London, England
12th operating temple
Dedicated: 7-9 Sep 1958
By: David O. McKay
Jesus Christ, Teaching mode of
Mark 1:14
Now after that John was put in prison, Jesus came into Galilee, preaching the gospel of the kingdom of God,
Book of Mormon
1 Nephi 18:5-20
Come Follow Me
Mark 1 & Scripture Central
Jesus's Name
Beloved Son
Word of the Week
Repent
OctGenCon
Nourishing And Bearing Your Testimony
Elder Gary E. Stevenson
Of the Quorum of the Twelve Aposltes
Each time you bear vocal witness or demonstrate through your actions your commitment to follow Jesus Christ, you invite others to "come unto Christ."
100 Favorite Verses - Suffer the Little Children to Come Unto Me
Mark 10:13-14, 16
13 And they brought young children to him, that he should touch them: and his disciples rebuked those that brought them.
14 But when Jesus saw it, he was much displeased, and said unto them, Suffer the little children to come unto me, , and forbid them not: for of such is the kingdom of God.
16 And he took them up in his arms, put his hands upon them, and blessed them.
Saturday day is a special day, it's the day we get ready for Sunday!
This morning I had to do a blog post for Friday, January 27th, all over again because the first one I did disappeared. It is so frustrating when this happens but all I can say is next time I will be more careful as to what I get rid of. There was a duplicate post and I got rid of the wrong one.
The youth of our ward did temple baptisms for me on Friday. Now I have some cards to take to the temple for initiatory, endowments, and sealings. I am very grateful.
I discovered something today while doing family history. I was researching Nannie's mother Artie Elizabeth Walker and discovered she had three husbands. Actually I made that discovery a couple of weeks ago. One of her husbands was Andrew Jackson Huddleston. Listed as one of their children was Marcia Huddleston. I went on to Ancestry and found a death record for Marcia listed as 1872 and her mother listed as Lucy A. Huddleston. She died 3 years after Artie was born so there is no way Artie could be her mother. The child goes to Lucy and because of that she is not my relative. I am a little disappointed.
Before I went grocery shopping last week I planned on fixing three meals, beginning with white beans and ham on James's birthday. The next meal was Lois's enchiladas and then today I made parmesan crusted chicken in the air fryer along with rice pilaf. I added carrots, celery, and onion, all sauteed in a skillet, to the rice. James loved the rice and the chicken and so do it. It is definitely a meal I will make again, along with the navy beans. I won't be making the enchiladas again any time soon because they just aren't healthy although they are delicious.
After lunch James went to visit Joe Vaal again with the missionaries. When he returned home he had quite a story to tell. Let me see if I can share that story on here:
Joe has a book on his coffee table about his family escaping the Nazi's in Belgium during WW11. Joe's brother is going to write a book about Joe who was a 12 year old boy at the time and how he helped his country in fighting the Germans.
A couple of weeks ago Joe got a bone infection. When he went to the doctor he told him he could cut off half his feet now. If he waited he would be cutting off his legs. So, Joe has his feet cut just below his toes. Last week when he shoveled his walk his feet started bleeding and he had to go to the ER.
Joe was married for 69 years when his wife died a little over a year ago. Next week will be their 70th wedding anniversary. Joe told the saddest story. He says he can't sleep at night. He just gets up and wanders around the house looking for his wife. James said he could come back with another priesthood holder and give him a blessing. He wants to do this tomorrow.
Joe doesn't like TV but he loves reading the Bible and the Book of Mormon. He went to church with his granddaughter in Snowflake to an LDS meeting. He didn't like it because he said they didn't talk about the Savior.
He says he is very lonely and for Thanksgiving dinner he opened up a can of beans.
Joe is 90 years old.
Joe wants to refinish some of his floors. James offered to help.
I hope he gets baptized and becomes a part of our ward family.
The elders carried in pellets for Joe's stove.
This evening James went to Cody Pritchett's baptism. He said it was amazing. I am wondering why the missionaries didn't invite Joe.
Cody is a 25 year old single guy who moved in to our ward area recently.
I got a Laura update from Cathi:
We got to the hospital about 30 minutes ago. Dave went home to shower and rest. Laura is awake and using hand signals to communicate. If we don't guess what she is saying after 3 tries, we give her a white board and marker so she can write what she needs. The breathing tube is still in and might come out tomorrow. The pain is still being managed by an epidural. It numbs her from the throat to the hips. She is doing very well with everything. Most patients have to be restrained so they don't pull the breathing tube out. Not Laura, she is a model patient.
Good news.
This evening James and I walked and listened to our book, "A Generation Rising." We also watched the newest GAF movie:
"Fall into Winter" starring Lori Laughlin. I am sorry if some of you are offended because I like her, but I do. She paid her price to society and I believe she is sorry for what she did and deserves a second chance. I think she is a good actress and I really enjoyed this movie, and so did James.
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