San Jose, Costa Rica
87th operating temple
Dedicated: 4 June 2000 by
James E. Faust
3 Nephi 18
Jesus institutes the sacrament among the Nephites; They are commanded to pray always in His name; Those who eat His flesh and drink His blood unworthily are damned; The disciples are given power to confer the Holy Ghost.
Alma 22:27-23:7
Thousands of Lamanites are converted to the Lord.
*After the king of the Lamanites was converted, he sent a proclamation among the people declaring that they should allow Aaron and his brethren to preach the word of God throughout the land without obstruction and without being harmed. This proclamation made it possible for the missionaries to establish churches among the Lamanites. As a result, thousands of Lamanites were converted.
*Read Alma 23:6 and identify phrases that describe the Lamanites who believed the preaching of Ammon and his brethren. These Lamanites were "converted unto the Lord" not to the Church or to the missionaries who taught them. Their conversion was so powerful that they never did fall away.
*When we face difficult circumstances and adversity, why is it important that we be converted to the Lord rather than to other people or ideas?
DC 93:19-32
19-20, Faithful men, going from grace to grace, will also receive of His fulness; 21-22, Those who are begotten through Christ are the Church of the Firstborn; 23-28, Christ received a fulness of all truth, and man by obedience may do likewise; 29-32, Man was in the beginning with God;
In what ways do I worship the Lord?
*I reverence God's fulness of truth and grace. I desire to be like God by keeping His commandments. Elder Bruce R. McConkie:
" It is to walk in His paths, to be baptized as Christ was, to preach that gospel of the kingdom which fell from His lips, and to heal the sick and raise the dead as He did.
"To worship the Lord is to put first in our lives the things of His kingdom, to live by every word that proceedeth forth from the mouth of God, to center our whole hearts upon Christ and that salvation which comes because of Him.
General Conference
Then Jesus Beholding Him Loved Him
Elder S. Mark Palmer
"Because I love you, I care about who you become. So I invite you to change those things that are hard for you and become who the Lord wants you to be. I pray fr the gift of charity and that I can see each missionary (person), as the Lord sees them."
I polished the wood floor in the living/family room this morning before my visiting teacher, Kaeli and her two kids got here.
Kaeli reads President Monson's message from General Conference regarding the Book of Mormon. As she is reading I get the impression that this is what I sould share with Jared's kids when they are here. Kaeli also said a prayer which was very sweet regarding my family that are coming.
Guy, Kaeli, Natalie
I love having Kaeli as my visiting teacher
After Kaeli left I fixed tuna sandwiches for lunch. I also had chips and milk. We read several chapters from "The Lost Heiress." I took a nap and worked on my blog. I didn't do any more cleaning today. I finally heard from Hailey regarding visiting teaching. She said I could come for a visit on Thursday morning. I am having lunch with Pam tomorrow.
For dinner I fixed Omaha pork chops, fries, tarts, and broccoli. James is exhausted. He broke a hose, so he has no working Cat.
We finished reading "The Lost Heiress" and I worked on my Primary journal, recording lesson five.
Random Photos
Dalmation horses!
Somewhere in Arizona
Love this picture of Elder Holland
I don't know who the other man is.
A beautiful Vernon sunset
