Monday, June 9th, 2020

Ciudad Juarez, Mexico

71st operating temple

Dedicated: 26 Feb 2000

By: Gordon B. Hinckley

Jesus Christ, King

2 Nephi 10:14

For he that raiseth up a king against me shall perish, for I, the Lord, the king of heaven, will be their king, and I will be a light unto them forever, that hear my words.

Book of Mormon/"Come Follow Me"

Alma 8 with James; Sunday journal; "Don't Miss This"

April General Conference

"The Coming Forth of the Book of Mormon"

Elder Ulisses Soares

" In the evening of September 21, 1823, three and a half years after experiencing the First Vision, Joseph was visited three times by the angel Moroni, the last prophet of the Nephites in ancient America, as a result of his sincere prayers. During their visits that lasted through the night, Moroni told Joseph that God had a marvelous work for him to accomplish - the translation and publication to the world of the inspired words of ancient prophets of the American continent. The next day, Joseph went to the place, not far from his home, where the plates were buried by Moroni at the end of his life, centuries earlier. There Joseph saw Moroni again, who instructed him to prepare himself to receive the plates in the future."

"To Draw Closer to God"

Henry B. Eyring

April 1991

Lambson Study Group

"Waiting upon the Lord: Thy Will Be Done"

Elder Robert D. Hales

October 2011

I received many blessings from the Lord today. I am grateful to have a husband who is so helpful and supportive. Today we picked up a crib at the Campbell's and took it to Tanna and her boyfriend. 

Tanna was most appreciative. I told her what Candi said: "I'm glad it could go to a good home." I also told her that Candi is having cancer surgery tomorrow and asked Tanna if she would pray for her. She said she would. 

Candi is an interesting person. She doesn't always come to church and I'm not sure how well she understands the gospel because she won't let her daughter Jasmine do baptisms for the dead because she doesn't want to force anyone to join our church. Although she may not understand the gospel completely, she does understand about service. She delivers meals for the Salvation Army on Sundays, she was instrumental in making 400 masks for the White River Hospital. She is in charge of feeding the missionaries and feeds them herself, along with the Vernon firemen. I have grown to love and appreciate her for her good heart. 

After picking up the crib from the Campbell's we took it to Tanna's. She was not home from work but her boyfriend was there and he thanked us. James told him if he needed any help cleaning up that he could get a crew to come over and help. 

I am grateful that we had the opportunity to be a part of this exchange between the Campbell's and Tanna. I am grateful for James for going with me and transporting the crib. 

We also went to the Wilhelm's and gave Johnny his CTR ring. It barely fit and I offered to take it back and get a bigger one but he said no he wanted to keep it. He loves it. It did my heart good to see his face when he put it on. 

Paypal is not my pal. I had to provide documentation to prove James really is who he says he is. It took several tries but finally downloaded his drivers license. I needed one more document, a tax return. It would not download. I finally sent a message for help but have not heard from them yet. 

I made a trip to the post office today. I mailed a merchant fulfilled book, "Arriba", and picked up several more books. I bought three books today and I am getting a shipment of books ready to be sent to Amazon. 

I also caught up on my blog. My heart is filled with gratitude when I consider the many blessings I have been given in my life. Writing in my blog is a reminder of those blessings. Monday is always a good day because we get to hear from our missionary. I am so grateful for his testimony and the service he is giving.

James and I watched episode 2 of season 4 of "Lark Rise to Candleford" before going to bed.

Friday, June 5th, 2020

Raleigh, North Carolina

68th operating temple

Dedicated: 18th Dec 1999

By: Gordon B. Hinckley

Jesus Christ, King

1 Timothy 6:15

Which in his times he shall shew, who is the blessed and only Potentate, the King of kings, and Lord of lords;

Book of Mormon/"Come Follow Me"

Alma 7:1-16; "Sunday on Monday"

Inklings

Restoration Proclamation week #8

April General Conference

"Spiritually Defining Moments"

Elder Neil L. Andersen

"Along with the peaceful direction we receive from the Holy Ghost, from time to time, God powerfully and very personally assures each of us that He knows us and loves us and that He is blessing us specifically and openly. Then, in our moments of difficulty, the Savior brings these experiences back into our mind. Remembering these spiritually defining experiences takes us to our knees, declaring as did the Prophet Joseph: 'What I received was from heaven. I know it, and I know that God knows that I know it.'"

