Tuesday, January 29th, 2019

Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico

72nd operating temple

Dedicated: 27 Feb 2000

By: Gordon B. Hinckley

Jesus Christ, Divine Sonship

Luke 4:9

And he brought him to Jerusalem, and set him on a pinnacle of the temple, and said unto him, If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself down from hence:

Book of Mormon

1 Nephi 18:21-19:6

*How does Nephi remind me of Christ? (Compare with Mark 4:34-39).

New Testament "Come Follow Me"

Matt.3:1-6; Mark 1:1-18; Luke 3:1-6

General Conference

Now Is the Time

Elder Jack N. Gerard

"As we seek to know the Savior, we should not overlook the fundamental truth of who we are and why we are here. Amulek reminds us that 'this life is the time ... to prepare to meet God,' the time 'which is given us to prepare for eternity' (Alma 34:32-33). As the well-known axiom reminds us, 'We are not human beings having a spiritual experience. We are spiritual beings having a human experience.'"

I am have a sore throat and the start of a cough today. I had to cancel my lunch date with Pam and Jennifer. I don't want to spread any germs. 

I did not accomplish much today except I read from the Book of Mormon, listened to a conference talk, and wrote a little on my blog. I laid on the recliner and watched Hallmark movies most of the day. I did walk over 12,000 steps. I am grateful to have a home where I can walk inside so I don't have to go outside in the cold.  

I ate cereal, a cupcake, two snack sized Hershey bars, a biscuit, some cooked cabbage that James made, a banana, pineapple, spinach smoothie and drank diet Dr. Pepper because it soothes my throat. 

I looked forward to and enjoyed my Daily Dose of Charlie. It's the highlight of my day.

Ione, "Babe", Whipple passed away. I worked with her a few months ago in the temple. I told her who I was because I remembered her from my growing up days in Show Low. She went to high school with my parents and she shared memories of my mom and how she used to ride with her to the dances. 

Babe is a Pearce and they are a wonderful, pioneer family from Show Low. I also know her sisters, Leone, Clea, and Vivian and her brothers Joy and Roger who all lived in the Show Low area. Their parents were some of the first settlers in Linden. Growing up Roger Pearce was a rancher in Linden and a friend of my dads. Joy had the local cement plant in Linden. They were all faithful members of the church. Clea's daughter Beverly was one of my best friends in high school. Clea's granddaughter is married to our stake president, President Beeler. 

Jani Huso Johnson was a year or so older than me.

Her mom owned the local shoe store in Show Low 

and her dad owned the Hub (Shell gas station and dry goods store where Cattlemen's Restaurant is now located) before Aunt Gene and

Uncle Clair ran it.

Making a sound opening and closing her mouth.

 Collecting ideas for Valentine's to make when Darrel's girls come

up this coming weekend.

I love pictures of the Savior with children.

 I agree Mr. Graham

This girl could be a model!

 This is Chris and his mom. Chris is a newly baptized

member of our ward who traveled to Utah to baptize his mom.

He is married to my former young woman, Mary.

Congratulations Chris's mom, and Chris!

Wednesday, August 22nd, 2018

Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico

72nd operating temple

Dedicated: 27 Feb 2000

By: Gordon B. Hinckley

Jesus Christ, Creator

DC 88:13

The light which is in all things, which giveth life to all things, which is the law by which all things are governed, even the power of God who sitteth upon his throne, who is in the bosom of eternity, who is in the midst of all things.

Book of Mormon

Alma 54:13-55:14

*How are Moroni and Ammoron different in their motivations for war?

- In Alma 54:13 Moroni says, 'ye have sought to murder us, and we have only sought to defend ourselves.' In Alma 54:16-17 it says Ammoron is fighting for revenge and power. Moroni is motivated by love, which is unselfish, just like our Savior, Jesus Christ. Ammoron on the other hand is motivated by power, hate, and selfishness, like Satan. We can learn from this account to let love be our motivation for all we do.

Old Testament

Psalms 61-65

61 David finds shelter in the Lord, abides in the Lord's presence, and keeps his own vows.

62 David praises God as his defense, his rock, and his salvation - The Lord judges men according to their works.

63 David thirsts for God, whom he praises with joyful lips.

64 David prays for safety - The righteous will be glad in heart.

65 David speaks of the blessedness of God's chosen - The Lord sends rain and good things upon the earth.

General Conference

Small and Simple Things

President Dallin H. Oaks

"Another source of spiritual uplift and growth is an ongoing practice of repenting, even of seemingly small transgressions. Our own inspired self-evaluations can help us see how we have fallen short and how we can do better. Such repentance should precede our weekly partaking of the sacrament."

Another rainy day. The Howard's are worried about their open house on Saturday. 

James and I went to town together today. I shopped at Walmart and picked up prescriptions and he shopped at Home Depot. After shopping we drove to Mountain Thai for lunch. For some reason this place is never crowded. I ordered the vegetable noodle soup with more veggies instead of meat. James had the pork special. While I was waiting for my food to come I stepped over to the counter and picked up a bottle of sweet chili and said I wanted to purchase it. The man told me to take the bottle over to my table and they would add it on to our order, which I did.

