Monday, July 11, 2016

Alma 31:1-23

1 - Alma's heart sickens when he hears of the perversions of the Zoramites.

2 - It caused Alma sorrow to hear of iniquity among his people.

3 - The Zoramites live in Antionum.

4 - The Nephites feared the Zoramites would enter into a correspondence with the Lamanites.

5 - Preaching has a more powerful effect upon the minds of the people than the sword.  Alma wants to try the virtue of the word of God.

6 - He took Ammon, Aaron, Omner, Amulek, Zeezrom, Shiblon and Corianton with him.  He left Himni and Helaman in Zarahemla.

8 - The Zoramites were dissenters from the Nephites so they had heard the gospel.

9 - They had fallen into great errors.  They would not keep the commandments of God.

10 - They would not pray daily.

11 - They did pervert the ways of the Lord.

12 - The Zoramites built synagogues and had a strange way of worshipping.

13 - A stand to admit one person.

14 - Cry with a loud voice saying:

15 - Holy God we believe that thou art a Spirit.

16 - We are separated from our brethren and we don't believe their foolish traditions.  Thou hast elected us to be thy holy children.  There shall be no Christ.

17 - Thou hast elected us to be saved while others are destroyed.  We are not bound down to Christ.

18 - We thank thee that we are a chosen and holy people.

19 - Alma and his brethren are astonished beyond measure at these prayers.  

20 - Every man went forth and offered the same prayer.

21 - The places was called Rameumpton being interpreted is holy stand.

23 - After offering up thanks they returned to their homes never speaking of God until the next week.

GC: "Whoso Receiveth Them, Receiveth Me" Elder Neil L. Andersen.

I cleaned upstairs this morning and worked outside in the garage.  The garage is looking better but we still have alot of stuff to put away.  I am mainly sweeping and putting things in piles to be put away.  Oh yes, I held a board so James could run it through the power saw.  Sometimes you don't have to have any skill to help.

James had a doctor's appointment with Dr. Moffat today to get a referral for a new C-pap machine.  He ask me if I would go with him and I said yes.  I made some menus for the week and got my shopping list prepared so i could count this as my weekly shopping. When you don't buy meat your grocery bill is so much less.

We got food at Panda.  I had the steamed rice and veggies again and James had Pacific shrimp and veggies with no rice or noodles.  Both we yummy.

I mailed a birthday card and the CTR necklace I got Aurora for her baptism today.  I hope she gets it before next Monday.

I love this.

Wildlife report: One squirrel.  He was a "super" squirrel though.

James was in charge of FHE.  We listened to two Ensign articles.  The first was: "Like the Widow of Zarapeth: The Miracle of Fast Offerings."  Here are a few notes I took: Give for your own welfare.  Giving decreases selfishness and increases spirituality.

The last was called: "My Journey as a Pioneer from India."  This was a pretty amazing story.  This man's first contact with the church was President Spencer W. Kimball and they remained friends until President Kimball's death.

We were in bed by 9:00.

Darrel posted this picture of Rowan on Instagram:

The caption said: "Safety first at the pool."

This is a picture of Ruby and Max taken a couple of

years ago at Hamilton pool.

Monday, July 11, 2016

Alma 31:1-23

1 - Alma's heart sickens when he hears of the perversions of the Zoramites.

2 - It caused Alma sorrow to hear of iniquity among his people.

3 - The Zoramites live in Antionum.

4 - The Nephites feared the Zoramites would enter into a correspondence with the Lamanites.

5 - Preaching has a more powerful effect upon the minds of the people than the sword.  Alma wants to try the virtue of the word of God.

6 - He took Ammon, Aaron, Omner, Amulek, Zeezrom, Shiblon and Corianton with him.  He left Himni and Helaman in Zarahemla.

8 - The Zoramites were dissenters from the Nephites so they had heard the gospel.

9 - They had fallen into great errors.  They would not keep the commandments of God.

10 - They would not pray daily.

11 - They did pervert the ways of the Lord.

12 - The Zoramites built synagogues and had a strange way of worshipping.

13 - A stand to admit one person.

14 - Cry with a loud voice saying:

15 - Holy God we believe that thou art a Spirit.

16 - We are separated from our brethren and we don't believe their foolish traditions.  Thou hast elected us to be thy holy children.  There shall be no Christ.

17 - Thou hast elected us to be saved while others are destroyed.  We are not bound down to Christ.

18 - We thank thee that we are a chosen and holy people.

19 - Alma and his brethren are astonished beyond measure at these prayers.  

20 - Every man went forth and offered the same prayer.

21 - The places was called Rameumpton being interpreted is holy stand.

23 - After offering up thanks they returned to their homes never speaking of God until the next week.

