Alma 46:29-41
29 - Amalickiah leaves with his people for the land of Nephi.
30 - Moroni knew Amalickiah would join with the Lamanites.
31 - Moroni takes his armies into the wilderness to cutoff Amalickiah and his army.
33 - Amalickiah fled with a small part of his men while the remainder were delivered up into the hands of Moroni and take back into the land of Zarahemla.
35 - Whomsoever of the Amalilckiahites that would not enter into a covenant to support the cause of freedom, Moroni caused to be put to death and there were but few who denied the covenant of freedom.
36 - Moroni hoisted the Title of Liberty on every tower throughout the land.
37 - The Nephites begin to have peace in the land until the end of the 19th year.
38 - Helaman also had much peace within the Church.
41 - Those who died in the faith of Christ are happy in Him.
GC: "I Am a Child of God" by Elder Hallstrom.
Where Are the Keys and Authority of the Priesthood by Elder Gary E. Stevenson.
John Wilhelm conducted our fast and testimony meeting this morning. He said he had fasted and prayed to know what he should bear his testimony of and it came to him, "testify of the power of prayer." This set the tone for our meeting and we had many wonderful testimonies regarding the power of prayer. James bore his testimony and said that Brother John Wilhelm was an answer to one of his prayers. It was a great meeting. Jared and his kids, and all the rest of our visitors left after sacrament meeting. I gave hugs to Anna, Joe, James, Emmy and Jared. I didn't see Molly. She was probably with Kim.
Kim said that before Jared left he gave all of his kids a father's blessing. I am so grateful that my boys honor their priesthood.
In Primary the children are supposed to memorize 1Corinthians 3:16-17:
"Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of
God dwelleth in you?
. . . for the temple of God is holy,
which temple ye are."
Little Leona Grap gave a talk in sharing time about temples. It was very sweet. I just love the Grap family and their children.
John Wilhelm came in and helped with sharing time. His theme was: "My Body is a Temple." He said that no unclean thing should enter our bodies. His son Johnny said: "Well, Ruthie eats dirt."
We are learning a new song for the Primary program in October. It is called: "The Lord Gave Me a Temple."
I had Braylin, Zemira, Curtis and Kacey in my class today. Our lesson was about Nephi and the great power he was given because of his righteousness. I am always surprised by how well Curtis listens in spite of his wiggles.
During Lannie's sharing time Curtis asked the question: "Is there a dead Santa in heaven who brings the people presents."
As I was telling Kim about our Primary she shared something that happened in their Primary last week. She is one of the counselors in the Presidency. She said they had two little black boys and one black girl who are nonmembers visiting from Texas. The little girl really liked singing time but she was a little frustrated because she didn't know any of the songs. She ask if she could sing a song from her church but the chorister said she didn't think they would have time. She saw her chance as they were transitioning between singing time and sharing time. She stood up and began singing:
"Stompin' on the Devils head,
stomping on the Devils head,
stomp, stomp, stompin
on the Devils head.
(These were the only lyrics she repeated
over and over.)
When she sat down she said: "And that's what we sing in our church." I think this is probably the funniest Primary story I have ever heard.
Kim, Brian, Seth, and Alex left for home this afternoon. Adam stayed and is going home with us in the morning.
Sorry I didn't get a picture of Adam.
Many of the pictures I get from my blog are off of Facebook and
Instagram. Here are a couple from Instagram on a site called visit_Arizona:
Fossil Springs
Lightning strikes in a storm near Tucson.
From Facebook:
Trevor Jensen from the
Galveston 3rd ward
in Chandler.
Congratulations!
What a great reminder.
He's too cute to eat.
James and I spent the evening getting ready to leave for the valley. My infusion and doctor's appointment is at 8:45 in Mesa which means we need to leave around 5 am. Adam says he thinks he will stay up all night. I told him I hoped he wouldn't.