I also ordered some mango and sticky rice. My bowl of soup was not as big as the one I had with Jean the other day but it was every bit as good as soon as I poured enough sweet chili in the broth. James's food must have been good because he ate it all as I ate all of my soup. 

Each of us got a half a mango to eat with our sticky rice. I didn't think James would like the sticky rice because it is very sweet with the coconut milk poured over it, but he made the comment: "Mangoes and coconut go really well together."

I would say lunch was a success. We drove home and as I put the groceries away, James got ready to go to the temple. One of the brothers he ministers to, Anthony, is going through the temple today for the first time. He asked James last night if he would be his escort, and of course James said yes. They are attending the 4 o'clock session after doing initiatory. I told James to try his best to be back by 6:45 because I had a presidency meeting at the church at 7. He thought it would be no problem.

While he was gone I walked, worked on my blog and prepared for presidency meeting. James called around 6:30 or so and said he would meet me at the church and we could switch vehicles. I went out and jumped into the truck. When I turned the ignition on the brake light was flashing so I thought I needed to press the emergency brake down. That's not what I needed to do but I couldn't get the handler back up so I drove with the emergency brake on. Luckily I didn't drive far, just to the 3160 where James met me and we switched vehicles.

I always enjoy presidency meetings with Tamara, Kerri, and Maxine. I brought the cards I volunteered to bring for Donna, Judy, Linda and Kambri. Donna's is a get well card, Judy a sympathy card for her sister who is dying of cancer, and Linda and Kambri's are sympathy cards because each one of them had a brother pass away. We signed the cards while we were finalizing all of the ministering sister assignments. I now have a new partner. Ruth W. was going to be my partner but now it is the new sister from Texas, Marie R. The one that has six dogs. 

Towards the end of the meeting Maxine told about the 200 names she had in our stake file at the temple for baptisms were all done last Saturday. She was elated. I asked her how much time she spends a week on family history research and she said 50-60 hours. No wonder she has so many names!

I love this picture of Scarlett!!

A familiar site around here right now.

Darrel and Trina's new house.

Makes me like him more as a person

than as an actor.

My card assignment

I did not bring these cards but I want to 

make them:

Sunday, October 8th, 2017

Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico

72nd operating temple

Dedicated: 27 Feb 2000

By: Gordon B. Hinckley

Jesus Christ, Appearances, Antemortal

3 Nephi 1:12

And it came to pass that he cried mightily unto the Lord all that day and behold, the voice of the Lord came unto him, saying:

3 Nephi 1:15-30

* What do you think some of the symbolism is in these verses?

What happened to many of the rising generation? Is this happening today?

-When the Savior was born into the world there was no darkness for the people on the American continent. When I have had Christ in my life there definitely has been 'no darkness.'  

-Many of the rising generation failed to believe. It is happening today.

Doctrine Covenants Scripture Mastery

DC 25:12

For my soul delighteth in the song of the heart; yea, the song of the righteous is a prayer unto me, and it shall be answered with a blessing upon their heads.

General Conference

"I Have a Work for Thee"

Elder John C. Pingree Jr.

President Spencer W. Kimball taught:

"Before we came t o earth, we were given certain assignments. ...While we do not now remember the particulars, this does not alter the glorious reality of what we once agreed to." What an ennobling truth!

The Living Bread Which Came Down from Heaven

Elder D. Todd Christofferson

"I am the living bread which came down from heaven: if any man eat of this bread, he shall live forever: and the bread that I will give is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world."

I was up at 5:15 this morning to finish my talk. When James got up I read it to him and he liked it! It is only 11 minutes long. Whew!

Now I can finish preparing for my Primary lesson on the Articles of Faith. I also get the stuff together for Jace's birthday. 

James leaves early in his truck because he has a lot to write on the chalkboard for his lesson. I didn't leave until 8:30. When I get to the church, James is in my room and he helps me set up. When we finish and walk into the chapel, the entire stake presidency is there. 

Sheri, Ian, Ben, Max, Joshua, and Evan come in and sit in the front. It is fairly crowded today and the overflow is open. 

The stake presidency sits by us on the stand. John Wilhelm is released and so is Brother Curtis. Chuck is the new member of the bishopric and Brother Diewald is the new ward clerk.

I spoke on general conference and James spoke on parenting. After church people came up and said they enjoyed our talks. I am just grateful they are over. 

Gracie, Liana, Colter, Curtis, and Jace were in Primary today. Lej, Wyatt, Cameron, Taylor and Braxton were not. We talked about how we got the Articles of Faith, we played an game, and then we did our newsletters. It was one of my better classes. The kids were fairly good during sharing/singing time too. 

When we returned home James and I had chicken enchiladas for lunch. For dinner Sheri cooked a roast and I made mashed potatoes, rolls, and corn. Everything was delicious. Joshua said this about the mashed potatoes: "I would rather die than not eat mashed potatoes."

We had scriptures and prayers together. Sheri played Uno with Evan and Joshua. That game last forever! 

Joshua won!

Football and games

The Ollie Obsession continues.

Photos:

Fall

Chocolate mice

Creepy castle, it looks like a prison.

One of my favorite talks from April conference

Harold making a piece of furniture

One of Harold's creations. My piano bench
I love it!

Memories:

Molly and her dad

Lola

Lola posing

Chess experts

Gathering in the hall

Love these two and looking at Evan's 

feet.