Campinas, Brazil
111th operating temple
Dedicated: 17 May 2002
By: Gordon B. Hinckley
Jesus Christ, Jehovah
DC 36:1
Thus saith the Lord God, the Mighty One of Israel: Behold, I say unto you, my servant Edward, that you are blessed, and your sins are forgiven you, and you are called to preach my gospel as with the voice of a trump;
Book of Mormon/"Come Follow Me"
1 Nephi 22
Israel will be scattered upon all the face of the earth - The Gentiles will nurse and nourish Israel with the gospel in the last days - Israel will be gathered and saved, and the wicked will burn as stubble - The kingdom of the devil will be destroyed, and Satan will be bound. About 588-570 B.C.
"The Message, the Meaning, and the Multitude"
Elder Jeffrey R. Holland
October 2019
"When one goes to the holy temple for the first time, he or she may be somewhat awestruck by that experience. Our job is to ensure that the sacred symbols and revealed rituals, the ceremonial clothing and visual presentations, never distract from but rather point toward the Savior, whom we are there to worship. The temple is His house, and He should be uppermost in our minds and hearts - the majestic doctrine of Christ pervading our very being just as it pervades the temple ordinances - from the time we read the inscription over the front door to the very last moment we spend in the building. Amid all the wonder we encounter, we are to see, above all else, the meaning of Jesus in the temple."
I woke up at 1:45 this morning with a throbbing knee. It hurt so badly that I had to get up, get something to eat, and lay on the recliner in the family room to go back to sleep. I got up for good at 4:30.
We are still praying for baby Savannah, Laura, Elder Sagers and Elder Richards and Mateo whom they are teaching and Sister Brady that she will read the Book of Mormon. Of course we always pray for our family and our missionary, Elder Trezise.
We both realized this morning that we forgot to tell the elders about Tanna. James said he would the next time he sees them. They will not be in our ward on Sunday, they will be in Show Low.
My main goal for today was to work on getting my book shipment ready. I had 13 books to add to my inventory and get ready to ship. I am ashamed to say that it took me all day and into the night to do this. Of course I did have some interruptions.
This morning Mr. Elkins came by for a visit. He and his wife are the ones who bought the property on the other side of us and built a nice fence for us. He still lives in the valley but comes up from time to time. He had been out riding his horse this morning and still had his cowboy gear on, hat, vest, chaps, etc. He is a very nice man and I think he wanted to see our house. He loved it. James gave him the grand tour. He said he would not be ready to build his home for another couple of years. I hope he considers letting James do it.
For lunch I made a burger and heated up chicken, rice, and corn for James. We must clean out the food in our refrigerator. After lunch we made a trip to Dollar General to buy the birthday cards for February. Since we are going to the valley tomorrow I also bought gift cards for Stacy, Trina and Sheri. I forgot cash for the dump so I had to go back inside and buy some bread and peanut butter so I could use my debit card to get cash. We stopped by the dump on the way home and the post office. James says there is a pink card in our box but of course no one works at the post office on Saturday so we will have to pick it up on Tuesday when we get home from the valley.
When we returned home we started our fast for Laura and Savannah. I went to work to finish my inventory list and James helped me get old stickers off the books and clean them up. When I went in to print the labels for the back of the books I realized that there was no ink in the printer. It was almost nine o'clock at night. I have to get these books sent off. I told James I was going to Walmart. He said, "Not without me you aren't." He is so sweet. He drove and of course I read Aunt Dimity to him. We almost bought a new printer but at the last minute decided to wait.
By the time I got home, got the labels printed, and printed the outside labels, it was almost midnight. Wouldn't you know that Amazon would divide this shipment up and have me send it three different places. When we were all finished, (James packed the books in the boxes), I had four boxes to mail at the UPS store. One was my return of the book with the broken binding.
James worked on the driveway for awhile today but he's still not done. This mud is serious and tenacious.
Autumn posted:
Bishop Hunsaker and his family
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