Guadalajara, Mexico
105th operating temple
I was surprised when I opened the blinds early this morning to find two inches of snow on the ground.
I am tempted to use this for my
Christmas cards.
Mosiah 2:1-9
* Families gather and prepare to receive King Benamin's words.
* The people prepared to receive King Benjamin's words by offering sacrifices associated with the law of Moses. In making these sacrifices, the people expressed gratitude to God and dedicated themselves to Him. (What kind of sacrifices are we ask to make today? How did you prepare to receive the messages given at General Conference?)
* According to the last part of Mosiah 2:9, what did King Benjamin believe would happen if the people opened their ears and their hearts to his message?
* What do you think it means to open our ears and hearts to those who are called to teach?
Alma 62;15-52
The king-men who refuse to defend their country are put to death - Pahoran and Moroni retake Nephihah - Many Lamanites join the people of Ammon - Teancum slays Ammoron and is in turn slain - The Lamanites are driven from the land, and peace is established - Helaman returns to the ministry and builds up the Church.
DC 51:7-20
The Saints are to deal honestly and receive alike; They are to have a bishop's storehouse and to organize properties according to the Lord's law; Ohio is to be a temporary gathering place.
* Why did the Lord counsel the saints to act upon the land "as for years?"
- The Lord wanted the Saints to live the gospel and share it in Ohio as though they were to be there a long time.
General Conference
"My Peace I Leave With You"
President Henry B. Eyring
"The Lord promised peace to His disciples as He was about to leave them. He has made the same promise to us."
Today I studied the Relief Society visiting teaching message, on The Oath and Covenant of the Priesthood. Sister Burton asks the sisters to memorize the Oath and Covenant of the Priesthood in DC 84: 33-44. I thought it was an interesting request, but I will do it.
I am reading about the Last Days in the Doctrine and Covenants Student Manual in the enrichment section. Today I read: the Lord Will Preserve His People. I found this statement to be interesting:
"It is part of the Lord's testing of his children in mortality to allow them to remain in the midst of difficulty to see if they will be true to him in times both of prosperity and of distress."
Can you see the Cougar?
I spent three hours working on my strengthening marriage talk. I got it all written using the marriage manual as the basis for my text. Now I need to run it off and read it and revise it.
I found out today that President Monson was
hospitalized earlier this week. We all need to
pray for him.
This afternoon I made snickerdoodles from a mix I had to eat with the rest of the strawberries in the refrigerator. They were delicious!
I should have never made them. I ate 3 total today and put the rest in the refrigerator.
By late afternoon all the snow was melted. Outside my window looked like this:
It's hard to believe that snow can disappear so quickly.
No Christmas card here.
The snow disappeared but as an added bonus some elk crossed in the back:
There were seven for them.
This picture is blurry because I magnified it.
This guy was the leader and he was a little jittery.
I think our bunny was glad that the snow melted.
James is still trying to find that missing sewer line in Chandler.
At least he got his tractor out of this most precarious predicament.
What a mess!
I came across the idea on Facebook. This little house is called a granny pod:
Do any of my kids have a backyard big enough for
one of these?