GC: "Whoso Receiveth Them, Receiveth Me" Elder Neil L. Andersen.

I cleaned upstairs this morning and worked outside in the garage.  The garage is looking better but we still have alot of stuff to put away.  I am mainly sweeping and putting things in piles to be put away.  Oh yes, I held a board so James could run it through the power saw.  Sometimes you don't have to have any skill to help.

James had a doctor's appointment with Dr. Moffat today to get a referral for a new C-pap machine.  He ask me if I would go with him and I said yes.  I made some menus for the week and got my shopping list prepared so i could count this as my weekly shopping. When you don't buy meat your grocery bill is so much less.

We got food at Panda.  I had the steamed rice and veggies again and James had Pacific shrimp and veggies with no rice or noodles.  Both we yummy.

I mailed a birthday card and the CTR necklace I got Aurora for her baptism today.  I hope she gets it before next Monday.

I love this.

Wildlife report: One squirrel and James saw 12 bunnies.

James was in charge of FHE.  We listened to two Ensign articles.  The first was: "Like the Widow of Zarapeth: The Miracle of Fast Offerings."  Here are a few notes I took: Give for your own welfare.  Giving decreases selfishness and increases spirituality.

The last was called: "My Journey as a Pioneer from India."  This was a pretty amazing story.  This man's first contact with the church was President Spencer W. Kimball and they remained friends until President Kimball's death.

We were in bed by 9:00.

Darrel posted this picture of Rowan on Instagram:

The caption said: "Safety first at the pool."

This is a picture of Ruby and Max taken a couple of

years ago at Hamilton pool.

Wednesday, June 22, 2016

Bishop Causse is the Presiding Bishop of the Church.

We saw two bucks on our way to church Sunday down by the wash.  James was so excited he wanted to call Terry and Dave right away.  This morning we had two elk in our yard.  James said they are getting ready to calf so they won't stay together long.

Gospel Study:
Alma 20:1-18
Faith is much more than passive belief.  We express our faith by the way we live.  "If ye will have faith in me ye shall have power to do whatsoever thing is expedient in me."

General Conference:
"See Yourself in the Temple" by Presdient Dieter F. Uchtdorf

I am so grateful for the Lord's cleansing power and His forgiveness for our sins as we repent and come unto Him.  (See Isaiah 1:18 & Isaiah 43:25).

The fire is now at 36,000 acres.

  

We went to town this morning for a couple of reasons.  One is I needed to pick up my prescriptions at Walmart and do a little shopping.  The second reason is I was meeting Hailey Chaffin in town for lunch and to visit teach her.  Our meeting place was McDonald's but James and I also picked up food at Panda to break our fast with.  After shopping James dropped me off at McDonald's and I had lunch with Hailey, Huntleigh, Taylor, and Braylin.  I had ask before coming what was Taylor's and Braylin's favorite fruit.  Taylor said apples and Braylin said watermelon.  I bought Taylor three apples and Braylin his own small watermelon.  I got Hailey some blueberries and put them in a cute bucket I had with this tag:

Hailey is taking her one year old daughter Huntleigh to the valley next week to have her droopy eyelids lifted.  It is an outpatient proceedure.  Hailey's oldest son, Braylin is handicapped and he has gone through many, many surgeries so this one seems like a small thing.  Hopefully everything goes well.

Gail was in the valley today and dropped in at Chandler Eyecare and gave Sheri these photos.

Now the grandkids have to believe us when we say our goats could climb.

Isn't Sheri cute?

This was taken in the fall of 1977 or 78.  James was either 29 or 30.

He got this bear with a bow.  One of his prouder moments.

He looks so young and handsome.

When we got home James said it was too smoky to work outside so we watched a movie called, "Date with Love."

It was such a cute movie that I didn't erase it.

I love Andrew Walker!

After the movie I worked on my blog until it was time to get ready for my next visiting teaching appointment with Claire Mercado.  

I had asked earlier what kind of fruit she wanted and she said, "organic blueberries."  I brought her three containers.  She was very excited.  Claire is vegan and is very careful what she puts into her body.  Sometimes I wish I was more like her.  We had a good visit.  Her daughter Marley is in California visiting her dad.

When I got home I sent out four texts.  One to Vickie about visiting Aunt Gene next week.  One to Cathi, Stacy, and Kaeli.  Kaeli's was about visiting teaching, Stacy's was about getting a temple dress, and Cathi's was thanking her for letting Jared and his kids stay at her house.

No dinner for me tonight.  James had my leftover Panda.  I read from Juliana to James, did some planning and we started for bed around 8:30.  

One of my favorite families here in Vernon is the Wilhelm family.  I don't know all of the ones in this picture, but the ones I do know are awesome!

Hey! That's my mountain in the background!