Cardston, Alberta
6th operating temple
Dedicated: 26-29 Aug 1923
By: Heber J. Grant
Jesus Christ, Good Shepherd
1 Nephi 22:25
And he gathereth his children from the four quarters of the earth; and he numbereth his sheep, and they know him; and there shall be one fold and one shepherd; and he shall feed his sheep, and in him they shall find pasture.
Book of Mormon
3 Nephi 8:5-25
How can we prepare today for the Savior's Second Coming?
New Testament: "I Can Do All Things Through Christ Which Strengtheneth Me"
Colossians 3-4 & Colossians 3:1-17 Disciples of Jesus Christ become "new" as they live His gospel.
General Conference
Covenant Women in Partnership with God
President Henry B. Eyring
"Becoming a covenant woman in partnership with God is how great and good daughters of God have always mothered led, and ministered."
Two Great Commandments
President Dallin H. Oaks
"We must try to keep both of the great commandments. To do so, we walk a fine line between law and love."
As I said my prayers this morning I asked Heavenly Father, what lack I yet? The thought came to me that I need to be more self-disciplined in all areas of my life.
"RWC" DC 50:7 - Behold, verily I say unto you, there are hypocrites among you, who have deceived some, which has given the adversary power; but behold such shall be reclaimed;
This gives me hope for wayward grandchildren!
I love this quote from Joseph B. Wirthlin found in the New Testament Student Manual: "That we do a lot may not be so important. That we focus the energy of our minds, hearts, and souls on those things of eternal significance - that is essential."(p. 442)
I sold two books today for a total in sales of 145.00.
At nine o'clock this morning James and I went to the church to clean. We noticed last week in the bulletin that Blain Curtis was pretty much assigned to clean the church by himself. Diana is still recovering from surgery and everyone else probably don't know they have the assignment because they don't come to church. James told him he would be there Saturday to help him clean.
Blain wasn't there when we got there so we started without him. I vacuumed, James emptied trashes and cleaned the bathrooms and was vacuuming the pews in the chapel when Blain came around 10:30. He was most appreciative of our help and he told us to please go home and he would finish up, which we did.
I am grateful to James for honoring his commitment to Blain. I tried to talk him out of it, saying that he was recovering from surgery and Blain would understand if he called and told him he couldn't make it. He would not do that. I had not planned on going but there was no way I was going to let James go by himself. I was grateful we did it. There is something so satisfying in doing something for someone else.
We missed the breakfast at the park kicking off the November Food Drive.
We also missed the political rally at the park for David Peelman and Cope Reynolds. I'm not sure what David is running for but Cope is running for Apache County Sheriff. Cope is a good friend and a member of our ward. I think he would make an awesome sheriff and he definitely has my vote! (Cope isn't his real name. He adopted it when in his less active days he chewed Copenhagen tobacco. Nevertheless, he is a great guy! He's also tall and can be intimidating.)
Jaden Hood's baptism. Jaden is mentally but he has come up through the ranks in Primary and I have seen a definite improvement. He understands more than you think, he just cannot speak so you can understand him. At least I can't understand him. Maybe there are those who can.
We left our house this evening a little after five to clean the temple in Snowflake. On the way we stopped at the church and picked up our friend Tom Howard who is going with us. He is Jaden's Primary teacher and he attended Jaden's baptism. Jean, Tom's wife was going to come too but she was not feeling well. He said she was at home with the electric blanket I got her for Christmas wrapped around her.
On our way to Snowflake I got a text from Tamara Applegate. This is what it said:
"Sorry, Jimmie and I got asked to accompany youth to corn maze. Hope you have enough to clean the temple. So sorry not to be there."
We were already going to be a little short so this was disappointing, especially to James who loves Jimmie Applegate.
We are grateful to these ward members who were there to help clean the temple: Amy and Sam Gordon, Wes and Teresa Smith, Anthony Romyak, Kerri Halcomb, Jerry Scott, Virgil Cooper, Tom Howard, Owen Peeler, Chuck Crane, Cammy Grapp, Collin DeWitt (came from the valley to honor his commitment), and of course James and myself.
James and I vacuumed. I vacuumed and he held the cord. I got to wear the backpack vacuum and someone said: "Who you gonna call, Ghostbusters!" The backpack vacuum is for vacuuming the stairs.
We stopped at McDonald's on the way home and I got an ice cream and a Happy Meal burger and James got an ice cream without the cone. We stopped at Maverick so Tom could get some mints for his Primary class tomorrow. He says they love them and try to get them out of his pockets. He loves kids and I'm sure he is a great Primary teacher.
We were home before nine and read from Aunt Dimity and watched part of the new episode of "Good Witch" before going to bed. James said he didn't feel any pain while he was cleaning the temple.
It was our privilege to help clean the Snowflake temple
this evening.
Oh Charlie, you are so funny!
Little Lola
Michael
