Sunday, August 11th, 2019

Montevideo, Uruguay

103rd operating temple

Dedicated: 18 Mar 2001

By: Gordon B. Hinckley

Jesus Christ, Foreordained

Genesis 3:15

And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.

Book of Mormon

Alma 48:19-49:8

New Testament "The Power of God unto Salvation"

Review of Romans 1-6

General Conference

Hearing His Voice

David P. Homer

"We will find our Father's voice in many places. We will find it when we pray, study the scriptures, attend church, engage in faithful discussions, or go to the temple. Surely, we will find it in conference this very weekend.

Today we sustained 15 men as prophets, seers, and revelators. Their spirituality and experience give them a unique perspective that we desperately need. Their messages are easy to find and spoken with absolute clarity. They tell us what God wants us to know, whether it is popular or not.

Seeking His voice in anyone of these places is good, but seeking it in many of them is even better. And when we hear it, we need to follow the direction that is given. The Apostles James said, 'Be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only.' And President Thomas S. Monson once taught: 'We watch. We wait. We listen for that still, small voice. When it speaks, wise men and women obey.'"

We woke up to rain this morning. I grabbed an umbrella from my closet and as I was closing it when I entered the church I noticed it had a Disneyland logo on it. Oh well, I don't think anyone noticed except maybe the boys who held the door open for me when I came in.

Bishop Miller was out of town today and Brother Thompson is still having knee problems so he was not here. It was Chuck and Brother Grapp, the elders quorum president, on the stand.

Tana, Corina, and Brother M. Wilhelm were the speakers today. 

Tana W. was the youth speaker. She spoke about how we can be "His Hands" and talked about the song. I remember when Stacy sang this song at a special Relief Society program in our home in Chandler. Tana ended her talk by saying: "I feel closer to Christ when I give service. I feel like I have a purpose."

Corina used Sister Eubanks conference talk, "The Light of Christ," as the basis of her talk. We need to to stay connected to our souce of light and power, Jesus Christ. Corina shared an experience she had of bearing testimony to a non-member friend that she is a daughter of God and the impact that statement had on her friend. 

How do we stay connected to Christ's light? We repent, we bear testimony, we do things daily, such as show love, seek Him diligently through prayer and scripture study, etc. We are His light. He needs us and we need Him.

Brother Wilhelm us Elder Holland's talk, "Behold, the Lamb of God," as the basis for his talk. He started his talk by asking us the question, "Are you using the sacrament the way the Lord intended"? Jesus introduced the sacrament to His apostles. Brother Wilhelm used the analogy of a Handyman jack says that the jack lifts us out of the mire, just as the Atonement and the sacrament lifts us from our life of sin. We need to commit to a higher level of behavior in the chapel where the sacrament is served. He used the phrase of offering a "crust of comfort, and a cup of compassion" to others as the Savior did for us.

Diana Curtis, using a walker, came to teach her Relief Society lesson today. I admire her for that. We had a good discussion on Brother Brock P. Hales conference address, "Answers to Prayer."

For lunch James made burgers with provolone cheese. The burgers were the frozen Fat Burgers and I did not like the flavor or the texture. I feel like throwing away the rest of the box but I don't think James would approve. 

I roasted the rest of the poblano chilies I have and peeled them but they were not ready in time to put on the burgers. At least now they are ready to use in the refrigerator.

For dessert we had Pepperidge Farm cherry turnovers. They were delicious. After lunch we took our food coma naps.

Later this afternoon I Facetimed with Jared, Charlie, and Scarlett who is staying with Lolly and Pop. Charlie and Scarlett are so cute together!

James had Brother Anderson over to work on Family Search. On Family Search the wrong person was put in as Greg's father.  It took awhile for us to change it, but we did. We put a call into Cathi and Terry and they helped us.

This evening James wrote a letter to Ben while I tried to do some catchup on my blog. 

 On their way to dance class

Not on Sunday 

 Watching their favorite TV show

Sunday, March 8, 2015

Back to 2006 at Joshua's baby blessing.

My favorite part of the picture is Anna and Addy in the front row.

 

Today was our ward conference.  The theme was being temple worthy according to the standards listed in "For the Strength of Youth."  Bishop Lewis, Sister Hirt, the Young Women's president, and President Johansen were the speakers in sacrament meeting. 

The Primary children sang: "I Love to See the Temple" and did a wonderful job.

 

Primary was a little stressful.  Malachi was having a bad day and insisted on sitting on me and playing with my necklace.  He was all over the place.  Finally Sister Scatena took him out and when he came back he was a little better. The most enjoyable part of Primary for me was Max's talk in opening exercises.  He talked about following the prophet and told about Darrel's mission president and how he listened to President Hinckley and was prepared when Hurricane Mitch hit Honduras.

 

Our class cannot stay in their seats and 10 kids is just too many when they are four and their teachers are 66 and 67.  We are exhausted when it's over.  We go home and fry up some mac and cheese with bacon, which, by the way, is delicious and then we lie down for a nap. 

 

At 5pm Kyle Tolman comes home teaching and brings Nancy with him.  Nancy says this will count as my visit to her as I am her visiting teacher.  We have a nice visit with them in the living room.  The home teaching message is about being encircled in the arms of the Savior and the visiting teaching message is on patience and long-suffering. Nancy is the Sunbeam teacher so she had our kids last year and knows all of their personalities.  She says she uses Playdough during class time and I think that is a great idea!

 

James and I fixed dinner for everyone tonight.  He make steak and gravy and I made homemade biscuits.  Stacy and Michael loved my homemade biscuits.  Michael got a special treat delivered to him from Alexis.  She brought him stromboli from the pizza shop in the mall food court.  He ate it after returning from missionary prep.  He also ate three of my biscuits. 

