238. Fort Worth, Texas
Exterior cladding completed; landscaping and
interior finish work well underway;
construction estimated to be completed
in early to mid 2026.
Book of Mormon
3 Nephi 4:1-14
October General Conference
'Simplicity in Christ'
Elder Michael Cziesla
A.S.K.
'Taking on the Name of Jesus Christ'
Elder Dale G. Renlund
Relief Society
'Reverence for Sacred Things'
Elder Ulisses Soares
Other
'Follow Him'
'Know Brother Joseph'
'Look Unto Christ'
'Inklings' - President Oaks's talk
Elder Stevenson dedicated the Elko, Nevada temple today. Dedicated temple #209.
Up at 3:45.
Katie Hahn passed away this morning around 4 a.m. Our bishop announced it from the pulpit. She affected so many lives with her positive attitude and good cheer.
James is so good to me. He delivered Judy Hunter's birthday card and gift and Debbie Schwartz's note all before sacrament meeting.
Today was our fast and testimony meeting. James and I are fasting for better health. Here are some of the testimonies that were born:
Bishop Hunsaker - Hope from General Conference. Thank goodness for the Atonement of Jesus Christ. Hold fast to the iron rod.
Tina Allen - I have a testimony of Jesus Christ. My granddaughter wants to serve a mission because she wants them to know that Jesus loves them.
Tom Peralta - Jesus is with me wherever I go. Hebrews 5:8 ...yet learned He obedience by the things which He suffered.
Steve Rosen - 3,200 Saints showed up in Globe to help with the flood cleanup.
Roger Gilbert - Thank you for the help and the meals.
Brother Dobson - Attended General Conference in Salt Lake and took his son Cary who said: "I am loving that so many people love God." Faith in Christ.
Jimmie Applegate - Jesus is my Master Exemplar. We are either going towards Jesus or going away from Him.
Tamara Applegate - Katie's video thanking those who give blood. Special thanks to Debbie who is being baptized this week. She is all there and focused when she comes to the gospel essentials class. Feeling the Spirit is my goal in class. It's a daily walk with Jesus.
When Brother Dobson bore his testimony I whispered to James: "There's our new bishop." He agreed.
I didn't realize how many people really loved Katie Hahn until Relief Society. Paula Johnson mentioned the party Katie had to celebrate her life because she knew she may be dying. Several people had gone and said how wonderful it was.
Amy Reynolds taught the lesson today based on Elder Soares's April conference talk, "Reverence for Sacred Things." Before she began she introduced Melinda who is a member but has never been. She was wearing pants and a camo jacket. I hope she felt welcomed. Amy stayed by her before and after Relief Society and Natalie came over and spoke with her.
Catherine Halcomb told me she went to Oklahoma this week and all her friends told her to come home. When she told me they took their dogs in the car, I knew something was not right. I talked to Kerri about it and she says she is remembering the trip they took last year. They did take the dogs but they also took their travel trailer and Kerri's big truck.
I also sat by Joyce in Relief Society. Joyce is my friend who won't kill critters. The discussion in Relief Society was great. I loved Elder Soares's talk on reverence.
I did not like marriage class today and neither did James. It was all about the dysfunctional family at Thanksgiving. Brother Lauritzen started about by drawing a table with all these chairs around it, representing Thanksgiving dinner. He then drew a dead horse on the table and I said, "Shouldn't that be a turkey?" I got a few chuckles but it went downhill from there. Grandpa is a pedophile and some at the table are his victims. This is not what I signed up for. I thought we would be using a Church marriage manual and be talking about how to make our marriage relationships more celestial. I understand that Brother Lauritzen came from a dysfunctional family and I feel sorry for him. What to do oh what to do. I guess I have a couple of weeks to think about it since we will be gone next week.
Rebecca shared that Scott's leukemia is back, Christina has a tumor and a blood disorder and that Jason and his family will probably be homeless in a week or so. I put all of their names on the Snowflake temple prayer roll.
Sheri seems to be in a dark place right now. She did give her Relief Society lesson but she feels like she does not have an eternal family. I need to help her realize that if she keeps her covenants that they have been sealed to her and they still have the potential to be an eternal family, Thank goodness for our general conference study group, A.S.K. She responded positively to our discussion.
We were in bed by 8:22. Early to bed and early to rise....
Elko, Nevada
Temple Dedication
Tanner's son
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