Wednesday, June 24th, 2020

San Jose, Costa Rica

87th operating temple

Dedicated: 4 June 2000

By: James E. Faust

Jesus Christ, Lamb of God

Revelation 12:11

And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death.

Book of Mormon/"Come Follow Me"

Alma 19 with James; "Don't Miss This" and BM Study Guide and Sunday Journal

April General Conference

 "The Blessing of Continuing Revelation to Prophets and Personal Revelation to Guide Our Lives"

Elder Quentin L. Cook

"In an earlier day, President Spencer W Kimball expressed the feelings I have today. He stated: 'Of all things, that . . . we should be most grateful for is that the heavens are indeed open and that the restored church of Jesus Christ is founded upon the rock of revelation. Continuous revelation is indeed the very lifeblood of the gospel of the living Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.'"

Lambson Study Group

"Ask of God; Our Solace, Guide, and Stay"

Bonnie H. Cordon

February 4, 2020

James left for the valley early this morning. He is going down because the inspector is coming to the job today and also to help build a door in Sheri's attic so they can get the new air conditioning unit in. He was gone until 8:30 this evening so I got to feed Luna two times today. He referred to her as Bronco Betty. I referred to her as Looney Luna.

This morning I did yesterday's blog post and then I bought books and put the books I have received into inventory in preparation for shipping them out. Amazon finally received my shipment from last week. 

After lunch I relaxed in my recliner and watched an episode of "Good Witch." I also walked and listened to conference talks and then by audio book, "Sanctuary". I think James would really like this book. It is more his style than mine. 

Luna was so anxious to eat at lunch time that she whinnied when she saw me and then began pawing with her left foot. Tom Howard says he has had many horses and that she and her colts are the only ones who do that pawing. I guess it is an inherited trait.

I ordered new checks for Lambson Construction at James's request. He is running out. I also got all of his bills together for him to go over when he comes home. 

James said none of his inspections passed. He was a little upset because he had spoken with all of the subcontractor's and they all said they would be ready. The inspector won't tell him what needs to be done but just said no one was ready. There was a plumbing, electrical, air conditioning and framing inspection. 

Sheri was so very grateful that James came to help her today. She posted this on Facebook:

 Sheri's baked ziti

 Like Ollie, I'm not sure why

 Guarding the Lincoln Memorial

 Love how helpful the people of Vernon are.

Sunday, July 7th, 2019

Raleigh, North Carolina

68th operating temple

Dedicated: 18 Dec 1999

By: Gordon B. Hinckley

Jesus Christ, Family of

John 2:12

After this he went down to Capernaum, he, and his mother, and his brethren, and his disciples: and they continued there not many days.

Book of Mormon

Alma 29:8-30:11

New Testament "Ye Shall Be Witnesses Unto Me"

Review: Acts 1-5

General Conference

The True, Pure, and Simple Gospel of Jesus Christ

President Russell M. Ballard

"The first principles of the gospel are faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, repentance, baptism, the gift of the Holy Ghost, and enduring to the end. His brother Hyrum taught: 'Preach them over and over again: you will find that day after day new ideas and additional light concerning them will be revealed to you. You can enlarge upon them...to comprehend them clearly. You will then be able to make them more plainly understood by those you teach.'"

We missed church today. James was too sick to even get out of bed until the afternoon. My face is worse than yesterday and now I am beginning to think I should have gone to the ER. 

I did all of my studying today for "Come Follow Me" and my reading of the conference talks and Book of Mormon. I learned alot by using the New Testament Student Manual about the first five books of Acts. 

Kacey and Jared wanted to FaceTime this afternoon. I told them about my face and how bad it was and that I didn't want to scare Charlie. Jared called me and said he could call me in a prescription, which he did. It was after 5:30 before we thought about picking it up tonight and the pharmacy closes at 6. James will pick it up when he goes to his doctor's appointment tomorrow. 

We read our scriptures together and then watched "The Good Witch" before going to bed. 

I did make some ministering decisions with the rest of the Relief Society Presidency today. I don't like to miss my meetings and now I have missed two weeks in a row. I can't remember ever doing that before. 

James has a horrible cough and I have a scary face. It's so sad.

It did rain today and that made us happy.

 I love this sweet face!

The adventures of Alex and Shayna continue

 Beautiful Scarlett!