"Clean Hands and a Pure Heart"

Elder David A. Bednar

October 2007

James left this morning to check on the job. When I got up I checked on the deposit we made yesterday. It had been deposited into the personal account and then withdrawn, saying a mistake had been made. I finally managed to set up a phone meeting with someone at the bank where we made the deposit. The meeting is set up at 11 a.m. when James will be back. 

When Mr. Nelson from the bank called he asked to speak with James Lambson so I am glad James was there. What it all boils down to is, the check was made out to Lambson Construction and must be deposited in the Lambson Construction account. Mr. Nelson said the check would be returned within 7 days. That will not do. James said he would just have Mr. Chacon write another check. The banker agreed that would work. 

James went back to Mesa and got a new check and stood in a long line to deposit it, but the deed is done. He also delivered birthday cards to Brian and Dallin. He took Dallin's to Stacy's and put it by the front door. He also brought back a case of water and some drinks for me.

The boys did not get up in time to swim this morning but they did swim all afternoon until 4:30. Around 5 I asked them what they wanted to eat for dinner. Evan asked if there was a Shake Shack close by. He said they have the best hamburgers he has ever tasted. 

I checked and there is one within three miles of the resort. I downloaded their app and placed my order, 3 cheeseburgers and 3 orders of fries. I drove to the location but could not find curbside pickup. That's because you have to get out of your car and walk to the front of the restaurant and get in the curbside pickup line. I always thought curbside pickup was done from your car. Anyway, I picked up the order and then while I was driving back I realized they ordered nothing on their cheeseburgers and I had failed to place the order that way. When I got back to our room I very quietly opened up each burger and scrapped the sauce, tomato and lettuce off the buns and put the burgers back in the wrapper. I then delivered them to the boys. A few minutes later I stuck my head in their room and asked how the food was. Evan looked at me and said, "Soooo good."

The boys play basketball, watch TV, play video games, eat and drink rootbeer in their room. I work on my blog, study the gospel, and walk. James works on his computer, takes naps, eats dark chocolate raspberry sorbet bars, and watches "Lark Rise to Candleford" with me on my phone.

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Monday, February 25th, 2020

Kyiv, Ukraine

134th operating temple

Dedicated: 29 Aug 2010

By: Thomas S. Monson

Jesus Christ, Judge

Psalms 50:6

And the heavens shall declare his righteousness: for God is judge himself. Selah.

Book of Mormon/"Come Follow Me"

2 Nephi 26:1-19; Study lesson with the Peeler's

Restoration:

Oct 2019 General Conference:

"Holiness and the Plan of Happiness"

President Henry B. Eyring

"Some listening today may be wondering: 'Why do I not feel the peace and happiness promised to those who have been faithful?

I have been faithful through terrible adversity, but I don't feel happiness.' 

Even the Prophet Joseph Smith faced this test. He prayed for relief when he was confined in a jail in Liberty, Missouri. He had been faithful to the Lord. He had grown in holiness. Yet he felt happiness had been denied. The Lord gave him an answer in Doctrine and Covenants 122:7-9"

Without using an alarm sometimes I sleep in. Today was one of those days. I woke up at 5:15. My excuse for sleeping in is: "Well I guess I needed the extra hours rest."

I am back to drinking cherry Pepsi. I couldn't find the Zevia at either Walmart up here. Hopefully when I go to the valley this coming week I will be able to find some. I could order it on Amazon but you have to order quite a bit and I really want to taste it first before I commit to so much.

James and I left for town around 11:00 this morning. He is taking his truck in to get the oil changed. He's going to Walmart because Jiffy Lube wants $90. Walmart will do it for $35. 

