Grand Junction, Colorado
Preparing for dedication;
Scheduled to be dedicated
19 Oct 2025
Book of Mormon
Helaman 4:1-17
April General Conference
'Thou Art the Christ'
Amy Wright
Up at 2:44. I finished the outline for my lesson. I finished 53 notebooks. While packing one of my kerosene lamps for my lesson I broke the chimney and had to clean up the glass. I am using my basil plants and a lantern for my lesson and my favorite Jesus picture with the lamb.
When we got to the church James delivered notebooks to Young Women's and Primary. I set up the room including writing an outline on the whiteboard.
Sheri and Ian sat with us in the front during sacrament meeting in our second row spot. There was a large crowd today because it was the Primary program. The MacArthur's were here and all of their kids were in the program although I think Boone may have left to go sit with his parents before the program was over.
There were six young men passing the sacrament instead of the usual five. Ethan Robles, Stephan Crane, Resten Tesarek, Axel Golly, Logan Robles, and Johnny Wilhelm.
It looks to me like the Primary has doubled in size since last year. The name of the program, based on the Doctrine & Covenants:
"This Is My Beloved Son, Hear Him!"
I think most all of the children had speaking parts and some spoke more than once. I didn't know half of the kids. We have one boy in the ward who is deaf. I don't know who his parents are.
Here is a list of the songs they sang. Crystal Flake is the Primary chorister and she does a great job!
"I Belong to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints",
"I Am a Child of God", "I Know Heavenly Father Loves Me", "I'm Trying to Be Like Jesus" (My favorite!), "I Like to Look for Rainbows", "I Have a Family Here On Earth", "Follow the Prophet", "My Own Sacred Grove", "Joseph Smith's First Prayer".
On the last song, "Joseph Smith's First Prayer", the kids sang the first verses and then on the last verse the congregation joined them. It was very powerful and the Spirit was strong.
My name for Christ that I studied all week was Alpha & Omega. Alpha is the first letter in the Greek alphabet and Omega is the last. They are also names given to Jesus Christ and are used as symbols to show that Christ is both the beginning and the end. I say He is everything in the middle too!
My lesson went well. I had one journal left. I think I will give it to Barbara Tignor as she is the librarian and didn't get to come to class today. Sheri shared an experience and I was grateful. There were lots of good comments. Afterwards I took pictures of Sally Sedig and Pat Tedder. Sally had her "I Am a Child of God" pen and her "Love Jesus" pen that I gave when I did Elder Kearon's lesson on gifts. Teresa Hein said to me: "Yellow is your color." I was wearing my outfit with the yellow short jacket. Scotty, her handicapped son, gave me the longest hug after class.
I had left my phone at home and wanted to take a picture of Sally and Pat so I left to go find James and ask him to take a picture of them.
On my way to the cultural hall where the elders quorum meets I was stopped by Wes Smith. He asked if he could talk to me in private and proceeded to lead me into one of the classrooms. (I wondered to my self, is this appropriate?) He said Brother Applegate had asked him to teach the gospel doctrine class next week and that it was on overcoming adversity. He told me he enjoyed my testimony about my experience in the temple of overcoming the negative feelings I had for my dad. He said he wouldn't call on me but wanted to alert me in case I wanted to share that experience again. I thanked him and then we parted. A little strange, I thought. Oh well, he did give me a compliment.
Here is the picture James took of Sally and Pat and one of Nellie Wilhelm who came in after Primary and was visiting with them:
Sally's jacket that says Jesus and the I am a child of God
pen on her purse.
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Today's marriage class started out with a joke and then we watched a segment from the Carol Burnett show with Carol and Tim Conway called "Wrong Number." I'm glad Brother Lauritzen uses humor in his class. We also talked about Gary Chapman's book, "The Five Love Languages." Crystal Flake knew all five. Here they are:
1) Quality time, 2) Words of Affirmation, 3) Physical touch, 4) Gift giving, 5) Acts of service.
Which is your love language? You only have one. Mine is either gift giving or acts of service. I'm still trying to figure out what James's is. I think it is physical touch.
When we got home Ian had grilled some chicken and steak and Sheri said there was plenty for us. Thank you so much! Ian also made us some cloves extract and put it in a spray bottle with castor oil. He said to spray it on swollen or sore joints and it would help relieve the pain. Hmmm, it sounds a little hokey, but I'm willing to try.
Sheri watched and listened to Rio & Shima on Inklings with me, talking about "The Plan of Mercy." She really didn't want to and I'm not sure she got much out of it. I am worried about her. She seems to have so much anger and anxiety, especially towards Ian and his mom.
I volunteered in Relief Society today to take Mikki Gilbert to the doctor on Thursday. Tomorrow I'm making Chelsea MacArthur's birthday cake and on Wednesday I'm making Geno's. It's going to be a busy week.
"There is great strength in becoming and remaining part of a supportive community - all stumbling - yet progressing."
- Elder Scott D. Whiting, AGC 2025
D&C 101:22
Behold, it is my will, that all they who call on my name, and worship me according to mine everlasting gospel, should gather together, and stand in holy places.
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