Sunday, February 18, 2024: Listen to sacrament songs, High council Sunday Travis Tesarek, @ Nephi 2 & Alma 42, Kristine HIpps, Reed Brown, 1992 journal

 

Frieberg, Germany

33rd operating temple

Dedicated: 29-30 June 1985

By: Gordon B. Hinckley

Book of Mormon

2 Nephi 6

Come Follow Me

"Follow Him" for 2 Nephi 6-11 "O How Great the Plan of Our God"

October General Conference

"Walking in Covenant Relationship with Christ" Emily Belle Freeman

Relief Society

"The Sealing Power" Elder D. Todd Christofferson

Book

"Rescuing Wayward Children"

The body is the ultimate vehicle for moral agency.

"Unrepentant sin leads to the absence of light and truth."

I was very slow moving this morning. I feel like I need a can of WD-40 to oil my joints in the morning. Seriously, I've heard people say that it works. 

As I go into the bathroom to get ready for church recently, I have been playing sacrament songs to get me in the proper frame of mind for taking the sacrament. It really does help. Tom came in to see what I was doing. He jumped up on the counter and when I put him down, he walked into the bedroom. I guess I offended him. He needs some attention but neither James nor I have time to give it to him.

Ruth Wallace was at our sacrament meeting today and I was able to give her a big hug. It may be the last time I ever see her. She will be missed.

Today is what I call high councilman Sunday. Our high councilman speaker was actually from our ward, Travis Tesarek. His son Resten was the youth speaker and Kerri Halcomb was the other speaker.

Resten spoke about God's Plan of Happiness and Your Eternal Destiny. This was a talk by Elder Gary E. Stevenson. Covenants help us return to Heavenly Father. Satan wants us to forget our covenants. The sacrament, scriptures, prayer, goals, and service help us to stay on the covenant path.

Kerri Halcomb - Kerri's talk was based on a talk by Sister Becky Craven called "Keep the Change." There have been lots of changes in the Church in the last few years. King Benjamin says we need a "change of heart." Do good continually. True conversions - the Lord will help. Can we help others to change? Microphone in Relief Society and Sunday School. Little changes can make a big difference. We need to have more love for Jesus Christ, our Savior. Computers have made a big change in family history.

Travis Teserak - Growing closer to the Savior. President Hinckley said, regarding fruit trees, we prune in February to bear fruit in September. 3 principles: 1.) Our future depends on choices now

2.) Let go of the less important 3.) Look for the Savior's light

In order to bear good fruit we need to know what to prune and what to nurture. Think celestial. Lose our lives to the Lord. What are my priorities? Use my time wisely. Simplify. Focus light. More revelatory experiences. Lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven.

In Sunday School we studied 2 Nephi 2. Brother Applegate compared it to Alma 42. Lehi speaking to his son Jacob and Alma speaking to his son Corianton.

So much information. This was such a good lesson. I took pictures of some of the power point.

As I was waiting for James after church I struck up a conversation with Kristine Hipps in the parking lot. She said something about us knowing Theola Crawford and Reed Brown. I said yes, we knew them because they were in our ward when we first moved to Chandler. Theola is Reed's mother and I saw on Facebook that she just celebrated her 99th birthday. Reed was in James's priest quorum and he also worked for him during the summer. I asked Kristine how they knew them. She said, "I was married to Reed." I was surprised and didn't know what to say. Reed was such a nice guy and I love Kristine. I wonder what happened. I didn't want to ask. Kristine also knew John and Sandy Bear.

For lunch we had the mini subs and tomato basil soup that Kathy brought us. Delicious! After lunch I napped with Thomas on the recliner.

I was upstairs looking for old wedding announcements to see if I could find one for Reed Brown and Kristine when I found a family journal we kept in 1992. I began reading from it and enjoyed it so much that I brought it downstairs to share with James. We had some good laughs.

I have had a package of chicken in the refrigerator for several days now that needed to be cooked. James agreed to help me. We made chicken strips combining two different recipes and adding a few ingredients of our own. The results were delicious. I knew we were going to be in the valley the next two days and didn't want to wait until Wednesday to cook this chicken. Now we will have a tasty treat when we come home on Wednesday.

This evening I listened to Robert Millett on "Follow Him" and watched this week's episode of "A Boulder Life" starring the Robles family who live in our ward. They are going to build a shed so they can stop paying to rent a storage unit in town which costs them $92 every month.

Bunny Bags

Scarlett

James and Tom

Charlie