Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico
72nd operating temple
Dedicated: 27 Feb 2000
By: Gordon B. Hinckley
Jesus Christ, Creator
DC 88:13
The light which is in all things, which giveth life to all things, which is the law by which all things are governed, even the power of God who sitteth upon his throne, who is in the bosom of eternity, who is in the midst of all things.
Book of Mormon
Alma 54:13-55:14
*How are Moroni and Ammoron different in their motivations for war?
- In Alma 54:13 Moroni says, 'ye have sought to murder us, and we have only sought to defend ourselves.' In Alma 54:16-17 it says Ammoron is fighting for revenge and power. Moroni is motivated by love, which is unselfish, just like our Savior, Jesus Christ. Ammoron on the other hand is motivated by power, hate, and selfishness, like Satan. We can learn from this account to let love be our motivation for all we do.
Old Testament
Psalms 61-65
61 David finds shelter in the Lord, abides in the Lord's presence, and keeps his own vows.
62 David praises God as his defense, his rock, and his salvation - The Lord judges men according to their works.
63 David thirsts for God, whom he praises with joyful lips.
64 David prays for safety - The righteous will be glad in heart.
65 David speaks of the blessedness of God's chosen - The Lord sends rain and good things upon the earth.
General Conference
Small and Simple Things
President Dallin H. Oaks
"Another source of spiritual uplift and growth is an ongoing practice of repenting, even of seemingly small transgressions. Our own inspired self-evaluations can help us see how we have fallen short and how we can do better. Such repentance should precede our weekly partaking of the sacrament."
Darrel and Trina's new house.
Another rainy day. The Howard's are worried about their open house on Saturday.
James and I went to town together today. I shopped at Walmart and picked up prescriptions and he shopped at Home Depot. After shopping we drove to Mountain Thai for lunch. For some reason this place is never crowded. I ordered the vegetable noodle soup with more veggies instead of meat. James had the pork special. While I was waiting for my food to come I stepped over to the counter and picked up a bottle of sweet chili and said I wanted to purchase it. The man told me to take the bottle over to my table and they would add it on to our order, which I did.
I also ordered some mango and sticky rice. My bowl of soup was not as big as the one I had with Jean the other day but it was every bit as good as soon as I poured enough sweet chili in the broth. James's food must have been good because he ate it all as I ate all of my soup.
Each of us got a half a mango to eat with our sticky rice. I didn't think James would like the sticky rice because it is very sweet with the coconut milk poured over it, but he made the comment: "Mangoes and coconut go really well together."
I would say lunch was a success. We drove home and as I put the groceries away, James got ready to go to the temple. One of the brothers he ministers to, Anthony, is going through the temple today for the first time. He asked James last night if he would be his escort, and of course James said yes. They are attending the 4 o'clock session after doing initiatory. I told James to try his best to be back by 6:45 because I had a presidency meeting at the church at 7. He thought it would be no problem.
While he was gone I walked, worked on my blog and prepared for presidency meeting. James called around 6:30 or so and said he would meet me at the church and we could switch vehicles. I went out and jumped into the truck. When I turned the ignition on the brake light was flashing so I thought I needed to press the emergency brake down. That's not what I needed to do but I couldn't get the handler back up so I drove with the emergency brake on. Luckily I didn't drive far, just to the 3160 where James met me and we switched vehicles.
I always enjoy presidency meetings with Tamara, Kerri, and Maxine. I brought the cards I volunteered to bring for Donna, Judy, Linda and Kambri. Donna's is a get well card, Judy a sympathy card for her sister who is dying of cancer, and Linda and Kambri's are sympathy cards because each one of them had a brother pass away. We signed the cards while we were finalizing all of the ministering sister assignments. I now have a new partner. Ruth W. was going to be my partner but now it is the new sister from Texas, Marie R. The one that has six dogs.
Towards the end of the meeting Maxine told about the 200 names she had in our stake file at the temple for baptisms were all done last Saturday. She was elated. I asked her how much time she spends a week on family history research and she said 50-60 hours. No wonder she has so many names!
I love this picture of Scarlett!!
A familiar site around here right now.
Makes me like him more as a person
than as an actor.
My card assignment
I did not bring these cards but I want to
make them:
