Sunday, November 23, 2014

"On a scale of 1-10, how would you rate your spiritual confidence before God?  Do you have a personal witness that your current offering as a Latter-day Saint is sufficient to inherit eternal life?  Can you say within yourself that Heavenly Father is pleased with you?"

-Elder Jorg Klebingat

I put a stew on this morning before leaving for church.  James was late getting back from high council.  I guess on the way home he stopped at the Vernon ward and attended ward council.  

Kelly, one of our young women, gave her first talk in sacrament meeting and did a great job!  Tina and Steve Allen also spoke.  In Sunday School we studied Isaiah 54 and in Young Women Sandra gave a lesson on the Word of Wisdom to the Mia Maids.  

Our stew tasted so yummy on this cold wintry day!  We offered some to Robert but he declined.  He left to go home to eat and never returned to finish the truck.  James is taking my car to the valley tomorrow and I guess I am going with him. 

Darrel got home around 6:30 this evening.  We are sad that he has to work on Sundays but the other pharmacist is LDS too.  They work 3 Sundays and then are off 3.

We had a meeting with Bishop Miller today to tell him about our plans to move back to the valley for a few months to get our house ready to sell.  He thought it was a good idea to have our memberships moved.  

 

 

Sunday, March 24, 2013

James left very early this morning for his 6:00 high council meeting.  I made cinnamon rolls for breakfast and put a roast in for lunch. 

I was really surprised when I got to church and found out it was Fast and Testimony meeting.  I remember the bishop annoucing it a couple of weeks ago but I thought he said April 21st.  Because we didn't fast neither James nor I bore our testimony.  It was a good meeting though and all of our company was there.  I was expecially proud of Jordyn, Shelly and Trenda, and Aaron Windsor for bearing their testimonies.  Aaron is a Priest being raised by a single mom.  His testimony of the Savior and His Atonement was very powerful.

I was going to leave and go home after sacrament meeting but James talked me in to staying with him since it's one of those rare weeks when he is here for all the meetings.  Brian drove their car home and Kim drove mine.  All of the boys went with them.

After the block James home taught Lorraine Vaught.  Of course I am obliged to sit in with them in the cultural hall.  We came home and had a nice roast dinner.  Shortly after Kim, Brian and Joe left for home.  Alex, Ben, and Max decided they wanted to stay and go home with grandpa tomorrow.

While James was gone home teaching to the Hunsaker's I caught up on my reading of the Book of Mormon.  I am actually reading in three different places.  You would think it would be confusing but it is not.  The Book of Mormon is my favorite book.

James and I had a FHE with the boys this evening.  I basically used some of the ideas Brother Applegate presented in the youth fireside last week from Alma 43 and Moroni preparing the Nephites for war against the Lamaniets and fortifying them for war.  I told the boys that we are in a war with Satan right now.  And we talked about some of the things that can fortify us against him and how we can Stand in Holy Places.

James gave Ben a haircut and James and I watched episode 2 of Once Upon a Time.
We went to bed early because James and the boys are leaving at 4am.