Guadalajara, Mexico
105th operating temple
Dedicated: 29 Apr 2001
By: Gordon B. Hinckley
Jesus Christ, Foreordained
Isaiah 25:8-9
8 He will swallow up death in victory; and the Lord God will wipe away tears from off all faces; and the rebuke of his people shall he take away from off all the earth: for the Lord hath spoken it.
9 And it shall be said in that day, Lo, this is our God; we have waited for him, and he will save us: this is the Lord; we have waited for him, we will be glad and rejoice in his salvation.
Book of Mormon
Alma 50:1-20
New Testament "Overcome Evil with Good"
Romans 9-10
General Conference
Your Priesthood Playbook
Elder Gary E. Stevenson
"What about you? Do you recognize your higher and holier identity as a son of God, a bearer of His holy priesthood? With this eternal identity in mind, create your game plan and priesthood playbook that will guide you during times of temptation and adversity. Consider both offensive and defensive strategies."
Here are some scriptures I liked from today's reading assignment in Romans:
Romans 11:4
For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to every one that believeth.
Romans 11:17
So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.
Hearing the word of God is essential to developing faith in Christ.
Here is a quote by Sister Linda Reeves that was found in the "Come Follow Me" lesson:
"I do not know why we have the many trials that we have, but it is my personal feeling that the reward is so great, so eternal and everlasting, so joyful and beyond our understanding that in that day of reward, we may feel to say to our merciful, loving Father, 'Was that all that was required?' I believe that if we could daily remember and recognize the depth of that love our Heavenly Father and our Savior have for us, we would be willing to do anything to be back in Their presence again, surrounded by Their love eternally. What will it matter ... what we suffered here if in the end, those trials are the very things which qualify us for eternal life and exaltation in the kingdom of God with our Father and Savior?"
James told me something I did the other night while he was trying to sleep. He said he heard me talking during the night and asked me what I wanted. My reply to him was: "I'm not talking to you, I'm talking to the woman over here who wants to take my picture."
Sad but true.
I listened to the book webinar today put on by Kris and Kathy. They talked about the importance of Keepa charts and how they could not do this business without them. Kathy says that when she first started the business she spent a couple of hours a day just learning how to read the charts. She has 75,000 alerts set. That means alerts on prices of that many books! She also says she has everything automated that she possibly can and she focuses on buying books. I don't think I want to be at that level where the business consumes my life.
I am excited about textbook season and it feels like it has already started. In the last 30 days my sales total is $1,019.71. Since starting in January I have sold 145 books. I now have 258 books in my Amazon inventory. I'm excited about next week which is supposed to be the biggest sales week of the year! My Amazon balance right now is $517.34, that is after all my fees, etc. I already received one check this month.
James went to town this morning because our Mifi (mini wifi device) is not working. When he left his computer was upgrading and I was trying to do some repricing online and I couldn't even get Amazon Seller Central to come up. He returned after a couple of hours with a new device that works better than the old one. Next we are going to get rid of the other device we have because it does not work as well as the small devices.
James also picked up the parts for his truck at the post office. He tried installing the new starter module but his truck still does not work. He probably needs to take it in. Erik won't be up here for another couple of weeks because he is going to Oregon and James needs his truck to haul equipment to Mesa for the Chacon job. Erik thinks it will cost more to fix that it's worth, but we have to do something.
I still need to get on Facebook Marketplace and advertise our cemetery plots. Bruce French was a scammer or else he found someone else to buy plots from.
I spent the afternoon walking and repricing books. I did watch the latest episode of "Good Witch."
Ryan's son Luke got his mission call today. He is going to the Dominican Republic.
I read to James this evening from President Nelson's book and the Aunt Dimity book. We went to bed after 10. Our goal is 9:30.
Here is a copy of Ben's letter for this week:
So sad about Max, but I am so grateful for Ben's example to him.
Our friend Jeff in Chandler
Charlie loves Scarlett!
Kacey did it! They are asleep at the same time!
I love the message on this shirt.
I freaked out when I saw this, thinking
the bug was real. It didn't fool James though.
When I saw this one I knew it wasn't real.
This is so true!
