Brasilia, Brazil
180th operating temple
Dedicated: 17 Sep 2023
By: Neil L. Andersen
Book of Mormon
1 Nephi 17:17-30
Come Follow Me
Review
October General Conference
'Simple in the Doctrine of Jesus Christ'
President Henry B. Eyring
"Teaching simply allows us to share the saving doctrine early on, while children remain untouched by the deceiver's temptations that will later confront them, long before the truths they need to learn are drowned out by the noise of social media, peers, and their own personal struggles. We should seize every opportunity to share the teachings of Jesus Christ with children. These teaching moments are precious and far fewer compared to the relentless efforts of opposing forces. For every hour spent instilling doctrine into a child's life, there are countless hours of opposition filled with messages and images that challenge or ignore those saving truths."
I felt better today, not great, but better. I fixed bacon, eggs, and biscuits for anyone who wanted to eat, which turned out to be me, James, Joe, and Michael. Jared Ammon was out running and I guess Sammi and Dallin were still sleeping. Joe and Michael went on their Starbucks run before breakfast. Namira had an accident in the kitchen so James put her in her pup house.
After breakfast I worked on my blog while the guys went out to help James clean up the tree branches in the backyard.
This afternoon I finally made James his birthday pies, one with chocolate crust and one with graham cracker. Dallin was helping me squeeze lemon juice into a cup when he slipped and all of the juice spilled all over the counter. He was embarrassed and felt so bad. He offered to go into town and get more lemons. I laughed and said that wouldn't be necessary. I had some reconstituted lemon juice and I would use it, which I did. The pies were still delicious.
James came in this afternoon and said he tripped over the dog leash and fell hard and hit his head on the concrete. He has a scratch on the side of his face and his eyelid is red. It is the opposite side of his face from where his surgery was.
James took me to Dollar General and bought me DPZ and Little Debbie cakes. He reluctantly supports my addictions.
Later on I came back in to the kitchen to make dinner. James said he would help me. I started boiling water for mashed potatoes while James peeled potatoes and I cut them up. I got out the asparagus and broccoli and biscuits. About this time I put the potatoes in the water and then Sammi came in and asked if she could help. Yes! She got the asparagus and broccoli ready and cooked them, along with the biscuits.
I worked on the chicken, I'm making Long John Silvers recipe. I mixed up the coating for the chicken, then realized I needed another batch for the amount of chicken I have. I asked Sammi and she mixed up another batch. She also fixed the mashed potatoes, cooked the biscuits, and both veggies. She is quite a whiz in the kitchen. She put in some frozen mac & cheese in the microwave for her dinner. She is gluten-free and for some reason, she doesn't eat chicken.
The boys said the dinner was delicious and they were very grateful, especially Michael who said the chicken was great. He asked for some jam for his biscuit and was so excited to see we had raspberry jam. I guess he loves raspberries. Good to know. James did the dishes and cleaned the kitchen, bless his heart. I went in to the bedroom and watched the latest Hallmark movie, "The Perfect Setting."
from James
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