Thursday, September 21, 2023

Wednesday, September 13, 2023: My mom's 93rd birthday, up @ 4:45, RWC, Helaman 3:35, J's trip to town & Dennis's, Temple w/ Tignor's & Hipps',Rain, J's mtg, walk,

 

Columbia, South Carolina
62nd operating temple
Dedicated: 16 Oct 1999
By: Gordon B. Hinckley

Book of Mormon Reading
Helaman 3:19-37
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Alma 32:23
And now, he imparteth his word by angels unto men, yea, not only men but women also. Now this is not all; little children do have words given unto them many times, which confound the wise and the learned.
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2 Corinthians 2:5-11 Forgiveness is a blessing I can both give and receive.
April General Conference
"The Work of the Temple and Family History - One and the Same Work" by Elder Benjamin De Hoyos

I got up at 4:45 this morning.
Today would have been my mom's 93rd birthday. She died 24 years ago when she was 69. 

I read in "Rescuing Wayward Children" today about sanctifying ourselves to help save our children. I was wondering what a good definition of sanctification would be. During scripture study James and I read Helaman 3:35 where a definition of sanctification is given: sanctification cometh because of their yielding their hearts unto God. 

 James went in to town to get some supplies and some more canvas blankets for the lawn from Dennis. He was back at 11:30 so I called him and reminded him that we needed to leave for the temple by 12:45. He said he was at Dennis's and was going to go in and say hi but would leave immediately.

He made it back in time to get ready and leave about 12:50. We arrived at the Snowflake temple after a rainstorm and at the same time as the Tignor's and we parked right next to them and walked in together. The Hipps' were already inside. 

James and Brother Hipps each sat on one side of Terry, T-Bo. It was good that they were there because he definitely needed help. 

Our friend Sue Young was a worker in the temple and had the new dress on that Catherine Halcomb had sewn for her. We said our goodbyes to the Tignors and the Hipps in the celestial room and drove home in the rain, a real downpour as we got closer to Vernon. 

After dinner, leftover chicken and stuffing casserole, James went to his elders quorum presidency meeting. Jared and I went out on the front porch and watched the satellite station go by. We received a prompt from our app, "Sky Guide" that it would be in the sky this evening.

I told Jared that anytime he needed to use my car he was welcome to. He seemed grateful. I hope I did the right thing.

Joshua



Our friends the Skousen's

Trina

 


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