OUR FAMILY: Shelly's back! Scarlett

Friday, April 26, 2019

Thursday, April 25th, 2019

Meridian, Idaho

158th operating temple

Dedicated: 19 Nov 2017

By: Dieter F. Uchtdorf

Jesus Christ, Divine Sonship

John 17:1

These words spake Jesus, and lifted up his eyes to heaven, and said, Father, the hour is come;glorify thy Son, that thy Son also may glorify thee:

Book of Mormon

Mosiah 16:1-15

New Testament "Come Follow Me"

Matthew 18:21-35; Gospel Topic - "Forgiveness"

General Conference

Cleansed By Repentance

President Dallin H. Oaks

"Because of God's plan and the Atonement of Jesus Christ, we can be cleansed by the process of repentance."

The Applegate's left today for the valley to pick up their missionary daughter Shelly who has been serving in the Pennsylvania area. I'm not sure which mission but at one point she was in the city of York where James's sister Carmen lives. Funny. Shelly's mom Tamara is my good friend and the Vernon ward Relief Society president. She has a sister that lives in Idaho in the area where Ben is serving.

Shelly is my good friend. She's one of my young women. Here is a picture of us before Shelly left on her mission. We went to the temple together.

October 2017

Shelly is amazing and loves the gospel!

I read this as I was studying JS-Matthew and Matthew 24. This quote was in the New Testament Student Manual:

"It is not sufficient merely to know what the scripture says. One must treasure it up, meaning take it into his possession so affirmatively that it becomes a part of his very being; as a consequence,...one actually receives the companionship of the Spirit."

The manual also says: "From the Savior's words, it is evident that placing a high priority on the word of God will be critical in overcoming the deceptions of the last days." Read the Book of Mormon, "Come Follow Me", and General Conference talks!

Stacy called and is in a panic. They are supposed to be out of their house by the end of the month and they still have not found a place to live. I am praying for her but time is running out! She's calling to our friend Bill to see if he has anything available.

Well, James did it again. He went to the post office to mail a book someone bought from him on Ebay (one of the ones that's gated on Amazon), and he realized he did not have a credit card. He used my card yesterday, because his is in his wallet at Darrel's, and never gave it back. It's gone. When he returned yesterday he was outside on the Cat so he had to include that in his search. I think he's embarrassed to call Chase and report another missing card. He keeps thinking this one will turn up. In the mean time I am checking the account periodically to make sure there are no bogus charges. I reluctantly gave him another card and sent him back to the post office. He also had to go into town to mail our two Amazon shipments.

I finished putting wax on the wood floor. I will not be buffing it until tomorrow, giving it a chance to dry per the instructions on the container. Kim and Brian are coming tomorrow evening so I want to be finished before they get here.

I worked on book alerts and writing down profits for books we have sent in. I am dying to buy some more books but we can't until we sell some of the ones we just sent in. I'm patiently (?) waiting.

Dr. Memon called James today. He wants him to meet with the architect next week to see about getting started on the medical complex he is building in Chandler. Not only does he want James to manage the building project but he also wants him to do all of the tenant improvements. This will be at least a 3 million dollar project.

Oh yes, Greg Hatch also wants James to do some work for him and James is bidding Chacon's other houses, and a doctor's remodel. Things are picking up.

Other things I did today. Listened to the Book Profits webinar featuring Jim and Herman. Jim says "Eat the frog first", meaning do the hard thing you have to do first and go from there.

Walked over 16,000 steps and watched "My Summer Prince." This evening James and I watched "Return to Christmas Creek." James served me hot chocolate with whipped cream during the movie. What a guy!