Saturday, September 1st, 2018

Cochabamba, Bolivia

82nd operating temple

Dedicated: 30 Apr 2000

By: Gordon B. Hinckley

Jesus Christ, Crucifixion

Matthew 20:19

And shall deliver him to the Gentiles to mock, and to scourge, and to  crucify him: and the third day he shall rise again.

Book of Mormon

Alma 60:1-13

*What was Moroni's purpose in writing the epistle to Pahoran?

- To get more assistance for his armies. Moroni is assuming Pahoran and the government don't have a good reason why they haven't sent help. However, Moroni didn't know the whole story. This teaches us the importance of not assuming things we don't know and not jumping to conclusions. Moroni was an incredible man but even he was not perfect. Team work and good communication is so important.

Old Testament

Psalms 126-150

General Conference

Precious Gifts from God

President M. Russell Ballard

"The power of the Sabbath day is to experience in church and at home the delight, the joy, and the warmth of feeling the Spirit of the Lord without any kind of distraction. The blessing of receiving the sacrament in sacrament meeting must never become routine or just something we do. It is only 70 minutes in a whole week when we can pause and find more peace, joy, and happiness in our lives.
Partaking of the sacrament and renewing our covenants is a sign by us to the Lord that we do always remember Him. His Atonement is a gracious gift from God.
The Lord Jesus Christ is our most precious of all gifts from God. Jesus said, 'I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me."

Rain and even some hail according to Adam early this morning. We love the rain but hope the Howard's are able to have their open house at Wolf Mountain Ranch.

I read to James this morning from "The Secret Keeper" before he left to work at the Howard's. I did my blog page for yesterday, walked and stuffed myself before starting my fast. 

We are fasting that we will get paid for the job that James finished at the Phonecian Golf Course on July 4th. They keep stalling and it makes me nervous that they don't have the money to pay us. I am also fasting for greater self-control, especially regarding my diet.

Adam and his friends got all bundled up and took off for Green's Peak in the late morning. They took food, etc. for a picnic. They returned just as we were leaving for the Howard's around 2:15. 

What a gorgeous day to be outside. It was 70 degrees with no wind. Here are some photos I took at the Howard's.

The Miller Family Band
Bishop, Uriah, Ed

Two dads and a kid

 The horses loved the music

Pepper and one of his girlfriends

I think the other girlfriend is jealous

 A real cowgirl with butterfly boots

Tildy has been known to ride bareback with no bridle

before.

James put these kids on Pepper and took their

pictures and sent the pictures to their moms.

Free hotdogs, hamburgers, drinks, and chips

Elder Bingham and Andyn

 Elder Bernecker, Tildy, 
Andyn, Elder Bingham

 The elders with Tildy, Emsley, 
Andyn, and Cathryn.

James and I saw these two horses on the way back
to our car and we loved them both!

We left the Howard's early so we could go home and get ready to go clean the temple.

The Vernon ward is so amazing! We are assigned to clean the temple with the Show Low Creek ward. Each ward is supposed to have around 15 people. Our ward had 20 and the Show Low ward had 5. These are the ward members who showed up to help: 

The Price's, Smith's, Woodruff's, Kerri, Tamara, Brothers Goodman, Grapp, Gordon, Scott, Cooper, the Westbrooks', Anthony, the Bishop and Anne, and President Grapp and James and I. Hey, that makes 21!

Charlie photo of the day.
Nothing more precious than a sleeping baby.

Scarlett photo of the day.
She has the most beautiful eyes!