Tuesday, April 16th, 2019

Tijuana, Mexico

149th operating temple

Dedicated: 13 Dec 2015

By: Dieter F. Uchtdorf

Jesus Christ, Divine Sonship

1 John 5:10

He that believeth on the Son of God hath the witness in himself: he that believeth not God hath made him a liar; because he believeth not the record that God gave of his Son.

Book of Mormon

Mosiah 9:1-19

New Testament "Come Follow Me"

Matthew 21:23-46; 22:41-46; 23:37-39

General Conference

The Power of Sustaining Faith

President Henry B. Eyring

"By raising your hand to sustain, you make a promise with God, whose servants there are, that you will sustain them."

Happy 21st Birthday Alex!

Sheri posted so many I couldn't choose.

These seven were my favorites.

A couple of quotes from the article in the Ensign, "Instruments or Agents": 'Righteousness must be freely chosen.' 'Does God want his children to be submissive instruments or proactive agents? It should not surprise us that the answer is both. He wants His children to become as He is, and that requires that we acquire the attributes of both a trusting instrument and a trusted agent. He wants us to humbly and willingly learn from our experiences in the hands of the Master so that we may one day be masters ourselves.'

We sold some more books on Amazon today. The best was one we have here at home called, merchant fulfilled. It is an old wire-bound book on building ponds in different ecosystems. We priced it at $77.95 and we made $55.91. One of our best sales so far. I prepared to ship the book to the woman in Oregon and we will mail it tomorrow. 

James worked on the Willis's roof today and then came home this evening. He said he was rained on most of the way. I wasn't even aware that it was raining here. What does that say about me?

I bought ten more books today to replenish our inventory.

You're my hero.

Oh dear, this is just too much!

Best friends forever!

Wednesday, November 7th, 2018

Tijuana, Mexico
149th operating temple
Dedicated: 13 Dec 2015
By: Dieter F. Uchtdorf

Jesus Christ, Davidic Descent of

Matthew 22:42

Saying, What think ye of Christ? Whose son is he? They say unto him, The Son of David.

Book of Mormon

3 Nephi 22:1-17

*What do these verses teach us about the "heritage of the servants of the Lord?"

- These scriptures mention words like; shame of thy youth..forsaken..grieved in spirit..barren..ashamed..afflicted. The point? Life is going to be hard. We may feel tossed to and fro, but that is part of the plan. The work of the Lord requires our faith, support and prayers. Though there will be times of loneliness, pain and hardships, the Lord has the power to protect, build and bless us. In vs-7-8 he can and will show kindness and mercy through the atonement. What is our heritage in serving the Lord? Safety and protection.

Book of Mormon

Alma 5

Old Testament

Ezekiel 26-28

General Conference

Firm and Steadfast in the Faith of Christ

Elder D. Todd Christofferson

"In the most recent general conference, President Russell M. Nelson declared: "You don't have to wonder about what is true. You do not have to wonder whom you can safely trust. Through personal revelation, you can receive your own witness that the Book of Mormon is the word of God, that Joseph Smith is a prophet, and that this is the Lord's Church. Regardless of what others may say or do, no one can ever take away a witness borne to your heart and mind about what is true."

Some of the election results are in. The US House will be controlled by democrats and the Senate will be controlled by republicans. 

We got some sad family news today. Max has diabetes. I guess he has had several symptoms so Sheri took him to the doctor. His blood sugar was way over 200 so they sent him to Cardon's Children Hospital in Mesa. We thought he would stay over night but they gave him lantis, the long-acting insulin and sent him home. He has to go to the endocrinologist in the morning. 

She says he is pretty angry right now, which I guess is to be expected. We are going to the valley tomorrow and I asked James if we could leave and go down right now but he said no. He has work to do for the Howard's and he is also working on the Mesa project.

Thanks to Adam for leaving frozen burgers in our freezer. We had a couple of them for lunch. They were tasty. James went right back to work but not before we said a prayer for Max.

I put a book for sale on Amazon but I'm not sure I did it right because it says free shipping. It's supposed to be "fulfilled by Amazon" but I may have done "Merchant fulfilled." Guess I will put a question in to the help line.

I made cookies today, just because I was craving them. We can take them with us tomorrow. I also had Christmas movies on most of the day: "Very Merry Mixup," "Christmas Detour," and "Magic Stocking."

When James got home he spent a couple of hours on the phone looking for a couple to sub for us at the temple on Saturday so we can go to the Lambson reunion at Discovery Park in Gilbert. He finally called Barry Flake, an old friend from high school and he said he and his wife would do it for us. We will work for them next week on Thursday afternoon. I really like Barry. When I was in high school I got my car stuck in the mud at Dag's Reservoir, now White Mountain Lake and no one could get me out. Barry went home and got his dad's high powered truck and pulled me out. I have loved him ever since! Now I have reason to love him again!

17,000 steps before going to bed!

These two make my day!

That's Talon on the left in front.

He is in the Uganda mission, probably at the MTC.

James was Dahlia's bishop. He was going to go to the sealing

but I was sick so he stayed home.

I believe this photo was taken during the 

solemn assembly when he was sustained as

the Prophet.

 Wish we had a slide by our stairs.