Curitiba, Brazil
126th operating temple
Dedicated: 1 June 2008
By: Thomas S. Monson
Jesus Christ, birth of
Micah 5:2
But thou, Bethlehem Ephratah, though thou be little among the thousands of Judan, yet out of thee shall he come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose going forth have been from of old, from everlasting.
Book of Mormon
Mosiah 26:14-39
*Who are the Lord's sheep?
- sue_heugly: "The gospel of Jesus Christ is about people. It doesn't matter if you're a child, youth or an adult. We all need to feel loved, and we all need a leader to follow. Jesus liked to call us his sheep, and he was the shepherd. Everyone is part of his flock, wit him knowing each one of us personally. As a shepherd he goes after us one by one if we get lost."
Old Testament
1 Samuel 23-24
23 David smites the Philistines and saves Keilah - He continues to flee from Saul - Jonathan comforts him in Ziph.
24 David finds Saul in a cave and spares his life - Saul confesses that David is more righteous than he - David swears that he will not cut off the seed of Saul.
General Conference
Saving Ordinances Will Bring Us Marvelous Light
Elder Taniela B. Wakolo
"The Lord told Abraham that through his seed and through the priesthood, all the families of the earth would be blessed 'with the blessings of the Gospel,...even of life eternal' (Abraham 2:ll; see also verses 2-10).
These promised blessings of the gospel and the priesthood were restored to the earth, and then, in 1842, the Prophet Joseph Smith administered the endowment to a limited number of men and women. Mercy Fielding Thompson was one of them. The Prophet said to her, 'This endowment will bring you out of darkness into marvelous light."
Rescuing Wayward Children
As our children mature, we hope that their motivation for obeying the laws of family and of God will migrate from duty to understanding and finally to love.
Russell M. Nelson:10/03 #42: Personal Priesthood Responsibility
"When ordained to an office in the priesthood, you are granted authority. But power comes from exercising that authority in righteousness."
Dale G. Renlund The Melchizedek Priesthood
Chapter 8 Commandments of the Melchizedek Priesthood Covenant
James is pouring concrete this morning at 6 a.m. and I am praying for him.
I left at 9 a.m. to pick up my friend Catherine. She's 84 years old and she asked me if I could take her to the temple. Of course I said yes. We are going to the 10:30 session. Catherine has never been to the Snowflake temple before. She worked in the Mesa temple for 12 years though.
Catherine is quite the seamstress. Not only did she make her temple dress but she also made her apron which was hand-stitched around every leaf. She said that her husband who passed away 8 years ago, had one just like it. I was impressed.
Catherine did one of my family names so I felt like she was serving me as much as I was serving her.
Catherine is a delight, except that
she is hard of hearing. He deceased
husband was the football coach both
at Westwood High and Mountain View, at
different times, of course.
Oh yes, she, her husband and their
four children used to raise Siberian Huskies
for dogsled racing. It started when they lived in Denver.
She and her husband had four children, two boys and two girls: Kelly, Kerri, Kathy, and Kenny.
I was trying to take a selfie and one of the missionary elders who was in our session came over and offered to take a picture for us.
We had at least 20 missionaries who serve in Snowflake in our session.
I put some of our family names on the temple prayer roll, including Laura.
I got home, changed my clothes and began my 45 minute walk to the soundtrack from "The Greatest Showman." I walk around the dining room table and the kitchen island with the blinds open. Five bunnies were munching on the grass.
This is what I had for dinner: Asparagus, frozen blueberries, popcorn and sugar free chocolate pudding with whipped cream.
It was 85 degrees today. I had to turn on the air conditioner.
I talked to Laurann today about Amaron coming over tomorrow after school. She says he has a counseling session at the park until 4:30 and that I could pick him up afterwards.
I got a little inspiration while I was in the temple. I came up for a name for our ward activity, "A Celebration of Family." I later shortened it to "Celebrating Family" which everyone liked.
Jasmine's baby Kyler is so cute.
He reminds me of Seth, Jasmine's brother.
A castle in Scotland, I didn't catch
the name. That critter needs a haircut or
a stylist.
One of my favorite photos of Lola and Gpa.
We are using a tree on the poster
we are making for our
"Celebrating Family"
ward activity.
I still don't have family photos for
Stacy's family, Kim's, or Jared's.
This dog is a little spoiled.
I want a flower garden of purple flowers!
