Apostle Richard G. Scott passed away today.
He was 86 years old.
"Recognize the good in others,
not their stains."
-Richard G. Scott
"Recognize the good in others,
not their stains."
-Richard G. Scott
James calls elk out on the porch every morning and every evening.
I think this group is onto him because they aren't responding.
I had a nice visit with Elida. I was impressed with how soft-spoken she was with her kids. She is a convert and she says her husband Eric introduced her to the gospel. They served in the military together. She just returned from a trip to her home state, Florida, for her great grandmother's funeral. She said she was glad to get home and loves the peace and quiet which surrounds her at home.
James went with me today to visit two of the sisters on my visiting teaching beat. These were the handouts I gave for the lesson on the divine attributes of Jesus Christ, power and glory.
The quote says:
"The Savior uses His Power to Redeem
and Empower us. Our Faith in Him will increase as
we Remember that He is full of Power an Grace."
This quote is attached to a small Book of Mormon. I told the sisters that I feel like I get power from reading about the Savior in the scriptures, especially the Book of Mormon.
We left the house around 9am. Our first visit was with Elida Pope. The Pope's live further away from the ward building than any other family in the ward. We met Elida at the second well on Stanford Rd. It is 14 miles from the Stanford store to Elida's house, mostly all on dirt roads. Her house is actually closer to Taylor than it is to Vernon, but there are no roads going into Taylor from where she lives.
On the road to the Pope's
The Pope's home. They have solar energy
and a generator and their own well.
I told Elida she was truly a pioneer. She also home
schools her little boy Ethan. She has three boys but
Eli and Edmund aren't in school yet.
I had a nice visit with Elida. I was impressed with how soft-spoken she was with her kids. She is a convert and she says her husband Eric introduced her to the gospel. They served in the military together. She just returned from a trip to her home state, Florida, for her great grandmother's funeral. She said she was glad to get home and loves the peace and quiet which surrounds her at home.
After our visit with Elida we headed back to the well where we met her and turned to go to visit Hailey Chafin at the Chafin ranch.
The Chafin's have no electricity. They have solar power
and a generator and their own well.
Hailey had her baby Huntley Nicole with her. Her baby has more hair than any baby I've ever seen and it is black and sticks straight up in the air. Sorry I didn't get a picture.
We figured we traveled about 60 miles round trip to visit with these two sisters. I just hope I can make it when it snows.
After our visit with Hailey we headed into Show Low. We wanted to have lunch at LaCasita but there was no place to park, so we went on down the road to Grumpy Jake's BBQ. I had the pulled pork sandwich with a side of cowboy beans. It was all very tasty! Kyle Thomas, a member of our ward when James was the bishop in Chandler, was in the booth right behind us. He is a dentist and lives up here now.
We drove on to the Lakeside Cemetery to check on the mums on my Mom's grave.
They are blooming because of all the rain.
James checking to see if the soil is wet.
On the way home we stopped at Walmart for a little shopping. When we got home we took a nap and watched a Hallmark movie.
I also worked on my blog and did some cleaning. James worked on income taxes. When we went to bed, it started to rain.
