One of my favorite months!
Sheri's quote:
Elder Holland in his talk "Lord I Believe" says,
"When problems come and questions arise, do not start your quest for faith by saying how much you do not have, leading as it were with your 'unbelief.' That is like trying to stuff a turkey through the beak! Let me be clear on this point: I am not asking you to pretend to faith you do not have. I am asking you to be true to the faith you do have. Sometimes we act as if an honest declaration of doubt is a higher manifestation of moral courage than is an honest declaration of faith. It is not!"
I was up at 4:30 this morning to finish preparing my lesson. It is about Cornelius and Peter and taking the gospel to the Gentiles and all the world as the Lord commanded. I felt like I was prepared.
James helped me put on my new shoes. They do hurt my feet a little but I checked and I can't get them in a wider size so I will just grin and bear it.
An announcement was made in sacrament meeting today regarding the refugees coming into Europe. We were encouraged to donate to the humanitarian fund to help these refugees. I saw this on Facebook:
I loved Brother Scott's testimony today. He talked about how the refugee's from Syria fleeing to Europe could now be taught the gospel. He also bore testimony of the Savior!
I am grateful to belong to the this church!
Everyone in my Primary class, except Zemira, bore their testimonies in sacrament meeting. I told them in class it was important to remember to bear testimony of the Savior. Hopefully they will remember.
I am not sure if it was the Halloween candy or what but our class was very rowdy today. It didn't help that today was Joely's birthday and Isabelle was there to celebrate with her. Joely brought a bean bag and begged me to let them play a game, so after class they played hide the beanbag. They were rude to Braylin who tries to get attention by saying rude things. When he was out of the room I told them they needed to practice being more kind to him.
Zemira did give an answer regarding Peter's symbolic dream of seeing unclean animals and how it applied to the Gentiles. I was proud of him. I don't think he has ever answered a question in class before today.
Ashten is excited that her brother, Kendall is coming home from his mission on Wednesday. She really didn't want to read scriptures today but I talked her in to it. Talena was the best in class and was the most reverent.
Denice Hall did singing time today. I think Alicia went to visit her mom in Utah who is dying of cancer. It was lots of fun songs and Denice made it even more fun.
Lannie Gillespie did sharing time. She told the story of the Good Samaritan and then gave the kids an assignment to do 5 acts of service before our next Primary in two weeks. It's a contest and the class who does the most acts of service gets a prize. The kids were pretty excited!
We came home from church and watched a movie, "The Wishing Tree", before breaking our fast.
I also worked on my blog, read scriptures and listened to several conference talks. My favorite was the one by Pres. Eyring on the Holy Ghost. James took an extra long nap.
We watched two more Christmas movies: "The Best Party Ever", and "The Ultimate Life."
Kim took family pictures today for the Trezise's. I love this one of the boys:
So handsome and lovable,
all of them!
