Villahermosa, Mexico
Temple #84
I got up at 4 this morning to do final preparations for my lesson. James thinks I am crazy. He got up a little before 6.
I studied Alma 5 because I felt like the questions that Alma asks could benefit the sisters. What a chapter!
This is the statement our bishop made when he got up to conduct sacrament meeting: "Welcome to stake conference." The room was filled clear back to the second overflow.
My new dress shows my garments in the back if it' s pulled the wrong direction so I had to put my white sweater on. Thank goodness I brought it.
Cary Dobson, Dalton Dobson's 9 year old son was the youth speaker today. He did a great job! One of his favorite Primary songs is: "I Will Find My Own Sacred Grove."
Amy Bowen and Jennifer Golly were the main speakers. Their topic: "How I Find Jesus Christ Over and Over Again." Amy grew up in a non-religious home where her parents used and abused alcohol. She did not feel loved as a child by her parents or the Lord. She got a scholarship to attend Utah State University in Logan, Utah. She met a returned missionary there who was so kind and friendly to her. She ended up joining the Church but had to go home because of lack of funds. Even though she joined the Church she felt like God hated her. Back at home she had no friends at church and no one reached out to her so she quit going for awhile. Fast forward to 2009 she is married and living in St. Johns. It was at this time she got her temple endowments. She and her husband were struggling and he ended up committing suicide in 2012. Amy began attending the temple. She said she was trying to align herself with God. She began to realize the Savior loves her just as she is.
Because it is Memorial Day weekend Jennifer talked about the military and the service in her family. She talked about trust, faith, and obedience as it pertains to Jesus Christ. Jennifer's Oma grew up in East Berlin during WWII. Because of malnutrition she was only 4'9". Her Oma was able to come to America and became a citizen. If someone asked her if she was German she would say, "No, I am an American." Jennifer joined the Church when she was 25. She has done temple work for her family, providing a welding link between generations. Christ is calling us home. "I am grateful for the Lord's hand in my families story.
My lesson went well. I told the story of Ammon, Lamoni, King Lamoni's father and Aaron from the Book of Mormon. We had a good discussion. I missed seeing Millie, Janna, Pat, Maxine, Barbara Klug and Barbara Tignor. Debbie Schwarz talked about her husband meeting with the bishop to talk about baptism and some questions he has. She talked to me afterwards and thanked me for my lesson and handouts. She is such a sweet person.
After lunch on the day I teach I like to just crash and relax. James had things to do this afternoon. He and Chuck went to the Tignor's and gave each of them a blessing of health and administered the sacrament to them. Afterwards James went to visit with Greg Anderson. Kim said she didn't come to church today because she isn't really friends with anyone and she was embarrassed by the fact that they are moving. I told James we should invite them to sit with us until they move.
On the way home from the Anderson's James saw a guy and his two kids broke down by the side of the road. When he stopped to help the ten year old boy said to him: "Thank you so much kind sir. I said a prayer and you came right away."
I made cookies for James while he was gone. Chocolate chip with oatmeal and walnuts. They were quite delicious. I also finished listening to Camille Fronk Olson on "Follow Him."
"God doesn't just want us to do what is right. He wants us to choose to do what is right."
- Elder Dale G. Renlund
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The Tignor Saga
Cayli's 23rd Birthday
Mason's 2nd Birthday!
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