Tuesday, June 12th, 2018

St. George, Utah

1st operating temple

Dedicated: 6-8 Apr 1877

By: Daniel H. Wells

Jesus Christ, Condescension of

Romans 8:3

For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh:

Book of Mormon

Alma 14:23-15:4

*How does your faith in Christ give you strength?

- It gives me strength because I know he is always there for me and will take care of me if I do my part. It is a very comforting thing.

Old Testament

2 Kings 11-12

11 Ahthaliah destroys the royal family in Judah and reigns herself in Judah - Joash is preserved and crowned king when seven years old - Jehoiada the priest destroys the house of Baal.

12 Jehoash (Joash) reigns in righteousness - The breaches in the temple are repaired - The safety of Jerusalem is purchased with the hallowed things in the temple - Joash is slain and Amaziah reigns.

General Conference

The Elders Quorum

Elder D. Todd Christofferson

"Years ago, President Boyd K. Packer observed that 'the priesthood is greater thann any of its offices. ...The priesthood is not divisible, An elder holds as much priesthood as an Apostle. (See DC 20:38.)

When a man has the priesthood conferred upon him, he receives all of it. However, there are offices within the priesthood - divisions of authority and responsibility. ... Sometimes one office is spoken of as being 'higher than' or 'lower than' another office. Rather than higher or lower, offices in the Melchizedek Priesthood represent different areas of service."  Brethren, I devoutly hope that we will no longer speak in terms of being 'advanced' to another office in the Melchizedek Priesthood.

Russell M. Nelson 4/15 #65. The Sabbath is a Delight.

"How can you ensure that your behavior on the Sabbath will lead to joy and rejoicing.?"

Dale G. Renlund The Melchizedek Priesthood. Chapter 24

Conclusion

James started out this morning to help Brother Howard's neighbor. Brother Howard caught him and asked if he could fix his waterline as they have no water so he did that first and then went to the neighbors with Big Cat and did some grading for $50.

Your ward's youth trek starts today. Sister Allen said they would be coming by our house. I will look for them.

I actually caught up on my blog today after several weeks of being behind. It is a good feeling!

I texted Amaron's mother Laurann today. Here is the text I sent.

Hi Laurann. I wanted to talk to you about Amaron. Initially the reason I wanted to help him with his reading was because he struggled reading in our Primary class and lacked confidence in his ability. I know you have not asked for my help and if you would rather I didn't, just tell me. I will not be offended. I have realized I can't do much good just seeing him once a week. If I am going to continue, I will need to give him things to do and read at home to you on a daily basis. He needs to practice everyday. I can reserve a room at the library on Thursday evenings where I can meet and work with him. He is such a sweet boy and I want him to feel the excitement and success of being a good reader. I am afraid if we don't help him he is going to get further and further behind. Please let me know how you feel about this. We could start next week as I am going to the temple at 4:30 this Thursday with Deborah Brewer. Think about it and let me know. Your friend, Karen.

I never heard back from Laurann today and I thought maybe I had offended her. I thought about it until I finally went to sleep tonight.

I decided that tomorrow I would text her again.

This afternoon I finally got the Whitecap account username and password straightened out so that I could pay that bill. James made several calls about returning our phones and when I went to town to get groceries he stopped by the Verizon store and they contacted Verizon and they are sending us labels to return our old phones.

On the way to town I drank my green smoothie because I knew I couldn't go shopping on an empty stomach. I picked up the Treewax floor polish remover I ordered. I thought I had ordered six bottles but it ended up being 12 because two bottles are wrapped together. They cost $76.

I'm going to be busy the next few weeks.

After putting my groceries away this evening I walked over 10,000 steps. It feels good to be able to walk my steps again!

I also spent 25 minutes reading from Children Learning Reading, then practiced with my caligraphy pen by writing my ancestors names on a family tree I found while cleaning.

I had to make it extra large so you could see the names.

We went to bed with open windows and turned the AC off. We are supposed to have rain on Friday and Saturday which is highly unusual for this time of year. We can hardly wait!

Happy 46th Birthday Ian!

If you think Ian looks young in this photo it's

because this photo was taken last year.

I sent his card yesterday. He didn't get it today.

Tuesday, July 29, 2014

"Everyone makes mistakes in life;

but that doesn't mean they have to pay for them the rest of their life.

Sometimes good people make bad choices,

it doesn't mean they are bad.

It means they are human."

-Author unknown

Mesa temple

One of the first things I do when I get up in the morning is look outside all of the windows for any sign of wildlife.  This morning it paid off, I saw a lone antelope crossing going towards Vernon.  

 He's looking at me, and then he disappears

when I move away from the window just for a minute.

James says he is trying to teach Adam about concrete work.  The first thing he had to do was get him to take out his earphones.  He isn't really very interested.  Adam could have worked more hours today but he chose not to. 

 In other Gonzales new, Paul posted this picture of Holly and said: "My girlfriend of twelve years."

Holly: 84 in dog years.

I went into Show Low this morning and had a nice visit with my Aunt Gene who is 86 years old in human years.  She talked to me about my grandparents, Arlee and Verdie Maxwell and great grandparents, Archibald and Lydia Maxwell and Walter and Lena Robinson. I feel like I have more insight into their lives and the people they were. Life was so very hard for most of them.  It was a very enjoyable visit but I am sad to say she talked me out of taking her picture.  Aunt Gene is a delightful person to talk to and she has a great memory.  Our next visit is going to be at the Nutrioso and Eagar cemeteries.

After leaving Aunt Gene's I had some more errands to run.  My first was to Taco Bell to get some lunch.  After lunch I spent an hour or so at Verizon trying to get another MiFi device.  It almost takes an act of Congress to get anything done at Verizon.  Finally I left to do my other errands and came back.  Just as I left it started to rain.  I'm glad I had my umbrella. 

I went to Sonoran Lab to get bloodwork done for Dr. Moffat.  It's for my thyroid.  The girl used a large needle and just jabbed in into my arm with no finesse.  Next time I'm asking for a butterfly needle like they use at the arthritis center.  Just across from the lab was Walmart so I went there to pick up my folic acid prescription and a few other items.  I also stopped at Panda Express and picked up some dinner.  Back at Verizon Trevor Flake had my order ready.  Thank goodness.  I only had to sign my name three times and I didn't even have to use blood.

Back home I was exhausted and sat down to watch one of the Christmas movies Kim taped.  Luckily I had seen it before because I slept through most of it.  A different version of Pollyanna was playing on the BYU channel so I watched it while I was working on  catching up my Sunday journal.  It was very good.  I am going to tape it for when Jared's kids are here.

Sheri texted me these pictures.  I think she's trying to make me jealous, and it's working.

 Ian's first time with Lola.

I love the picture of Addy and Darrel in the background.