Showing posts with label Dave Laura Cathi Terry. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Dave Laura Cathi Terry. Show all posts

Saturday, July 11, 2020

Friday, July 10th, 2020

Montevideo, Uruguay
103rd operating temple
Dedicated: 18 Mar 2001
By: Gordon B. Hinckley

Jesus Christ, Lamb of God
Helaman 6:5
Yea, and many did preach with exceedingly great power and authority, unto the bringing down many of them into the depths of humility, to be the humble followers of God and the Lamb.
Book of Mormon/"Come Follow Me"
Alma 31:1-18
April General Conference
"A Living Witness of the Living Christ"
Bishop Gerald Causse
The Atonement of Jesus Christ is a free gift offered to all who have lived, who currently live, and who will living on the earth. In addition to bearing the burden of our sins, the Christ took upon Himself our sorrows, infirmities, sufferings, and sicknesses and all the afflictions inherent in the mortal condition of man. There is no anguish, no pain or sadness that He did not suffer for us. 



James's mom had asked Cathi and Laura to bring back the quilt top she gave me a few years ago for Christmas. She gave them to all of us, Cathi and Laura have one too. She knows a lady that will quilt them and that's what she wants to do this year for our Christmas. The problem is we couldn't find mine. I thought it was downstairs in the years supply/Christmas closet but Cathi could not find it. I looked in my closet and had no luck. I told Cathi to tell Lois I have too many hiding places in my house but I would go through every closet until I found it. Cathi and Terry stayed downstairs and they said it was cool, quiet and nice.

I called James back when they got ready to leave so he could say goodbye. He brought Anthony with him, as Anthony had been helping him work on the fence. We introduced Anthony to everyone before he left for home, his air conditioning and his cat. He loves the fact that he now has air conditioning. 

James told me that while he and Anthony were working on the fence they both heard a train whistle. Anthony thought it was a train but James said no, it was probably a truck with a train whistle. Anthony convinced James it was a train because they could hear clicking as it was going over the train tracks. It was a quiet morning with no wind. They have a pretty straight sixty mile shot to Holbrook so, who knows, maybe they did hear a train. They both would swear that they did. 

We said our goodbyes to Dave, Laura, Cathi, and Terry. We really enjoyed their visit and hope they will come back soon.

Good looking group

Laura had told me if I wanted to know more about the Laurie Vallow, Chad Daybell case I should listen to the interview Laurie's best friend Melanie Gibb gave. I asked her if it was on YouTube and she said yes, she thought it was. I watched it. It was about an hour and forty five minutes long. I now know more about the case. It is a sad one and I feel sorry for Laurie who was duped by Chad and his belief system. Melanie ended up saying that it was of the adversary. 


I did two blogposts today and got my next shipment of books ready to ship. I also walked 13,797 steps and caught up on my Book of Mormon study guide. I listened to a BYU Speech by Lynn G. Robins about being 100% Responsible which was excellent. 

Karen Schneider texted me and said she got the book "Grace Where You Are" that I sent her for her birthday. I was going to wait and give it to her at our next birthday luncheon, but after Governor Ducey's press conference yesterday, who knows when that will be. 
Restaurants can only operate at 50% guest capacity and the governor is encouraging everyone to stay home as much as possible. He said, our grandfathers stormed the beaches at Normandy to stop the Nazi's. All I'm asking you to do is stay home and watch Netflix. I wonder if he has stock in Netflix.

This evening after dinner and riding Luna James wanted to watch a movie. I asked him if he would watch "Teaching with Power" with me instead and he said yes. He even sat next to me! At the end the next YouTube video to come up was by a man named Wayne May, and was titled: "Book of Mormon Geography in North America."

James was interested but we turned it off early because it was 10:00 and we wanted to go to bed. 

Can you see how clean my kitchen
window is after James washed it for me!

 These two love each other!


 Charlie Mae, I love you!

