OUR FAMILY: caroling to Lois

Monday, January 1, 2018

Wednesday, December 20th 2017

Cordoba, Argentina

145th operating temple

Dedicated: 17 May 2015

By: Dieter F. Uchtdorf

Jesus Christ Atonement through

1 John 4:10

Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.

Book of Mormon

Ether 13:19-14:7

*Anger and hatred played a major role in the destruction of the Jaredites.

What role do you see anger and hatred playing in the world today?

How can you combat this in your sphere of influence?

Doctrine Covenants Favorite Scriptures

DC 31:11-13

11 Go your way whithersoever I will, and it shall be given you by the Comforter what you shall do and whither you shall go.

12 Pray always, lest you enter into temptation and lose your reward.

13 Be faithful unto the end, and lo, I am with you, These words are not of man nor of men, but of me, even Jesus Christ, your Redeemer, by the will of the Father. Amen.

General Conference

Has the Day of Miracles Ceased?

Elder Donald L. Hallstrom

"King Nebuchadnezzar demanded that Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego worship the golden image he set up as a god, threatening, 'If ye worship not, ye shall be cast....into the midst of a fiery furnace.' Then he taunted them with 'Who is that God that shall deliver you out of my hands?' These three devout disciples said: 'If it be so, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace...But if not, be it know unto thee, O king, that we will not serve thy Gods.' They possessed full confidence that God could save them, 'but if not,' they had complete faith in His plan."

Light of the World
Jesus taught: "A man's life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth."
-Luke 12:15
Sometimes possessions distract us from appreciating the most important things in life. B eliminating these distractions, we can lead a more fulfilling life.

James was out chasing cows this morning. He got off the Razr to open a gate and fell to his knees because of a back spasm. He said he almost had to call me to come and get him. I think back surgery is in the future for him.

James sent me some photos today to remind me of what this place looks like when it rains. It is beautiful.

Nice!

I finished wrapping all the Christmas presents today. Here are Stacy and Paul's family:

Stacy and Paul's is wrapped together,

hence there is only six packages.

I thought I could take a breather when I was finished wrapping but James found a stack of bills for me to pay. Before I finished we went into town to mail Jared's packages.

We stopped at LaCasita for lunch. It has gotten very expensive and my food wasn't that great. I ordered a beef taco which was way over cooked, and a chicken enchilada which turned out to be a cheese enchilada. The one thing that is delicious at La Casita is their refried beans.

We decided we would take Jared's kids packages to the Wallen's in Gilbert when we go down since that's where they will be for Christmas and only mail Jared and Kacey's and Kacey's kids. To mail to San Antonio and guarantee that it will get there by Christmas, it was going to cost us $260. That was out of the question so then I though maybe we could mail it to El Paso if we could get it there before Jared left for San Antonio. This is what we ended up doing. It would only cost $160 to guarantee Christmas delivery. Jared said he was leaving by Friday at 1 pm. Our package was to get there by noon at the latest. Next year I will mail earlier.

We also went into Walmart and bought a new Smart TV for upstairs. It is only 40" but it only cost $328. Our budget was $400.

When we got back home James went to the dump and then stopped by to see Brother Secard. Brother Secard's wife passed away today. James gave him a blessing which seemed to help.

I prayed every 30 minutes today the Kellen Lambson, Curtis's son, would be found, and that it would snow.

The wind is howling tonight.