Friday, May 8th, 2020

Denver, Colorado

40th operating temple

Dedicated: 24 Oct 1986

By: Ezra Taft Benson

Jesus Christ, King

2 Nephi 16:5

Then said I; Wo is unto me! for I am undone; because I am a man of unclean lips; and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips; for mine eyes have seen the King, the Lord of Hosts.

Book of Mormon/"Come Follow Me"

Mosiah 15; Read with James; Sunday journal; Study guide; Scripture Study Project podcast; Proctor's podcast

April General Conference

"The Coming Forth of the Book of Mormon"

Elder Ulisses Soares

"While meeting with the elders of the Church on one occasion, the Prophet Joseph Smith declared: 'Take away the Book of Mormon, and the revelations, and where is our religion? We have none.' My dear brothers and sisters, following the First Vision, the miraculous coming forth of the Book of Mormon is the second fundamental milestone of the unfolding Restoration of the gospel of Jesus Christ in this dispensation. The Book of Mormon testifies of God's love for His children, of the Lord Jesus Christ's selfless and divine atoning sacrifice, and of His crowning ministry among the Nephites soon after His Resurrection. It also testifies that the remnant of the house of Israel is to become one through His latter-day work and that they are not cast off forever.."

"Seeds of Renewal"

Joseph B. Wirthlin

April 1989

 Sheri said that Ian Wanlass got re-assigned to northern California to finish his mission. It is the area where his parents are from and so he has lots of relatives and people that he knows.

In Mosiah 11:29 Abinadi talks about the people being blind. Where am I blind in keep the commandments? Abinadi means "God is present among you" in Hebrew.

Hugh Nibley says that Mosiah 15-16 are the two most difficult chapters in the Book of Mormon to understand. 

The Cat repairman and his assistant came this morning to work on the big Cat. He charge $130 and is paid whether he is successful in fixing your machinery or not. He brought the schematic that Empire Cat sent him but he still could not fix the problem. They found some wires that had been chewed in two but that was not the entire problem. He worked for several hours and finally James told him that was enough for today. He will have to come back and work again if we have any hope of fixing this machinery. I told James as soon as it is fixed I would like for him to sell it because this equipment upkeep is just too costly. Today's cost was $927.

Another bit of bad, costly news: the parts we need to fix the Razr will cost $2,500, not $900. We need to move forward with this because the Razr is laying in parts all over the garage. 

We went in to town this afternoon so James could see if he could order the part he needs to fix his truck at O'Reilly's. They did not have the part and James can't find the exact one, so far, online. We mailed Lois's mother's day card after I signed it and the book that I sold. We decided since we were in town that we should go to Walmart to get some shakes and some asparagus to go with our steaks on Sunday. We bought a few more items and while standing in line to check out James ordered us some dinner from LaCasita. 

I read a couple of chapters to James from our book, "Aunt Dimity and the Village Witch." I really like this one and so does James.

When I got home and opened my dinner I noticed that there was no rice. When I asked James he told me he didn't think I wanted rice. Honey, I always get rice and beans and mix them together. He felt sad he had made the mistake and so I couldn't make much of it.

I got a text from Stefani Hunsaker today asking me how many people can attend a sealing in the live sealing room in the Snowflake temple. I didn't know so I began asking other temple workers. When I texted Sister Goodman she wanted to know if I was helping Stefani. When I said yes and asked if this sealing was for Camrie she said yes. She is marrying a man from Texas on August 22nd, her grandmother's birthday. What a way to honor her grandmother. Camrie is a single mother whose husband went out on her while she was expecting their last child. He was not an active member of the Church and Camrie has longed to be sealed to someone. She is an amazingly forgiving and loving woman.

 His name is Darren, he is from Texas, he has 

never been married, and the kids love him.

I hope this works for her. If it does, I am

so truly happy for her! She deserves to be happy!

As for the temple sealing room, I believe it will hold 70 people quite comfortably.

James did not go for a ride on Luna but he worked outside and then came in and studied with me. Afterwards we watched our episode of "Lark Rise to Candleford" and had some tea.

Lark Rise to Candleford

Season 1 Episode 9

Queenie finds a beautiful embroidered panel on a grave. Dorcas and Sir Timothy try to solve the mystery of who created it. Alf's poaching leads him and Edmund into danger. Fresh out of prison, Caroline returns to Lark Rise determined to mend her ways.

Quotes:

Queenie: "The Tree of Knowledge. Now if anything's got a message, that does."

Laura: "Rivalries ran deep in our small community. The real rivalry between Philip and Alf was not about poachin', but what was in their hearts." (They are both in love with Laura)

Margaret to Dorcas:

"The Ellison family christening robes, these go back four generations."

Dorcas to Thomas:

"I have done it again Thomas, meddling in other people's business, I'm such a terrible troublemaker."

Thomas:

"You are too hard on yourself man, you usually meddle for good reason and most often it has a favorable outcome."

Dorcas: 

"I'm glad you think so because it's your business I've been meddling in. I have invited Miss Ellison to tea on Thursday."

Thomas:

"Tea? Here? Miss Ellison and myself at the table in front of other people?"

Dorcas:

"Only your friends Thomas."

Thomas:

"Miss Lane, you have placed me in an intolerable position.

Dorcas:

"It's just that I felt so sorry for her. I could sense she was so eager to see you."

Thomas:

"Miss Lane, I find myself in such a state of ill temper, I feel I must remove myself before I say somethin' unChristian."

