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Friday, October 18, 2019

Sunday, October 13th, 2019

Lisbon, Portugal

166th operating temple

Dedicated: 15 Sep 2019

By: Neil L. Andersen

Jesus Christ, Good Shepherd

3 Nephi 15:21

And verily I say unto you, that ye are they of whom I said: Other sheep I have which are not of this fold; them also I must bring and they shall hear my voice; and there shall be one fold, and one shepherd.

Book of Mormon

3 Nephi 4:15-33

New Testament: Ephesians: CWIC chapters 4-6

General Conference

Consistent and Resilient Trust
Elder L. Todd Budge
Trusting in the Lord includes trusting in His timing and requires patience and endurance that outlast the storms of life."

DC 93:39 - And that wicked one cometh and taketh away light and truth, through disobedience, from the children of men, and because of the tradition of their fathers.

I read this scripture today as I was reading from "Rescuing Wayward Children" in regards to children leaving the gospel path. Our goal should be to reintroduce basic gospel concepts to these children with the hope they will one day remember and respond.

I finished the Attributes of Christ questionnaire from Preach My Gospel. James finished his too. We are putting them in a file and in six months, after the next General Conference, we will answer the questions again and then compare our answers.

We left for church at 8:50 and Adam and his friends were right behind us. We all sat together in the back of the chapel.

Today was our fast and testimony meeting. Bishop Miller conducted the meeting so he bore his testimony first. He spoke about the stake choir and how wonderful they sounded at stake conference and praised those from our ward who were in the choir. He spoke of how blessed we have been the past month starting with the visit of President Oaks and two seventies, stake conference, and General Conference. He said that a disciple of Christ is a learner of Christ. He testified that personal revelation will be needed to get us through the coming days.

Lorraine Vaught said she was grateful for the Savior and the peace he provides.

Lucretia Barton told about having 10 minutes notice to escape the fire in Paradise, California and how she had to leave all of her belongings behind.

Jimmy Applegate testified that it has been a great month of conferences and how impressed he is with the youth. He had a meeting with the youth where they spoke about what they loved about General Conference.

Alicia Hunsaker said she was so grateful that families can be together forever and thanked everyone that helped with Analee's funeral.

Marci Westbrook bore testimony of the power of prayer. Her son was in an accident Thursday night and basically walked away unharmed. She said she was glad they had had family prayer that morning. She is also grateful for guardian angels.

Sean Bowen bore testimony of the Book of Mormon.

I bore testimony of the importance of the "Come Follow Me" program and that the only way to be truly happy in this life is by living the gospel.

Kathy Crane spoke of the importance of families and the gospel of Jesus Christ.

Corina Westbrook bore testimony that we have a living prophet.

The last hour was spent watching the video of the new children and youth program. It is all about goal setting in four areas: physical, spiritual, social, and intellectual.

When we got home Adam was vacuuming and Kaitlyn was sweeping the kitchen floor. James and I broke our fast and we all raided the refrigerator for lunch before saying our goodbyes.

Adam, Kaitlyn, Chris

Adam said he would let me know when they got home. I gave them all a hug and they were on their way. James had an earache so he was laying down. He used a bobby pin to clean out his ear and made it sore.

We FaceTimed with Jared, Kacey, and Charlie this afternoon. We look forward to this all week kind of like Sheri looks forward to Skyping with Ben all week.

This evening we listened to Dave and Emily discuss Philippians and Colossians, which is this week's "Come Follow Me" scriptures.

Adorable girl, adorable dress

Father, Daughter, Nicole and Kyle Tolman
ran a half marathon yesterday.

Wednesday, March 13, 2019

Wednesday, March 6th, 2019

Snowflake, Arizona

108th operating temple

Dedicated: 3 March 2002

By: Gordon B. Hinckley

Jesus Christ, Divine Sonship

Acts 9:20

And straightway he preached Christ in the synagogues, that he is the Son of God.

Book of Mormon

2 Nephi 26:12-30

How do you recognize the subtle flaxen cords around your neck before they become too strong?

New Testament "Come Follow Me"

Matthew 8:18-27; Mark 3:31-55; 4:35-41

"Spiritual Healing:," James E. Faust, 4/1992

General Conference

Truth and the Plan

President Dallin H. Oaks

"Our loving Heavenly father wants His Children to have the joy that is the purpose of our creation. That joyful dstiny is eternal life, which we can obtain by pressing forward along what our prophet, President Russell M. Nelson, often calls 'the covenant path.' Here is what he said in his first message as President of the Church: 'Keep on the covenant path. Your commitment to follow the Savior by making covenants with Him and then keeping those covenants will open the door to every spiritual blessing and privilege available to men, women, and children everywhere.'"

Jesus performed more miracles in Capernaum, the Savior's own city, than anywhere else. Jesus used the title "Son of Man" 80 times in reference to himself.

We left a little after 9 for the valley this morning. We stopped at Walmart in Show Low to pick up the shakes James left in our cart on Monday. I go for a little walk and get a drink at McDonald's while James is getting the shakes

On our way we stop at the McDonald's in Globe so I can use the little girl's room. This is what we saw in the parking lot.

So many motorcycles on the road. I said to James that a lot of

people in Globe love to ride and he said I will bet most of them are from out of state. Sure enough, I started checking, Ontario, Canada, New York, Minnesota. I guess that's one of the reasons people like to come here in the winter.

We met Sheri and Kimmy for lunch at the Cafe Rio in Chandler. Stacy couldn't come because she had a doctor's appointment. James ate lunch and then left for his doctor's appointment at the Southwest Sonoran Spine center in Tempe.

After lunch I saw a set of missionaries go in to Mechie's frozen yogurt next door. Sheri said they were the missionaries from their ward and she had just fed them the other night. She went in and paid for their yogurt. While she was doing that I tried the mango and lemon yogurt mix. It was delicious!

Kim and I dropped Sheri off at work and then went to park on Washington St. by the high school to wait for Max to get out of school. There was a house for sale and I thought it would be perfect for James and I when we come down to stay. Too bad we don't have any money.

This is the next door neighbors yard.

On the way to take Max home Kim tells a funny story about when she and Brian were in Nebraska for his grandma's funeral. They were out in the middle of nowhere when the neighbor lady came out and rang a bell. Kim said hundreds of cats came running and she doesn't know where they came from. She looked at Brian and said, "What just happened"? Anyway, it was funny when she told it. I guess you had to have been there.

While I a waiting for James to pick me up from Kim's I scanned a few of her books. She has some nice art books but she doesn't want to sell them.

After James arrives and picks me up we drive to Scottsdale to Shea Honor hospital to see if our friend Donna from Vernon is out of surgery. She is not but we visit with her husband Owen and our neighbor and Owen's good friend Chuck. We stayed over an hour waiting for her but then we had to get back to Darrel and Trina's to keep an eye on Ruby and Lola. Addy, Rowan and Trina are all going to Mutual and of course Darrel is at work. Trina was just called as the Young Women's president. When they moved from their old ward she was the Primary president. You just can't get away from the fact that you are pretty awesome Trina.

We took Ruby and Lola to Peter Piper Pizza. They had already eaten dinner and weren't hungry for pizza so we ordered a cinnamon dessert pizza and played some games.

I guess Max is pretty upset that we aren't leaving for the cabin tomorrow night. We promised Owen we would come back tomorrow and see Donna and we won't be able to go until evening because we are babysitting and picking up kids for Darrel and Trina tomorrow. Darrel was supposed to have the kids but one of the guys he works with needed to switch with him. Darrel says this guy always accommodates him so he wanted to do this for him, hence I said I would babysit.