Wednesday, August 31st, 2022: James, Greg in Globe, Antelope, Mtns, Wildflowers, Truth Rally tent, Sunflower information, Glendale airport contract,

Lima, Peru

38th operating temple

Dedicated: 10 Jan 1986

By: Gordon B. Hinckley

Jesus Christ, Seed of

1 John 3:2

Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is.

Book of Mormon

Alma 58:30-59:13

58:33 But behold, we trust in our God who has given us victory over those lands, insomuch that we have obtained those cities and those lands, which were our own.

"Come Follow Me"

Proverbs 1:7; 2:5;16:6; 31:30; Ecclesiastes 12:13 What is the "fear of the Lord"? Proverbs 15-16

"Godly fear is loving and trusting in Him" Elder David A. Bednar

AprGenCon

""Now Is The Time"

President Russell M. Nelson

President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Positive spiritual momentum increases as we worship in the temple and grow in our understanding of the magnificent breadth and depth of the blessings we receive there. I plead with you to counter worldly ways by focusing on the eternal blessings of the temple. Your time there brings blessings for eternity.

After family prayer this morning James and Greg left for Globe. I am up and ready to start my day. I do love having prayer with James before he leaves in the morning. He helps me feel like he is going to be watched over and protected for the day.

Mountains, flowers, and antelope paint a beautiful picture and that's the one I saw when I left this morning to go take a picture of the Truth Rally tent. I didn't get a picture of the antelope but I did get a picture of the tent before they took it down.

These signs were all over town along with ones

that said, "Truth Rally."

I wonder what kind of truth they are teaching

and what kind of truth they are looking for. 

They can find it at the LDS church in town.

It's 2:08 in the afternoon and I am still working on my first blogpost.

I need to do two a day if I am ever going to catch up. I need to take my computer in but if I do I will never get caught up on my blogging. It's a Catch 22.

James got home around 3:30. They came home early because Greg has some missionary work to do. He is the ward mission leader. James was hungry so he had some of Brian's leftover stew.

While James laid down for a nap I finished up my second blog post. Don't we lead an exciting life! I also finished reading Blackmoore and began reading Ruby's favorite Julianne Donaldson book, "Edenbrooke." Edenbrooke is much more light-hearted and I like it better too. 

James is working on a contract for doing some work at the Glendale airport, building hangars. I guess someone heard about the ones he built in Casa Grande. 

I paid our mortgage and my credit card today. They are due tomorrow so I'm ahead of the game!

I found some interesting information about sunflowers today in the new LDS Living magazine. 

1.) Ten years ago, a devasting tsunami hit a nuclear power plant in Fukushima, Japan. Toxic radioactive waste was released into the surrounding areas, and about 110,000 residents had to be evacuated. To help clean up the area, scientists planted millions of sunflowers. Why? Not only will the plants grow just about anywhere, but they also absorb toxins and help purify soil.

2.) The French word for sunflower is tournesol, which literally means "turns with the sun."

3.) Elder Quentin L. Cook made a beautiful analogy about sunflowers in his April 2015 general conference talk: "Sunflowers flourish in soil which has been impacted by farm and snow removal equipment and the accumulation of materials that would not be considered ideal soil for wildflowers to grow....Like the young sunflower, when we follow the Savior of the world, the Son of God, we flourish and become glorious despite the many terrible circumstances that surround us."

4.) A German gardener named Hans-Peter Schiffer loves sunflowers so much that he has broken his own world record for the tallest sunflower three times. His latest record-setting bloom is 30 feet and 1 inch tall.

5.) One sunflower can produce 1,000 snackable seeds.

Interesting information for a town that is covered in sunflowers. I love them even more now.

Charlie is going to go to preschool!

I know, I know,

Sunflower overload.

Objects are larger and prettier than they appear in photo.