 

I promised Joshua I would play Clue with him today so after dinner we set it up.  Michael and James joined us. 



 

 Before Joshua won last night he was pretty confident in tonight's game.  At one point he made an accusation and when it proved to be wrong he was out of the game.  He was a good sport about it but Stacy was upset we allowed him to do it.  I, on the other hand, think it was a good learning experience for him.

Michael ends up winning the game.

 



 





Sunday, April 13, 2014

The Case family a few years ago.

Happy Birthday Bob.

We love you Trina!

"Our use of righteous agency authorizes the

Holy Ghost to instruct us."

I was up early preparing for my Book of Mormon lesson.

The topic for the month of April

is The Apostasy and The Restoration.

I also prepared handouts (not shown) with these "carrots" attached to remind the girls that if they "Carrot" all they will do their Personal Progress.  Along with the handout was a quote by President Hinckley regarding the strength of young women.

 If you "carrot" all you will work on

Personal Progress.

We have three people in our ward in the hospital right now.  They are Denice Hall, the bishops wife.  She had surgery and had to return to the hospital because the surgeon accidentally cut a blood vessel.  Little Curtis Wilhelm who had to be airvaced to Phoenix Children's Hospital because of a high fever and chicken pox may be able to return home today.  His brother Zemira had an appendectomy here at the Show Low hospital.  Brother Wilhelm, Curtis and Zemira's father is a counselor in our bishopric.  Our prayers are with both of these families.

Jace Applegate was the youth speaker in sacrament meeting.  He spoke on physical and emotional health and living the Word of Wisdom.  Wes and Ann Miller were the main speakers.  Ann used Sister Oscarson's talk from the General Women's Meeting as the basis of her talk.  The title of that talk was: "O How We Need Each Other."  Wes spoke about judging righteously and the life and example of the Savior.  It was a good meeting.

In Sunday School we are still studying the life of Joseph in Egypt.  We learn that no matter what the circumstances he is in, Joseph's prospers because of his attitude and love of the Lord.  The lesson ended with Joseph and his brothers and his willingness to forgive them.  

My lesson in Young Women's went quite well because of my chart and because I can bear testimony of the Book of Mormon and it's importance in the Restoration of the gospel.  I forgot to bring my Preach My Gospel book.  I wanted to use it to emphasize certain points.  Oh well.  Those attending: YW = Shelly, Jordyn, Coty, Kelly, Hope, Heaven, Kilee, LeeAnn, Alice, Trenda, and Maddie.  Maddie had her baby sister with her which was a bit of a distraction. 

James and I came home and had a nice lunch.  Ham sandwiches, and leftover beans and potatoes from yesterday's potluck.  Afterwards we took a much needed nap.  

I woke up from my nap a little before 4.  When I asked James if he was going to the Book of Mormon class he said no.  I can't talk and I can't read because of my laringitis.  I went by myself.

We read and discussed 2 Nephi 1.  Verse 11 of this chapter says: 

"Yea, he will bring other nations unto them, and he will give unto them power, and he will take away from them the lands of their possessions, and he will cause them to be scattered and smitten."

Brother Virgil Cooper brought to our attention that China just bought 50,000 acres of land in Idaho and the Chase Manhattan Plaza in downtown New York.  Is this scripture being fulfilled right before our "sleeping" eyes?

Even though there is a stake fireside for the youth I was able to spend the evening at home with James.  When I asked Diana if we were driving she said: "No, we haven't been asked to.  We are asking the parents to do it this time."  I felt a little guilty when Elder Russel asked me if I could take Carmen (nonmember), Kilee and LeeAnn Hunsaker.  I told him to speak with Brother Sean Hunsaker.

This evening I read three conference talks and the sustaining of Church officers by Pres. Uchtdorf.  It was a wonderfully, windy Sabbath day.

Alex is better and Michael is basking in his triumph of yesterday. 

Joshua and Evan will attend this 

important event at their 

bishop's home this evening.

 

Tuesday, March 26, 2013

I studied from the Book of Mormon today, finished all the General Conference Ensign, including the Relief Society talks, and read from this month's New Era and Ensign.  At 10:00am I visited with Rosie Lauritzen.  Rosie is a fourth grade school teacher at Nikolaus Elementary school in Show Low.  She is home on spring break this week.  She was sitting on the couch reading, wrapped in a blanket with her cat Obsidian who is better known as Sid, when I arrived.  Rosie is such a fun person to visit.  She is spiritual, fun-loving, and easy to talk to.  The message this month is on activation and we talked about the importance of loving and accepting everyone.  It was a good visit.  I didn't stay long because I wanted her to be able to get back to enjoying her book and her spring break.  Rosie's husband Rick is our ward executive secretary.  He also works in the temple on Tuesdays.  He is a marriage counselor in Show Low.  Rick is from Oregon but has recently lived in the valley.  He says they moved up here to get out of the oven. 

It is cool and windy outside.  On the way home I stopped at the post office and mailed some of the bills I paid yesterday.  Since I am still not feeling very well I went home and had some chicken with rice soup and curled up on the couch to watch "Once Upon a Time."  I fell asleep. 

James called.  He is upset because he did not pass inspection.  The inspection was for pouring concrete at Zaki's.  He says he has to pass so he can pour on Friday.  He needs to get this pour done so we can get paid.  I told him I would say a prayer for him.  I don't think he expects me to solve his problems but he wants someone to talk to and he wants to know that I care.  I do.  I appreciate so much how hard he works for us.