Our roads are like a muddy marsh. I stopped at the post office to buy stamps and to pick up mail. I had over 8 books. The guy who works at the post office helped me carry my books out. I told him I lived on a muddy dirt road. He looked at my car and said, "yeah, I can tell."

I picked up James at Walmart and we turned around and went back to Persnikkity's for lunch. The girl we minister to, Tanna works there. He husband owns the restaurant and besides, it is one of our favorite places to eat for lunch. 

Persnikkity's is a popular place and we had to stand in line to wait to place our order. While we were waiting Tanna came out from the kitchen and James introduced her to me. She said as soon as she could she would come by our table for a visit. 

We sat at the only table available, a small two seater. I ordered the orange chicken salad which I love and James ordered the twisted Philly cheesesteak with a side of sweet potato fries. I actually ordered the fries. The cheesesteak is twisted because instead of just regular beef it tastes like Korean bbq. It is yummy.

I had to take most of this home because I

ate so many of the sweet potato fries.

That little breadstick on the left was delicious

and filled with cheese.

That is fudge in the front, dark chocolate fudge.

All it lacked was some nuts. It was so creamy

and delicious. I normally do not like fudge but

I would order this again.

Tanna never made it over to see us and after we left she texted. I told her to tell her brother that we love eating at Persnikkity's. 

She thanked me and said she would.

James got out at Walmart where he picked up some truck and did some errands before going home. One of his errands was to pick up some prescriptions at CVS. His Nefediprine (blood pressure med), for a 90 day supply, cost him $200. Getting old and being sick is costly.

After dropping James off at Walmart I back tracked about half a mile to Dr. Moffat's office. The nurse asked me why I was there. I said, so I can get my prescriptions filled. She looked at her records and said, yeah, you haven't been in since August 2017. 

Dr. Moffat asked me some questions, did a brief examine, and told me he sent refills of my prescriptions to Walmart. He gave me a form to take to the arthritis center for a request for bloodwork checking my thyroid and cholesterol. 

After the doctor's visit I stopped at the carwash. First I sprayed off the top layer of mud in the do it yourself stall then I went through the automated wash. James said it wouldn't do any good to wash my car but I couldn't stand looking at it. 

When I got to the mud driving home I went very slow. I was surprised to see how much it had dried out since 11. When I got home I had very little mud on my car. There was a layer on the tires but that's to be expected. 

I had planned on working on my book business this afternoon but after resting and reading I decided I needed to walk. It was 3 pm and I did not even have 5,000 steps. I did some walking and before I knew it it was time to get ready to go to the Peeler's for our "Come Follow Me" discussion group. On the way over we saw a huge herd of elk on both sides of the road, I would say 60 or 70. James thought there were more like a 100. We were both guessing.

The Peeler's greeted us and introduced us to two of their grandsons. When the Goodman's didn't show by 10 after, they live next door, I texted Barbara. She said they thought we weren't meeting this week and they were on their way home from the valley. I said it's next week we aren't meeting because both Donna and I have doctors appointments in the valley.

After going through the lesson and discussing it, Braydon, one of the grandsons, served us apple pie and ice cream. Donna had made the pie and it was delicious!

We said our goodbyes and headed home. We hoped we would see the elk again but they were either gone or bedded down. At home I did some more walking, read to James from Aunt Dimity, and we studied from the Book of Mormon some more before bed.

I spoke with Stacy today. Skyler has never paid her any money so she is reporting him. He is threatening her with claiming she has told him about inappropriate sexual behavior she has had with Joshua. Ridiculous lie! Stacy's friend who is a police officer told her to go to the police and report this threat before Skyler does. She did this today. What a mess! We will definitely keep Stacy in our prayers.

 We will be staying with Darrel this weekend. Trina is going to Hawaii to visit her sister who has a baby that Trina has not seen. "Come Follow Me" with the family will be Sunday evening at Darrel's.

 Michelle's invitations for our

RS activity in March

 Why?

Ruby gets braces!

 I invited the Grapp's to come over and watch

"When Calls the Heart" next week.

 I like my yellow pillows

 Ready to go to the doctor's

She eats a lot but she burns it all off. 

Wow!

Ben's Letter