Deseret Peak, Utah
200th operating temple
Dedicated: Nov 10, 2024
By: Russell M. Nelson
Book of Mormon
2 Nephi 6:8-7:11
Come Follow Me
D&C 11:15-26
As I seek to "obtain God's word", I will receive His Spirit and power.
October General Conference
'Holiness to the Lord in Everyday Life'
Elder Gerrit W. Gong
"Holiness to the Lord in everyday life looks like a young returning missionary who learned to let God prevail in his life. Earlier, when asked to bless someone who was very sick, this missionary said, "I have faith; I will bless him to recover. Yet," the returning missionary says, "I learned in that moment to pray not for what I wanted but for what the Lord knew the person needed. I blessed the brother with peace and comfort. He later passed away peacefully."
Happy Valentine's Day! I gave James a sweet card and some candy this morning as an indication of my love for him. In return he wrote me a sweet note and invited me to go to lunch with him. We decided to try the new restaurant where Persnikkity's use to be. It's called "The Taco and I." They have Nackard Pepsi. It that something we should be excited about? I don't know.
It was raining when we drove into Show Low. We arrived at The Taco and I at 11:10, about ten minutes after it opened. There was one or two customers inside. We looked at the menu, which was quite small. The only tacos listed were street tacos. I ordered 3 Barbacoa beef tacos and James ordered a Barbacoa beef burro. They had a salsa bar but it was sparse. The tacos and the burro were very plain, no cheese, and not much seasoning on the meat. I ate on taco and the meat from another and took home one taco and a tortilla with beans.
We decided we probably wouldn't be back any time soon. I saw no one drinking Pepsi but three guys had Coca Cola in bottles. Still don't know what Nackard Pepsi is.
We got gas at Circle K and then went to Walmart. We picked up a check from the Landings at the post office which I can deposit at home. We brought cash with us to deposit in the bank so I could pay my credit card, but now we don't have too because of this check. That's a relief because we like to have a nice cash reserve. James picked up a couple of my prescriptions he put on auto-order. I don't need them right now and I don't like auto-order but James did it, so I guess it's okay. I got some mild Italian sausage to add to the baked ziti I'm making for tonight's RS "Little Italy" dinner.
When we got home I took a short nap before starting to prepare the baked ziti I signed up for, for tonight's Relief Society dinner. I am using the recipe the Relief Society gave out instead of my own. I wished I had used mine instead. It took around three hours to make and it was difficult to remove all of the grease from the sausage.
When we left for the dinner it was snowing like crazy outside. I am grateful! James doesn't like the snow as much as I do, he would rather have rain.
Lynda Finnell is our RS activities leader and does a good job decorating and planning. We sat by Catherine Halcomb, Ellen and Dave Kostusiak, and a woman I didn't know named Jesse. I sat in the chair next to Catherine, James didn't sit down but was visiting with someone at another table when Paula Johnson came in and sat in the chair by Jesse. It happened so quickly I didn't know what to say. Catherine suggested we set up another place for James. Ellen got a chair, and table settings. There is plenty of room and it worked out fine.
My friend Michelle Beckham was at the dinner with Ken Martin. I went over and spoke with her and asked when her knee surgery is scheduled. She said it was on Monday. I told her I would pray for her.
Jimmy Applegate was our waiter. We did not have to stand in line to get our food, each table had their own waiter, dressed in black pants, white shirts and black bow ties. We started with salad and bread, both were delicious. For the main dish we could choose lasagna, baked ziti, or alfredo either with chicken or beef. They ran out of the chicken and Catherine got the beef, which she did not like.
I ordered the baked ziti but didn't eat all of it. I'm not sure if it was mine or not, but it was too greasy. James did eat all of his.
For dessert we could order cheesecake with strawberries, or chocolate cake. I ordered the cheesecake and so did James. Catherine ordered the chocolate cake, and loved it.
Here is a picture of Lynda Finnell and her husband John. John was a server.
picture taken. No picture for us.
Jimmy was a great waiter and we enjoyed the company at our table. Kerri was one of the waiters and I think she serves on the RS committee. I asked if we could take her mom home since she had to stay late. She was grateful.
It was still snowing outside as we drove Catherine home. James walked her up to the door. I was glad to see her home safely.
Back home I threw away all of the leftover ziti and the uncooked sausage in the refrigerator. It was just too greasy. Next time I'm using my recipe that I got from Marci Coombs.
I did the dishes that were left, worked on my blog for awhile and then watched "The Way Home." James came in and watched it with me. The show is just getting to convulted, too much time travel.
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