Phoenix, Arizona
144th operating temple
Dedicated: 16 Nov 2014
By: Thomas S. Monson
Book of Mormon
Moroni 10:8-25
Come Follow Me
God has given me spiritual gifts.
October General Conference
'Seek Him with All of Your Heart'
Bishop L. Todd Budge
"Being still is an act of faith and requires effort. Lectures on Faith states, 'When a man works by faith he works by mental exertion.'
President Nelson declared: 'Our focus must be riveted on the Savior and His gospel. It is mentally rigorous to strive to look unto Him in every thought. But when we do, our doubts and fears flee.' Speaking of this need to focus our minds, President David O. McKay said: 'I think we pay too little attention to the value of meditation, a principle of devotion....Meditation is one of the...most sacred doors through which we pass into the presence of the Lord.'"
Tom is spending more and more time in the house the past few days. I am agonizing over the fact that we are leaving on Sunday and I don't know what we are going to do with him. Do we leave him inside or outside?
When James got up this morning he said his feet hurt. He has neuropathy and his feet hurt quite often. After feeding the horses, breakfast, and family prayer, James left for Walmart to get the oil changed in the car. While he was in town he also walked over to Sonoran Lab to get the bloodwork done that Dr. Moffat ordered. He bought cat food at Walmart and horse feed at Tractor Supply on the way home. When he got home he said to me: "Remember when I said my feet hurt this morning? Well, I went all morning with my shoes on the wrong feet." I'm sorry but I couldn't help myself, I had to laugh.
Kathy Crane and tried to go ministering this afternoon. We visited Janna Grombach. I gave her a Simon Dewey calendar of the Savior for 2025 and Kathy gave her a cute stuffed bird. We had a nice visit with Janna. She is such a dear friend. Kathy said a prayer before we left.
The other sisters we visit are Chelsea MacArthur who is in the valley today with her kids and husband. They went down to see the zoo lights. Catherine Halcomb is our other sister and she says she is sick and that we shouldn't visit because she doesn't want to make us sick.
I called Catherine and said we just wanted to drop off some gifts. That we would leave them on her porch and text her after we left. She agreed that would be fine. When we got to her house her daughter Kerri was outside. We gave her the gifts, the same things we left at Janna's. Kerri is very worried about her mom and we spent some time talking to her. I think it made her feel better just to talk to someone.
On the way home we saw 20-30 head of antelope in the field where they normally are. They were down by the horses and the watering hole. I love antelope, they are my favorite.
Kathy called me after she dropped me off at home. She says the doctor called and said she had pneumonia. She felt better today because she was on Prednisone. The call was actually from the Urgent Care where she went today and they did an X-ray. I remembered Kathy in our family prayer this evening.
I sorted out all of the blankets I have this evening. Everyone in the family has one and there are enough left for the MacArthur kids, Kerri and Catherine, and Virgil Cooper.
Here is a list of other family and friends who sent us Christmas cards:
Brian & Amy Lemmerman, the Vernon ward council, the Johnston's, James's mom and Dawn, Kim & Brian, Ruth Gale, Steve & Carmen Estes & family, and Chuck & Kathy Crane.
about three times this many.
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