Thursday, December 13th, 2018

Papeete, Tahiti

25th operating temple

Dedicated: 27-29 Oct 1983

By: Gordon B. Hinckley

Jesus Christ, death of

Hebrew 9:15

And for this cause he is the mediator of the new testament, that by means of death, for the redemption of the transgressions that were under the first testament, they which are called might receive the promise of eternal inheritance.

Book of Mormon #1

*Why must we first be humble before the Lord hers our cries?

Book of Mormon #2

3 Nephi 13-15

Old Testament

Zechariah 3-4

General Conference

For Him

Joy D. Jones

"So whom was King Benjamin really serving? Heavenly Father and the Savior. Knowing the who and the why in serving others helps us understand that the highest manifestation of love is devotion to God."

I gave James a haircut this morning and built a fire for him while he took a shower. 

At 9:00 we listened to the Book Profits help session. It was a repeat of Tuesday. They are emphasizing more money in 2019 and encouraging people to get a mentor or a group coach. New software is coming out and we will be selling items other than books. It is pretty exciting.

Homemade vegetable soup for lunch. After lunch I turned on an old movie for James, "Sabrina," starring Audrey Hepburn, William Holden, and Humphrey Bogart. It was made in 1954. 

I went into the bedroom and called Amazon about why our two of our books were not listed for sale. I was on the phone for a long time but they finally got the books listed. When I came out the movie was ending and I asked James how he liked it. "I loved it." 

But it was in black and white. "Doesn't matter, it was a great movie."

I still have lots of the homemade chicken noodle soup leftover that the Crane's brought over. They also brought some homemade bread over. James prefers the vegetable soup so I took the chicken soup and bread over to Monte's and Tasha's. They are at the hospital but the boys answered the door and they looked hungry!

Stopped by Safeway and got my DP10, some Belvita snacks, walnuts, paper towels and kleenex. 

Tamara dropped by tonight to leave frames for the RS gifts we are giving the sisters in our ward. We are giving wrapped copies of the RS Declaration and purpose.

Here is a quote from the movie, "Welcome to Christmas."

"She raised me when my parents died. She has a heart the size of the Rockies. She's family."

I put the grandkids stockings up on the mantle tonight. There are 23 counting Scarlett's.

Grandpa contemplating the meaning of life.

Our sleeping angel.

 Our new favorite waffles,

12 grams of protein per serving.

 Scarlett loves cats!

Elder Trezise serving in Idaho

 Michael's track team at GCU

 My favorite part about Christmas is the nativity

 Addy had a Christmas concert tonight.

They sang Mistletoe and Holly, Once Upon a

December, Holly Road, and We Wish You

A Merry Christmas.

I wish we could have been there.

Saturday, July 30, 2016

The sunrise was gorgeous this morning.

Alma Alma 42:26-43:14

This is Alma still speaking to his son Corianton:

26 - God brings about His great and eternal purposes.

27 - . . . come and partake of the waters of life freely.

29 - . . . let your sins trouble you unto repentance.

30 - Don't excuse yourself because of your sins.

31 - Preach the word with truth and soberness so the plan of mercy can take place in peoples lives who repent.

Alma 43

1-2- Alma and his sons continue to preach the word.

3 - Wars between the Nephites and Lamanites in the 18th year of the reign of the judges.

4 - The Zoramites become Lamanites.  The Nephites prepare for war as the Lamanites prepare to attack.

5 - Zerahemnah leads the Lamanites.

8 - Zerahemnah wants the Lamanites stirred up in anger against the Nephites.

9 - The Nephites desires were to preserve their liberties and protect their families and the people of Ammon.

Instead of a conference talk today I want to post this quote by Elder Renlund:

Two of my new heroes,

Elder Renlund and his wife.

James and I attended the temple this morning.  James didn't think he could sit through a session so he did initiatories and I took three names into the baptistry for a youth group to do.  The names were:

Gertrude Alice Louderback, Vickie's mother, Winnifred Braddy who is Levi Strickland's wife, and my new find this week, Mary Elizabeth Ennis.  I love doing temple work and I also put 20 names on the temple prayer roll.

After the temple we went to El Cupido's for brunch and then to Walmart to shop for food until Wednesday when I will shop again.  I like doing two shopping trips.  It's not quite so overwhelming.  we bought lots of fruits and vegetables but passed up the cherries because they were $4.48 a pound.  When we go to El Cupido's we pick up the Snowflake paper.  We can check out the Basha's ads for sales which Walmart with ad match.  On the way home we were slowed down by a bicycle race.  It was okay because we read from our book "Dawn at Emberwilde."  

When we returned home James needed a nap.  I was reading my chapter from the second Fablehaven book when I received a phone call from a guy named Andrew Macina who said he was with an Internet business Success Team.  He knew I had signed up for an internet business and wanted to know if I would qualify for their success team.  He asked me a ton of questions about our finances and our personal situation.  He wants me to set some goals and ask myself why I should be selected for their team.  I told him if it cost more money that I wasn't interested and he said I would make the money it would cost.  He is calling back on Monday and scheduling a two hour meeting for James and I to meet with his supervisor.  

Because our financial situation is not what it should be at this stage of our lives I am desperate to find a way to help James but I am leary of things on the internet and know i need to be very careful.  I can't stand the thought of James having to work another year or so because his body is wearing out.  He has supported me all these years and I want to support him now so we can go on a mission and fix up our property.  

After my phone call James was up from his nap and we loaded up the truck and went to the dump.  I came home and made cookies for Primary visits tomorrow and worked on my Primary lesson.  James worked on his gospel doctrine lesson.

James went outside to work for a little while.  

I think he was trying to beat this storm that's coming.

For dinner I made my Weight Watcher veggie soup.  It is so delicious!

As we went to bed tonight the storm we had seen earlier in the distance hit with a great vengeance.  We had lightning and thunder that was a little to close for my comfort, but we are so grateful for the rain!

In other news, Michael and his family toured the campus of Grand Canyon University where he will be starting school on a track scholarship at the end of August.

Michael looks good in purple.

Michael and his biggest fan.

As I understand it the plan is to attend a semester and then put in his papers for a mission.  I hope that goal rings true.

Lola and her cousin James