Monday, October 21st, 2019

Idaho Falls, Idaho

8th operating temple

Dedicated: 23-25 Sep 1945

By: George Albert Smith

Jesus Christ, Good Shepherd

Mosiah 26:21

And he that will hear my voice shall be my sheep; and him shall ye receive into the church, and him will I also receive.

Book of Mormon

3 Nephi 10:1-19

How have you seen Christ work in your life like a "hen gathering her chickens under her wings" for protection?

New Testament:1&2 Thessalonians:"Be Not Soon Shaken in Mind, or Be Troubled"

1 Thessalonians 1-2 "Ministers of the Gospel preach with sincerity and love"

General Conference

Covenant Belonging

Elder Gerrit W. Gong

"To belong with God and to walk with each other on His covenant path is to be blessed by covenant belonging."

"RWC": DC 50:40-42...none of them that my Father hath given me shall be lost. (Weak members of the Church whom the Savior is offering mercy.)

I got a call from Stacy this morning. She said she found out this weekend that Skyler got his money and he has been lying to her. She said she had a horrible weekend because she knew she was not going to get her money and she was not going to be able to go to aesthetician school. Skyler is calling Stacy horrible names and blaming her for everything. She said that's what he does when he gets caught. Stacy talked to Chad, Paul's brother-in-law who is married to Nicki. He is an attorney and he told her what she should do to try to get her money. There are no guarantees because Skyler probably spent all of the money and he has no assets. Such a sad story. 

I sold two more books today making a total of 283. My next shipment to Amazon is ready to go but I won't be mailing it at UPS until tomorrow.

James and I went to pick up the mail today. I got four more books to sell. Afterwards we drover to Stanford Store. I went in and got some Schwan's Passion Punch sherbet. It is by far my favorite sherbet. It is tangerine sherbet swirled around a fruit punch sherbet. At least that's what it says on the carton. Yummy!

I went in to Dollar General and got some applesauce and a lemon-lime Gatorade for James. I said hello to Lynda Tanner. She said hello. I asked her how long she had been back in Vernon and she said since the end of January, but she had been laying low. 

Lynda was a member of our ward a few years ago. She was married to a man who was not a member of the Church who was suffering with cancer. His name was John Cheney but Lynda called him Punk. One day he shot himself. I guess he was in a great deal of pain and couldn't take it anymore. James was one of Lynda's home teacher's and Bishop Hall called him and asked him to please come and help comfort Lynda. James went and held Lynda's hand  and tried to comfort her. This is the second husband of Lynda's that committed suicide. She also had a 17 year old grandson that did the same thing. Why do some people have so many trials? 

A couple of years after this happened Lynda got married again and moved to the valley. We have not seen her since that time until today. She has not been to church since she came back and to my knowledge we have not received her membership. Lynda was a horse trainer in her working days and is a very strong, independent woman. My heart goes out to her. I wish she would come back to the ward. So many people would love to see her. One more thing about Lynda. She was involved in local politics and she knew Uncle Delbert and had a great respect for him. James let her read Uncle Delbert's book that he wrote when he was a prisoner of war in Germany. Lynda is probably our age or maybe a little younger. She takes good care of herself and is quite beautiful.

Sheri sent Ben's letter this afternoon and I read it to James on the way home from the store. 

I listened to two podcasts today, "The Scripture Study Project" and "This Is the Gospel." 

Tonight was 80's night on "DWTS." Sailor Brinkley-Cook went home. She deserved to stay. Sean Spicer should be going home. Burno made a rude comment about Sean. He said that Sean was like a brick with arms and legs when he dances.

Ben's Letter

Scarlett's back!

Charlie loves her baby and I love Charlie!

Where have all the flowers gone?
Just a month or so ago this field was
filled with yellow flowers. I miss them.

 Ruby wants to be queen of the roller derby!

Today I washed the kitchen window and
cleaned the blinds. I stepped in the sink to do it.
I knocked a pipe loose and James had to fix it.

My morning view.

 Congratulations Luke!

Thursday, October 17th, 2019

Salt Lake City, Utah

4th operating temple

Dedicated: 6-24th Apr 1893

By: Wilford Woodruff

Jesus Christ, Good Shepherd

1 Peter 5:4

And when the chief Shepherd shall appear, ye shall receive a crown of glory that fadeth not away.

Book of Mormon

3 Nephi 7:1-14

How and why is Satan trying to divide people today?

New Testament: "I Can Do All Things Through Christ Which Strengtheneth Me": Colossians 1 & Philippians 4:13 I can find joy in Christ, regardless of my circumstances

General Conference

Honoring His Name

Lisa L. Harkness

"With covenant identity and belonging, we are called by the name of Jesus Christ"

James went out this morning looking for elk. He was gone for a couple of hours and said he saw four bulls. Here is the photo he gave me:

I see two bulls

My year to date sales on Amazon: $10,201.27

I sold two more books today.

I listened to the webinar today where they announced the winners of the textbook season sales, etc. My girl Kathy got two awards which included the Randy award. She won $1,000 plus a new office chair. Randy was the first person to make it big in this business. He is known for his big comfy chair. The person who gets the Randy award gets a trophy with a guy sitting in a comfy chair and a new office chair. I think it's more about the prestige than anything else. The $1,000 was for getting second in lifetime sales. Andrew, Jim and Herman, got first and won $2,000. Jim and Herman are partners.

James took the compressor out to fill the tires on the skidsteer. I was a little upset with him because he is not supposed to lift anything over 10 lbs. and he couldn't wait for me to come and help. 

I got a text from Stacy today saying she was in the hospital. Her heart is racing and her blood pressure is high. They did a Cat scan and an EKG and a chest X-ray. They couldn't find anything wrong with her heart and so they sent her home. She thinks it could be a panic attack brought on by her financial problems. Skyler, her employer owes her over $7,000. His funds were frozen so he has no money. His uncle loaned him money but the bank wouldn't accept him on the LLC because he wrote several bad checks four years ago. Skyler got someone else to sign on the LLC but it takes 10 days for the corporation commission to accept the signature. This has been going on since August 23rd when they did the first Vivace treatments. Skyler is dishonest and any money he gets, instead of paying Stacy and the office manager, he uses to buy more equipment or pay for advertising. Hopefully the money will come through but in the meantime the creditors are at the door.

Last night was the last night for Stacy and Paul to pay Salt River Project for their electric bill. They had called and asked for an extension but since they were already three weeks late the answer was no. The tension was so high in the house that Stacy went outside to think. As she was thinking and praying as to what she could do to keep her electricity from being turned off she got the thought that she should read her scriptures. As she was reading from the Book of Mormon the impression came to her four different times that she should call again and asked if she could pay in the morning. Paul would have money from his job at Amazon in the morning. She kept putting the thought off  because she had already done that. When it came the fourth time, she made the call. At first the answer was no, but as she continued to tell her story, the person asked for her to hold for a minute. When he came back, the answer was yes. Stacy listened to the Spirit and as a result their electricity was not turned off. I told her this was one of those spiritual experiences she needed to record in her journal. 

James sat at the table this evening and made at least 20 calls asking for people to help clean the temple. We need approximately 20 people. Since this is fall break many people are out of town. He will need to make calls again tomorrow. Thank goodness he has not had laryngitis since his surgery.

 This is so adorable! She loves her

baby, a baby which is almost as big

as she is!

 Why?