Tampico, Mexico
83rd operating temple
Dedicated: 20 May 2000
By: Thomas S. Monson
Jesus Christ Authority of
Moses 6:52
And he also said unto him: If thou wilt turn unto me, and hearken unto my voice, and believe, and repent of all thy transgressions, and be baptized, even in water, in the name of mine Only Begotten Son, who is full of grace and truth, which is Jesus Christ, the only name which shall be given under heaven, whereby salvation shall come unto the children of men, ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost, asking all things in his name, and whatsoever ye shall ask, it shall be given you.
Book of Mormon
Jacob 7:1-20
* Sherem is the first anti-Christ in the Book of Mormon.
*President Ezra Taft Benson shared the following three questions we can ask ourselves to avoid being deceived:
1.) What do the standard works have to say about it?
Brigham Young said the Book of Mormon was written on the tablets of his heart and no doubt helped save him from being deceived.
2.) The second guide is: what do the latter-day Presidents of the Church have to say on the subject - particularly the living President.
3.) the third and final test is the Holy Ghost - the test of the Spirit....This test can only be fully effective if one's channels of communication with God are clean and virtuous and uncluttered with sin.
Old Testament
Deuteronomy 19-21
19 Cities of refuge appointed for cases of manslaughter - Murderers shall be put to death - Two or three witnesses required in court cases - False witnesses punished.
20 Laws revealed for selection of soldiers and making of war - Hittites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites shall be utterly destroyed.
21 How murders by unknown persons are expiated - Equity required in dealing with wives and children under plural marriage - Stubborn and rebellious sons may be put to death.
General Conference
Do We Trust Him? Hard Is Good
Elder Stanley G. Ellis
" Before this calling I was a financial consultant in Houston, Texas. Most of my work was with multimillionaires who owned their own businesses. Almost all of them had created their successful businesses from nothing through lots of hard work. The saddest thing for me was to hear some of them say that they wanted to make it easier for their children. They did not want their children to suffer as they had. In other words, they would deprive their children of the very thing that had made them successful."
I got up at 4 a.m. and looked outside. It was a winter wonderland and still snowing! The trees are frosted and it looks like we have at least two inches. Thank you Lord.
According to President Nelson how I care for my body affects my destiny.
I read an article in the New Era today about a girl with cyctic fibrosis and how she turned her life around by exercising and eating healthy. She ended up going on a full-time mission. It was very inspirational. I need to realize that my body is a gift from the Creator. When we live with patience, faith, and gratitude, we find joy.
"Joy, it seems, Is not only happiness but the resultant feeling of the Holy Ghost manifest within us." - Barbara B. Winder, former General Relief Society President.
It snowed most of the day today but by the end of the day all of the snow was melted except on the mountains. The snow that fell today melted as soon as it touched the ground.
Brother Patrick came over today to show James some radios. These are walkie-talkie radios run off a tower. James wants some so we can communicate with other people who have them so if there is an emergency and our phones don't work, we can still communicate.
I am sure we will eventually get some but right now we just don't have the money.
At 2:30 I went to visit Sister MacArthur across the road from us. She and her husband and their two year old daughter just moved here from Fairbanks, Alaska. He is still a firefighter in Alaska and will be going back up from April until October.
They both grew up in Show Low and when they had their baby they decided they wanted to be back down here by family. She is Sister Umphress's sister and their parents live in Linden. Her husbands parents live by Walmart.
I enjoyed my visit with her and took her a small Easter basket and shared a couple of quotes with her, one by President Nelson.
Love this little Lambie!
For dinner we had leftover spaghetti, and salad. We are trying to clean out all the leftovers in the fridge before we leave.
After dinner James took a short nap and then left to go on a visit with Brother Greer from the stake and Brother Curtis from the ward. They visited the Gordon's, the new converts. James says they have goats and they spin yard out of the goat hair. He really enjoyed the visit and said you can tell they love the gospel.
We watched the final episode of season 7 of Heartland. Jack and Lisa secretly got married, Amy flew to Europe with the prince as part of his horse show. Ty and Caleb won $100,000 with their barrel racing horse. Georgie got the trick riding saddle of her dreams because she is spoiled rotten. We will not be ordering season 8. If we watch it, it will be on Amazon Prime.
Added tulips to my Easter centerpiece
I love this frosty scene
So gorgeous!
Our "snow" pit
I wish it would last.
So pretty
by
Greg Olsen
look like this?
Interesting
