TBT to the Mesa, Arizona temple
where James and I were married,
and all of our children.
Alma 41:1-15
In the Resurrection men come forth to a state of endless happiness or endless misery. Wickedness never was happiness - Carnal men are without God in the world. - Every person receives again in the Restoration the characteristics and attributes acquired in mortality.
GC: "The Power of Godliness" Elder Kent F. Richards.
Primary: "Nephi Prophesies" this lesson emphasizes the importance of prophets in our lives. It is based on Helaman 7-9.
My August family newsletter is ready to mail. Scipture study is the gospel principle for this month. I actually caught up on my blog this morning!
I left around 10 o'clock to go visiting teaching to Hailey Chaffin. I arrived almost an hour later. She lives 20 miles away but the last part of her road is treacherously filled with huge rocks that I have to dodge. Hailey was there with all her children. The lesson is on the importance of parenthood and how children are our real treasures in life. I told Braylin and Taylor that they were treasures. They seemed to like that idea. I didn't stay long because I got a text from James while I was there. He was miserable when I left because of pain in his left side. He called Dr. Moffat for pain meds and the doctor told him he needed to go to the emergency room right away to be checked for a blood clot or a collapsed lung. I left immediately and was home in about 45 minutes. We drove to the hospital and checked James in to the emergency room #9. While he was waiting for them to take an x-ray I went to do some of my errands. First my veggie rice bowl at Panda and then on to the Dollar Store to pick out some treasures for my Primary class to reward them for scripture reading and learning the Articles of Faith. I had a blast and found lots of good things. Afterwards I called James and he told me to go to the gas station and get gas. I forgot to deposit a check at the bank but I can do that tomorrow or Saturday. I took a picture of the sky while waiting in line at Panda.
I hope Vernon is getting rain!
The hospital gave James a shot for pain and did some x-rays. While waiting for the results I read to him from our new book:
James was so tired because of the pain shot that I only read one short chapter and then I read from my book:
I told Braylin Chaffin he could borrow my book when I finished. I should be finished by Sunday. He is reading the series but hasn't read all of #1.
James was released with the diagnosis that he has a torn muscle, hence the intense pain but we are grateful it's not a collapsed lung or a blood clot which are life threatening. We dropped a couple of prescriptions by CVS and then headed home. James immediately laid down to take a nap while I ate some dinner and began my nightly study. I read from "The Lincoln Hypothesis" and a new book that Kacey recommended, "Falling to Heaven."
Wish we had a Lincoln today to get us out of this mess.
I love James Ferrel
I went out to check on my Gerber daisies and found this:
A dead daisy. This is senseless killing
and is so sad.
I will keep watering and spray with repellant to
see if I can grow some more.
Kim and Brian are on their way to Red Rock, Colorado to an Avett Brothers concert. Kim got a room with a view in Monument Valley. This has been a dream of hers for a long time to visit Monument Valley.
Since this is TBT (Throwback Thursday), I am posting some more pictures from the past:
Our two homes
Joshua and Lola two years ago.
Ruby and Lola
Trenda, one of my favorite young women.
Batman who used to visit me every morning
about 6 am. A juice box for breakfast.
