Wednesday, April 30th, 2025: Leave @ 6 for valley, Burger King - taste buds off, Payson way, some construction, "Follow Him", :20 - no one there, AARA, Darryl meets James, Costco, Sheri's hot water heater replaced, Jersey Mike's, "The Scriptures are Real", James's mtg, "Sound of Rain", "The Coroner", Kathy has pneumonia, Chuck food poisoning

Albuquerque, New Mexico

73rd operating temple

Dedicated: 27 Feb 2000

By: Gordon B. Hinckley

Book of Mormon

Mosiah 19:25-20:11

Come Follow Me

D&C 42

The Lord gives me commandments because He loves me.

Video: "The Prayer of Faith" Elder David A. Bednar

D&C 42:30-52

April General Conference

'Confidence in the Presence of God'

President Russell M. Nelson

"As we diligently seek to have charity and virtue fill our lives, our confidence in approaching God will increase."

We left for the valley at 6:00 for the valley this morning. James stopped in Show Low at Burger King to get a Whopper, Jr. He got me a chicken wrap and some onion rings. The onion rings didn't even compare to Burger House's. 

We went the Payson way at my request. We did run in to some construction and had to stop awhile but were soon on our way again. 

The line of traffic going up the mountain was the longest I have ever seen. We listened to "Follow Him" most of the way. 

We were running a little late. James has an appointment at Bama Barbershop on Ray & Alma School at 9:20 with Leigh Ann Johnson, or at least he thought he did. The construction up Alma School from the 202 was at a crawl and he was there a couple of minutes after 9:20 only to find that Leigh Ann was not there. He checked his phone and saw that she left a message earlier this morning saying she wouldn't be there. She did say Darryl would be there in an hour or so. James dropped me off at AARA and then headed back to the barbershop. 

I was early but Frances came and took me right back for my infusion. A few minutes later a girl came and got me for my appointment with Dr. Kumar. When Dr. Kumar came in I didn't recognize her and had to ask to make sure it was her. She is a tiny little thing and doesn't look much older than 25. When had a nice talk, she looked at my joints and I told her about the constant pain in my upper arms. She said if they continued to bother me I could come in and get cortisone shots. I liked that idea. 

When my appointment was over I called James. He was with Darryl at the barbershop and said he would leave in 10 minutes. I told him I was going to walk across the street to Costco, which I did. 

Here is a list of the things I bought: Some tan capri pants, two tops, another kitchen mat, and sheets for the beds we sleep on when we stay at Stacy's. James got here just about the time I was ready to check out. He asked if I had gotten him any pomegranate juice. When I told him no he hurried to the back to get a bottle. We checked out and headed for Sheri's house. Her hot water heater went out and she asked James if he could put the new one in. 

James needed a blow torch so Sheri and I walked down to Terry & Cathi's to borrow one. Leaving Sheri and Max there to help James I got in the car and drove over to the Deseret Book in Gilbert. I wanted to see if the General Conference journals were out yet. They aren't, but the sister working there said I could order one. I said I was going to order one to be sent to my house but I didn't want to pay for postage. She said if I had it delivered to the store there would be no postage, so that's what I did. It will be here in a couple of weeks. 

Max and James were still working on the hot water heater when I got back to Sheri's. She came out and asked if I wanted something from Jersey Mike's. I added my order to everyone else's and then went to pick up the order. The Jersey Mike's in south Chandler is very close to Ziggi's Coffee. (Just a funny little side note since Sheri's family has a dog named Ziggi.)

James was walking away from Sheri's when I returned. He was finished and said he could not have done it without Max's help. He had to take the old water heater out and it still had water in it. He said it weighed about 400 lbs. and he and Max lifted it together. 

James had one more little thing to do to the water heater but won't be doing it until we come back tomorrow because he needs a part.

James has an elders quorum presidency meeting this evening. We headed for home a little after 2 eating our sandwiches on the way. Now my car smells like a sub shop. We listened to Kerry Muhlstein and Stephen Harper on "The Scriptures are Real." We also listened to "The Sound of Rain" the book we are reading. 

We got home right at 5:30. James brought the stuff in and then got ready for his meeting and left. I had a couple of blueberry Eggos and watched an episode of "The Coroner." 

James came home with the news that Chuck wasn't feeling well because of what he said was food poisoning and he said that Kathy has been in bed all week with pneumonia. Oh dear and I don't even have time to take her a meal.

A couple of heroes