 Annual trip to the beach with Trina's family






Friday, July 10, 2020

Wednesday, July 8th, 2020

Recife, Brazil
101st operating temple
Dedicated: 15 Dec 2000
By: Gordon B. Hinckley

Jesus Christ, Lamb of God
1 Nephi 13:40
And the angel spake unto me, saying: These last records, which thou hast seen among the Gentiles, shall establish the truth of the first, which are of the twelve apostles of the Lamb, and shall make known the plain and precious things which have been taken away from them; and shall make known to all kindreds, tongues, and people, that the Lamb of God is the Son of the Eternal Father, and the Savior of the word; and that all men must come unto him, or they cannot be saved.
Book of Mormon/"Come Follow Me"
Alma 30:30-42; "Teaching with Power"
April General Conference
"The Coming Forth of the Book of Mormon"
Elder Ulisses Soares
The translation process of the Book of Mormon was a miracle. This sacred ancient record was not "translated" in the traditional way that scholars would translate ancient texts by learning an ancient language. We ought to look at the process more like a "revelation" with the aid of physical instruments provided by the Lord, as opposed to a "translation" by one with knowledge of languages. Joseph Smith declared that through God's power he "translated the Book of Mormon from (hieroglyphs), the knowledge of which was lost to the world, in which wonderful event he stood alone, an unlearned youth, to combat the worldly wisdom and multiplied ignorance of eighteen centuries, with a new revelation." The Lord's help in the translation of the plates - or revelation, so to speak - is also evident when considering the miraculously short time Joseph Smith took to translate them.


 Inklings
"Let there be light"
and laughter

Lambson Study Group
"Your Personal Influence"
Thomas S. Monson
April 2004 GenCon

I finished cleaning this morning in preparation for Dave, Laura, Cathi and Terry. When I finished upstairs I went to the basement and cleaned down there. I am not sure where Cathi and Terry will want to stay. Dave and Laura will stay in the family room on the couch. I sanitized the bathrooms, kitchen counters, and door knobs. When I was finished cleaning I worked on getting my books out of the stranded condition. I was finally successful!

It's funny because Cathi texted me around 11:30 and told me to stop cleaning. I was downstairs working on the bedroom when I got the text. My response was, "where are you?" I thought maybe she was here. She said they were stopped for construction at the Queen Creek bridge just outside of Superior. I knew they weren't going to make it here by one o'clock as planned when she told me that. 
Anyway, I asked Cathi how she knew I was cleaning and she said: "Because I know you." All I said was "Yes you do." 

Cathi also wanted us to notify the Crane's that there would be shooting tomorrow. One of the reasons they are all coming up is to do some target practicing. Cathi and Laura are taking a concealed weapons class. They both have pistols. Cathi's is purple. 

It was nice to visit with everyone. Terry had a temple recommend interview with Ernesto Jiminez via Zoom. We all got to say hello to him. He asked me what kind of candy Evan likes. I guess he works with the Deacons. I told him I wasn't sure of his favorite but I knew he didn't care for chocolate. I probably should have told him Mike and Ike's. I did tell him he likes hashbrowns so maybe he will take him a plate of hashbrowns. Ernesto's daughter Evie recently received her mission call to Porto Alegre, Brazil. She is to report on August 5th and will probably do home MTC and then serve somewhere in the states before going to Brazil. The said thing is, because of Covid-19, they don't get to go to the temple with Evie before her mission. She will go after she gets in the field when the temple opens up again.

We had our burros for dinner. Everyone except Terry and I got green mixed. Terry got red and I got just plain green. James went for a ride on Luna. While he was gone we played a game of Five Crowns where Laura was the winner. It was fun. We all went to bed around 9:30 because that's what old people do.

Happy 28th Birthday
Jared Ammon 
The sweetest two year old ever who
would sit at my computer and play
Freddie the Fish
One time when he spent the night he asked me:
"Gramma, why am I brown?"
This just melted my heart as I tried to explain to him that Heavenly Father loves all of His children and that we are all alike unto Him.



 This is the ice cream bar that James bought me 
yesterday at Dollar General

 Cathi showing off her gun.


Barely made 10,000 today