Durban, South Africa
168th operating temple
Dedicated: 16 Feb 2020
By: Ronald A. Rasband
Book of Mormon
Moroni 8:1-30
Come Follow Me
Revelation 22:18-19 Do these verses mean that there cannot be any additional scripture besides the Bible? No!
October General Conference
"The Savior's Healing Power upon the Isles of the Sea" Elder J. Kimo Esplin
Another clear, cold day. My friend Kerri Halcomb came by this morning to bring me a Christmas gift and card.
ornament.
Kerri and I visited a few minutes. When she left I opened the gift and read my card. I love the ornament and the card was sweet, expressing gratitude for our friendship. I sat down and wrote her a card.
Stacy got to meet Kerri.
This morning in Inklings Emily and Rio talked about humility. The talk we are studying is "Humble to Accept and Follow" by Joni L. Koch. We also studied 2 Chronicles 2 and Hezekiah's Tunnel in the Bible Dictionary. Here are some notes that I took:
Phrase: "Leave this in God's hands and everything will turn out fine."
Affirmation: "I am humble in spirit. I depend on my Heavenly Father's benevolence and the Atonement of my Savior. I trust that having the humility to follow Them and to make and keep covenants will help me become perfected in Christ."
2 Chronicles 31:20 - And thus did Hezekiah throughout all Judah, and wrought that which was good and right and truth before the LORD his God.
Hezekiah petitions the Lord and the answer comes through the Prophet.
Hezekiah goes to the Lord with everything!
He went to the Lord in building the underground tunnel too.
Humility is dependence upon God.
I have heard thy prayers, thus saith the Lord.
There is a strength that comes with humility.
Submission, surrender, humility, modesty, reverence, yield, giving way to God.
Yield signs in Fiji say "Give way."
Why does receiving revelation have to be so hard? Emily asks God this question.
Personal revelation time for Emily is 4-6 a.m.
The Spirit to Emily: "You are not praying hard enough."
Emily: "The Spirit is the boss of me."
I also listened to "Unshaken Saints" and Richard Draper on "Follow Him." I am reading Dr. Draper's book, "Opening the Seven Seals."
We said goodbye to Stacy, Paul, Joshua, Alayna, Sophie, Shipley, and Vader.
Evan and Rowan went on a Razr ride this afternoon just a little before Michael and Joe arrived. We were on our way in to town so we told Michael to watch out for them.
The first thing we did in town was mail Kim's birthday card. She is turning 50 on the 31st.
One of the reasons we are coming into town is to get some food for Rowan. Darrel sent me $50.
Rowan said he really likes baked ziti so I decided I would make it tomorrow night. As I was shopping for marinara sauce I dropped a bottle on the floor. The glass did not shatter but the lid came off and sauce went all over the floor and on my shoe, sock, and the bottom of my left pant leg. A woman in the aisle told me to just leave it alone. She also gave me a tissue to clean the sauce off of me. I told a worker what I had done and he called the cleaning crew. I fully intended to pay for the broken bottle but forgot when I got to the register. I will pay next time.
Before going home James and I texted Rowan and Evan and asked them what they wanted from Wendy's. Actually I gave them a choice and they chose Wendy's. Evan asked for ten chicken nuggets and an order of fries. Rowan wanted a baconator and fries. I ordered a Biggie Bag. When we paid for the food we should have checked our order. They got it wrong. Evan got his ten chicken nuggets and fries, and I got my Biggie Bag, but instead of getting a Baconator burger Rowan got Baconator fries (fries with bacon & cheese) and fries. I apologized and gave him my Baconator, Jr. burger. James and I ate the nuggets and the small order of fries. I had three nuggest and James had two.
Joe and Michael brought several guitars with them. Michael just got a new green guitar. They jammed in front of the fireplace.
music and words to songs.
The kids played games this evening while James and I walked and watched a movie, "A Fairytale Christmas."
Tom is getting lots of attention from the boys, especially Evan.
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cold last winter.
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