 2022

Tue, Aug 16th, 2022: James drywall Globe, Hailstorm cancel temple w/ Ruth, Poor Luna, Chicken croissants, Finish "Where the Crawdads Sing"

Nuku'alofa, Tonga

23rd operating temple

Dedicated: 9-11 Aug 1983

By: Gordon B. Hinckley

Jesus Christ, Seed of

John 1:12

But as many as received him, to them gave He power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name:

Book of Mormon

Alma 51:13-21

14 And it came to pass that when Moroni saw this, and also saw that the Lamanites were coming into the borders of the land, he was exceedingly wroth because of the stubbornness of those people whom he had labored with so much diligence to preserve; yea, he was exceedingly wroth; his soul was filled with anger against them.

"Come Follow Me"

Psalms 49; 62:5-12 Redemption comes only through Jesus Christ.

Psalms 61-70

AprGenCon

"Your Divine Nature And Eternal Destiny"

Elder Dale G. Renlund

Of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles

Heavenly Father's prescribed path leads to the best eternal outcomes. We are free to choose, but we cannot choose the consequences of not following the revealed path. The Lord has aid, "That which breaketh a law, and abideth not by law, but seeketh to become a law unto itself, . . . cannot be sanctified by law, neither by mercy, justice, nor judgment." We cannot deviate from Heavenly Father's course and then blame Him for inferior outcomes.

James went to Globe today to meet someone who is going to do the drywall texturing for him. Greg was supposed to go with him be he forgot so James left without him.

Today was my day to meet my friend Ruth Gale at the temple in the 3:30 afternoon session. I was planning on going and was figuring out when I would need to leave in order to do initiatory for the name I wanted to do. I heard thunder outside but didn't think too much of it instead it actually started to rain. The rain was coming down so hard I could barely hear myself think. When I took a peak outside I realized that it was hailing. When I went to the back door this is what I saw on the ground:

While the hail and rain was still pounding on the roof I called Ruth and told her I didn't think I would make it to the temple today. It was coming down so hard and fast I was worried that the wash down by the Hunsaker's would be running. She seemed to understand and told be to be safe. I felt so sorry for Luna who was trying to find shelter under a tree.

I worked around the house and then decided to make some dinner. I bought a roasted chicken the other day and James had a chicken breast left from his lunch on Saturday. I chopped the chicken up and made a chicken salad sandwich adding almonds because I didn't have pecans. I also added mayo, celery, green onions, and grapes. Actually I added grapes to mine but left them out of James's. He doesn't like to eat fruit with meat. James came in at 4:30 while I was mixing up the chicken salad ingredients. I took a couple of croissants, cut them in two and put the chicken on one side and put the other side back on top. We both went into the bedroom and ate while we were watching the end of a movie. It was nice. I call these little tete a tete's a "date."

I finished the book, "Where the Crawdad's Sing" this morning. The ending was definitely a surprise to me and I'm not sure what I think of it. Parts of the book were risque and inappropriate and the ending kind of ruined it for me because Kya was the hero and all of a sudden I realize that she murdered Chase Andrews. Chase was a scum but I'm not sure I like the idea that she murdured him and got away with it. I won't be seeing the movie or recommending the book to anyone. I think I will be getting rid of the book even though it was a story of triumph and written well, for the most part.

My blood sugar this morning was 105. My goal is to get it below 100.