Monday, March 25th, 2019

Panama City, Panama

127th operating temple

Dedicated: 10 Aug 2008

By: Thomas S. Monson

Jesus Christ, Divine Sonship

Luke 1:35

And the angel answered and said unto her, The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee: therefore also that holy thing which shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of God.

Book of Mormon

Jacob 5:70-77

New Testament "Come Follow Me"

Matthew 14:1-21; Mark 6:14-44; John 6:1-14

"The Grandeur of God"

Jeffrey R. Holland

General Conference

"The Father"

Brian K. Ashton

"There is much we do not understand about becoming like the Father. But I can testify with certainty that striving to become like the Father is worth every sacrifice. The sacrifices we make here in mortality, no matter how great, are simply incomparable to the immeasurable joy, happiness, and love we will fell in God' presence. If you are struggling to believe it is worth the sacrifices you are asked to make, the Savior calls to you, saying, 'Ye have not as yet understood how great blessings the Father hath ... prepared for you; ... ye cannot  bear all things now; nevertheless, be of good cheer, for I will lead you along."

Here is the letter that Ben sent to his mom this week:

I think Ben is a natural born speaker and preacher. 

I ordered several books today and was able to get my tramadoll prescription refilled.

A sister in our ward had to go in for emergency surgery. Her name is Sister Campbell and she had cancer surgery a couple of weeks ago. We had a sister willing to pick her up from the hospital but her husband was able to do it. It's always nice to know that people are willing to help if needed.

James made lots of phone calls today to schedule work for the next phase of the Chacon job. He made the comment to me: "Let's do something fun," but we got so busy we never did. Hopefully sometime this week we can go to Buckelieu Springs and see the water falls. We did read from our book today and watched "Campfire Kiss" on the Hallmark channel.

I inventoried, sourced and set buying alerts in our book business besides buying several books. Things are beginning to happen and we finally feel like we know what we are doing. We have sold over 30 books but that's just the beginning.

A look of pure joy on that face

 This sweet family from our ward was recently

sealed in the temple. Sister Nichols is the sister

who made the delicious chicken salad for our

Relief Society birthday party.

An explanation of Spring:

 These pictures were taken in Carefree just

north of Scottsdale.

Doing her stretching exercises

 Last Friday after their hike

 I love this picture!

Tuesday, October 16th, 2018

Panama City, Panama

127th operating temple

Dedicated: 10 Aug 2008

By: Thomas S. Monson

DC 76:41

That he came into the world, even Jesus, to be crucified for the world, and to bear the sins of the world, and to sanctify the world, and to cleanse it from all unrighteousness;

Book of Mormon

3 Nephi 6:15-30

*Why is it so important to follow our leaders, especially in these the latter days?

- Because these "men are inspired from heaven" (vs, 20). There was a great divide, in these years just before the coming of Christ, between the righteous and the wicked, just as there is a similar divide happening today before the Second Coming of Christ. "Some were lifted up in pride and others were exceedingly humble." The parallels today are not by chance. Christ is coming again. Satan knows it so he is ramping up all his efforts again. 

The chasm between the wicked and the righteous is widening at an extremely fast pace, just as it did in this chapter. How does this happen? By allowing Satan to stir up our hearts to do iniquity. We must decide whose side we are on, the Savior's or Satan's. There will be no middle ground. By following our Church leaders we are choosing to follow the Savior.

Old Testament

Jeremiah 25-27

General Conference

Parents and Children

President Dallin H. Oaks

"Our Heavenly Father's great plan of happiness tells you who you are and the purpose of your life."

"Your prayer of faith will be key to your success." - President Henry B. Eyring

It's snowing! Not just snowing, but snowing like it's Christmas morning, big floating flakes. 

First item of business this morning was to take the rental car back to Hatch's. James left and told me to leave about 15 minutes later. He called me on the road and said it was snowing quite hard and to please be careful because he had seen four cars off the road. 

I said a prayer and drove safely thought not slowly. A car passed me soon after I turned onto the 60 and I tried to keep up.

After picking James us at Hatch's we drove through Chase and made a small deposit. We are overdrawn in the business account but I don't know what we can do about it.

James dropped me off at Walmart while he tried to make a call to National Turf. I got stuff for smoothies, salad, a frozen pizza, soupl, Slimfast, almonds, milk, butter and eggs. 

I came home and watched last night's Dancing with the Stars. Grocery store Joe has got to go. He is so clumsy. He may be the nicest bachelor in the world but he cannot dance and this is a dancing shoe. Tinashe and Brandon went home. Tinashe is one of the best dancers on the show and could have won. People need to vote for the best dancers, not someone they like! That being said I don't vote so I can't complain too much.

James and I did a book arbitrage training on sales rank history. There is a lot to learn about this business.

Well the rain this afternoon melted the snow so now we have mud. 

Read from "The Forgotten Garden" and "The Saints."

 My tree

 A frozen world

Rental car

 Adorable

Love!

Frozen flowers

 Love these two.

 My kind of artwork

 Hikers. The Wind Tunnerl at

Superstition Mountains.

Saturday, December 2nd, 2017

Panama City, Panama

127th operating temple

Dedicated: 10 Aug 2008

By: Thomas S. Monson

Jesus Christ Atonement through

Acts 13:38

Be it known unto you therefore, men and brethren, that through this man is preached unto you the forgiveness of sins.

Book of Mormon

Ether 2:1-12

Ether 2:8-11 states what Moroni called "the everlasting decree of God" concerning this land of promise. Stated three or four times, this decree is that 'whatsoever nation shall possess this land shall serve God, or they shall be swept off'. President Gordon B. Hinckley taught that obedience is essential if the promised land is to keep its promised blessings: "Great are the promises concerning this land of America. We are told unequivocally that it is a choice land, and whatsoever nation shall possess it shall be free from bondage, and from captivity, and from all other nations under heaven, if they will but serve the God of the land, who is Jesus Christ (Ether 2:12). This is the crux of the entire matter - obedience to the commandments of God." 

Doctrine Covenants Favorite Scriptures

DC 18:34-36

34 These words are not of men nor of man, but of me; wherefore, you shall testify they are of me and not of man;

35 For it is my voice which speaketh them unto you; for they are given by my Spirit unto you, and by my power you can read them one to another; and save it were by my power you could not have them;

36 Wherefore, you can testify that you have heard my voice, and know my words.

General Conference

Abiding in God and Repairing the Breach

Neill F. Marriott

" Sisters, what matters to you? What is lasting to you? A matter of lasting value to the Father is that we learn of Him, humble ourselves, and grow in obedience to Him through earthly experiences. He wants us to change our selfishness into service, our fears into faith."

I was down and out for the count today. I sat in my recliner all day and watched movies with my throat on fire. I was miserable and warned James to stay away. Of course he didn't. We were thinking about going to the valley to join the kids at Serrano's but now that I am sick it didn't happen.

I sure do loves these faces!

Evan showing off his broken toe

You can do some serious Christmas movies watching when you are zapped out on the couch. Here is the list: "Love for Christmas," "Moonlight and Mistletoe," "I'll Be Home for Christmas," "Under the Mistletoe," "The Road to Christmas," "A Very Merry Toy Store," and "Christmas in Evergreen."  We also watched an episode of Heartland, "Graduation."

Chandler High School won the state football championship tonight against Perry, 49-42. Go Wolves!!

Chandler celebrating after their win.