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Sunday, March 31, 2019

Friday, March 29th, 2019

Vancouver, British Columbia

131st operating temple

Dedicated: 2 May 2010

By: Thomas S. Monson

Jesus Christ, Divine Sonship

John 1:14

And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.

Book of Mormon

Enos 1:11-27

New Testament "Come Follow Me"

Matthew 15:21-31; Mark 6:1-13; 7:24-37; John 5:1-16

"Broken Things to Mend"

Jeffrey R. Holland 4/2006

General Conference

"Now Is The Time"

Jack N. Gerard

"As we step back from the world and assess our lives, now is the time to consider what changes we need to make. We can take great hope in knowing that our Exemplar, Jesus Christ, has once again led the way. Prior to His death and Resurrection, as He was laboring to help those around Him understand His divine role, He reminded them 'that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world' (John 16:33)."

A couple of quotes I came across today:

"When we offer our whole souls to the Savior, the abundant power and grace of His Atonement will more than compensate for our shortcomings." - J. Devin Cornish

"Don't worry about Christ running out of ability to help you. His grace is sufficient. That is the spiritual, eternal lesson of the feeding of the 5,000." - Jeffrey R. Holland

My friend and family history expert extraordinaire came over to help me with Catherine Halcomb's family records. I am helping Catherine through the consultant planner on familysearch.

She has some duplicate records of the same person and I do not know how to merge them. James came in from working on the road so he could learn from Maxine too.

We not only merged the female duplicate record but we merged Catherine's husband's record which also had a duplicate.

Maxine helped me make a plan for Catherine and we made an appointment to visit her on Tuesday. We have some questions on a marriage record that she will probably be able to answer. I like doing family history when I have someone like Maxine as my partner.

James had to go to town again today. This time he went to Snowflake to get temple clothes. He also went to Show Low to pick up parts for his skidsteer. He lost some bolts while working on the road. I stayed home to do my "things."

I read several chapters from our book to make up for not going with James to town today.

Tomorrow is our last day to work in the temple until April 27th, because the temple will be closed for two weeks beginning April 1st.

On the grounds of the Dallas temple where Kacey

did a session while Jared and Charlie waited outside.

Both of these photos are from the cast of

"When Calls the Heart."

Ollie relaxing in Ian's chair.

Fat Quarters

The highest priced book we have ever sold.

We made almost $90.

Thursday, March 28th, 2019

Oquirrh Mountain, Utah

130th operating temple

Dedicated: 21-23 Aug 2009

By: Thomas S. Monson

Jesus Christ, Divine Sonship

DC 93:14

And thus he was called the Son of God, because he received not of the fulness at the first.

Book of Mormon

Jacob 7:21-Enos 1:1-10

New Testament "Come Follow Me"

Matthew 15:1-20; Mark 7:1-23

"Fear Not to Do Good"

Henry B. Eyring 10/2017

General Conference

"Choose You This Day"

Elder Dale G. Renlund

As the Book of Mormon prophet Jacob said, I say with him:

"Therefore, cheer up your hearts, and remember that ye are free to act for yourselves - to choose the way of everlasting death or the way of eternal life. Wherefore, my beloved brethren (and sisters), reconcile yourselves to the will of God, and not to the will of the devil ...; and remember, after ye are reconciled unto God, that it is only in and through the grace of God that ye are saved."

So, choose faith in Christ; choose repentance; choose to be baptized and receive the Holy Ghost; choose to conscientiously prepare for and worthily partake of the sacrament; choose to make covenants in the temple; and choose to serve the living God and His children. Our choices determine who we are and who we will become. I conclude with the rest of Jacob's blessing: "Wherefore, may God raise you from ... everlasting death by the power of the Atonement, that ye may be received into the eternal kingdom of God."

James listened to and watched the Book Profits webinar while I got ready to go to town. It was Jim and Herman teaching again.

Today was my Aunt Gene's, (dad's sister) 91st birthday. I went to visit her and stopped on the way to get yellow mums at Safeway. I chose yellow because I always think of the song, "You Are My Sunshine" when I think of Aunt Gene.

When I first arrived at her house it was just she and I. She took me into the bedroom and gave me a picture of my grandma and grandpa from their 50th wedding anniversary. It was hanging on the wall in a frame and she gave me the frame also.

Arlee T. Maxwell and

Verdie Rea Robinson Maxwell

This is another picture that was hanging on the wall. Aunt Gene said this picture was taken when grandma and grandpa were first married.

Aunt Gene and I visited a little while when the doorbell rang. It was Harold and Dennis. I had invited them to come. Denise was at work and Vickie's allergies were bothering her. I am glad I invited my brothers. I don't see them too often and it's always nice to catch up.

Dennis says he and Denise are going to Cleveland, Ohio in May to celebrate their anniversary at the Rock n' Roll and Football Halls of Fame. They love to travel and Dennis loves history of any kind. They will also be going to Texas at the end of May for Bettylea's high school graduation in Del Rio. I told them we were going to Texas also for two graduations.

Harold gave us an update on Monte. Right now he is not allowed to eat any food or drink anything He has a bag he carries around that supplies him with nutrients. On April 19th he is scheduled to have surgery at the Chandler hospital. We will be down on the 20th and 21st for Easter so hopefully we can go see him.

