Freetown Sierra Leone
Exterior cladding underway;
construction estimated to be completed
in late 2026 to early 2027.
Book of Mormon
Helaman 9:18-41
Come Follow Me
D&C 107:22
The Lord's servants are "upheld by the confidence, faith and prayer of the Church"
D&C
107:69-108:2
April General Conference
'Reverence for Sacred Things'
Elder Ulisses Soares
A.S.K.
'Your Great Adventure'
Elder Dieter F. Uchtdorf
Liahona
The Church in Mongolia
Inklings
Talk: 'Faith: A Bond of Trust and Loyalty', Elder Sandino Roman
Scripture: JS-H 1:25
Word: faith
Phrase: 'Pray to your Heavenly Father in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, and always, under all circumstances, by the very nature of your lives show your loyalty and love.'
Affirmation: "I am building my faith in the Lord, one drop of oil at a time. I am loyal to Him, and I trust Him to strengthen me and protect me. I know He lives and loves me.
Tom woke me up at 3:30. Thanks Tom.
Kathy Crane and I went on an adventure this morning. We have been called to be ministering sisters to Cindy Brown. I arranged for us to visit her today. She lives up in the forest near the Whiting ranch. There is a road that turns off the 60 that we are supposed to take but neither Kathy nor I are sure how far it is from the Vernon turnoff towards Springerville. We do know that it is past Montoso mountain. I thought it was called the 3123 and Kathy says it's the 17. It's over ten miles from the Vernon turnoff and we had to wait for road work. The road is the 3123 and the 117. I turn on to it and follow Cindy's directions from here. Stay on the road that goes to the Whiting homestead and their house will be on the left about a quarter mile from the homestead. We passed a house on the right but I said to Kathy, no, she said it was on the left. A few minutes later a white house with a red roof on the left came in to view. We stopped in front of the house and it looked empty. I texted Cindy but got no response.
Kathy said, let's go back to that house we saw earlier. I agreed and off we went. Sure enough, that was the right house. I should have taken a picture because on the outside it looked like an old log cabin with plaster or cement between the logs.
Cindy greeted us and we walked in and we were in awe. I felt like I was in a model home. I took pictures. The focal point is the big table with the beautiful center piece.
no window coverings and great views.
I should have taken a picture of the windows.
Cindy's husband is 6'8"
Kathy and side view of Cindy
The theater room
Movie posters
Brother Brown is a retired attorney. This poster is
a joke about attorneys:
Dewey, Cheatem & Howe
I brought my clipboard with my "Getting to Know You" form and I asked Cindy some of the questions and here is what I found out:
*Cindy met her husband Doug at BYU-Hawaii where she was roommates with his sister. They then went to BYU-Provo and on to ASU law school.
*In her leisure time Cindy helps her husband Doug with his investment company. She also loves to travel, she takes pictures on trips, she loves photography, and she does scrapbooking. One of her favorite places to visit was Israel and Jordan.
*Her favorite color is pink. She loves to walk outside and her favorite animal is a cow. (Her husband and his brothers run a cattle ranch).
*She loves to read and her favorite book is "Pride and Prejudice."
She told me about the BBC 7 episode series of "Pride and Prejudice" and how good it is.
*Cindy's family loves to play games. Favorites are Yahtzee and Ticket to Ride.
*Cindy plays the organ in our ward and she also loves to quilt.
*Another project Cindy is working on is going through the letters her grandparents wrote to each other when they were apart. She is "mining" them, look for nuggets or treasures to share with the family.
*Here are some things that make Cindy happy: her family, the gospel, and teaching in China.
*One last entry. Lavell Edwards, BYU's famous retired football coach is her uncle.
Finally it was time for us to leave, just as the sprinkles started to come. It rained on us on the way home but it had not yet rained at home. Later we got a downpour and it stayed wet most of the day.
Some of my other highlights of this day:
James bought me a carne asada taco, I worked on my bird puzzle, I walked, blogged, at soup, and read from "Beloved Emma."
James got his computer back today and he says it is so much faster, and no more popups.
"When a woman and a man are in such a fragile time,...our words, our hands, our hearts - spiritually, emotionally, and financially - can bless them."
- Elder Neil L. Andersen, AGC 2025
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