Thursday, June 15, 2017

Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada 

65th operating temple

Dedicated: 14 November 1999 by

Boyd K. Packer

Alma 17:1-27

*The sons of Mosiah search the scriptures, pray, and fast so they can know the word of God and teach with power.

*What blessings did they receive because of their study, fasting, and prayer?

*Elder David A. Bednar: "You can increase in your desire to serve God, and you can begin to think as missionaries think, to read what missionaries read, to pray as missionaries pray, and to feel what missionaries feel. You can avoid the worldly influences that cause the Holy Ghost to withdraw, and you can grown in confidence in recognizing and responding to spiritual promptings. Line upon line and precept upon precept, here a little and there a little, you can gradually become the missionary you hope to be and the missionary the Savior expects....The preparation I am describing is not oriented only toward your missionary service as a 19 or 20 or 21 year old..., You are preparing for a lifetime of missionary work...We are missionaries always."
DC 88:51-65
51-61, The parable of the man sending his servants into the field and visiting them in turn;
63 Draw near unto me and I will draw near unto you; seek me diligently and ye shall find me; ask and ye shall receive; knock, and it shall be opened unto you.
64 Whatsoever ye ask the Father in my name it shall be given unto you, that is expedient for you;
Why is there a time and season for everything?
* Because there are many planets and kingdoms the Lord must visit and there must be a time and a season for each visit.
General Conference

Return and Receive

Elder M. Russell Ballard

It is good to have goals and plans for our careers, for our education, even for our golf game. It is also important to have goals for our marriages, our families, and our Church councils and callings; this is especially true for missionaries. But our greatest and most overriding goals should fit into Heavenly Father's eternal plan. Jesus said, "Seek ye first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added unto you." -3 Nephi 13:33.

James worked at the Howard's this morning and then came home for lunch.  He is miserable and asks me to call Dr. Moffat for a refill on his prednisone and antibiotic.  The antibiotic can't be fulfilled without seeing the doctor but the girl in the office said she would call the prenisone in.

Darrel and Trina need a babysitter next Thursday, the day we were going to go to the Tucson temple.  We now have change of plans. We are going to watch their kids at the time share where they can swim.  

I finally got the chance to try out my new Hoover Floormate on the tile and travertine.  It gets it really clean but leaves streaks so I am going to use the same polish on it that I do on the wood floors.  

James finally got a battery to work in the Cat and he got alot done outside on the fence.  I blog and starting finding pictures to give to Terry for Lois's birthday book.  

For dinner we had corn on the cob, chicken, and salad. After dinner we watch the movie "The Perfect Bride" starring Kavan Smith and Pascale Hutton from "When Calls the Heart."

When we go to bed this evening we hear a funny noise like shaking pipes.  I heard it earlier in the day and James said it was an airplane.  He now realizes it is something else and will check it out in the morning.

Mother - Daughter

Jean and Deana.

I am Jean's visiting teacher and Deana is mine.

I love them both!

Candy poker in San Diego

Alex and Shayna

Alex and Shayna

My morning study desk.

I call these the small plates of Karen.

One is my daily schedule and goals.

The other is notes for my journal and

scripture study.

A typical breakfast. I usually have blueberries with my oatmeal

but today it was fresh peaches.

My plethora of daily pills.

Vernon youth at the wind tunnel in Eloy.

Dave and Laura at the Tucson temple open house.

Bishop Miller doing what he loves to do.

Sunday, August 4, 2013

For my morning study I am reading three different places in the Book of Mormon and I am also reading the Doctrine and Covenants.  Today we are fasting that we will be able to get out of debt. 

Sunrise

We said goodbye to Paul and Joshua before leaving for church.  Tara and Trisha are still upstairs.  James went to fast and testimony meeting, Sunday School and Priesthood.  He is pretty miserable though.  Today we learned in Sunday School that Liberty Jail was more like a temple than a prison because of the Prophet Joseph and the things he learned from the Lord.

We divided into classes today in Young Women's.  Randa Covert taught the Beehives and Denice Hall taught the Mia Maids and Laurels.  The topic for the month is marriage and family.  Denice has a unique way of teaching and the girls lover her.

It was raining when we came out of church.  We came home and broke our fast before taking a nap.  I worked on my blog this afternoon and this evening we watched "The Walton's" and "Cedar Cove."

 So pretty and green!

My petunia's love the rain!

I love dead trees!

Ominous clouds.

Monday, August 6, 2012

This morning I worked on updating my Sunday Church journal and I read the Young Women's lesson for next week on the importance of education and obtaining knowledge.  James and I sat on the porch and watched the clouds come in while we read from the Book of Mormon and our Victoria Holt book.  Also, I must confess I have anew addiction.  I love to play Scramble on my phone with Kim and Sheri.  I don't know why I play them because they beat me and they beat me badly.  The game is addicting though.
James and I went in to town this afternoon.  We had forgotten to take our trash to the dump on Saturday so we timed it just right today and got there right when it opened, at 1 pm.  We were going to go to LaCasita but it's closed on Monday's so we went to El Rancho instead.  There green chile burros aren't quite as good but I also had a shrimp taco which was delicious!  I did some shopping at Walmart while James waited in the car.  Afterwards we stopped at National Bank and opened an account.  James wants an account at a smaller bank.
Vickie and Dennis came out this evening.  Vickie brought James a walker and some pills and lots of advice.  It was very thoughtful of her.  We had a nice visit and watched a little of the Olympics.  Dennis, Denise and Denise's mom just got back from a trip to Chicago and now he's getting ready to go to Tennessee.
It rained again today and got down to 63.  The high was 72.