Aunt Gene is pretty independent for a 91 year old, kind of like James's mom. She just got back from a trip to Texas and Arkansas where she visited with her husband Clyde's family. She said she had attendants push her around the airport in her wheelchair and she gave a $5 to everyone that helped her.

Aunt Gene has a great attitude. She says she focuses on what she can do, not on what she can't do.

We stayed an hour or so and then we said our goodbye's. I promised Aunt Gene I would be back soon to see her.

I stopped at the post office and mailed a book we sold, "Visions of Glory." I went to the bank to deposit a check from Mario Chacon and then went on to Walmart to go grocery shopping. On the way home I stopped and filled my car with gas.

James stayed home because he had some phone calls to make regarding work that was to be done today that Armando is handling. He went to town at 4:30 because that's when President Beeler said he could meet with him and sign his temple recommend. It is frustrating when we have to make two trips to town in the same day but I guess this time it couldn't be helped.

This evening we ordered books, I blogged, and walked while watching Hallmark movies. Maybe I am in a rut.

The ice hotel in this movie is amazing!

This girl loves books!

Dallas, Texas temple

Filmed in Bruges, Belgium

One of my favorites

Wednesday, March 27th, 2019

Draper, Utah

129th operating temple

Dedicated: 20-22 Mar 2009

By: Thomas S. Monson

Jesus Christ, Divine Sonship

Mormon 5:14

And behold, they shall go unto the unbelieving of the Jews; and for this intent shall they go - that they may be persuaded that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of the living God; that the Father may bring about, through his most Beloved, his great and eternal purpose, in restoring the Jews, or all the house of Israel, to the land of their inheritance, which the Lord their God hath given them, unto the fulfilling of his covenant;

Book of Mormon

Jacob 7:1-20

New Testament "Come Follow Me"

John 6:22-71; "The Living Bread Which Came Down from Heaven" by D. Todd Christofferson

"On Being Worthy"

Marvin J. Ashton

General Conference

"Wilt Thou Be Made Whole"

Matthew L. Carpenter

"Our spiritual healing requires us to submit ourselves to the conditions our Savior has outlined. We must not delay. We must act today. Act now so that spiritual paralysis does not prevent your eternal progression. While I have been speaking, if you have felt the need to ask forgiveness of someone you have wronged, I invite you to act. Tell them what you have done. Ask for their forgiveness. If you have committed a sin that impacts your temple worthiness, I invite you to counsel with your bishop - today. Do not delay."

I watched a Book Profits help session today on setting price alerts and filters. I think I understand a little better now what I am doing.

I also watched Peter Valley's video but he talks way too fast and I wasn't impressed. I did some repricing, sourcing, and setting alerts.

Two young men from Chandler got their mission calls. Ian Wanlass and Adam Ray.

Ian:

Ian is one of Ben's best friends. He will be moving to Utah before he leaves for his mission.

Adam:

Brennan's oldest and one of the star basketball and volleyball

players at Chandler High School.

I took my friend Catherine to a doctor's appointment in Lakeside this morning. She saw a Curtis Birdno so I told her about when I grew up in Show Low and the Primary President was D'Rae Birdno. I'm wondering if they are related.

I came home, had some lunch, a cheese crisp with some raw veggies, laid down to rest, and then did some walking.

I had an interesting experience while waiting for Catherine today. I decided I was going to check and see if the Church had changed the name of their website. I typed in thechurchofjesuschrist.org and when the site came up I thought, wow! this has really changed. I was a little concerned when they talked about deaconnesses and the name of the women's organization was the General Ladies Uplift Circle and the youth organization was The General Missionary Benevolent Association. I showed Catherine and she said, "Oh that's the Disciple of Christ's Church that I used to belong to."
I went to lds.org and was so relieved when I saw a picture of Sister Nelson and Sister Oaks. I wonder what the new name of the website will be?

I came home and walked and blogged and made bunny tail cookies to take to the Grapp's. Here is what they looked like:

I am sad to say that James and I ended up eating these. Yes, he came home late this afternoon. I wasn't sure the Grapp kids would like them so I made some blueberry muffins to take to them.

Liana and Benson each had four, Tildy and Emsley each got one, and they saved two, one for their mom and one for their dad.

I really do like going to the Grapp home and visiting with Cammy and her kids. Today Benson had to show me that he got bunkbeds so when baby Leland is older he can sleep in his room. He showed me the baskets under his bed with all of his matchbox cars and other toys all organized.

Cammy showed me that Thomas had built her a closet in her bedroom. She has lived there several years without a closet. Can you imagine? He made her the most wonderful bed frame. I have to go back and take a picture. It is made out of meta and has quotes and scriptures inscribed all over it depicting the reasons that Thomas loves Cammy. They really are the sweetest couple.

I told Cammy about our book business and she said that Thomas has lots of textbooks from when he went to college. I told her I would bring my scanner over and we would find out if they would sell for anything on Amazon. Cammy needed a babysitter on Saturday but I told her we were working in the temple that day but I would love to babysit for her another time. Looks like April 12th will work for me.

This picture was taken in February 2018 when they were announcing the birth of baby Leland. He was born the end of July.

James and I stayed up rather late. We bought 11 books online. Doesn't sound like much but it takes awhile to analyze them and make sure they are a good buy.