Merida, Mexico
92nd operating temple
Dedicated: 8 July 2000 by
Thomas S. Monson
Mosiah 27:1-17
*An angel calls Alma the Younger and the sons of Mosiah to repentance.
*What does verse 14 teach about how we can help others who are struggling?
Gospel Principle: The Lord responds to our faith prayers for others. (see James 5:16).
*When have you felt that your prayers have made a difference in someone's life?
Mormon 3
Mormon cries repentance unto the Nephites; They gain a great victory and glory in their own strength; Mormon refuses to lead them, and his prayers for them are without faith; The Book of Mormon invites the twelve tribes of Israel to believe the gospel. A.D. 360-62.
DC 71:1-11
Joseph Smith and Sidney Rigdon are sent forth to proclaim the gospel; Enemies of the Saints will be confounded.
Why does the Lord counsel us not to engage in debates and arguments?
* Almost always a debate entrenches each contestant and his sympathizers more firmly in the views already held. - BRMc
General Conference
Songs Song and Unsung
Elder Jeffrey R. Holland
"In those moments when the melody of joy falters below our power of expression, we may have to stand silent for a time and simply
listen to others, drawing strength from the splendor of
the music around us. Surely it follows that in singing the anthems of eternity, we should stand as close as humanly possible to the Savior and Redeemer of the world -
who has absolutely perfect pitch.
We then take courage from His ability to hear our silence and take hope from His melodious messianic intercession in our behalf.
Truly it is 'when the Lord is near' that the dove of peace sings
in my heart and the flow'rs of grace appear"
At 7:24 this morning I looked out the window and said: "I wish I could see some elk this morning." Sure enough, there they were. I love it when I am the first to see. In all fairness it was a tie this morning because James went outside the bedroom window and saw 8 more, which added to my 5 makes 13 for this morning. James thinks they are drinking water out of the tree wells. They won't touch the trees because of the magic potion James's mom gave him.
I read Gospel Doctrine lesson 18 today entitled, "Establish...A House of God." This was the directive the Lord gave the saints in Kirtland. When they hesitated because of lack of funds, He chastised them. He revealed to Joseph Smith what the temple should look like. They needed a temple to be endowed from on high, even though temple ordinances were never done in this temple, the Savior, Moses, Elijah and Elias made visits to Joseph Smith and others.
James and I left for the valley this morning around 9:30, plenty of time for me to finish my gospel study. We went in the truck because James has to pick up some tile and other materials for his job in Mesa. Our first stop was to check the mail, none. Next t was Arby's in Show Low because James said he needed to use the little boys room. He brought back a brisket sandwich to snack on and a roast beef slider for me. That out to hold us until we get to Burger House in Miami. I read from "To Kill a Mockingbird" which I think we will finish today.
When we got to James's job, nothing had been done that was supposed to be done. The drywall people made such a mess, James had to Bob's sister and her partner to clean. It ended up costing $400 when he thought it would be $100. This was because of the drywall mess. Maybe he will hire a different company for the next job or ask this one to include cleanup in their bid.
After checking on his job James takes me to Cathi and Terry's while he goes to do a job for Susan Jacobson. I take a nap. When he is finished at Susan's he comes back and works on his little trailer outside while I blog. It is an absolutely gorgeous day here in Chandler with the high around 75. I guess they had rain earlier in the week. Bob said it was cold, but I doubt he really knows what cold is.
Around 6:00 this evening James and I headed for Deseret Book. My friend Polly's son-in-law greets us at the door. He is the manager. James told me I could get a new set of scriptures for mother's day. These are the ones I picked out.
The older you get, the bigger
your scriptures are.
The first thing I am going to do is record everything the Savior said and did, just as President Nelson directed the young adults to do.
I can hardly wait to get started!
While at Deseret Book I bought Braxton's scriptures and had his name put on them. After we finished at the bookstore, it was on to Costco which is just around the block. We are here to get James's Alpine Valley bread that he loves, steaks for mother's day, and new jeans and a Sunday shirt for James. If you aren't careful you can get really distracted at Costco and spend way too much money. This time we kept it under $100, $97.24 to be exact.
We were hungry after shopping at Costco so we decided to have dinner at Olive Garden using the giftcards Kim gave me for mother's day. James ate healthy, ordering the grilled salmon and steamed broccoli. He also had one half a breadstick. I order the steak gorgonza with alfredo noodles and had two breadsticks. Oh dear. After mother's day I am going to do better!
Back at Cathi and Terry's as James is putting our four fillets in the refrigerator he tells Cathi that two of the steaks are for them. She thanks him. Cathi, being raised on a cattle ranch, loves a good steak. James goes over to talk to Terry and I sit down on the couch and visit with Cathi. She tells me about her latest experience with Colin, their five year old grandson. Cathi saw this trick on Facebook using sand, sugar, baking soda, and lighter fluid. You pour the lighter fluid on the solids and a big snake like creature rises up. She was excited to show it to Colin. When he senses this is going to include fire, he runs over and gets the hose. When Cathi lights the sand he says: "Don't you know this is not good for the ozone. It's you old people that are destroying the ozone." Cathi certainly didn't expect that reaction. Later when she called Colin's dad, Brian, Brian said: "Yeah, I might have told him that." Cathi says: "What's your next lesson about, how old people are stealing Social Security?"
As I predicted, we finished reading "To Kill a Mockingbird" this evening. James is anxious to start the next book by Harper Lee. He is feeling so much better and can actually talk! I guess it's the prednisone.
Photos:
Granny "Pods" are the new rage. You set
one up in your backyard for granny to live in.
This is James's cousin and good friend
Hayden.
Michael's before picture.
During the haircut
Stacy says it's even shorter
now! Woohoo!
Look at this sweet kitty.
Looks can be deceiving!
