OUR FAMILY: Saturday, September 9, 2023: Happy 99th President Nelson! J brings me brkfst, "Unlocking the Power of Faith", Celeste Quinn & Si Silverado, my prayer

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Saturday, September 9, 2023: Happy 99th President Nelson! J brings me brkfst, "Unlocking the Power of Faith", Celeste Quinn & Si Silverado, my prayer

Guayaquil, Ecuador

58th operating temple

Dedicated: 1 Aug 1999

By: Gordon B. Hinckley

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Helaman 1:1-17

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1 Nephi 3:7

And it came to pass that I, Nephi, said unto my father: I will go and do the things which the Lord hath commanded, for I know that the Lord giveth no commandments unto the children of men, save he shall prepare a way for them that they may accomplish the thing which he commandeth them.

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April General Conference

"He Could Heal Me"! by Elder Peter F. Meurs

Unlocking the Power of Faith

"My faith empowers me with hope for the future and fills my mind and heart with charity, the pure love of Christ, for myself and others." - Garth Allred

Happy 99th Birthday Dear President Nelson!

I took a more leisurely approach to getting up this morning. After all, it is Saturday! James brought me breakfast: Toast, a protein shake and some strawberries and blueberries. I added a few pistachios to the mix.

I read from the book, "Unlocking the Power of Faith" by Garth Allred. Here is something I found in the book that I love:

"Our Savior, Jesus Christ, is in and through all things. It is through His power that the worlds are and were created and all things are maintained. It is through Him that all things have their being. He is the Light, and the Life of the world. He is God's Almighty Son. He has descended below all things so that He might comprehend all things. He is the vine; we are the branches. Even as a branch is able to bear fruit because it is connected to and receives nourishment through the vine, even so you can be healed of you loneliness, pain, sorrow, or crippled body through the power of Jesus Christ, the true vine of our Heavenly Father."

I have come up with names for my car and for James's truck. My car is Celeste Quin. Quin comes from Equinox. Celeste because it feels like a celestial vehicle after my last car. James's truck is Si (pronounced sigh) Silverado.

James was panicking this morning because he couldn't find the ticket he got yesterday. He said he had looked everywhere. I asked if he had said a prayer. He said no, he hadn't so we prayed. I was the voice. After the prayer was over I asked James if he had looked in his wallet. He said no he hadn't but it was an 8x10 paper and he was sure he wouldn't have put it in his wallet. He looked anyway, and there it was folded up where he keeps his paper money. A direct answer to prayer. I offered gratitude and I am sure James did too. He was so happy!

I had a green chili burro midmorning. Yummy! If I were a Hobbit I would say that my second breakfast was delicious!

I got a text from Cher, Brian Maxwell's wife. Brian is the youngest son of my brother Harold and his wife Vickie. Here is the text:

Hey family! Hope you are doing well. We want to give you this information before you hear it from the rumor mill. You know how it is when dramatic news starts traveling. Things tend to get confused.

You are important to us and we want you to know from us before it hits the social media.

Brian has had blood in his urine for a little while and we've been trying to figure out why. He recently got an ultrasound done and it showed a mass in his bladder. His right kidney is also enlarged a little. So they did a scope into his bladder and saw that he has one large mass (5cm, the size of a lime) and multiple small tumors in his bladder.

We are going to Mesa this morning to have a CT scan done of Brian's entire abdomen and pelvic area. Surgery is scheduled on the 21st, in Show Low, to scrape out and flush the bladder tumors. Depending on how deep into the wall of the bladder they have grown, or if they are into the surrounding muscles, will determine how much tissue and/or organs need to be removed. While they're in there, they will look into his kidneys, inject him with medicines and of course, send out all the tissue removed for biopsies. We most likely won't know if the C word is part of the whole equation until the end of the month. The we'll just have to go from there.

Please keep positive thoughts and prayers flowing in Brian's direction. He can sure use them right now!

Just to clarify that it is not all dark and sad, there is a possibility that the tumors are completely benign. Also, his x-rays came out perfectly clear and his bloodwork only has 3 things that are slightly out of range. White cells and red cells are within normal ranges. We are going to keep positive thoughts going in the direction that he will just get all the tumors flushed out and there will be no further complications.

I pray for Harold's family on a daily basis but now my prayers will be more specific towards Brian.

James made two trips to town today because he burned out the capacitor on the pump for the sprinklers. Jared Ammon went with him once and I went with him once. I also made a trip to Dollar General.

This evening I watched part of a new Hallmark Movies & Mystery movie, "Guiding Emily." This one is so good, starring Sarah Drew who goes blind and how she learns how to deal with her loss and how she acquires a guide dog.