Caroline to Emma after being released from prison:

"I will not speak unless I can be civil and gracious...well, maybe gracious will come later. I will greet life with humility and gratitude from now on."

 President Nelson with a great-

grandson

 We saw many Navajo's in my dad's

store when I worked there in my teens

Abinadi before King Noah

Friendly animals, some a little

too friendly!

 They made the local newspaper

Friday, January 10th, 2020

Adelaide, Australia

89th operating temple

Dedicated: 15 June 2000

By: Gordon B. Hinckley

Jesus Christ, Jehovah

1 Nephi 22:12

Wherefore, he will bring them again out of captivity, and they shall be gathered together to the lands of their inheritance; and they shall be brought out of obscurity and out of darkness; and they shall know that the Lord is their Savior and their Redeemer, the Mighty One of Israel.

Book of Mormon

1 Nephi 5-6

General Conference Daily

"Lessons from Laman and Lemuel"

Elder Neal A. Maxwell

October 1999

Oct 2019 General Conference

"Come, Follow Me - the Lord's Counterstrategy and Proactive Plan"

Brother Mark L. Pace

"Gratefully, we live in a time when prophets and apostles teach us of the Savior Jesus Christ. Following their counsel helps us establish a firm foundation in Christ."

I love this quote from Sheri Dew's book, "Women and the Priesthood":

"Studying the scriptures is a key to learning the difference between feeling the Spirit and hearing the voice of the Spirit."

We woke up to a winter wonderland this morning. It looks like there is about 3 inches of snow and it is still snowing. 

We went to clean the church this morning at 9 a.m. Tina Allen was there too. The Gardner's were not able to come. We are cleaning on Friday because tomorrow we work at the temple. 

James always heads for the chapel. He likes to wear the vacuum on his back, anyway that's my take on it. He looks like a guy from ghostbusters. 

Tina collected all of the garbage, cleaned the bathrooms, checked all the classrooms, and checked the kitchen and Relief Society room.

I had the big vacuum and did the "big" vacuuming in the halls. It looks like there was a popcorn party because there were bits of popcorn all down the hall. I think it may have been a Primary party because there was lots of popcorn in the Primary room too. 

When I was finished I went to put the vacuums away and there was a guy I had never seen before sitting where I had put my purse, boots, and water. I went in to ask James where my stuff was and he had brought it into the chapel. 

The guys name was Jose. He came to work at the park but when he got here Virgil, who helps maintain the park and is in our ward, said he did not have any work for him. Jose's sister had dropped him off and was heading to Springerville where she lives. He needed a ride home.

We we glad to take him home. He lived on the 61 on the other side of Stanford store. I had to text my friend Maxine whom I was meeting at 11 to go see Pat Tedder, and tell her we might be a little late.

We were a few minutes late meeting up with Maxine. She was waiting for us at the hill and stop sign on 3144. We followed Maxine's red Jeep right in to Pat's place. While Maxine and I went in, James turned the car around. 

Pat fell in the temple about 3 months ago and broke her back. She looked better than I had expected. She wears a back brace about 8 hours a day. She is a pretty amazing woman. She spend some time in the hospital and in rehab and then her daughters house in the valley. She told everyone she would be home for Christmas, and she was. Pat is 86 years old. Maxine is her best friend.

I told Pat I wanted to bring dinner next Thursday. Her son lives with her and they help each other because they both have health issues.

After my visit to Pat,  James and I went in to town. We had lunch at one of our favorite restaurants, LaCasita and then James took me to Walmart. I did some shopping while he got the oil changed in the car. 

When we got home I made rolls for the temple tomorrow and finished watching "Winter in Vail."

 Gilbert and Johnnie Gonzales

So proud!

 My breakfast this morning

Throwback to two years ago on this date.

 Awww

Friday, October 11th, 2019

Fortaleza, Brazil

164th operating temple

Dedicated: 2 June 2019

By: Ulisses Soares

Jesus Christ, Good Shepherd

John 10:14

I am the good shepherd, and know my sheep, and am known of mine.

Book of Mormon

3 Nephi 3:11-26

New Testament: Ephesians: "For the Perfecting of the Saints"

General Conference

Adjustments to Strengthen Youth

Elder Quentin L. Cook

"More young men and young women will rise to the challenge and stay on the covenant path because of this laser-like focus on our youth."

We said goodbye to Alex, Max, and Joshua this morning as they left for home. I helped them pack up all of the food that Sheri left for them. I even taped up the cereal boxes so they wouldn't spill in the back of Alex's car.

Alex says they are going the Globe way so they

can stop at Burger House.

I boxed up and labeled 11 books to ship today while James went over to the Kostusiaks to help build a ramp for Dave. He came home a little after noon and we headed for town.  

While James was taking the box of books into the UPS store I walked over to Walmart to do some shopping. James's next stop was Sonoram lab to get his bloodwork done for his surgery. He picked me up at Walmart and we went to LaCasita for lunch. 

On the way home I finished reading "Aunt Dimity's Good Deed" to James. While we were gone Adam, Chris, and Kaitlyn went for a hike to the cinder pit at Elk Hill. 

I watched TV in my bedroom while working on the computer. Stacy had me watch a business presentation about selling books. It turns out it was the guy who own Book Profits, the business I am in. His name is Luke Sample and he is a good salesman but his presentation was not exactly typical. He was showing how you could buy a book for $10 and then resell it for $400. I have yet to see that happen.

I like the pink curls!

This is how my refrigerator has looked this week.
At least I won't run out of sour cream.

Ollie stayed at Cathi's while his family
was in Vernon. He loves it over there!