Paul posted this picture.
Early morning baptisms with the young men.
A great way to start the day.
Helaman 5:5-17
Helaman chapter 5 is one of my favorite chapters in the Book of Mormon. The word remember is used at least seven times. This is what President Kimball says about the word remember. "when you look in the dictionary for the most important word, do you know what it is? It could be remember. Because all of you have made covenants - you know what to do and you know how to do it - our greatest need is to remember. That is why everyone goes to sacrament meeting every Sabbath day - to take the sacrament and listen to the priests pray that they 'may always remember him and keep his commandments which he has given them.' Nobody should ever forget to go to sacrament meeting. Remember is the program, remember is the word."
Nephi and Lehi devote themselves to preaching. Their names invite them to Remember and pattern their lives after their forebears - Christ redeems and Remembers those who repent - Their father Helaman reminds them to do that which is good, to lay up treasure in heaven. Remember, Remember the words of king Benjamin and Remember your Savior Jesus Christ. Remember Amulek's words about the Savior. Remember, Remember that it is upon the rock of our Redeemer, who is Christ, the Son of God, that ye must build your foundation; that when the devil shall send forth his mighty winds, yea, his shafts in the whirlwind, yea, when all his hail and his mighty storm shall beat upon you, it shall have no power over you to drag you down to the gulf of misery and endless wo, because of the rock upon which ye are built, which is a sure foundation, a foundation whereon if men build they cannot fall. These are the things Helaman taught to his sons. The did Remember his words, kept the commandments and taught the people the word of God. They even taught among the Lamanites in Zarahemla. Many of the Nephite dissenters did come forth, repent and were baptized. They returned to the Nephites and tried to repair the wrongs they had done. There were 8,000 Lamanites in and around Zarahemla who were baptized. As the go to Nephi , Lehi and Nephi are cast into prison. They were encircled about as if by fire and protected from their captors. The earth shook and the walls of the prison did tremble. So many miracles in this chapter.
What does this remind you of?
It reminds me of the CTR shield in Primary.
GC: 'The Greatest Leaders Are the Greatest Followers' by Stephen W. Owen
"Your ability to lead does not come from an outgoing personality, motivational skills, or even a talent for public speaking. It comes from your commitment to follow Jesus Christ. It comes from
your desire to be, in Abraham's words, 'a greater follower of righteousness.' (Abraham 1:2) If you can do that - even if you aren't perfect at it, but you're trying - then you are a leader."
James is in Chandler doing a concrete pour for President John Ballard's son, Michael. Adam and Erik both helped with the pour. He got home this evening and brought me a couple of burros from Burger House. (Insert smiley face).
Courtney and Dakoda Pannell
The Pannell's were in our ward when James was the bishop. When I told him about this, he was so happy to hear that Dakoda is going to be serving a mission.
I got a text from Jared today. The other day I had a picture of a temple on my blog and I did not know the location of said temple. Jared texted me and said it was the Dallas temple. He said he knew because he had just been there with Kacey. Thanks Jared!
He is going to San Antonio this weekend to see his kids and for James's birthday. Kacey will be going too. (She has to drive eight hours to get there). She will also be going to the San Antonio temple while she is there. I am really impressed with her. She is pretty amazing!
I actually put away one box of stuff today from my office closet. It was filled with memorabilia and photos from the trip I took with Adam, Jeffrey, and Vickie to Washington D.C. back in 2005. I need to make a photo album.
I know the Golden Gate bridge isn't in D.C.,
but this is such a beautiful picture, I just had to post it.
Here is another bridge:
This one is called Devil's Bridge trail.
While James was in Chandler Cathi and Terry told him all about their trip to Salt Lake. Cathi loved the live endowment session in the Salt Lake temple. They also loved the family history building and the Church history museum. They were kept very busy attending meetings, etc., but had a wonderful time.
The authorities over them, I am not sure who they were, wanted Cathi and Terry to come up to Salt Lake on a mission and run the ROC in Salt Lake. (ROC stands for Records Operation Center where they do research and work preparing documents to be digitized for family history research). Cathi and Terry said they would like to open one in Chandler and they have already spoken to President Johansen, the stake president for the Chandler West stake, and he loves the idea. So did the Salt Lake people. So instead of going to Salt Lake, Terry and Cathi will be serving another year right at home in Chandler! (When you have a talent, you can work anywhere).
I spoke to two of my Chandler friends today, Charlotte Mattice, and Karen Schneider.
The moon was gorgeous tonight. A camera doesn't do it justice.
Someone said this will be the last Harvest Moon
until 2024. Does anyone know what is meant by a
Harvest Moon?
Home Sweet Home
