Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
143rd operating temple
Dedicated: 4 May 2014
By: Dieter F. Uchtdorf
Jesus Christ, Birth of
DC 76:41
That he came into the world, even Jesus, to be crucified for the world, and to bear the sins of the world, and to sanctify the world, and to cleanse it from all unrighteousness;
Book of Mormon
Alma 5:53-6:8
How can we make the word of God available to all?
-Preach the gospel, and if necessary, use words.
Use social media to bear testimony, live the gospel, love the gospel, stand as a witness at all times and in all places.
Old Testament
1 Kings 1-2
1 Abishag cherishes David in his extreme age - Adonijah aspires to be king - Bathsheba and Nathan advise David of Adonijah's plotting - David names Solomon as king, and he is anointed by Zadok - Adonijah's cause fails.
2 David charges Solomon to keep the commandments and walk in the ways of the Lord - King David dies and Solomon reigns - Adonijah, Joab, and Shimei are put to death, and Abiathar is rejected as high priest - The kingdom is established with Solomon.
General Conference
Ministering
President Russell M. Nelson
"We constantly seek direction from the Lord on how we can help our members keep the commandments of God, especially those two great commandments to love God and our neighbors."
I was up at 4:24 a.m. I ate, and then got ready to go to the temple.
We said a prayer before we left and then had scriptures and a general conference talk on the way.
Sister Wenhardt and her daughter are gone to Hawaii so that leaves Sister Cochran in charge.
The Palmer's conducted the preparation meeting. We saw films on temple clothing.
I have the same schedule that I have had for the past month which is ok with me. I start out in initiatory then go to the celestial room and then I have a break with James.
During our break with visit with Sister Humphreys from St. Johns who knew Uncle Delbert and Sister LundrAfen whose husband is from Vernon. We tell them about our weight loss challenge and our "green" smoothies.
There is an own endowment couple in our session. I say our session because James led the prayer circle and gave one of the best prayers that I have ever heard given in the temple.
After the endowment session the couple have their four month old baby girl sealed to them. Sister Bower got to be in the sealing and she told me all about it. She said that to her the sealing of a family is the culminating ordinance in the temple and I would certainly agree with her.
After the session I went back to initiatory for 30 minutes, was the baptismal greeter and then last I was in charge of assigning lockers in the women's dressing room.
Tyler, from our ward was here this week. He said he felt bad about missing last time but his phone was doing an update and his alarm didn't work. He said he came and did a session because he felt so guilty.
Our friends from Chandler, the Vance's were not here this week. We miss seeing them when they aren't here.
When we got home James took a quick nap and then went over to the Howard's to help Brother Howard clear trees. He was gone from about 4-6:30.
While James was gone I did some walking and then I went upstairs to find some things to put together for a family history display tomorrow. I am in charge of the displays at our ward activity on June 23rd. I was specifically looking for the picture of my "Nannie" in a big hat when she was about five years old. I found lots of other photos, but never did find the one I was looking for. I found plenty to make a display using old photos, an old sewing machine, some personal documents of my dad's and his Book of Remembrance. I found a family photo of myself as a baby with my mom and dad and a family photo of my dad with his parents, Aunt Gene, and Uncle Jerry. Uncle Jerry was not dad's brother he was my grandma Verdie's brother but she raised him as her own.
I called Charlotte this afternoon to see how she was doing. She got new glasses and she can see! She seemed pretty positive and said I could take her off of my worry list. This is great news!
I took a bath and went to bed quite early with the intention of getting up early and finishing up the lesson I am giving for Relief Society tomorrow.
Sunrise
Uncle Delbert at the
Lambson Family Reunion
Aunt Luella and Uncle Delbert
One of my favorite pictures of Emmy
Addy and Emmy
Such cuties!
Anna
James Hayden
My mom and I
Ollie enjoying the 3-day weekend.
