OUR FAMILY: The Hague Netherlands 114th temple

Monday, August 26, 2019

Thursday, August 22nd, 2019

The Hague, Netherlands

114th operating temple

Dedicated: 8 Sept 2002

By: Gordon B. Hinckley

Jesus Christ, Foreordained

DC 93:21

And now, verily I say unto you, I was in the beginning with the Father, and am the Firstborn;

Book of Mormon

Alma 54:13-55:14

New Testament "Be Perfectly Joined Together" 1 Corinthians 1-7

1 Corinthians 4-5

General Conference

Preparing for the Lord's Return

Elder D. Todd Christofferson

"First and crucial for the Lord's return, is the presence on the earth of a people prepared to receive Him at His coming. He has stated that those who remain upon the earth in that day, 'from the least to the greatest, ... shall be filled with the knowledge of the Lord, and shall see eye to eye, and shall lift up their voice, and with the voice together sing this new song, saying: The Lord hath brought again Zion .. The Lord hath gathered all things in one. The Lord hath brought down Zion from above. The Lord hath brought up Zion from beneath.'"

I listened to the book webinar featuring Jim, Herman, and Ricardo, all good guys with some good advice.

James had a doctor's appointment with Dr. DeLange who is going to do a procedure on him to determine if he has a hernia at the top of his stomach that is letting acid from his stomach through to his throat and causing his laringytis problems. He will also do a biopsy for cancer.

While James was gone Alex and I got out the new deck of Five Crowns and played a game. The final score was Alex 70, Gramma 76.

The appraisers came today to appraise our house for the loan we are getting. James stayed at home with them while Alex and I went to Walmart to shop for dinner. I enjoyed talking with Alex in the car. I asked him if he went to the paintball activity for Joshua's birthday. He said no. I said, I understand Rowan won. He asked me if I had heard the whole story and I said no. He said at the end of the night one of the workers called up the "last man standing" to recognize him as the winner. On his way up to the front Rowan shot the guy and the announcer said,"Well I guess we have a new winner."

He also told me that Joe and Dallin are going to Bulgaria with their band. Mario was there a while back and met a grammy winning singer and they are going to record some songs with her.

He also told me that he wants to be a writer. I told him I thought grandpa and I should found out what it takes to be appraisers and maybe look in to doing that instead of construction. He really liked that idea and said if we did that he would like to help us. He is paring cars in Scottsdale for rich people. He says it's a good job but he would like something a little more challenging. He plans on going to ASU to finish his schooling.

He said Shayna started school this week at ASU. She is getting a business degree and wants to be an interior designer.

We also talked about politics and agreed that we need someone as president that can unite our country rather than divide it. I told him the story about Dolly and James Madison and said we needed someone like them in the White House. He agreed.

We had a great dinner. I made a salad, squash and asparagus, and mashed potatoes. James grilled some ribeye steaks I got that were on sale , and we also had warm croissants. It was a delicious meal. I gave Alex the choice of pork chops or steak and he chose steak.

Afterwards all three of us played a game of Five Crowns and I won!

One of the writers for Meridian magazine died of cancer this week. Her name was Darla Isaakson. Elder Holland actually quoted her in his last conference address. She was a good writer and had this to say about death: "Death is not a tragedy, but a graduation into a far more glorious existence of learning, progress, and service."

I only got 6,000 steps today. Such a pity.