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Sunday, April 28, 2019

Saturday, April 27th, 2019

Concepcion, Chile

160th operating temple

Dedicated: 28 Oct 2018

By: Russell M. Nelson

Jesus Christ, Divine Sonship

John 20:21

Then said Jesus to them again, Peace be unto you: as my Father hath sent me, even so send I you.

Book of Mormon

Mosiah 18:1-16

New Testament "Come Follow Me"

Luke 10:38-42

General Conference

Good Shepherd, Lamb of God

Gerritt W. Gong

"Jesus Christ calls us in His voice and His name. He seeks and gathers us. He teaches us how to minister in love."

When we left at 5:40 this morning for the temple the sky was filled with smoke. The further away from Vernon we got the less smoke there was. By the time we got to the temple in Snowflake the smoke was just a distant memory. As we got out of the car and looked over towards the mountains near Vernon we could see the Vernon valley filled with smoke. So sad.

I went ahead of James as we entered the temple because he had to wait to get approval from a higher source since he did not have his recommend.

The Brimhall's did our training today. President Brimhall told about his dad who worked for the Santa Fe Railroad in Winslow. The men that worked with him called him the Mormon Bishop, even though he was not a bishop, and they called his line shack the Mormon temple. President Brimhall seemed proud to have such a wonderful dad.

My first assignment was in the women's dressing room assigning lockers to sisters coming in for the 8 am. session. Next I went to initiatory. I worked in initiatory three different times today. I think they want to make sure that I memorize everything.

I helped in the baptistry, worked at the sealing desk under the stairs where I read several chapters in the Book of Mormon. I was there for an hour and helped two people.

One of my assignments was sitting in the Celestial room. While I was there a brother who was 7'4" tall came in and sat down on the couch. It looked like a toy couch with him sitting on it. I was thinking, oh dear, he's never going to find anyone to marry when a 6'2" sister, who happened to be his wife, came and sat by him. The reason I know their heights is that James told me. He was at the recommend desk when they came in the temple and spoke with them. The brother had to duck as he went out the door.

I got to have my break with James and one of my best friends at the temple, Debbie V. from Chandler. We asked where her husband Jim was. He was back in Virginia visiting his brother and had to have emergency surgery for kidney stones. He was supposed to be home to work in the temple today but didn't make it.

On the way home this afternoon we stopped at Sonic because I wanted to try their new BBLT (Bacon, bacon lettuce tomato) sandwich. It was quite good and I think James wishes he would have gotten one instead of getting a corndog.

When we got home we were so tired we took a nap. When we got up we were listening to a chapter from our book when Stacy called. She had to tell me that they found a house and that she starts her new job next Wednesday, May 1st. The house is over 3,000 square feet and his near Gilbert and Lindsey. They needed a big house because Adam, Jared Ammon, and Michael will all be living with them. The name of the place where she will be working is Transforming Image. She saw an ad on TV and just went in off the street. The owner says he wants her to do the TV ads so I guess she's going to be on TV. She is a little stressed about that.

Kim and Brian went for a walk and then they took the Christmas Tree Trail ride on the Razr. They were shocked to see that there was still snow up in the high country.

This evening we watched the new Hallmark Hall of Fame movie, "Love Takes Flight," based on a true story. We all loved it. This is not your ordinary Hallmark movie. It's a classic. I guess that's why they call it "Hall of Fame" because it's based on a true story.