The Hunsaker family
on their cruise.
Gospel Study
General Relief Society Meeting
October, 2013
"The Power, Joy, and Love of Covenant Keeping"
Linda K. Burton
1. Bind myself to Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ through my covenants. It is an expression of my love for them.
2. Show my gratitude for the Atonement by keeping my covenants.
3. My covenants should remind me to live, think, and act in a certain way.
4. I will go where, say, and be what the Lord wants me to be.
5. Be strengthened, empowered, and protected by my covenants. (1 Nephi 14:14).
6. Have the courage and strength to bear others' burdens.
7. Encourage family members to pray for each other.
8. Encourage my family to keep their covenants.
9. Teach children to keep simple promises in preparation for baptism.
10. Help my children establish the goal of having a Christ-centered home where love abounds and covenants are kept.
11. Use Sister Burton's list (p. 113) for FHE discussions.
12. Remember keeping covenants is essential for true happiness.
13. Covenant keepers are commandment keepers.
14. Rejoice in the privilege of taking the sacrament.
15. Remind family: Always remember the Savior, always keep the Sabbath day holy, always have family prayer and scripture study and FHE.
16. Teach that ordinances and covenants are spiritual milestones.
17. Realize and be grateful for the blessings I receive because of the redemption of Jesus Christ.
18. Am I prepared for this question from the Savior on judgment day: "Did you love me?" (John 14:21)
"We Have Great Reason to Rejoice"
Carole M. Stephens
1. Write notes praising others - express gratitude.
2. Keep covenants daily by being kind and showing love.
3. Teach others what the Holy Ghost feels like so they can recognize his influence in their lives.
4. Press forward with a steadfastness in Christ with perfect love for God and others.
5. Strengthen others with my testimony.
6. Strengthen my ward through reaching out and serving others.
7. Exercise faith regarding missionary work.
8. Pray each day to know who needs my help.
9. Act on promptings I receive.
10. In the strength of the Lord, I can do all things.
Gospel Study
General Relief Society Meeting
October, 2013
"The Power, Joy, and Love of Covenant Keeping"
Linda K. Burton
1. Bind myself to Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ through my covenants. It is an expression of my love for them.
2. Show my gratitude for the Atonement by keeping my covenants.
3. My covenants should remind me to live, think, and act in a certain way.
4. I will go where, say, and be what the Lord wants me to be.
5. Be strengthened, empowered, and protected by my covenants. (1 Nephi 14:14).
6. Have the courage and strength to bear others' burdens.
7. Encourage family members to pray for each other.
8. Encourage my family to keep their covenants.
9. Teach children to keep simple promises in preparation for baptism.
10. Help my children establish the goal of having a Christ-centered home where love abounds and covenants are kept.
11. Use Sister Burton's list (p. 113) for FHE discussions.
12. Remember keeping covenants is essential for true happiness.
13. Covenant keepers are commandment keepers.
14. Rejoice in the privilege of taking the sacrament.
15. Remind family: Always remember the Savior, always keep the Sabbath day holy, always have family prayer and scripture study and FHE.
16. Teach that ordinances and covenants are spiritual milestones.
17. Realize and be grateful for the blessings I receive because of the redemption of Jesus Christ.
18. Am I prepared for this question from the Savior on judgment day: "Did you love me?" (John 14:21)
"We Have Great Reason to Rejoice"
Carole M. Stephens
1. Write notes praising others - express gratitude.
2. Keep covenants daily by being kind and showing love.
3. Teach others what the Holy Ghost feels like so they can recognize his influence in their lives.
4. Press forward with a steadfastness in Christ with perfect love for God and others.
5. Strengthen others with my testimony.
6. Strengthen my ward through reaching out and serving others.
7. Exercise faith regarding missionary work.
8. Pray each day to know who needs my help.
9. Act on promptings I receive.
10. In the strength of the Lord, I can do all things.
I was hoping when I woke up this morning the swelling in my hand would have gone down, but it had not. I woke up at my usual time and did my gospel study. When James got up we discussed what we should do about my hand. In the family prayer I offered I asked the Lord to let us know what to do. We wanted to exercise faith in the blessing James gave me so we weren't sure we should seek medical help. We prayed that if we weren't to seek medical attention we would know because the swelling in my hand would go down. If within an hour we saw no improvement we would go to the emergency room. Also, James called Dr. Moffat on his cell phone. (He's the only doctor I've ever known who gives his cell phone number to his patients). He is out of town but when he saw the picture of my hand he said I needed to go immediately to the hospital emergency room. He said hand infections can be a nightmare.
In one hour my hand was no better so we made the trek to the ER. The physicians assistant who saw me ordered bloodwork, an xray, and an ultrasound. Bloodwork to check for an infection and to check my sedrate. The ultrasound to check for a blood clot.
Alpine view, Salzburg, Austria.
(Serenity now!)
The final diagnosis was cellulitis. They gave me Benadryl via a drip to stop the itching and an infusion of an antibiotic and sent me home with a prescription for Kflex. The final blow was when they had to cut my wedding ring off. It's interesting in the report they wrote up they said it was my right hand. Who wears their wedding ring on their right hand? It was my left hand!
James stayed with me the entire time. When I was released all we could think about was getting something to eat, so we headed for LaCasita for lunch and a visit with our favorite waitress, Charlotte. After lunch I did a little shopping at Walmart. On the way home I read to James from The Book Thief.
At home after putting the groceries away I worked on my blog. James has had to sign him and Lloyd up for dust control classes for this Camden Apartment job. So many regulations.
We had razzleberry pie for dinner and watched Person of Interest (James did) before going to bed. Maybe this picture will help me to have good dreams.
Turquoise Lake, Sierra Nevada, California.
The swelling in my hand has gone down significantly!
