Kansas City, Missouri
137th operating temple
Dedicated: 6 May 2012
By: Thomas S. Monson
Jesus Christ, Birth of
1 Nephi 11:18
And he said unto me: Behold, the virgin whom thou seest is the mother of the Son of God, after the manner of the flesh.
Alma 3:1-19
*Why is it important to keep records?
- So that the truth is kept correct. If there is something that should be preserved and saved for future generations then it should be recorded. Look how much the scriptures mean to us because someone took the time to record valuable truths. We know we don't have everything in the written word. Records have been lost, or translations have not always been 100% accurate, but we can
count on the books of scripture we do have to help us on our journey.
Old Testament
2 Samuel 13-14
13 Amnon desires Tamar, his sister, and forces her - He is slain by Absalom's command - Absalom flees to Geshur.
14 Joab arranges by artifice to bring Absalom home after three years - After two more years, Absalom sees the king, and they are reconciled.
General Conference
Pure Love:The True Sign of Every True Disciple of Jesus Christ
Elder Jeffrey R. Holland said: "The first great commandment of all eternity is to love God with all of our heart, might, mind, and strength - that's the first great commandment. But the first great truth of all eternity is that God loves us with all of His heart, might, mind, and strength. That love is the foundation stone of eternity,and it should be the foundation stone of our daily life."
Being the foundation stone of our daily life, pure love is a requirement for every true disciple of Jesus Christ.
I got up at 5 a.m. and ate some breakfast and then began working on my time. It's not long enough. I add two more stories and Stacy's letter from Mother's Day 2013. I only added Stacy's letter because James told me to.
Brother Owen's from the stake high council was my speaking companion. He says his dad owns Owen's Mortuary.
I had two people ask for a copy of my talk and several others tell me they liked it. James said it was the best talk he's ever heard in a sacrament meeting, but that's just him loving me and supporting me, which I do appreciate very much. Most of my stories came from the book, "Christlike Parenting."
I should have mentioned this in my talk.
Brother Scott taught Sunday School and Sister Grapp taught Relief Society. Her discussion/lesson was on Brother Durrant's talk, "Teaching in the Home - a Joyful and Sacred Responsibility." I could have used this talk for my talk today but I knew Cammy was teaching from it and I didn't want to steal her thunder. She did very well and got alot of discussion.
After the block James made us some green smoothies and we took a short nap before leaving for the valley for Ben's seminary graduation. Adam and his friends said they like my talk. Everyone went to sacrament meeting except Kaitlin.
I wasn't even hesitant to leave Adam and company here because I knew them well enough to know they would be good and keep it clean, especially with Kaitlin in charge.
James drove his truck and I drove my car. We left around 2. I got tired and had to stop a couple of times. The worse part of the trip for me is what I call the Miami-Superior corridor. Lots of traffic, cliff on one side and a mountain on the other and lots of curves. I prefer Salt River Canyon.
We drove straight to Sheri's house and didn't get there until after 5. She said dinner was at 5 but didn't seem to upset that we were a little late.
For dinner we had roast, potatoes, carrots, corn, and rolls. For dessert there were brownies and some of Sheri's lowfat, low calorie Halo ice cream. We indulged and didn't feel too guilty because we both lost weight this week. I lost 2 lbs. and James lost 2 1/2 lbs.
We got dressed and drove to the seminary graduation at the stake center. We left after Sheri and beat her there. The entire family came to support Ben, except for Alex who was at work. Kim and Brian also came and so did Stacy, Paul, and Joshua.
Ben goes to Hamilton High School and he loves his seminary teacher, Brother Patterson. The Miner's and the Wanlass's were at the graduation because Ian and Kristen are both graduating too.
We also saw some old friends from the Del Rio 2nd ward, the Menlove's, and Chipman's. Bishop Wilson's daughter Halle was there too. She looks so beautiful and grown up. I taught Kristen, and Halle in Primary several years ago.
I loved President Johansen's talk on the Holy Ghost. He told some great mission stories. One of the little boys that got baptized called him Elder Joe Handsome. Brother Johansen went to the Edmonton, Canada mission.
We did not stay for refreshments. We went back to Sheri's to get James's truck and then drove out to Darrel and Trina's to spend the night.
Lola wanted to sleep with us and of course we could not say no. She was very good but the bed was a little crowded.
Trina was excited because she lost 3 lbs. this week. Darrel has lost a total of 27 pounds and looks good!
My friend Pam posted this.
Cute dog, but he has sharp teeth
Taylor and her chicken
Taylor's baptism. We taught her as a
five year old in Primary.
Royal Wedding at Windsor Castle
