Birmingham, Alabama
98th operating temple
Dedicated: 3 Sept 2000
By: Gordon B. Hinckley
Book of Mormon
Alma 5:43-52
April General Conference
'Charity - A Sign of True Discipleship'
Elder Scott D. Whiting
Relief Society Lesson
'Right Before Our Eyes'
Elder Ronald A. Rasband
I did get up at 4 a.m. to finish my lesson. I made an outline, made copies of the quotes I want to use, and had a list of questions for the whiteboard. James agreed to put the questions on the whiteboard when we got to the church. There were several questions and he did a great job. He left spaces where the answers go and I went over them with the sisters. Thanks honey for helping me.
We had a good sacrament meeting today. Donna Beckham, and Janna and Willy Grombach were the speakers.
When Donna got up to speak she made a comment about the huge "stake conference" crowd, the stake president being here, and an area authority, Matthew Riggs, presiding.
Donna Beckham: Donna was inactive for years and has recently come back to church, by herself. She says she has not spoken in church since she was a teenager. Donna's topic assigned to her was: The benefits of consistent Church attendance. She said that partaking of the sacrament was the number one reason for consistent church attendance.
Janna Grombach: Matthew 6:14. Forgiveness, I struggle with this. My mom said to me: "I hope when you are asked to speak in church you speak on forgiveness because you aren't very good at it." Matthew 18:21-22. Repent and forgive. 70x7. It is a commandment. My first husband was unfaithful, again, and again. We went to counseling but he didn't want to change. I went through a process of healing. Forgiveness is a gift from Heavenly Father. Jesus Christ's blood covers all sins and mistakes. Repentance is a gift. I testify to you if we stay close to Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ we can forgive and our prayers will be answered. My prayers were answered when the Lord gave me Willy!
Willy Grombach: For God so loved the world that He gave His only Begotten Son. Being LDS is a lot of work! (Willy was baptized about 4 years ago). Jesus was perfect and knew what his mission was. We make mistakes and sin. Pray, repent, fail. Mary Magdalene was the first to see our resurrected Lord. Our ward has the most kind and loving people. Spoiler alert: We will all die. Alma 40:12-14. Spirit World/Spirit prison. The Spirit World is here among us. President Nelson says we need to repent daily and Think Celestial.
The Elder's Quorum presidency was released today: Chuck Crane, Collin DeWitt and James Lambson. A new presidency was called: Jeff Crane, Chuck's son, Jacob Robles, and Steve Rosen.
I gave Kate Hahn the Primary handouts and Sandra Wilhelm the Young Women's. I also gave Sandra Kacey Westbrook's graduation card knowing that Kacey's mom, Marci was in Young Women's.
Relief Society was jam-packed. Two of the bishops daughters were here and so was my Bunco friend, who is not a member, Oksana.
Lots of visitors because this is Memorial Day weekend.
I felt the lesson went well. Oksana read a quote and I mentioned that she was a non-member and was one of the nicest people I had ever met. After the lesson, Lynda Finnell, Oksana's friend and neighbor and the reason Oksana comes to church came up and gave me a big hug. She thanked me for what I said about Oksana and said that it made her day.
Kailee Nichol was one of our visitors today. After the block she came and asked me who it was we were counselors for in Young Women way back in 2013. I said, "Natalie Soderquist." Kailee said, "Oh no, I was never Natalie's counselor, this was someone older." I didn't argue but I knew that Kailee and I were both counselors to Natalie. The older woman Kailee was thinking of was Diana Curtis. I told Kailee as we parted that I was going to go home and check my blog to prove to her that she was a counselor to Natalie. She just laughed.
The first thing I did when I got home was look up proof that Natalie was a counselor. I knew that the YW had come to our house to watch the October 2013 and I was quite sure that Kailee was there, along with the Soderquist's. Here is what I found:
Kailee, I told you so!
(sorry about the repeat of a couple of photos)
I texted Sheri to ask her how her lesson went. She said she thought it went pretty well. The sisters really liked the snickerdoodle cookies she made. She also said Jackie Hall came up to her afterwards and gave her a hug and said she was glad that she was in Sheri's ward.
Neither Cathi nor Laura was there.
Elder Rasband dedicated the Abidjan Ivory Coast temple today.
My nose was so plugged up this afternoon that I took some Benadryl and slept most of the afternoon.
I love this!
More photos of Alex's trip to
Guatemala with Shayna's brother
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